The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, October 14, 1920, Image 6
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THE ONE HUNDRED
SPELLING DEMONS
"Winthrop News.
Charters, in "Teaching the Common
School Branches,' says "W.
Franklin Jones, of South Dakota,
collecte d all the wordB that 1,050
children used in writing forty
themes each. He counted and classified
over 15,000,000 words and
found that the children used 4,532
different words.''
He says further: "You will be interested
to know that the word which
Mr. Jones found to be most frequently
misspelled was not 'asafoetida* nor
'parallelogram,' but 'which.' The
most commonly mispelled were
'their' and 'there,' and 'separate'
had fourth place on the 'roll of
honor.' The one hundred words
tvhirh hp found to be most commonly
misspelled were the following, which
he calls the "One Hundred Spelling
Demons of the English Language.
The order is not significant after the
first four: ;
which . guess
their say*
there having
separate
don't doctor
meant whether
1 business believfe
mapy
friend
some tear
been choose
since tIred
used grammar
always minute
women , aQy
done much
hear beginning
her* blue
write tboufgh
writing coming
heard early
does instead
once through
would eaBv
where every
write though
can't they
sure half
loose break
lose buy
Wednesday again
eountry very
February none
4 know week
could often
seems whole
Tuesday won't
wear cough
answer piece
two raise
too ache
ready read
forty I said
hour hoarse
trouble shoes
among tonight
busy wrote
built enough
color truly
making sugar
dear straight
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1CTPORT COTTON MOVE
~ ENDORSED BY GOV. HARDING
Bankers Meet In Birmingham and
Discuss Proposal to Hold Staple (or
Forty Cents Per Pound.
Birmingham, Oct. 8.?W. P. G.
Harding, president ot the board of (
governors of the Federal Reserve
Bank, with D. C. Wells, newly ap- <
pointed member of the board, met I
here today with the directorate of the
* Atlanta branch and discussed the (
movement to hold cotton for 40 cents
a pound, which has been sponsored ,
by the American Cotton Asosciation.
L. B. Jackson, director of the Georgia
Bureau of Markets, who said he
was speaking for 90 per cent of the
banks in his own State, made a plea
before the board for a more liberal
extension of credit to Southern planters,
claiming they need the money to ,
pay off debts incurred while producing
the present cotton crop.
Mr. Jackson asked that members
of the Federal reserve system be allowed
to discount notes for money,!
which, he said, is to be used in pay-;
ment of wages, fertilizer and supply
bills. He said the loans would extend
for only a few days and would not
materially afreet the reserve of the
Federal system. He also declared
that a great majority of planters <
were not seeking money simply to
finance themselves while they were,
holding cotton off the market. They!
are hard pressed by creditors, he
said, and must have cash at once
with which to meet obligations incurred
this summer.
Governor Harding announced tonight
that Birmingham is to have a
sub-treasury of the United States im-|
mprfiateiv. in the sense that the local I
branch of the Federal Reserve Bank
will perform the functions of a subtreasury.
Germany Needs Cotton
Championing the export cotton association
idea tonight, Governor
Harding declared he had been in-!
formed by the commercial agent of
the German government, now in the
United States, that Germany alone
is in need of 2,000,000 bales of cotton,
that the Germans have the mills
with which to spin the cotton and >
workmen to operate the mills, but;
that their money is so depreciated
hey cannot pay for the cotton they
need in money.
Under a well-organized cotton export
organisation," Governor Harding
stated, "we could ship our raw
cotton to Germany under an adequate!
guaranty by tke German banks and!
the German government. The cot-'
ton would be manufactured into
cloth and the manufactured product I
disposed of to nations whose cur-j
rency has not depreciated, and in the1
end the. Germans could pay us for
our cotton in good American dollars.
"This system would have to'extend
over a period of nine months to allow
for the shipment of the cotton to Europe,
its manufacture and the sale of
the finished product. In my opinion!
the first 10,000 bales of cotton shipped
abroad under this system and,
with thiB guaranty would have an instantaneous
effect in stimulating the
entire cotton situation. To my mind
it is the greatest opportunity in the
South today.
"It is up to the South to do this
thing for itself and with its own
money. The North cannot do it for
the South. The North has money,
but it likewise has use for all the
money in its possession. It is the
duty and the opportunity of the
Southern people to do this for themselves.''
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RESERVE BOARD
READY TO HELP
A. W. McLean Says Government Will
Lend on Stored Cotton
The following article by A. W. McLean,
a member of the Federal
Finance Board, is taken from the
ltobesonian of Lumberton:
"The present conditions are due to
the long loked for re-adjustment of
prices, which every intelligent per
son knew would be bouna 10 iunu<<
the high prices incident to the great
war. The recession in prices did not
come as quickly or as gradually as
most people expected but no one
doubted that sooner or later this readjustment
would take place.
The decline in prices first affected
stocks and bonds of the large industrial
colorations situated principally
in the North and Middle West.
These have declined in many instances
from fifty to seventy-five per cent oil
their war time value.
"Six months ago the prices of wool,
sheep and cattle produced by the
states of the far west began to decline,
and now there is practically no
demand for them even at fifty per
cent of war levels. 1 have known
of Instances lately where sheep and
cattle have been sold for taxes. Sugar
and many other commodities have
been greatly reduced. Cotton factory
products have in numerous instances
fallen in prices from thirty-three
and a third to sixty per eent in the
last three months and consequently
a large per cent of the mills are shut
down entirely, while others have reduced
their operations to half time
only in order to give their laborers
enough work to enable them to pay
living expenses.
The low prices received for tobacco
and cotton are due largely to the
same causes.
There are other reasons for the
present low price of cotton. Over
half of the cotton raised in the south
in peace times and sold abroad. There
is great need of raw cotton at the
present time by many of the coun-|
tries of Europe, particularly Ger
* ..a,,.** r*f?cho-Slovakia, Po-I
man y, auouiHf ? _
land, Italy and Belgium. But these
countries cannot buy for cash payable
in American dollars because of
the depreciated value of their money
as compared with ours. They cannot
get the money to pay us in cash
and our poeple seem afraid to Bell
them on long term credit. This condition
practically puts an embargo
against the export of cotton, thus producing
practically the same condition
which existed to a greater extent at
the outbreak of the war in 1914. Another
element has contributed to the
recent drop in prices. In the past
week it seems that Texas, which has
a large crop and plenty of Mexican
labor to pick it, has sold great quantities
of cotton on the markets for
future delivery at low prices. The
stock demand was unable to absorb
these sales at high prices, therefore
low prices immediately prevailed.
The talk in some quarters that the
low prices are principally due to lack
of discount facilities at the Federal
Reserve banks is wholly incorrect.
There has not been and will not be,
in my opinion, any restriction of
credit for moving the crops. Money
is plentiful for lending on cotton by
member banks of the Federal Reserve
System, provided the cotton is stored
in bonded warehouses, and insured.
The Federal Reserve banks have
^ nrinnr HO WAT
savea mis cuuuu; uunu^ wv ..? ,
and will continue to save it from disastrous
currency panics such as have
occurred in the past. They have been
extremely liberal to the member
banks in the cotton section of the
south. North Carolina member banks
are re-discounting now nearly twice
as much with the Federal Reserve
banks, as they would be entitled to
under an equitable distribution of the
discount facilities throughout the
country, while South Carolina banks
are discounting nearly three times
their fair quota.
This whole situation can be bandied
if the farmers will gather their cotton
promptly, have it ginned and
store it. If they desire to do so, they
can by storing it in bonded warehouses
borrow part of its value from
banks who are willing to lend.
Good cotton will probably be worth
more later. The main danger as I
see it is that cotton may be damaged
iu the fields, so that the grade is reduced
below middling, in which case
it will bring very little, because the
markets of the world are aireauy
glutted with low grade cotton.''
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He Was Just Experimenting
The sweetly peaceful scene in the
little sitting room was suddenly disturbed
by a loud yell, and the honored
guest sprang wildly from the
chair into which he had just sunk,
while the daughter of the house felt
her face grow pale.
She had had hopes from this visit.
Alas, poor girl, were they to be
blighted?
But father took the matter?and
his small son?firmly in hand. With
a graceful apology, he removed the
bent pin from the chair and the
aforesaid small son from the room.
"Now, look here, Charlie," he said
sternly, in the back yard, "why did
you do it?"
"It?it was an experiment, father!"
faltered the laddie.
"An experiment!" snorted father.
"The tmly man who has visited your
poor sister in years, and you go and
drive him away!'*
"Well, dad," explained the boy,
"he advertises that he is a painless
dentist, an' I wanted to find out if
it was true, an' it wasn't. You
should have heard him yell!"
"Yes," was the father's grim comment,
"and some one else is going to
yell now."
PERNICIOUS POLITICS j
Letter Being Sent to Negro Women i
But Which No Person or Organization
is Willing to Father. 11
Lumberton Robesonian. jl
The following letter, being sent to'i
negro women, fell into hands of some;:
people who published it to let the i
public know the sort of eppeal that
is being made. The Republican committee
has denied responsibility for i
sending it out and it is an orphan:
nobody is willing to claim responsi- 1
bility for such a dirty and indefen-j'
sible piece of work. Here is the 1
letter:
"Dear Voters:
"The 19th Amendment to the Constitution
of the United States gives
all women the right of the ballot regardless
of color, and we beg all the
colored women of North Carolina to
register and vote on November 2nd,'
1920.
"The time for negroes has come.
Now Is our chance to redeem our liberty.
"We have been driven long enough.
"Apply to the registrar in your precinct
to register.
"The books for registration open
on September 30tb, and If you are refused,
just go at once to a Republican
lawyer and start proceedings in
the United States courts?don't waste
time with State courts?the State
courts are controlled by Democrats.
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"Don't be afraid, there are plenty,
sf white Republicans that will help
us.
"The Democrats are divided over
the revaluation act and the Governor's
fight in the primary. Thousands
of Democrats will stay at home
next November and thousands of
Gardner and Page Democrats will
vote the Republican ticket.
"We are sure of capturing the State
this t lme if only the colored women
will do their duty?register and vote.
The white women of North Carolina
will not vote and while they sleep let
the negro be up and doing.
"When we get 'our' party in power
we can demand what we wish and
get it. We hold the balance of power
in Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, New York
and New Jersey. We are sure of
electing a KepuDucau rresiucm?v?uu
who will-give us what we want?that
is justice, but if we don't elect a Republican
Congress his hands will be
tied, and we have the chance here in
North Carolina to elect a Republican
Slnator and over half of the Congressmen.
"With colored women voting we
can control the eastern counties and
the industrial counties of the west
such as Forsyth, Guilford, Rowan,
Davidson, Oab&rrus, Stanly, Gaston,
Mecklenburg.
"All the white cotton mill operatives
of the State are going to vote
the Republican ticket this time. While
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the Democrats are divided, is our
time.
| Organize?get the white Republican
women and men to help you.
They will, if only you will keep quiet
about it.
"Have your meetings at night
When we get thousands of voters on
the registration books, the white Republicans
of North Carolina and the
South will be glad to do eus their
white brothers and sisters of the
North and West?recognize us as
[their political equals. We are being
backed >' * them now, but you kno*
jit is beilt>_ror them to keep undei
cover for awhile yet.
| "Republicans have plenty of monej
and you can get it to organize anc
prosecute Democratic Registrars ant
Judges of Elections if they refus?
!to register colored women and vlo
late the 19th Amendment to the Con
stitution of our glorious Unitet
States.
"Keep this secret?don't let it ge
into the hands of Democrats.
"YourB for negro libdrty,
"COLORED WOMEN'S RIGHTS AS
SOCIATION, FOR COLORED WO
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NOTICE
To the President and Co-Workers o
Each Dillon County Club:
The Dillon County Federation o
Women's Clubs will hold Its fa)
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meeting at Ham Br; Saturday, October1
16th.
The meeting will be called to order gi
at 10:30 a. m. In the Hamer-Kentyrd W
School auditorium.
Elect your delegate* and send
names of all club members who ex*
pect to attend to Miss Flora Hamer> J
at least ten days before the meeting-.
Delegates will state the aims of
their clubs for the year.
Dues must be paid to the Treasurer,
Mrs. W. B. Stackhouse, and
new officers elected at this meeting.
Sincerely, '
MRS. J. FRANK THOMPSON, n?
Corresponding Secretary Dillon Counr
ty Federation of Clubs.
L MISS ETTA SUE SELLERS,
i Home Demonstration Agent,
sj If any club president failed to get
- the above notice, just know that one
-jwas sent you. Therefore make your
l plans to be at nailer on uctooer iota
and send in names of all who expect
t to attend at once to Miss Flora
Hamer.
MRS. L. COTTINGHAM,
- President Dillon County Federation
of Women's Clubs.
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