University of South Carolina Libraries
Itfbr Siilon ijtralii SUBSCRIPTION - faOM) Per Yr. DihMi, S. C., February 24, 1021 ? ? W The Herald and News says Newber ry merchants have quit advertising S>ecau?e they think the people have no money to spend. That is where the merchant errs in his judgment. John Wannajmaker used printer's ink and built up a big business. He worked ou the theory that when times were dull a merchant should increase his advertising- People always have money to spend tor the things they must have, and the merchant who uses well written advertisements gets the .bulk oT their business. When it gets to* the point where people can't buy tbe things they are compelled to have .the channels of trade will be closed and money will have no value. The people are "up in the air," so fl . to speak, over the resolution which provides for an extension of the time foi the r&yment of taxes. The measure went to free conference some two weeks age and there it has remained neglected or forgotten. Under the present law the penalty of 5 per cent goes on March 1st., and if there is to be no extension of time for the payment of taxes the people want to know it. The resolution has had the effect of suspending the payment of j isseg not only in Dillon county but all over South Carolina, and if, at the laat moment, the resolution fails to pass or the governor refuses to appiove it, 50 per cent of the taxpayers of the state would find themselves confronted with the 5 per cent penally. The measure should be disposed of one way or the other. ; * The gasolene tax bill which levi^ a tax of a cent a gallon on every gallon of gasolene sold in the state bas passed it8 final reading in the House. The tax will be collected out of the petroleum companies and they in turn will collect it out of the consumer. We have not read the bill, but our un[ deratanding is that the revenue from the tax i8 to be used on the public highways. This appears to be about th? most equitable plan that could be devised for raising revenue for road improvement, provided each county is given the right to spend its own mon ey in its own way. The only weak feattllTA of thn Kill ic *Kof ?* I? elude all classes of vehicles. Years ago the late Smiley Bigham advocated a sensible road law which would tax the "wheel and hoof." If the author of the gasolene tax bill would go still further and place a nominal tax on all horse-drawn vehicles he would, in our judgment, have an ideal road tax law. SfflffllllllllSISISSllSE m 1 South* I Dis w ffi 1 Special | J LARD, RICE, GR1 gj 10 Pounds Good Chewini g A few more SEED ( ffi One Hundred Cases ' J A full line of SYRU Give us a trial orde carry a full line of Heavj IS Feed, Cotton Seed Meal, OB ? W ? to figure with you on an] ffl package or a car load. gj We are located in th s We Have }=; You are always weh gj we can please you. m m eb s s a a i Wholesal ffl PHONE 257 ffl Sfflffifflfflfflfflffl bb ffl a *5'-" -"rrrsfj/npi " * *?' % THE DILLON HBB i WHY FARMING DOESN'T PAY Farmers of Dillon county and every other county in the United States, from thi* cotton nlantor? nt ?i>? the apple growers of New York state, the wheat and corn experts of the middle west, the boundless granary of the northwest, the fruit paradise of the Pacific coast, to the fruit heaven of California?all are asking and wondering %hy farming does not pay. And farming does not pay?of this there is no doubt. It would pay if prices were high enough, but they are not and despite the artificial methods considered for maintaining them, there seems to be no way around the problem. Under present conditions, which have been growing more intense as the years roll on, farming does not pay. "We believe, frankly, that most persons who have looked over the situation at all know quite well what is the matter with agriculture, and for reasons of their own, which we do not pretend to fathom, prefer not to say what they know," remarks one .JH 1 ? " "* * - cuuui, wuu yiviviB iu tan & syaae u spade and not a toothpick. The National City Bank of New York?one of the largest institutions of the kind in the world?knows why farming is no longer a stable business. It has put forth the knowledge in its recent market letter. The New York bank analyzes a Burvey of certain farms in Iowa. The average value of the land of 106 fatms, devoted to the raising of oats is given at $260 an acre; the average yield, 38.3 bushels an acre. The largest item in the production cost is the charge against the land, at 5 1-2 percent on the selling value, plus taxes. This charge comes to $15.53 an acre; all the other items put together, such as seed, labor, fertilizer, machinery, threshing fuel, twine, storage, etc., comes to only $15.09. The bank points out that labor costs were reckoned at a higb rate. On only two farms of the 196 was a crop produced under the current market price for oatB, 44 cents a bushel. On the remaining farms the producer lost from a few cents to a dollar a bushel. I On 167 farms a survey of wheat was made. The land value was $282 i an acre. The interest charge against the land comes to $16.80 an acre, 1 and the total of all other items id production came to $18.98 an acre. Sixty percent of the farms lose money at the current market price for wheat. These surveys were made by the Iowa State College of Agrimlture in co-operation with the Iowa Farm Bu[reau Federation. El SIS BBS SSI SI SI EH SI ;rn Whole; jtributing ( Prices This W ITS, FLOUR, CORN, MEAI g Tobacco for GOBBLER IRISH POTATOI of CANNED VEGETABLE PS AND MOLASSES. r for anything you may nee< r and Fancy Groceries, Horse Hulls, Hay and Grain. We Are Glad rthing you may need in our ] e Anderson New Brick build O A m - i oome J\ttract\ come to come and look over o Your8 very truly, Southern le & Distribi a m m m m mm m m m m r 3 EC gg EC CD ITiTl BP tC OP CP I * B* AID. DILLON, SOUTH CAROLINA, The U. S. Department Qf Agriculture give8 figures showing that farm land values in Iowa Increased $63 a acre in a single year. In the decade ^ from 19Q5 to 1915 they increased an average of $60.25 an acre, or 125 per cent. The figures for South Carolina are not available, but it is safe to assume that land values in this state have increased 300 percent in the last ten years. Taking half this amount as an average, plus $50, the original value ot the land, and basing it on an an- P nual interest return of 8 per cent., an acre of cotton land would rent for $16.00. Add to this $15 for fertilizer and with cotton Belling at 12 cents, the farmer has spent more than half v the grosg return from his land before 1 a peed begins to sprout. The uhore figures answer the question as to why farming does not pay. It simply cannot under the present farm value load. Yet farmers would naturally want to be the last to see farm values decrease. In the United States farm land has ? borne a monopoly value since 1890. J The land is all taken up and is being farmed, except idle acres held by 'speculators. No more land can be ^ manufactured. The price charged for ^ it is measured by all the traffic will v bear. Each year sees a population increase and more demand for the land. I which automatically increases the price of land. The men who buys land now, or has done so within recent years, faces an interest production cost that kicks over any chance of profit from farming; and every ten-, i ant has to meet this cost whether orj_ s {not his landlord bought the farm ^ in recent years. The only farmer who can show ] a profit with present prices of land , . is he who has owned the land a lonr | 'time, and bought it cheaply, and does < not need to charge a high interest ,a rate against production. j* That's the primary ailment of 19 21 j j ' farming, and how to cure it ia beyond the ken of mankind in this old U. i A. as yet. FINAL DISCHARGE NOTICE. i I ! Notice is hereby given that Mrs. * t. Amanda Watson, administratrix of,* the estate of Samuel Watson, deceas-,? : ed, has made application unto me fort* : final discharge as administratrix and, that Thursday, March 17th at 10 o'clock in the forenoon haa been ap' pointed for the hearing of the said petition. Ij All persons holding claims against the said estate are requested to file ' them with the administratrix on or before 10 o'clock in the forenoon on , March 17th, or this notice will be plead in bar of their recovery. JOE CABELL DAVIS, Judge of Probate, 2 24 4t. Dillon County, aaaaasaaaaa EH. SI1 sale & ? m H L/O. ^ IS IS W a, reek On ? , AND COFFEE. m ] $4.50 gj SS AT A LOW PRICE. g] JS at low prices. ? ffl I in the Grocery line. We S and Mule Feed, Dairy ? ffl EB m m aline. We can sell you one 00 '">v ffi ing on Railroad Avenue. ffl ive Prices H ur line. We are sure that ? rxi . m j P8; IS1 si; si tiling Co- | By M. A. STUBBS g) ' $ irii-iikiiiiiwiMiw^i grs nnn?dai mo&nuw, rbrvary WANT COLUMN VAN'TED ? Man or -women to take orders among friends and neighboN for the genuine guaranteed hosiery, full lin^ for men. women and children. Eliminates darning. We pay 75c an hour spare time, or $36.00 a week for full time. Experience unnecessary. Write International Stocking Mills, Norristown. Pa.?1 13 lOt. iOTICJG?I AM AGENT FOR THE Florence Steam Laundry and will receiv* and deliver all laundries as promptly as possible. Palace Market. % VANTED?Everybody to know that 1 now have a full line of machinery and that I am in a better position to give quick service than I have ever been. All work guaranteed. Electric Shoe Shop over Dillon Hotel, W. R. Summerall, Prop.? 1 20 tf. (066 will break a Cold. Fever and Jrippe quicker than anything we mow, preventing pneumonia 19 9 18t M rill break a Cold, Fever and Grippe [uicker than anything w? know, preon ting pneumonia.?19 9 18t. X)H SALE: HIGH GRADE AMMONlated Fertilizers for cotton, corn, tobacco, etc. Also, Fish Scrap, Blood, Tankage, Foreign Kainit, Etc. Write us for prices advising .he tonnage you want. Dawhoo Fertilizer Company, Box 608,' Charleston, S. C.?1 20 6t. * j VANTED ?COUNTRY PEOPLE TO TRY OUR 5<>c. MEALS. PALMETTO CAFE, NEXT TO HERALD OFFICE?.tf. IG(i is a prescription for Colds, Fever .nd LaGrippe. It's the most speedy emedy we know.?12 9 13t. ; <OR SALE ? 50O Pounds Pure country lard at 26 cents per pound. Apply to H. M. Rogers, Dil-j Ion, S. C.?2 3 4tp. RUB - MY - T1SM s a powerful Antiseptic and Pain tiller, cures infected cuts, old sores, etter, etc. Relieves Sprains, Neural'ta Rhmimnlkm 18 o 1 Q, ?OR SALE?White Orpington eggs for hatching. Kellerstrass strain. $1.50 per sitting of 15. Mrs. L. L. Stephens, Dillon, S. C. R. 4?173tp 'OR SALE?160 Bushels Weber No. 82 Long Staple Cotton Seed. Ab-j solutely pure. From cotton that U. I S. Government graded strict mid-| dllng 1 13 inch staple. $1.00 per! bushel in lots of 10 bushel and | over. Joe Cabell Davis, Dillon, S. C.?2 17 2t. WANTED ? Salesmen for line of guaranteed tires. Guaranteed salary with extra commissions. Cowan Tire Sc. Rubber Co., Chicago, Illinois. Box 784?2 17 2t. WANTED?Family to take one or two horse crop on shares. Also one 8ingle man by the month to act as foreman. Must be hustler. Address C. E. Taylor, Fork. S. C.? 2 241tp MONUMENTS?Wo are builders and erectors of high grade monuments. All work of the best material and fully guaranteed. Prices reasonable. See us before placing your order. Lumberton Marble Works, J. H. Floyd, Prop., Lumberton, N. C.?2 24 52t. BOGS FOR SETTING?From single comb, grand Rhode -Island -Reds, exhibition blood, -headed by prize winning male. 23.00 per setting delivered. T. J. Bass, Latta, S. C. ? 2 17 3tp." VIR. S. G. CONRAD HAS SEVERED his connection with these companies: Day ton-Money weight Scale Co. McCray Refrigerator Co., and Southern Scale It Fixture Co. Any transaction may be carried on direct with the Southern Scale and Fixture Co., Columbia, S. C.?2t. . . . k PALMAFE3TA > ? Palmetto State Festival k * Columbia March 28 to April 2 * W 8-17-lt. NOTICE OF ELECTION Under and by virtue of the authority given us by the rules of the Demscratlc Party of the town of Dillon notice i8 hereby given that a primary election Is ordered to be held at the usual voting place In the town of Dillon on Tuesday, the 15 th day of March, 1921, for the purpose of nominating a Mayor, six aldermen and >ne commissioner of public works to !>e voted upon at the general election to be held Tuesday, the 19th day >f April, 1921. The polls will open at 8 o'clock a. m. and close at 4 p. m. Books of enrollment are now open at Moody's Drug Store and will remain open till 1 o'clock on Monday, March 14th. All citizens both male and female, Df the age of 21 years who have resided in the state two years, in the ;ounty six months and in the town jf Dillon sixty dayg will be entitled to vote in said election. If a second primary is necessary the same will be held on Tuesday, the 22nd day of March, 1921, at the Lisual voting place. Candidate* nr* required to file their pledges with the chairman on or before 12 o'clock noon Monday. March 14th, 1921. The following managers have been appointed to hpid said election: C. S. Herring, S. W. Jackson and W. A. BTeaver. M. A. 8TUBBS, K 17 4t Chairman. 84, 1M1. READ OUR AD IN THIS WEEKS issue, then come to see us. Southern Wholesale and Distributing Co. SEE OUR SPECIALS IN THIS weeks ad. Southern Wholesale and Distributing Co. SOME SPECIAL PRICES ON OUR line of goods. Read our ad. Southern Wholesale and Distributing Co. * ** * PALMAFESTA * Palmetto State Festival * * * * Columbia March 28 to April 2 ] 3-17-lt. ??? ??? ????????? Drag Saws at As long as our Typo "W" Drg S Bosch Magneto and Lever Contr< 1921, we will make a special pr on these machines, which means Columbia Sup 823 WEST GERVAIS ST. 0. V." PERRY FORMERLY WITH I THIS IS WHAT BCs.=* ?$= i ||j WE SAVE YOU ? Our Mechanics are the best. All f: We specialize on Painting, Repa Tir~ r* %- n as ? "C 1UIU1DU DUCK V/Uruns, lop J any make oar. We Guarantee Better Prices When In Tronbl P. & W. SSSB99SB^S^K9Sa YO \ 1 HIM We are opening Dillon, S. C. At tl will be at the Hotel cond and fourth Mor ing Tuesday in each and fit glasses. Cal L. A. wooa Eyesight ycsi is 123 is is is is is is is 1 A ^ S "to m? t | I thank my g customers in D B County for the ? have given me durii ? perity and I will tha = able part of their trs p of adversity. I will ? equally as good serv ? have in the past, in b and prompt deliver; g force of help this ye g You will be courteo g the Dillon and Palac i J. R. HA1 (XI CD IX) i^iivinrimrriwnin The 1920 value of Canada's furfarm industry is placed at $3,968,591. i The person with a little money, im the bank is the one who can get themost satisfaction out of falling prices. Even a cross-eyed man has no difficulty in finding trouble these days if he goes out to look for it. A room ten feet long, ten feet wide and ten feet high contains approximately seventy-five pounds of, air. Cecil B. DeMille's Production * "SOMETHING TO THINK * ABOUT" With a Great Oast * EVERYBODY'S THEATRE TODAY and TOMORROW Admission: SOc aad 30c. *? + # + * + + Special Prices awa, which are equipped with >1, last and antil February 15th, ice f. o. bk Columbia of 1150.00 i a 25 per cent cutply Company COLUMBIA, S. C. 10DRE AUTO SALES A. B. WHITE f I* rom large cities. iring, Washing and Doping Cars. RecoverB and Seat Covers for and Better Workmanship, e OH 77 or 127-J REPAIR CO. * I WWVAWWWW \\\W\NV 1 an Optical Office at I le present time we I Wheeler every se- 1 idays' and the follow- 1 month. We examine 1 1 and see us. 1 RUFF; D-Opt. I Specialist 1 i izi ra rsn rsn rzrzi m rzi rzi rsn ran ord | Customers | many friends and g illon and Dillon 8 patronage they | ig the years of pros- g nk them for a reason- 0 ide during the months tj promise to give them ice in the future as I ^ good quality of meats g y. I have a better g ar than ever before, g usly treated at both g e Markets. * g - a rCH, Prop. g CD OQ GQCD (S3 DD CD CD IS CDffi