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COTTON FARMERS URQED
TO KEEP ACREAGE DOWN
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South Carolina farmers are
being strongly advised by W. W.
Long, State agent of demonstration
and superintendent of the
extension division of Clemson
college, not to plant an acre more
in cotton than they planted last
year. This advice is based by
Mr. Long on reports received at
Washington which show that, at
the present rate, this year's crop
will be an enormous one and the ,
office of demonstration work at j
Clemson college is hastening to
urge the farmers of this State
not to follow the lead of other
sections in what appears almost
certain to be a losing policy.
Reports which have been pouring
into Washington from many
parts of the South show that
Southern farmers, acting on the
strength, it is believed, of the
good prices received 011 the last
crop, and not content with holding
the crop at this figure and
receiving equally good or only
slightly lower prices, intend to
increase their acreage all along
the line. Though it is too early
for definite estimates, it appears
probable the crop raised will be
too large for the market to bear,
provided the present policy of
the farmers continues.
"The time when everybody
else is raising a lot of cotton is
just the time for us not to raise
a lot of it," said Mr. Long in
discussing the situation. "This
principle holds true in any business.
We are not urging the
farmer to cut his cotton acreage,
for we wish to proceed conservatively.
Ilut what we are
urging upon him and urging as
strongly as we can is the danger
of planting any more cotton than
he planted last year.
"Let him put the same amount
of land in cotton again if he
wishes to, and, with the constantly
improving conditions of
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likely that we shall make more
cotton than last year even then,
probably a million ar.d a hall"
bales, which is quite as much
cotton as South Carolina is called
upon to produce, or has any
right to produce."
Besides the consideration of
immediate price, Mr. Long
pointed out that it was the part
of wisdom for South Carolina
planters, especially those in the
lower part of the State, to begin
a policy of retrenchment in cotton
growing and to have their
diversification policy well established
in order to present a
good defense to the boll weevil
when it arrives.
McLaurin Outlines His Position.
John L. McLaurin has given
out a statement regarding the
coming campaign, in which he
will be a candidate, and has
mentioned the issuer which he
regards as important. Among
these are qualifying suffrage in
the primary, compulsory school
laws, the Fortner bill, the warehouse
bill, and Bleaseism (socalled).
McLaurin delares he is not in
favor of restricting the l ight to
vote in the primary and that he
is satisfied the last primary was
without fraud to any considerable
extent. lie favors the Fortner
bill, as amended by Senator
Clifton, and if elected governor
will recommend its enactment
into law.
Regarding the warehouse bill,
his position is well known.
In regard to "Bleaseism." he declares
that he regrets to say it
will, in all probability, be one of,
if not the paramount , issues in the
campaign, and states that there
never was a time in the State
when there was greater need foi
charity and tolerance.
Entertainment for Veterans.
*. JVIoro than $50,000 has been
raised by the people of Jackson0
ville, Florida, as an entertainment
fund for the veteran's reunion
to be held in that city earlj
in May. Many women have aided
in raising the fund by conducting
"tag" sales and selling
badges at $1 each.
Engagement Announced.
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Ander
son, of Rock Hill, have issuei
invitations to the marriage o:
their daughter, Carrie, and A1
bert Johnson, the marriage t<
take place Wednesday, April 14.
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That was the reninik of a bitlie
Is u successful business inn
Sueeessfni from the world's poii
money.
itut more than that, lie bus foiu
Happiness Is one thing; money
valuable than money.
This man eltetl one instance of
i-cnts to lie a Christian. He was
Ills store was wiped out by lire.
lie had practically no insurant
lace ol? it lie was down ami out.
I tut he overlooked Ills one lily
lie liatl lived a Clirisltlan life i
square in ail Ids dealing;- lie lin
sense.
He knew he must work, so he
houses from which li? hail hon^li
tion on the road.
Now he did not know the liem
so in* was surprised to In* summon
The lilg; hoss tobl the merchant
him. And lie also said lie knew <i
To make a Ioiijj story short, tl
sulci- extended lo the merchant i
lishctl him in business, and was <
him.
He said frankly that tin* only r<
was l>i*causc of the merchant's f
The teal Christian lias good clia
liotli are tin* natural r?*suli of
The church |>ohits the way lo <
It pays to uo to church.
(hi next Sunday.
THE CRISIS IN ENGLAND.
Columbia Record.
It is difficult, of course, for
those not on the spot to under?t.nni]
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merits of the political controversy
in England over Ireland,
but an outline of the broad underlying
causes will throw much
light on the crisis.
The cause of the agitation is:
Opposition of Protestant and
industrial Ulster to the proposed
home rule legislation under
which Catholic and agrarian Ireland
would be in control.
The opposing factors are: The
radical parties?Liberals, Laborites,
Socialists and Irish Nationalists,
known as the coalition?
versus the Unionists, also called
the Conservatives. Allied with
the latter are the army clique
and the aristocracy.
Premier Asquith's proposal
with a view to compromising the
quarrel and pacifying the conflicting
elements is: The partial
exclusion of Ulster from the
workings of home rule for six
years, pending settlement of the
question by methods not yet out
lined. He proposes that the nine
Ulster counties vote separately
on home rule, they to be excluded
for a maximum time of
six years if they so desire. The
Unionists reject this proposal.
The immediate cause of disturbance
and question under
debate is: "Shall the army rule i
England?"
The possible results may be
stated to be: If the home rule
bill is pushed to passage armed
rebellion on the part of 100,000
Ulster volunteers, with resultant
civil war, is looked on as a certainty.
If the home rule bill is not
passed it makes imminent the
j overthrow of the Liberal Gov!
eminent, which would bring on
a general election, meantime
nullifying all steps taken in
other important legislation, such
as Welch dis establishment and
land reform. Columbia Record.
Frank's Chances Brighten.
Leo. M. Frank, of Atlanta,
will not be hanged April 17, the
date set by Judge Ben Hill. This
became virtually certain through
the disclosure of contemplated
legal maneuvers by Frank's
corps of lawyers.
In the e^ent that Judge Hill
acts unfavorably upon the ex
traordinary motion for a new
i trial and refuses evpn to hear
i argument, as he may do in an
extraordinary motion, and follows
this action by denying the
defendant a bill of exceptions,
the .judge may be mnndamused
i by Frank's attorneys and the
case thereby carried for the
second time to the supreme
court of Georgia.
r What the action of the defense
- will be in event that the supreme
- court again denies their appeal
r has not been decided, but it is
known that the last recourse
1 even then will not be exhausted.
It now seems practically a cer1
tainty that VV. F. Stevenson, ol
fjCheraw, will enter the race foi
- Congress from the Fifth district
> I in oppotition to Congressmar
David E. Finley.
For':
FORT MILI
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l:nN-i mail the other day.
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11 i ol' view, bemuse lie Ims made
mi happiness.
won't Imy. and so it is more
iicrc it paid liini in dollars ami
in business; iii a small city, ami
v and he was in debt. On tlu?
asset?his good reputation,
n his eomiiiuiilt y. He had been
d Imjcii "neighborly" lit the best
tvent to one ??f the bi? wliolesale
it K'ihmIs. lie applied for a posiil
of the cnnccrn |>crsnnally and
ied to the private olliee.
he knew what bad happened to
>1? his splendid reputation,
u* outcome was that the wltnlts
i special line of credit. recstaheventiially
paid all that was due
taison lie took th?' unusual action
.pleiuiid reputation.
racier sis well as good reputation.
t hristian li\inir.
'hristlan living.
THE NATINOAL GUARD.
Anderson Mail.
The United States depends on
the National Guard for the de
fense of the country in time of
war, as the regular army is not
of sufficient strength to cope
with armies of the other powers
alone. This is the manner the
United States government has
adopted to keep a sufficient fighting
force ready and trained and
fully equipped for instant field
service, without putting the extra
tax on the people to retain a
standing army of several hundred
thousand men. Japan has
a standing army of 400,000 men.
of which she can land 160,000 on
the Pacific coast in 45 days. Germany
has a trained army of
1.200,000 which she can mobilize
and land 200,000 in America in
60 days.
Against these forces are the
navy and 70,000 men in the
United States army, 68,000 of
these belong to the cavalry, infantry
and artilllery. The country
has 27,000 men in the foreign
service, and 20,000 for coast artillery.
This leaves 28.000 to repel
an invasion. The National
Guard provides the only organized
reserve the country has.
These can provide about i20,000
trained men.
About what the average American
thinks is that the president
has only to call for amiliion men
to rush off and whip the enemy
inside of 48 hours. Therefore,
he does not suDDort the National
Guard and depends on the regulua
army to defend the country
and does not take into consideration
the fact that there are only
28,000 men free in home service
ready for mobilization at any
time in the United States on
short notice to protect the country
in case of invasion. This
same citizen would worry himself
sick if he would let his tire
insurance policy run out, or work
himself into a rage if the traction
company or the steam railway on
which he goes to and from his
work were to suddenly start operating
their cars or trains with
nine out of ten of their men absolutely
without training: or experience,
whatsoever. Yet he is
willing: to let the United States
pet into a dispute with a foreign
power and put against their
trained forces the untarined and
ignorant volunteers we would
be forced to rely on as a reserve
for the national army
were it not for the National
Guard. People who fail to give
their supjxirt to the National
Guard should remember that
during the Balkan-Turko war,
when it then threatened to engulf
Europe, the fact became
known that England's vast navy
was mobilized and ready to put
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iu si-a. immediately tnc trouble
was ceased. England, while
being prepared for .war, but
wanting peace, secured it with;
out firing a shot. Unless the
United States is willing to depend
on the navy and marine
corps, it must provide a land
force to support them in case
of disaster and protect their
base of supplies, and the coast
: in case of attack. To do this
i means a large standing army
with the extra necessary tax.
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NEGROES LOSING GROUND
SAYS CENSUS EXPER1.
Solution of the negro problen
through the difference in nalura
increase of the white and blacl
races, in the United States i>
foreseen by Walter F. Wilcox,
special agent of the United ;
States census bureau and chiefj
statistician of the 12th census. :
He points out that the negroes
are steadily losing ground
throughout the South, both by
immigration of whites and by
their own declining birth rate.
They are losing ground still more
rapidly in the North, and there
is thus reason to believe that
nature will solve the race proh
lem in her usual way, by the
survival of the fittest.
"That the white race is slowly
displacing the negroes in the
United States is now well
known," Mr. Willcox writes.
"The more rapid increase of the
whites is due not only to the
influx of hundreds of thousands
of white immigrants, but also to
the fact that in the registration
area of 1910?an area including
three-fifths of the whites and
more than one-fifth of the ne
groes, and so a fair index of conditions
in the country at largethe
negro death rate exceeded
the white by about two-thirds."
Furthermore, "during the
years since 1880 * * * the excess
in the proportion of negro children
over white children in the
country has likewise been falling.
The present difference in
fecundity between the races is
little more than one-fourth of
that in 1880, and at the present
rates of change it will have disappeared
entirely before the
next census is taken."
The decline is largely due to
negro emigration to the cities,
the statistician thinks. "The
fecundity of city negroes is only
about two-thirds that of city
whites, but the fecundity of
country negroes is much above
that of country whites." The
negroes' loss of ground is further
hastened by their tendency to
migrate North, where the fecundity
of all races is lower than
it is in the South.
| "The evidence, then." Mr.
Willcox concludes, "points to a
differential natural increase as
an important factor, a factor, in
my opinion, at least as important
as immigration, in determining
the present and future relative
proportions of the two main
races of this country."
Must Cash Checks Promptly.
Under the negotiable instrument
law, now operative in
South Carolina, the "three days
of grace" convenience has been
abolished and other important
changes relative to notes and
checks are in force.
The law was passed by the
general assembly March 4 and is
identically the same in several
paragraphs as similar laws in
other States. While the pro
visions are of chief concern to
bankers, the public is also interested
in the changes. Copies
of the law have been received in
Columbia and bankers have been
making themselves familiar with
the provisions.
According to the negotiable
instrument law, unless a check
is presented for payment within
a reasonable time after its issue
the drawer is relieved of liability
to the . extent of the loss occasioned
by tardiness. This is
considered very important. It
is said that some people have a
habit of holding checks, drawn
in their favor, for a considerable
period and that this practice is
very bothersome. When checks
are held back the matter of adjusting
balances at the bank is
at times of some concern. The
provisions of the law do not. of
course, apply to notes, drafts,
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J TO VOTERS.
J In order to participate
J in the bond election toJ
morrow it will be neces?
sary for voters to proJ
duce thcir^tax receipts,
J showing payment of all
' taxes assessed and colJ
lectible from each during
? 1913, including poll tax.
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7 HOMES OF .
Residence of J. .J. Bai
The Proposed Water System.
Mr. J. N. Ambler, of Winston,
N. C., the civil engineer
! who was engaged by the town
to make a survey of the streets
of Fort Mill to determine the
cost of installing a water system,
has filed his report with the
city treasurer, along with a blueprint
drawing of the proposed
system. From this drawing,
; which is posted in the show window
of Ardrey's drug store, the
following facts are taken:
The diagram calls for the
; erection of a metal standpipe,
j the location of which will be on
Ararey mil, west 01 tne southern
freight station, with a capacity
of 1120.000 gallons. The
water supply is to be gotten
either from the several deep
wells in Sprattville or from the
springs near the old White homestead,
north of town. (Samples
of water from these springs
j have been given analysis and
found to be pure and fit for
domestice use.) From the
standpipe on Ardrey hill the
! mains will he carried over the
entire town, in most instances to
I the incorporate lines. Beginning
at the standpipe, the main
pipe line, 8 inches in diameter,
will be brought direct to the foot
of Main street, near the passenger
station, and will continue
through Main street to the intersection
of Booth street. From
the foot of Main street sections
I of the 8-inch pipe will also extend
to each of the cotton mills,
connecting with the water systems
of the mills and giving
several hundred thousand additional
gallons of water in cases
of emergency. Along Booth
street, from its intersection with
Main, will be laid a 6-inch pipe
to a point fronting the Presby|
terian church, and from this
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point to the corporate line a
4-inch pipe will he laid. Alontf
Confederate street a (>-inch pipe
will extend from Main street to
Spratt street, a 4-inch pipe from
Spratt street to Forest street,
and a 2-inch pipe from Forest
street to the incorporate line.
Academy street calls for pipes
similar to that of Confederate
street, but it is probable that
this line will be dispensed with.
Clebourn and Elliott streets are
to be supplied from a fi-inch
pipe to connect with the 8-inch
pipe alontf White street. The
several streets in Sprattville will
be supplied from a b-inch pipe
which will probably run direct
i i vim inv: neat i'ty sianu|ji^i; iu
I the most convenient point along
the street. Along each of the
pipe lines hydrants are to be
I erected at intervals of 500 feet,
which would require the water
to be carried only 250 feet
through the hose to reach a fire
equally distant from any two
hydrants. Water for domestic
use would, of course, be obtained
from connections fronting
the residences along the several
streets.
The fact should be borne in
mind, however, that the board of
public works will not be compelled
to follow the plans outlined
by the engineer. The
board doubtless will find it
profitable to make certain
changes, or a complete change,
in the plans.
Miss Lana Parks came up from
Winthrop Saturday evening and
spent Sunday and Monday at her
home in this city.
Mr. E. W. Kimbrell is the
latest Fort Mill purchaser of an
auto, having several days ago
bought a 1914 model Ford touring
car.
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STATE NEWS ARRANGED
FOR QUICK READING.
John Gary Evans, former provernor
of South Caro'ina and
chairman of the State Democratic
executive committee, will
not make the race for the United
States senate in the coming primaries,
was the announcement
sent out from Columbia Saturd
y night.
A lone bandit Saturday night
held up the express messenger
on one of the Seaboard express
trains within the corporate limits
of the city of Columl in and got
away with a valuable package
of express matter. This was
the third train robbery in or
near Columbia within the last
two years.
The grave of Wade Hampton
in Trinity churchyard, Columbia,
was beautifully decorated with
flowers Saturday, by the Columbia
Chapter U. D. C., the day
being the 96th anniversary of
the birth of Hampton.
Thursday night about fifty
business men of Rock Hill met
and organized the Rock Hill
Golf club, eiected officers and
made arrangements for leasing
a -10-acre tract of land near the
city. Tennis courts are to be
provided for those who prefer
this game to golfing.
Three children of Columbus
Waddell, who lives about six
miles from Gaffney, were poisoned
Friday afternoon from
eating polk root. The children
were seven, five and three years
old, and the three-year-old child
died Friday night from the
effect of the poison.
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regents of the State Hospital for
the Insane, Dr. Margaret Whitesides,
of Chester county, was
elected as woman physician for
the institution, the place made
vacant recently by the resignation
of Dr. Eleanora Sanders, of
York county.
Fred II. Dominick, assistant
attorney general, has announced
that he positively will be in the
race for Congress from the
Third district, and denied the
published report that he would
be a candidate for governor.
Dr. John P. Kinard, formerly
of Winthrop college, now of the
Citadel, has been chosen as
president of Anderson college,
vice Prof. W. H. Hand, recently
released by the board of trustees
of the institution.
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