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4*i? ?> ? ' mm* rr : V-TV ?? eim i i ?BBggttgggiMj J,~uiuj ? iujmu m i namuii CAMDEN. SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21, 1919. number ?. ujUJME'KXX. 3R$3? r*-? ? ? ??*> ..? ? . ? V ,.;? - V" *? 1 ?vVik-i. ACRBAOK REDUCTION > p<-,u??pa5? *"?r Tq ' Bej ' Waged Through State. J# Keb. 13.? Representative fr^w every t^tfcn <rf Houth assembled in <jo?vontion here adopted resolution* Hlerfglag a stlo holding movement for a price jrty.flre rents ? P?und tor cotU>n> Middling, approved a 88 1-8 per ; auction in the acreage throughout 0B belt and urged a curtailment uw of commercial fertilised. The provide that farmer* plwnt or kfl? t4! the horse need 'red#* their acreage. , invention formed what l? known L t Soutb Carolina Cotton Associu Md a campaign for pledge* will ad throughout the ?tate, to which ai,n the assistance of the press is Fanners, both whiten and ne will be asked to sign pledge carda L themselves to reduce their acreage ; per cent and the use . of ' com* I fortili*ersvBO per cent. These c.rd? will be filed with the Coin er of AgricujMtfe. . The Cover* j -appoint *^eteerinr ? eommitte* ,u to take charge of the campaign. iBtiv Were probably between three |7our hundred of the leading fnrmera I state at the meeting* representing county in the Htate. The gathering ^ jwponao to the call of, Gpver t Cooper, Commissioner of Agriculture i- and others that_a jplan might onniilated to help the present cotton i tjon and to stabillae the cotton ma? J. R. Ciaffey, of Orangeburg, pre gt the convention today. Ad ?j;"We*e made by Governor Cooper, (m'rnor Manning anud Commission ! Agriculture Harris. afternoon the members of the | tion went -to the hall of the House fBepresentativos where they heard an by W. P. G. Harding, gover* the Federal Reserve Board, fe "resolutions urg*? Governor Cooper ue a proclamation designating Feb?| 22 as "Reduction Pledge j Day" ghout the State ; that day to be ] is getting pledges from the far* to reduce their acreage and their f commercial fertilisers, The gflV iikenjise will-' call on the Execu i of other States to take like action I to request them to hoTi mass meet kin their States similar to the one here today. For the purpose of log a Statewide campaign , to put elect the purposes set out in the on Governor Cooper I la asked to at a committee of six, two banker#, business men, two farmer*, to act ^jtetting committer. College and its coordinating *bes are called upon to assist this rand the President of the State trs* Union is called upon officially everything in his power to enako movement a success. He Is rcjiueet to communjcate with the farmers4 m of all other cotton States and to upon them the importance of Dulating Hke plans. B. Harris, Com toner of Agriculture is>asked to com calte wMh the G^tomisskroers of ilture of the^rjfHer States agd rer them to call mass meetings and irt a holding and a reduction of ?fe and fertilizer movements. GOver Oooper and Commissioner Harris requested to- ask the assistance of tNitlonal Department of* Agriculture the movement throughout the cotton tfcytneans of its agents and -onannela hlicity. W. G. Smith, State Ware* Commipaioner, likewise i; request eommnniea^^ith ry borate corny, "wrs in the cotton States and get interested in the reduction move ? Chambers of Commerce are re* Pfto Join the ctmpiffn. > B Copies of the resolution^ will be sent] irions organiaatidne 1? the cotton by the Stht* CommlsstonejLJpl ESTturr The resolution*, which are lennthy, conclude with; federal reserve banks of Rich ind Atlanta assist the movement. ^ 8tate central committee t wblcb ? hate charge of tbe financing and B^Wnda of thi? movement ' to reach farmer in ^the State ia composed Mows: W. W. Long, Clem son Col T. Macitey, Camden; W. 0?| Barnwell ; J. H. Claffey, Orange ; J. P. Wnnnnmaker, S*? Matthews; McT?eod, Charleston ; T. Q- Mc-1 < Biahopvill#; T. J. Uritt, McCor ^ W*| counter "CdmmHteeB Hn^ mm, oom m 1 tteeaJJMre alio appointed. *-ru^y prominent fifrnwrs have ?WntM by OoternoT Cooper to attcn<L Orlean* conferencce, tftt of the renoRitiona following ^ l^wwfble reads: - , he it Rewlveiihtb"* nnU*** Son and acW?"1ir^ ^WeresU of the South ia aJ>?olute ***nry t a avert the calamity now * o? commercial life; that ?e* *?rtttnitic plana ahould be pnt in every aeeflon of the cotton belt. I' irst : The systematic holding o( cotton uow on hand until It reaches thir ty iiw n>nu basis middling. Second: S>*tcmstic plana for 83 141 per cent re duction of wtbou acreage throughout the belt. However, any man planting five awe* or lew to theborse to make no reduction ; six-seven acres reduce \>ne acre to the hob* : eight-nine acre# re duce two acres to the horee; ten-eleven t*p*lve-tblrtccu here# reduce three acres; fourteen reduce acree ; fifteen-sixteeu re duce five acres; aeventeen-eighteen re duce aix. Under no circumstance* will any farmer plant more than twelve acres t<? the hm-se. Third systematic plane for reductiou in the uae of commercial fertilisers, f ?. ;r . ; : - '$? "We recommend that the present Con gress of the ITuited State* enact the Kmith bill covering the character of cot ton deliverable upon cotton exchangee and amend 90 as to includc tinges of aame grade. We ask that the Governor of this State communicate immediately with.tfmr Senators and Representatives, informing them 0 1 this ? action." In the following section* the backers arc called upon to secure 'evidence of acreage reduction before thoy honor loans. "pe ijt further resolved, That the bank ers of the State are hereby earnestly re quested to scrutinise all applications for loans exti^mely close, only granting loans under existing conditions on, e*? sentiinl*. and on any application for loans for oporating farms on which there is no proof of reduction of one-third iu cotton acreage, said- application -~te considered as non-essential and not to' be granted. I'll* it further resolved, That the bankers be and are hereby earnestly, re quested to use their every effort to as wlet in carrying into effect , pUns for the ml net Ion of coiwn acreage oue-third in the entire Htate. "He it further reeolve<). That ill* of ficials \>f the Houth Carolina Hankers* [ Aaaociatlon are hereby earnestly request* ed to at once communicate with the official* of similar associations In each of the cotton growing States and neatly request that tyey adopt the tame nlau and ouly grant loan* where there iw proof of reduction of one-third in tha cotton acreage, and further request that these aaaociatioua at once meet With the other bodice in their Htate* to form ayf tematic plana for carrying iuto effect and force said plana for reduction."? . Huge Mortgage Placed on "Record. A three million dollar mortgage la be ing placed on record at the Court Booaa hebe thia week filed by the Carolina Power and Light Co., Yadkin Hirer Power Company and the Palmetto Pow er and Light Co. to tha Iiankera Trust Co., of New York, trustee. The big document represents 67 printed pagoa Of letter trise and will require a good deal of time and work to bo transcribe on the record books in the Clerk's office, A similar mortgage- 1* being fflad in the Clerk's office in the eountJea of Lee, Darlington, Florence and Cberaw and wherever these power Hnea operate. \ Gave a Birthday Party. Little Charlotte Mac Shaw, daughter of Mr. sand' Mrs. L. C. Shaw entertained eleven of her little girl friends at a tdon being her eleventh birthday anni versary, The dining room Waa deoorat ed i? red, white and blue and each little ffrteat was served dainty refr^hmento. The evening was spent in enjoying games ?K?ar to a childish heart. WO MBN 8ADU HURT 1 0?? elldslsd Auto Co, Otraft B?Hy VV WmM by The gurug* workshop of the Consoli dated Aato C/ompany was the ncene of ? disastrotts explosion last Saturday after txH>n about 4:90 o'elovk when a carbide generator to a welding outfit exploded. X* A. Hnynt>H and Jtanv.ee Griff*. me chanics in the ehop, were Very werioUe ly injured. Hayaee and Griggs^ were working on the generator making con nections preparatory to welding and in *ome wgy overcharged It. :'tl? eecap ing gas Ailed the ehop and frag ignited* presumably, when the fum.es reached a heating sstove. The generator, together with other material, wae scattered all over the building and the force of the explosion lifted the roof on the rear end, ripping the tin in several places, smash tog two large plate giasaep in the front find touring out every window frame and glass in the rear. . N Tho-e*plo?ion wa* felt for ntare than ? block and buildinga- in r^he vicinity of the acddeni were shaken considerate I Mr. Haines was badly injured. His aim wan badly mangled and his side hurt by the explosion. Mr. Griggs was badly bttrned about the face and eyiw , hut fortunately it is said he will not | lose the' sight of his eyes. Both med were taken to the Oamden Hospital a few minutes after the aoddent On Mon day ;jfa, Haines* mm- wag amputated nod though weak from the \ohb of blood ?t '? W*. The itear wail of the building was blown out of line several inches. No A 1 AM tlilli lrfnd o' ' Ai( vM? ( 'mupany estimates his loe* ?t about *MK>. ,.v The pint? flaw iu the; front of the building *11 fully covered b y In* sursnce and will be replaced. Ptfretaeed Creeby's Plaee. ?' Mr. Joe Ceoeby, bother of th.e, Ute Geo. W. CroWby ban been in Camden during the past week to administer upon Mt brothers estate. The eetate consists ??f several residences and butldlnf lots In the southern part of the city and also the Main Street soda fountain and bU | Hard parlor; The latter fixtures were sold this week to B. L. Moseley and Qo., wbo will conduct the bthdness In the Mime stand. The elder partner in the business is Mr. J. M. Moseley, who has been residing at Ooala, Florida, for several years, but who has sold out his Interests in that etate snd for some lime has l?een staying with hie brother Mr. Oeorge W. Moeeley of the Beulah section. The younger, Moseley, who will fcare charge has recently been discharged itrom tho army. V 'T; Mr. Joe Crosby had not been in Cam den lor twenty-one years. He la ' now reeidhig in Chioago where he is. engaged In insurance lines. Re returnd to Chi* ca?o Monday. " i "f . " 1 i ' ' '? <' i..-; >Mr. Burns Injure* While riding a horse on Mill Street !Swt Saturday afternoon Mr. Jas. H. Burns was throwin violently to the ground by the animal and sustained painful in juries. His cellar bone wss broken and his , shoulder barfly braised, v Hie friend* at* glad to see bin on the trseet* wain. ? 5 :? ? ^ ? m&fr. ? ? No Rural Mall Tomorrow. ? Next Saturday being Washington*! birthday and a legal holiday the rural mail carriers will not make their ac customed trip over their ' routes. The South is now hi a. position which might bfe culled "cotton poor ; that is to say, it has large stocks of cotton on hand costing considerably more than present market values to produce and for which atVjtaW fc *e?togly no demand except at these sacrifice prices. -Although there are sound fundamental renins why cotton should not be as iow jsthej present market quotation* yet in order to. be. in on the safe side It !? good policy not to raise the usual crop of cotton in 1919? ~ then the world will be sure to take the Obtton it can get and pay "8S "111"* it. Do not flood J"'"'!,,'' "'fb morJj,'hn" ?hc market will absorb. Any manufae hrtat^'naml^l. t0lj nr?l"oIlo"m %a0?fr'"d?r<.thmanu ?^???JiiiMatti f, r''-rii"V m ti . , 222? knows: that small crop years yield mere money. ' In ividual cases be might not be so, because one farmer or one section of the farming country or even a whole State might hrfve a ruinously ,* W? eve?k 4he*/ wou,d ha? to wh?? mow fe? tunote individuals in other sections would benefit But as a general rule when a crop ^ Is ehort everybody makes more money. It is easy ^? ?^tt0nvatf $1CL.a bal* w,n yield m*r* net profit than twenty bales ot $ifi a bale. The total v*Iue is the same, but ti? twice for twenty y th? cost Ww'^y^ :-mS? iiPiifiM? ? cqjrt to raise." It 'is time for the Bout business *at .a loss. In Any other line of h?' finds that he is good busint when yo*? a** ing money he quits and farmers to quit doing r when the manager uomcthing else. IKS ri 3 BSw common seuee t6 cut down your c^ttpn acreage moivey on what gou made the year before. Don't Put All Your Eggs' in One Basket By cutting down your cotton acreage you need not reduce your land tinder cultivation. A farmer's business is to farm, and every y acre be can makp productive adds that much more tp the wfalth of ~ the world. . But a farmer's busin ess is also/ a business and he sho#)d not run it at a loss. Many people never, realise that the Average cotton farmer's situation is something like this: He borrows money, pays rent and either gives his own labor and that of hi# family pr hires ? labor to work enough land that will produce say ten bales or cotton. J IVunlly by the end of -the season either through bad weather condi tions or because of boll weevil' activity, or because of rainy weather during the picking season, or a scarcity of cotton pickers, his ten bales are reduced to eight bales. Now taking 80 cents a pound as the market price for cotton, we find that of this eight bales four bales will be, good enough grade to bring the full market price of 30 cents a pound, or a^total of c$C00. Th* other four bales, because of bad weather during picking ojr carelessness of pickers, or vnrious other rea* rrJCM^Thifht average say 18 cents a tound, $00 a bale, o* $800 for four bales, or a total of $000 for his Whole year's crop. This farmer started out to make ten Bales of cotton worth $1,500. Yet bis gam income dwindled down to $960. The Southern farmer* are certainly entitled to at least 30 cents, a pound for their cotton under present conditions, and they should get it. Diversification of crops is a common eepse policy for a farmer.. If your cotton crop goes wrong, you have ybiir corn, your cattle, your hogs, or other crops. During 1019 you will .make more money by -ratting your usual cotton {.-acreage and putting mote land Mo feed ^ and food crops. Pla^ corn. Feed It to the bogs, if necessary. The minimum base price of $17.60 per hundred pounds, Chicago basis/ as ' established by tJ. S. Food Administration for bogs, win probably re main in effect several month*. Even v when this price restrtction Is removed there will be money in hog*. Europe it short of fats, and it will be a long while bfefore pork gets ^o cluap as to be unprofitable * t'' Europe n?*d? Job*,:- -gprope Is not In j| position to W: hftr Crop in 1919, <* eVefi BMtt T?Rv AMeH<fg must help f??f% m {B01net ,"d In feedstuff* and foodstuffs, then you / will be helping to both feed and cloths the world and make a res sonable profit for yourself. Hold The Cotton You Now Have onTHand Every veil posted cotton man knows that eottoft costs more to produce than the present market quotation. Some authorities state that the 1918 cotton crop would be cheap at 85 cento. However this may be, the holders of apot cotton should hold their cotton nntil the de mand for it will enable them to get back at least the greater part of th^ production, cost England has /list lifted the embargo on cotton yrahce an iTpnJTfirarn^ to -thr-*h -Th*r -ocrnn-f rmght- W just *>een reduced and the export demand will develop immedlatelv It is expected that the Peace Treaty1 will be afenfel soon? aa eariv as th. flrrt p.rt Mnrch. Thl, being the ca*. the nations will be in the market for largo supplies of cotton. American grain* #>ltTdwnhu> ?$J o*d*kvef. ?i* <*>tton will sever S?th will (, ot go back to tho condlHn.n # never *kould, becauee the 'or ceneraflona. Ita younir men a n?J ?conon>le *1 a very that baa gL*> t? the^dtj- ?nl?a faJm iffe"|? "? "0?*n.rl" 1?? tba fam worn. This will not hanrvtn iinl?? ' *i ?4 ? ?ttriCtire enourh' ' f/? hnlrl ?-Worthy jaborer is pkid the Mi* h? spinners pay you at lea.t what it co^to itoSieJ0"00 "d ,et **?? / How Bankers, Merchants, Cotton Men, Farmers and Business Men Can Help the South Stay Prosperous s is ??<* tt. 1918 cotton and plantio* 1cm in 191fl ff ufljL 'or ? "tto, A few dollars *>,nt In poMlcltywIH .,? L>I^. LLi32aSO? South. We want the moral fupport of J* paid?_lfoT b^pubHc-t^rited , Wn^ rr. . _rJ. ... ,? 'r-'t " ? 'x y J,, fpK* million b?l? crop ?e*?pq,Ql ? T - ? - - r... ,^. Sonthern farmer only $810,000,000, wlwrwu. ^Dion nine hundred tbniigaftWi cro* Af theJ^wog^e^S^rought * total of $1,607, 000, 000~43ecwUry H?*Ur'a figvrtt. --V? T _ ' ? -VI. eotton market M ft We would advise ?11 producing latere not to use the future against ?plt cotton fceqniM in the prcnent] tile oontraet market it to not I legitimate hedged/ ' .. r THEO. ?? 1 Natchez, Mi-. THIS SPACE DONATED BY JUt?.d the Meeting to be Held at Court Hsu* fa Camden Fnday, F JI^ST: CHRONH JLu.: KICKSHAW NKW8 NOTKH (ntorMtlnit Happening* d?tfc?n4 HffP The Hra ?! That IW A, Mian Zelene Sullivan, who was called to her home ft Mountvllle, about te?i ?? daya ago on account of aicfelie* ll & f home, li ms tendered her resignation aa teacher in the Kerebaw Graded School. The members o f the Kerebaw Presby terian Church care their pastor b. & Qreen"* pleasant and liberal : pounding iast Friday nlfht, such a* doe* the heart of a preacher good - ; We regret^ very much to note dUt ,r Saturday morning w4th paralysis of the ! l?ft side and la now confined to be* hid. Mrs. JEOvana h*s many friend# who will ^iope for her recovery;v|t \ , ?%'.< Mrs. Laura Evana and her charming lit.Uf daughter, Mtss Biddle Evans, of , Monroe, spent last wcdt end in Ker- ;???: | *haw at the home of Dr. and Mr*. E. 0. liraaington, having come down to - visit Mrs, Euan's mother-in-law, Mrs. M. F, Evans > Mr*. Nettle P. Farmer, wife of Minor Farmer, who Uvea on W. O, Adam's place near Kershaw, died at their home early Tuesday morning 1 tth^inst.T if t*T~*~" being ill about two weeks and was buried at Pleasant Plaina Church Tuee [day evening, the funeral service being conducted by Rev. J. M. Neal. Mrs. Farmer waa about 2# years of age andTT ltf* h?r hu*4>and and two sons, aged R a*d 10 years, surviving. , Miss Harriett Shaw, aged 12 yeara, I a daughter of m late Mr. and Mrs. O. B. Shaw, died Monday F?bruftr* of In^iensa, ind was burled At Mt. " Piajtah Ohnfch the following day. , ??""!? w'e!rtrd,M' birthday Saturday' ?wlth a large crowd of relatives and friends present. He received a number of nice presents, which he highly appreciated. After the dip-' . ner vra? Served a service was conducted I by Rev, W. P. Qleitofi, of Iteath Spring Ajl of Mr. Ballard's children and hla ; litne grandaon, James Elma, were pres m. . Mr,. C. O. ma**,, who .pent ? couple of week* In Kershaw visiting !her. mhther, Mrs. Hattle Truesdale, left last Friday to^return to her home in $ Mr.. Victoria Gardner, o, Tllle - burn, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, visited the 0Mhfl%otxm hh. m -Jam McDoweii#h? I Flat Rock community celebrated their goMen wedding Tuesday evening of last I week at the hom^ of their ion, ;K ;??,:! McDowell, whose home adjoins theirs. Friends and relatives to the number ol about one hundred and fifty" came to extend congratulations and oay their | respect to this esteemed couple, whose ,^uiltlaientury of: married* life and strug | rIo ^Ketlpbllnds ttom-atiljVjrsrt served and In the en joymept of health 'ind activity: Among the guests were Mrs. Bailie Rollings, OH* of the { brides| maids at tfc^ marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McDowell. and W.M.f Miller, \yly> acted as Mr, McDowell'? best man, both of Jefferson. The guests came from Cam den, Kersha#, Jefferson, and nearby communities. The spacious and com fortable home w?? appropriately ? deco ra tod. the color scheme in the fr parlor being gold and green ; iu I dining room green and white, and the decorations were of Southern emilax and ivy. Mr. and Mrs. McDowell occupied seat*' under an arch In the parlor, where Ppy ' received the s their friends and relatives. The "guests at t|ie froot dm hy Mrs^ Bf*.7 McDowall, Mrs4/ T^. B. Truesdel m M1ss .Kate McDowell. Miss Annla >fcI)owell receiving at ?he dining room door and Misses vEunic?;pjauthenf Ida Young and-; ?Mamie Anthony served In teicMiSi ^ro?ing< Miss AJ^PiA :iCauthea and Herbert Young presided at the punch bowrin th<^?ear hall, Mrs, W. McDowell was In charge of al_ ments W(th her usual sfllciency.> The and varied gl'ft?T appro prftte g the occasion, were displayed In the dln iug. room and attrkcted the, interest of quests throughout the evening. It wa* a most plessant occasion and 'was en joyed by all present, i ?figiiiBiaMlilMiff vm vwm daught^?kp % the m<**? of Mr. Waiter KlnfT formerly Imt nqw Of Klngifcf** She WU Ato 'K* mother of Mr/ linwooS Kin*, of SurqS the lite Heletod Kin*; Urfe family connection in thi*/?jB joining oonntle*. The