The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 25, 1921, Image 4
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flOBSCRIPTlOX - 99.50 Per Yr.
f? Dillon, 8. C., August 95, 1991
The Dillon correspondent of The
USUUe and The Ne*8 and Courier is:
^extravagant in his estimates of boll
'weevil damage when he claims that
production will be reduced 60 per,
cent in the county. From the information
we have been able to gather'
atfctt damage this year will be about
ten per cent. It is true, the boll wee-J
-eil has destroyed the top crop,?but
It must be remembered that Dillon \
?ounty has not made a top crop since
Y911 when the county produced 54,-'
?W)0 bales of cotton and'left probably!
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iiVfW wii?h in me neids. uounty Agent
Kpps, who keeps in close touch with
'Sthe progress of the boll weevil, esti-j
mates the actual damage at 10 per
Deal. This is, however, only a warn-]
ang. Next year the damage will be|
JSC per cent or more.
Unemployment in France, so we'
are told, continues to decrease and'
lilie recent crisiB appears to have
feeen overcome. The census figures
aihow that the number of unemployed
-amounts to only 1 per cent of the
population. Next to Belgium, France
am the greatest sufferer from the
-war. Its men were killed, its crops
destroyed, its cities devastated, its
Industries ruined, yet France has
uncovered to the extent that its numIber
of unemployed is negligible. The'
United States was 3000 miles from'
/the nearest battle line and all dur-,
idng "the war Its industries were run-(
r ning fco capacity turning raw mater-'
Man* into the manufactured product
-Which It sold to France and other
"Xnropean nations at an enormous
-profit. Yet something Tike 4,000,000
auk in en out of our 100,000,000 pop nlathm
are idle and thcre is suffering
Ti? many sections. Thp n?Hn?
pushed to the verge of bankruptcy
wad it was only through the heroic
i ? r if Ices of the great middle class
-Who gave up their luxuries and in
any cases denied themselves the
-.actual necessities of life that we were
fwd from a fate almost as terrible
an Russia's. But what surprises us
:*s 'that In the face of all these facts
'fliere are men of intelligence who
prill try to make you believe that
Reflation was the result of natural
tieanaes; that the world was brok^and
?oonVd not buy; that European industries
were idle because there was
ISO capital to run them. NaturalVaus?es
did net bring the nation to the
atotoik of ruin. Deflation was started
tto -reduce the cost of living and inci-:
dentally to catch a certain element of
'ahe labor vote in the east and mld-j
west. The men who started it
nraznt well, but it was like ^ setting j
Yfire to a prairie to burn off an acre,
atf land?it got beyond control. The,
crowd that always profits through,
- rti - tw iofnr+tt no" +\%
c V.O Ul tut; umSBtn saw
-jan opportunity?an unusual oppor-1
timity?and as their party could not
held responsible for the con.se-1
Quences they"carried deflation to the
limit- It could not have happened in
any other country on the face of the
3?lobe- The man who loves to plead j
".'natural causes" and "supply and de-j
mind" in justification of this collosal
blunder points to Japan as another
rich nation which found itself In thej
.same plight as the United States at
* he close of the war, but the situa-'
Ufcon in Japan was just the reverse.'.
In the United States the man of mod-j
erate means was tl^ sufferer and the (
man of millions added to his millions
while in Japan the man of millions,
became a bankrupt and there was
scarcely a ripple on the surface among
the middle-class tradesmen. Wealthy
man of Japan speculated in silk ?
Japan's leading industry?end when
kbe silk bubble burst the men of millions
were the losers. One thing that
scan be said to Japan's credit, however,
Is that she was quick to recover.
while the United States has
-wrestled with the problem for more
khan a year without accomplishing
very much.
mow TH1? RAILROADS "HOOBR."
Many ot ug have heard quite a lot
-mbout the transactions between the
-rmltraada and the government, but
werjr few of us have had an opportunity
to see the balance sheet. The
way It wag done reminds us of that
^iece of doggerel which says "A
junught's a naught and a figger's a figWcr;
all for the white man and none
if or the nigger."
"When the railroads were returned
to their owners in March of 1920 the
V. S. Railroad Administration reported
to congress that the government
owed the railroads $1,4 76,000<000
and that the railroads owed the
jgowasament $1,677,000,000. But from
the money owed by the government
there was to be deducted $815,000,^ 0
for physical improvements made
during federal control, so that finally
the government would have to pay
tthe railroads only $661,000.00, which
eesults from $815,000,000 being sub"
traded from $1,476,000,000. This
Heft the railroads owing the govern*.?aent
a little moro than one billion
dollaTS net.
And now the railroads have aecur$500,000,000
of new money from
the government, of course, as a loan,
while the agricultural interests which
wefe the government nothing are
mmmA #ff with a paltry little 115.
fHB DOLuON
ood.ooo.
"In other words," nays a writer,
"Uncle Sam is expected to be banker
to the railroads, and perhaps in perpetuity.
If the government is the
banker, of course, the government
will want to see that the railroads
U'ak,, enough to pay the interest and
sinking fund charges, and this would
be done through the rate fixing power
of the Interstate Commerce Commission."
But the railroad executives keep
telling us the railroads are insolvent.
If their tale of woe correct then
why should the government be such
a ready banker? No man can get a
banker to lend him money by telling
the banker he is insolvent.
And then again, why put the cart
before the horse? If the railroads
have nothing to haul how can they
expect to make money? Of what use
tc them is the ' $500,000,000 they
secured from the government if the
paltry $25,000,000 the agricultural
industry received is not sufficient to
put the farmer on his feet and assist
him in producing something that will
put the railroads back on their feet?
It would have been more logical
??u vciuuui> iuuvu owner ior me
railroads and also for the nation as
a whole if the government had loaned
tho agricultural Interests the $500,000,000
and the railroads the $25,000,000
"CYNICAL AND CRUEL"
SAYS WANNAMAKER
South Carolinian Charges Federal Reserve
Board With ResponsibUiity
for Low Prices.
Washington, Aug. 22?Federal reserve
board policies in connection
*ith price and currency deflation are
"cynical," cruel and inexcusable"
and constitute "financial tyranny and
commercial criminality" J. S. Wannamaker,
president of the American
Cotton association, charged today before
a joint congressional agriculture
commission. The board's methods, he
added, are "heaping up gold in the
United States at the expense of all
civilisation."
, Speaking, he said, for agricultural
producers, the witness asserted the
federal board and banks were respon
: sible (or the general price decline.
The board's pressure still wa8 being
exerted upon "bankers who are
afraid of their shadow, who may find
'all their loans called by the reserve
.banks any minute, and dare not disobey
its orders," according to Mr.
^'annamaker, who asked the commission
to recommend legislation for
.general revision of the reserve board
pemuniwi. ,
He proposed that the personnel be
composed of 12 members, nominated
'from the various dlstricYk as representatives
of industry instead of
banking, who should be appointed
by the president and confirmed by
the senate. Further, he suggested
that the commission recommend the
instant reduction in federal reserve
rediscount rates, to a basis of 3 1-2
per cent, on Liberty loan collateral.
"The federal reserve banking system,
created to serve the people by
its administration has made the
people servants of the system," he
asserted. "Its policy will require the
American people to pay with deflated
dollars a national debt borrowed in
inflated dollars."
Price declines that have been effected
lately, he dclared, would not
help consumers, because "they have
left nothing for agricultural producers
to do but combine and reduce
production so low in the future that
prices will give us some margin of
profit and let us pay our debts."
"I heard as early as 1918 that plans
were being rigged up to put on deflation,"
Mr. Wannamaker said. "This
culminated in what was called a buyers'
strike in 1920. We never had a
buyers' strike, it was a buyes' panic,
the result of unceasing propaganda
sent out to make people afraid of
prices, to spread the fear that prices
were to go lower."
"By whom was this propaganda
spread?"' queried Representative
Funk (Republican) of Illinois.
I "I'll first take up the case of the
.reserve board," continued Mr. Wannamaker,
"and I'll ask the commission
to ask that board the amount
. paid out for publicity during the last
] 18 months for correspondence and
the distribution of newspaper material."
I Senator Harrison (Democrat.) Mississippi,
asked if the reserve board
I had publicity men and Mr. Wannamaker
replied that his Impression
|was "that they have and that they
are well paid."
I Mr. Wannamaker put into evidence
statements and bulletins which he
said the reserve board issued during
the last two years and which he said
clearly showed Its purpoes to bring
about declining prices."
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Plans to Fight Boll Weevil.
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Latta. S. C., Aug. 22. 1921.
The fact that the cotton boll weeivil
has actually come and is now doing
considerable damage in the coun'tty
has caused our farmers to see
the necessity of diversied farming.
We realize that it will be foolish
.for us to try to plant as much cotton
as we have planted in the past so
we are now looking for something
to take the place of cotton. "
I find quite a number of farmers interested
in dairying and a great many
are thinking of putting in some truck.
; In order that we may learn something
about these before going into
them we have deqided to hold a few
jmeting8 over tho'county within the
! next few days. At these meetings we
i will have our specialists from Clem|son
College, who have had experience
along these lines, to explain things
for us. i
On Thursday afternoon, August 16,
we had a little meeting at the Bank
,of Latta where we discussed dairying.
At this meeting we had Mr. C. W.
ii " i "mi
Schmolke, Extension Dairyman, with
us and he outlined three plans for
ug to pick fioui. His first plan was
ici us to put in a creamery and handle
our own cream, the second was
for us to 'ship sweet cream ev?ry day
to be made hito ice cream, and the
third was for us to ship sour cream
i\vo cr three lines a week and this
t-j be made into butter. Realising
that we did not have a sufficient number
of cows io Justify a creamery and
s the demand for ice cream will not
last all the y?ar, we d .lded that It
will be best fcr us to s dp sour cream
twice a week So mucu interest v.'as
manifested along this line until within
a very short tfme we found farmers
that weri* read.dl to pledge the
cream from abofrt one hundred and
twenty five cows. Mr. Schmolke was
so well pleased with the results until
he went off to locate a sure market
for the cream and as soon as he
finds this market he will conic back
und spend a week with us. During this
week we will canvass the county
holding meetings wherever they are
wanted and give every man an opportunity
to join in with us.
Mr. G. P. Hoffman, from the Extension
Department of Clemson College,
who has been working with the
truck growers of the l<jwer section of
the State for the past few years has1
wired me that he will be over within
the near future to take up this line of
work with us. Just as soon as he notified
us when he will get here we
will arrange for several meetings over
the county and you will be notified.
Yours very truly,
S. W. EPPS.
County Agent.
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B. Y. P. U. ORGANIZES.
Large Number of Delegates Hold
Successful Session at Reedy
Pwnftlr
At Reedy Creek on last Sunday
more than 150 delegates from Baptist
churches for 50 miles radius assembled
and organized an associational
B. Y. ?. UNever
in the history of the denomination
have the young people made
the progress in religious work as Is
being manifest and their efforts are
looked upon by the older members as
an absolute necessi^ for the upbuilding
of our chureh and the training
of our young people for service.
The morning and afternoon sessions
were crowded with fine reports
and addresses from visiting pastors
and young members.
Rev. J. A. McMillan, of McColl.
delivered a very inspiring address
in the morning on "The Possibilities
of Youth," bringing to those of the
young people new life and zeal to
press the forward and upward way
that leads to the greatest prise.
Rev. J. L. Baggott, of Columbia.
Slate B. Y. P. U. superintendent,
made an address in the afternoon. He
brought a wondeful message on "Our
Training Service." Under hiB leadership
and direction new unions are
being organised every week. With
500 unions at present, the goal for
this year is 1,000 unions, 3,000
tlthers, 75 A-l union, 25 ' associations
conventions, 109 groups reporting
100 per cent dally Bible reading
each week, 500 study courses and
"every one win one."
The nominating committee: Miss
Norma Bernice Bass, Miss Annie McLaurin,
Miss Julia E. Smith and Mr.
Adolphus Williamson brought in the
report, which was read and following
officers unanimously elected:
Associational President, B. R.
Clardy, Mullins, S. C.
Associational Vice President, Marion
County, Mrs. A. L. Shumate,
Mullins, S. C.
Associational Vice President, Dillon
County, Miss Norma Bernice
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IJBBB, LiallH, O. V/.
Asaociational Vice President, Marl
bcro County, Mr. A. L. Huestess,
Bennetteville, S. C.
Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Eliza
Byers, Marion, S. C.
Junior Leader, Miss Ola Daniel,
Mullins, S. C.
Chorister, Mr. A. L. Hueatcss,
Bennettsville, S- C.
The association being so large, a
motion prevailed to divide It according
to counties, holding the
meeting with the fifth Sunday Union
meeting, with one big annual rally
of our entire association. The executive
committee will assist in arranging
programs with the unton meeting
committees, therebv trivlnor our voune
people a prominent part on Sunday's
program. The time and place of the
next convention will be made by the
executive committee.
Thc expense of these conventions
will be dispensed with by apportionment
arranged by the executive comImlttee.
| There being no further business a
.rising vote of thanks to Reedy Creek,
.their pastor and all taking part on
the program to make possible the
success of the meeting was carried
unanimously. B. R. C.
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Former Dillon Resident Dies.
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Mrs. Annie E. McCormac, wife of
Mr. Peter P. McCormac died at Columbia
last week. Mr. and Mrs. McCormac
resided in Dillon until about
14 years ago when they moved to
i Columbia. The following account of
.Mrs. McCormac's death is taken from
.the Columbia Record:
Mrs. Annie E. McCormac, wife of
,P. P. McCormac, 1120 Calhoun died
at her home at 12:45 o'clock Thursday
morning after an illness of sev.erarl
weeks. She was 70 years of age.
'Besides her husband she is survived
by six sons, A. B., J. F. and H. K.
McCormac of Columbia, D. A. McCorjmac
of Mullins, T. O. McCormac of
North Carolina and M. C. McCormac
of Abbeville and by two daughters,
Mrs. D. S. Moody and Mrs. R. W.
Shackleford. both of Columbia.
Mrs. McCormac had lived in CoColumbia
about 14 years, having
moved here from Dillon. She was a
member of Main Street Methodist
church.
Funeral arrangements will be
announced after the arrival of her
sons who are on their way to Columbia.
LOST ? On Road between Dillon anaLake
View 33 x 4 tire, mounted on
rim. Kindly return to Bennett at
Moore Auto Sales?8 25 It.
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estate, bills of sale, planters Contracts,
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school house Friday, August 2 6th
from 8 till 5 o'clock for the purpose
of enrolling all school chldren in Dothan
school district No. 9 between
the ages of 7 and 14. Be sure to come
and notify your neighbors.
^ A. V. Bethea,
Z. A. Ellen,
F. L. Bethea,
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by man, age "15. Single. Life
experience on farm. Can handle
commissary or store 'work.. Best
of references furnished. Can begin
work now or January 1st. Address
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