Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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^ A. B. JORDAN, . . SUIMCftllTIO.V S2.5U Per Yr. DUlon. 8. September 8, 1921. C I There are thirty billions of dollars oi tax exempt securities in the United) States ? approximately three times the slse of what Europe owes the gov ernment. Thousands of persons o large fortunes escape taxation by in eating heavily in these securities. Figure up the interest on 30 billions and note approximately what incortf cvcapes taxation. The nation has aten enough of these securities, which are exerting a harmful effect on ingliiof rv * ru H o on J J . V? ?*V?V auu J/Ul I|,1V,9. We are glad that another South Carolina town iB showing uumistakrvble signs of returning prosperity. A' I erson walking through the business j streets of Dillon last Saturday would, have thought that all the people in | South Carolina were doing their week-end trading in Dillon, but The! News and Courier, quoting from the' Spartanburg Herald, says last Satur-J day was the busiest day the Piedmont city has had since the period of do-( pression set in 12 months ago. The Herald says "that last Saturday, brought to the city of Spartanburg a crowd that congested its sidewalks and congested its streets with cars from all regions of the country roundabout." We had the same conditions In Dillon. In many stores people "were compelled to leave before they could be waited on, and we have no , doubt that many people left town without having completed their pur- i chases. There was no drain on the banks and the money seemed to come out of the air. On the other hand the( deposits at the banks increased when : they opened for business Tuesday i morning after Monday's holiday. This is taken as a sign of returning con-j fidence. There have been complaints1 from time to time that too much mon-1 ey was kept In hiding. It is this habit j of hiding out cash money that brings | on hard times. It makes money scarce ( and increases the interest and; as the interest rate increases there, is lea borrowing and less money to, borrow. The rush on the stores last. Saturday brought lots of money out | of hiding. This money found lt8 way to the banks Tuesday morning, and although Saturday was the busiest' day Dillon has had in 12 months, and thousands of dollars worth of goods were purchased, the bank deposits showed a healthy increase from the' day's transactions. i "Where do they come from?" asked a retired merchant who had taken. note of the large number of weekend buyers in Dillon last Saturday. "The population of the county is not . much larger than it was 15 years ago *when I was in businiess," continued 1 the merchant, "but. it seems that the 1 number of buyers has quadrupled." 1 The answer is found probably in The 1 News and Courier's comment in Tues- 1 days issue on the big crowd of buy- j err. In Spartanburg last Saturday. It ^ says >n part: "It is interesting to note ( at a time like this, when business is r beginning to revive again here ?nd|T there after a period of depression, the t beneficial effect of good roads enters i into a local situation as an important r factor." Following this same line of,I thought The Herald of Spartanburg f says: "The great crowd of farmers * which gathered in Spartanburg Satur- j day could not have come in anything j like such numbers but for the rapid ^ development of the highways which f now cover 'the whole country." All < of which is very true but the auto- i mobile itself is a great factor as a trade developer. If 'we had to make a choice between the two we would |< take the automobile with bad roads (1 1b preference to good roads without;' the aatomobile, but when a communi-j1 ty combines good roads with the auto-,1 mobile it has a combination as a trade:' developer that cannot be surpassed, j" While Dillon's roads are not up to the | average, yet there 'is an automobile' to every IS Inhabitants, and therein! probably lies the answer to the retired Dillon merchant's question,1 "Where do they come from?" TIM EH ARE NOT BAD IN DILLON, i We are beginning to believe that; conditions are not as bad as they are painted- From all indications Dillon labor has been kept busy throughout the year. At least we have pretty good evidence of that fact. Three months ago when the demand for labor should have been at its lowest we asked two men for estimates on a small job. \w; never got the estimates, although Vej have seen those men when apparently they had nothing to do but sit around and talk. Four weeks ago we engag-1 ed a man to do a small job at the] Herald office and he promised to be on hand the next morning. He did' not show up. We engaged- another man to do the same job and have not laid eyes on him since. Last week we j saw a good carpenter sitting on the curbing engaged in conversation with another man. We asked him if he wanted a job. "Yes, sir," he replied We took him in and showed him urliat we wanted done. He said he would be on hand Monday mornIsg. This is Wednesday and he hasn't Pssissii up. We had a small tenant house to repair and four different I 6 We don't think lab) far as Dillon is concern* reaction from excessively ^____ High wages always make p^^faSKTnce and lndiffereuce. Employment and unemployment is a matter of public interest. Unemployment affects more people by far than those without employment. The business fabric is based on the circulation of money, which yields to every one according to his needs or desires. When unemployment is rampant the circu'ation of money is at a low ebb?ir other words, buying power is depressed. The same rule holds good with employment. When prosperity is at a high peak, wages are satisfactory, and employment is general, the effects are felt throughout the entire' business structure. People have money to buy and the circulation of mon-j e> is rapid. President Harding has called an unemployment conference;! but it will be found that the unem-, ployed need more than discussion by, a debating society. THE PASSING OF COTTON. ( t'Hetoa Merchant Says It Will Go Same Way as Hlee and Indigo. Colleton county is passing through its third year under boll weevil conditions. Mr. E. T. H. Shaffer, a large Colleton merchant and farmer, tells the following story in Monday's issue of The News and Courier which will be of interest to Dillon county farmers: The present season has convinced even the most skeptical that profitable cotton growing in lower South Carolina is now a thing of the past. First indigo, then rice now cotton, each lias flourished for a time and then passed away. However, none of these as crop systems ever placed the average farmer of this section on a sound economic basis, ready and able to face changing conditions. Nor did they ever place the average farmer of this section on the samel scale of living as is the farmer of the| border State or of the Middle West. I Each had the same fatal defect ? a one-money-crop system of agriculture A system unsound and unbusinesslike from every standpoint. A one-money-crop system will often build up the few but at the same time keep back the many, thus creating one mansion but many hovels. Such a system plantg the seeds of class which is contrary to the modern spirit of agricultural America. Now, as a last report, the farmers, of lower South Carolina must of necessity turn to diversified farming. And in so doing they are at last upon the true road although it may prove a long and hard road to better living and to economic freedom. Something to Soil top His prosperity will no longer de-[ pend upon one crop but upon many,1 grain, potatoes, peanuts, soya beans,' cattle, hogs, poultry, vegetables, all! will have proper place in the new farming. The year round every time he comes into town he must have something to buy on credit. In the planting of grains and, legumes rundown lands will gradually. be built up and made more produc-| :ive. Such a program in connection; with the raising of more livestock neans more humus added to soils i ?ach season. In the end it means! ands which will return rich harvests, vithout the constant use of high pric-| id commercial fertilizers. Besides thet iddition of necessary humus all am-! noniates will be home produced and | he only cash outlay will be for cheap;* icid and an occasional application of,< heap lime. Nothing but abnormally;] ligh priced cotton could ever have,i stood the fertilizer bill of forty to 1 'ifty million dollars annually paid f the farmers of South Carolina by * ar the largest sum paid by any State,1 n the Union. Eliminate cotton and < :he fertilizer bill will be cut to a mere!* 'raction. Nevertheless as has been < shown lands will constantly improve is they have not been doing. I< Produced on the Farm. I' XT ?... |n ? J Jitl. 1 U n J J I nuw in ttuuiuuii iu iiir imiu auu ' fertilizer phase of the question the < jew program means that practically ' everything needed and consumed on, the farm will be produced on the l farm. When this is done and all sur-| plus of every description 19 sold for, cash and there Is no need for the far-|( mer to go Into debt, then 'will come J to pass the day when the farmer can'1 rise and call the boll weevil blessed.;1 One outstanding feature of diversl-," fled Southern farming M always a 1 constantly Increasing nurplu* of corn.;' At first being used only to farming with large use of'commercial fertilizer the farmrer contends that It can-1 not possibly pay him to ralso corn.; But as the lands are buiii up ann the fertilizer bill reduced, the big quan-J tity of surpl is corn begins to look mighty good to him. This surplus corn can only become a cash surplus with the cooperation of the business men of the towns of cities nearby. The problem of preparation, marketing and distribution of surplus grain and other itemo uniar diversified farming cannot be 'nan ilrd by the farmer alone. The entire business community which in the last analysis depends on the farmer must assist. Corn and Not Cotton. In future the vast truck 'arms near Charleston and on the adjacent islands will plant as a seconj crop corn and not cotton. Right now Charleston merchants and dealers say that they have customers who could have sh aped them thousands of bushels of corn and paid up accounts, but that the city possessed no meana at all to place this corn in commercial condition and so today the corn remains l.i the gtow-, ers' hands worthless, and the accounts remain on the merchants' hooks unpaid. Charleston men who had farms Just outside the city limits and greW| / Judge Jod Cabell Davie returned Monday night from Ohio where he si>ent two weeks visiting couuty fairs and enjoying himself generally. Judge DaviB says he heard the good news of the advance in the cotton market while he was In the west and the western farmer seemed to be as please? over our good fortune as if he were enjoying it himself. But such is not the case. Judge Davis says the farmers. bankers and merchants of the towns and cities he visited are very blue. They cannot get a living price foi hay, corn, wheat or hogs and a feeling of pessimism seemed to prevail very where. He went out to a big hay farm and-saw 1000 tons of hay under cne shed. The owner told him ho could not get cost of production out of it. He said the best Timothy hay could be bought out there for $20 a ton. The general complaint was that freight rates were too high and/ the cost of transportation made long i distance shipments prohibitive. The; wheat crop wa* in the elevators and 1 TEXT BOOKS FOR The following text-books an beginning of the year. Later as i All pupils are urged and expecte these books before the opening ( school on Monday. September 12 missing pages or interlinings ol school use: FIRST C Ilaliburton Primer Wide ruled tablet Pencil with large soft leadBox CrayoTas. SFt'OXD Hill's Second Reader ? ? Hunt's Modem Word Book Practical Writing No. 2 ? ? _ Practical Drawing No. 2 ? . Tablet With Wide Ruling. Pencil With Large Lead. Box Crayolas. THIRD Hill's Third Reader ? Hunt's Progressive Course in Sp Robbin's and Row'd Work and PI Smith's Modern Primary Arithm Practical Writing, Manual No. 3 Practical Drawing No. 3 ? Tablet, pencil, crayolas, cork gr Thomas Spelling Blank. FOURTH * Hill's Fourth Reader Arnold's The Mastery of Words, Kinard-Withers, the English Lar Smith's Modern Primary Arithm Maury's New Elements of Geogn Ritchie-Caldwell's Primer of Hy Practical Writing, Manual No. 4 Practical Drawing No. 4 Tablets, Crayolas, Cork Grip Pei Thomas Spelling Blank. FIFTH ' The Child's World Fifth Reader Arnold's the Mastery of Words, S Kinard-Withors, the English Lan Smith's Modern Advanced Arithn White's Beginners History of th? Maury's New Elements of Geogr Practical Writing, Manual No. 5 Practical Drawing, No. 5 corn last season tried to ship their crop to the Walterboro elevator, but could not do so on account of ihe double freight costs which would have resulted. When the boll weevil reached Florida some years ago grain elevators were built, not only at inland towns, hut at all the chief ports. These :ities realized that in order to hold the trarde and properly serve their idjacent territories they must be ?quipped with proper elevator facilities. Exports Corn to Cuba. Jacksonville has a 60,000-bushel ?levat?r. The concern exports much :orn to Cuba and to the Bahama islands, besides shipping to dealers n various parts of the State. Tampa las an elevator which covers the State as far north as Orlando and which also makes direct shipments to Cuba. In the year 1919, in spite if a bad crop season, the Tampa elevator handled over 100 cars of lo:ally grown corn. In South Carolina the hustliing port 3f Beaufort is alive to the situation ind is busy completing a 15.000 bushel elevator similar to the one in operation at Walterboro. Their plan is to handle all surplus corn in the Beaufort section and to export the grain direct to Cuba markets. j Charleston Needs Elevator. It would seem imperative that Charleston be promptly equipped with J modern elevator facilities to handle ( corn and other farm products as are those other cities. Vast quantities of corn would come in by water from the islands. Also many of the Charleston customers at a considerable distance who have always met their bills with "good middling" must in the future meet these bills with corn in the ear and on the hoof. Of necessity man so situated can only do business at a point ready with an elevator for the corn and with stock yard or packing plant for their hogs. The cry now to the farmer is diversify. diversify, but before giving him this advice the busness leaders must asssit him by provding equipment and cash markets for the fruits of diversification. The old one crop farming was a one man game, but modern farming, like any modern business, is a complex enterprise and 1?. a community proposition. o A healthy body may hold a diseased character. JOE P^HANE Attomey-at-I-aw Office Next to Bank of Dillon, Main St. Dillon. 8. . DR. R. M. BAILEY. Veterinarian Office at Dillon Live Stock Co's. Stables. Office Phone - 23 5 Residence Phone - - ? DR. B. F. DARWIN Dentist Office Over Bank of Dillon . nanMMNnMMM -although the price vm below the cost of production the formers were breaking r.p land to plant another crop. Judge Darts says he talked with a large hog raiser who told him that hog raising had more disadvantages than cotton raising. This man said we could gather our cotton and if the price wa8 too low we could store it at a minimum of cost, whereas hogs had to be rushed on the market when they reached the marketable stage bcause every day you kept them they cost you more and .more. He advised Judge Davis against South Carolina going into the hog business too heavily. He said they had not been able to make a profit on hogs since the big slump came a year ago. o Contrite hearts create music God can hear. * o The pathway of faith is the place of communion. o Only the saints can enjoy the soul's bnnquet. DILLON SCHOOLS. id supplies are to be used at the need arises others will be added, id to provide themselves with >r school and to hring tnem to . Worn out books or books with ' helps can not be accepted for JRADE. 18 GRADE. 25 __ _ .16 .10 ' . .18 GRADE. __ .30 elling. Part 1 .13 Lay with Language .28 etic .25 ? __ .10 .18 ip penstaff. GRADE. Section 1. .30 Lguage, Book 1 .32 etic .25 iphy .45 gtene , .30 .10 .18 astaff. r GRADE. .48 lection 2 .30 guage Book 1 .32 aetic .40 > U. S .40 aphy .45 .10 .23 ll ... _ We fc-xtei TUESD^s Septem Millin There's a R< INo effort f the banner o Everything will be on di Come and manship and Latta Dr LAT1 ^liss S. M. Smitl Milliner. r f GBADI yl Six Readeryll>V^^W-* fv -rfTnold'i The Noatery of Words, Sectlo K in ard-Withers, The English Language, Smith's Modern Advanced Arithmetic Maury's New Complete Geography Ritchie's Primer of Sanitation and Phy History of South Carolina, Sims, Practical Writing, No. 6 Practical Drawing, No. 6 Thomas Spelling Blanks Tablet, Crayolas, Cork Grip Peustaff. SEVENTH GRAJ Elson's Seventh Reader Arnold's The Mastery of Words Kinard-Withers, The English Language Smith's Modern Advanced Arithmetic _ Thompson's History of the United Sta Maury's New Complete Geography Ritchie's Primer of Sanitation and Ph Practical Writing No. 7 Practical Drawing No. 7 Thomas Spelling Blanks Tablet, Crayolas, Cork Grip Penstaff. HIGH SCHOOL. First Year. Kern and Nobles First Book in English Classics to be selected. Well's Algebra for Secondary Schools. Choose Two of the Following: Van Tuyl's Essentials of Business Arith Collar and Daniell's First Year Latin Smallwood'8 Practical Biology ? . Harper's Animal Husbandry, Agricultu Home Economics for Girls. Second Year. Lewis and Hosic's Practical English ? Classics to be Selected. Wells Algebra for Secondary Schools Choose two of the following: Wests' Ancient World__ Smallwood's Practical Biology Pol In v n n/1 Flo n inll 'c ITircf VOO r T O tin Bennett's Caesar's Gallic War ? Harper's Animal Husbandry Home Economics for Girls. Third Year. Lewis a..d Hos'.c's Practical English-- . ' Classics to be selected. Well's Plane Geometry Choose two of the following: Wests Modern Word Bt nnett's Caesar's Gallic War. Later Bennett's Cicero's Orations ? Black and Davis Practical Physics Chardenal's New French Course Davis' Horticulture. Agricultural Cours Home Economics for Girls. Fourth Year. Dalgleish's Grammatical Analysis ? Setlers Advanced Syntax Classics to be selected. Choose two of the following: Wests Modern World Well'8 Solid Geometry Bennett's Cicero. Later Bennett's Virgil Black and Davis Practical Physics Chardenal's New French Course Davis Horticulture. Home Economics for Girls. Pianoforte is elective in all the g* ercises on Monday morning description high school courses and curriculums w intendent and teachers. All parents of find it advantageous to be present and children. Thfci exercise will be held in tl The corps of academic teachers has be< tion of Mr. Edward Macfarlan of Darllc the natural sciences. i ?? ????????? id to You An Inv to visit our store lY and WEDNES ter 13th and DURING OUR ery Ope: eason Why You Should tas been spared to pening of our cart r in head wear wo splay tor your ins/ - J satisfy yourself ai ' price. Yours to please. y Goods Co rA, SOUTH CAROLIN i. Miss Re Ai ii 3 .30 4 Book 2 - .44 m - .40 .88 Biology, Part 1 : .80 \ __ .66, "L .10 f .23 * .05 \ >E. .62 .30 y !, Book 2. .44 .40 tea ? .85 .88 ysiology, Part .2. .60 .10 ' .23 .05 * .75 1.00 4 metic .66 .94 4 1.18 ral Course \ .94 1 1.00 1.18 4 Late?* .94 J < . .94 j < ,44 ^ ::::::::::::: 1.18 e. " < i .46 __ .80 1 I 1.41 ?7K I 1.13 1.10 1.18 9 ades. At the opening exa and explanations of the ill be given by the superhigh school pupils would L hear the plans for their tie auditorium at 9 o'clock en completed by the elecigton to teach French and II itation IDAY 14thp | ning Attend make this ler. rth while section. s to workmpany A becca ^Myers, distant* i'