The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, February 28, 1919, Image 7
WHY LET WALL STREET FIX THE
PRICE OF SOUTH'S GREAT CROP?
Qjlotnbiti, Keb. -??' 'I I-, a. ?? iu?ii)
I XiflKtg" "h" bt'lievu ll,at <*ottou all
I J*ti4)n just happened. They d.. im.: in
^jlWte f?r themselves ll"<i have not
r ^awftiis for finding V*Wf*. J. Nkot
^ Wunnamu&er, chairman of the
g^te ('eotrttl cotton IXMUtUlAtee ?!. ? In i * s
I (hfl( jiu>re if * deop, underlying cause.
It is not ? matter of accide nt that cer
jD things happeuod lu.it year which
: muikhI cotton to taome ujpariqh iu the
?orW ,)f commerce. M Were hod utX
ll^U ivrtaiu eaUHCH, we w.Mild not have
gfrlou* ?ffetfUl today, and tho Bouth
woirtd u?h. be faoiug the gravest win
laen'Utt crisis lu hor entire history. Id
Afttiaaiug the \ thlnga which have had
their itnpreW upon tltQ cotton market,
? Mr. Wauumnaker saya: * ,
?You can buy cotton* Jn the New York
?, ach*Ml? for around three und one half
ti) four cents per |x?uud cheaper thau
y?u can buy it iu the Mouth. You eau
buy cotton on the New York exchaUKe
tor July delivery for below HQO points
(** than you could possibly buy rt^kk
dling cotton iu any town in South Caro
lina. According "to every rule and reason
July cotton should be at least this amount
above spot cotton to cover carrying
eharges and transportation. What think
jou of this as an illustration of the
manipulation of prices? If the market
had not been manipulated the price
vrould have been reoord-brcfiking high."
"It is necessary that there be a buyer
for- every seller and you can rest apsur
wl that this rule is being followed today.
Thr sunn* ? cotton which is being sold
and depressing the market is beingTx> tight
by some one. Investigation dhows that
foreign mills ure quietly accumulating
Contracts from our friends up North, and
the Japanese are doing the same thing
and that the domestic mills of America
are largely falling iu line. After the
campaign for reduction in acreage aud
fertilizer hns been completed, the bears
will commence to diaplay nervousness."
However, when the mills commence
(tailing for tho cottoU they have bought
on these contracts during \he midsum
mer, and next fall with the small crop
for the year 1919,' which is absolutely
? vriuiu Witt) il?-l i??ti of acreage
ami a 1 1 1 1 t ltt< anile shortage ?>t
labor, "the beaj** will, in many eaaea joiu
the (.Senium horde* who have passed to
I lie oUycv- "Me, ?n<l while cotton lllioti
u will-Ill dimiite, ill all probability 1 1*
country which they will \i.it, will prob
ably have h ??linmte far too hot even
for tho operation of a New York ex
change, to say nothing of the production
<>f cotton.
Hold your <ottou. mince your acreage,
reduce your fertilizer and be a loyul ?on
of the South and -prepare to reap the
reward >v hit-h j? certain. This is the
greatest movement that lias ever beeu
undertaken by the South, n.nd it# fesuU
will be far reaching; It in said that
"The mills of the god's grind slowly,
but they grind exceedingly line.'' The
truth of this wilt be lllvndr&ted before
Ave commence picking eobton next fall.
In all fnirncs* and justice, what 'right
have gamblers of New York to set the
price for our staple crop. Is It fair
tluit they should operate a game of
ftp -ids I win, tails you loxo under pro
tection of the law apd run the price
dowu and up to suit their owu sweet
will and forgot and ignore the fact that
we have put our all in addition to our
life'n blood in prodnciug' the staple which
they are making a plaything aud a
gambling instrument?
I>ont' forget that every State In the
cotton belt is behind this movement and
that It is being backed by the entire
business interests of the South, and that
we all realize that it Is the turning point
of rommerrtal life itnd are . determined
to have commercial freedom.
70,000 Herman Helmets Brought Hero.
Cobleuz. ? From 00,000 to 70,000 Ger
man 'helmets abandoned by the with
d rawing army ure being loaded on freight
earn for tdiipraout to tho IJuiiml States
to be distributed n? prizes in connection
with the next lonn campaign.
The shipment consists of bright steel
cavalry officers* hclanets anil Prussian
guard helmets, all of fancy design and
most of them spiked. Those have been
in great demand by souvenir hunters.
We are competing with every other source of
supply for your permanent trade not the individual
sale.
Doesn't it stand to reason therefore, that we
should maintain a quality of uniform excellence and
give you all the price advantages possible.
If you don't believe it now come in and we will
convince you. ,
The helmet* will be whipped by special
train to a French port of transfer to
various outfitting v<
Soldier KUIed by <??" *!"?
I'rlvatr Fred Kiuc*id of Wllxabetb,
N. J., was shot an<l almost luatautly
killed \tM*nluy morning shortly aftsr
;U0 o'clock when military 90IIM open*
inl tire on him while ho waa attempting j
0 ? CSPS from t h?? military police utoek*
ado at Camp Jackson.
I Im? wounded man waa taken to the |
base iu>.s|?ft a! but died on bl? way to
the institution. Private Klucsld waa
rviiiR sentence In tho *toc%ade when
he attempted to escape./
An investigation of the shooting will
oonduoied by the military authori
ties.?1 Tuesdays State.
(Ian. Ilenet 11. Young, commander in
, lii. f of tho United Confederate Veterans
from 1013 to 1010, died ht his home in
Loiiisvillo, Ky . Sunday afternoon after
u short illness. lie ecturned to l.md*
viMe. Saturday niirht iu 'a dying condi
tion from Florida, where ho went sev
rrnl week* ago to recuperate..
~ "TAX' NOTICE.
Otllce of Treasurer Kerahaw Couuty.
Camden, S. 0., Oct. 1. 1WH
Notice ia hereby giveu that tlu book*
will be open for the collection of State,
County and School Taxes,
15th, 1018. to March 15th, A
penalty of 1 per cent will be added to
all taxoa unpaid. January 1st, A
per cent February 1st, 1010, and 5 P?r
cent March 16th, 1010, .
Tho rate per centum for Kerahaw
County ia as follows: ifeOla
State Taxee, ---
County Taxes - --- ? ]
Special Taxes ? - ? r 13 l"^
Road Taxoa . - --- J
School Taxes .'.'Ljr ?;
Total --- - ---- - -
The following School Districts bavo
special leviea :
School District No. 1 --? * *
School District No. 2 ? - *
School Dlatrict No. 3 -- - ^
Sehool Diatrict No. 4 ? - ? - --- ?
School IJtktrtct ??Nov 5 *
School District No. ? ? - ? ? ? ?
School District No, 7 ? 4
? School District No. 8 ? ? --- *
~ Kcltool District No. 0 J
School District No. 10 ? -r- 6
School District No. ^1 ?
School District No. 12 4
School District No. 18 i 8
School District No. 14 ? - i ? - 8
School District No, 15 8
, School District No. 16 4
School District No. 17 , ? 8
School District No. 18 ? ? --- 4
School District No. 10 ? *
School District No. 20 4
School District No. 21 ? - ? 4
School District No. 22 ? 11
School District No. 28 3
School District No. 24 - . ? 4
School District No. 25 ? ? 4
School District No. 26 ? 4
School District No. 27 ? 6
School District No. 28 ? 6
School District No. 20 ? 4
School District No. 80 ? ? - 4
School district No. 81 ? 6
School District No. 32 ? ? 8
School District No. 88 - 4
School District No. 85 & ? 8
School District No. 88 <*?* 4
School PistrktNo. W ? $
School District No. 88 ? ?. 5
School District No. 80 ? ?l 6
School District No. 40 ? * U
, School District No. 41 ? - 4
School District No: 42 ; 4
School District No. 48 8
School District No. 46 ? - ? * 8
School District No. 47 4
The poll tat ia $1.00.
All able-bodied male persons from the
age of twenty-one <21) to sixty (60)
years, both inclusive, except residents
of incorporated towns of the county,
shall pay $2.00 as a road tax, except
Ministers of the gospel actually In
charge of a congregation, teachers em-'
ployed in public schools, school trustees
and persons permanently disabled in the
military service of this State, and per
sons who served in the War Between
the States,, and-all v persons actually
employed in tne quarantine service of
this State and all residents who may be
attending school or college at the time
when said road tax shall become due.
Persons claiming disatylitiea must pre
sent certificates from two reputable phy*
Bicians of this county.
All information with reference to
taxes will be furnished upon applica
tion.
D. M. McOA SKILL,
County Treasurer,
? - ' *? * . "? ?
To have insurance and not need it,
than to need it and not have it Are
you "Safe in Southeastern?" _ _
NKW TVPB COTTON
Produces $Mft t? $MH? Worth of Uftt
to Kacbfmt.
? (Fit >m The iM^jsou NewsMi
A new type ?' COttion, Meade cotton,
jmrfuoln* from |?i. WW ? of
lhit per acre, being tHMrtbutea ?y
the Georgia State Otftagc ?f Agriculture
Mild the United Htatca department of Ag
riculture U> Georgia farmers, It may
br grown profitably in any part of th#
cottou bolt ami when ginned on tt mil*?
giu it produce* a Mini <?f *iutl teuMl
strength of yarn, tin* same vise, aputt
from Sea Wand cotton. This cotton
sold for 78 1-2 Qtfr per pound on the
Savannah market in 1017 and in the
same year* 2,0!tt> pounds ?f aeed cot
ton per acre were produced ou tho farm
of the Georgia tftate College <Hv A??V
culture iu Athens. I/aat year the yield
fit Athena was at the rite ?I!.. J^RSsJ
i?<>uikLs per acra, .
The eaHinciW of Meade cotton makes
it especially adapts to the tired** of
the farmer in boil weevil sections. Ke
porbs from irnany mqHoW of the state
indicate Chat It to Juwt aa early aa the
short staple varieties and glao resistant
*o cotton wilt and black-root. ? l
A distinct advantage of thin variety
<>V ?'?' Sra Lxlaud ia that it GIB be profit*
al>lv givwn all over the cotton belt,
whereas H?'h island can only <be produced
nver a limited area. Hecavwe of the
ruuk growth and late-maturing character
istics is proving unprofitable under heavy
I*>?1 weevil infestation. Most cotton
growers in boll weevil territory are plan*
tlug short staple upland varietiea instead
of Sea Island because they are hotter
yielders and more profitable even with
the enoitoous difference in price obtain*
ed for the lint. Since Moade cotton la
now developed to the extent that fcho
staple it produces can be substituted for
i*ea Islaud, and since seed are ndw avail
able in fluan title/ sufflateut to plant-largo
"areas all growers wtoo have decided to
abandon Sea Island cotton should sub
stitute the Meade variety' 'and grow it in
1 preference to all others.
The casual observer would never sus
pect a field of Meade cotton to be any
thing other than an .ordinary abort fctaple
variety 'siueorjhe (use, snapo 'of plant,
Character of leaf, sise of boll, and enrH
iiegH of fruiting and maturing arc all
similar to other upfeiud varieties. El
imination of the lint, however, shows it
to b e distinctly superior to other up
land long staple varieties such as Web
ber, Columbia. Dixafiti and <yilen'* I>ong
Staple atope it U longer and finer in
quality. ! ,? "
The premium paid for Meade cotton
5s dne to the quality and length of the
staple, tt is from 1 1-2 to 17-8, inches
iu length,' very line and silky, in texture,
and u has a ?beautiful creamy color and
high luster. Farmers who arc interested
in growing the Meade cotton should
write to Prof. Ix>y K. Rnst, Georgia
State College of Agriculture, Athens, On.
World Record Price For Hog.
Fremont, Neb. ? What is said to be
a world record price for a sow at a
public sale was made at the John Bader
nale of Duroc Jerseys at Scrlbner. One
sow sold for $5,000, Jess Builder, Oak
land, paying that price. Thirty -nine
head of aowa sold for a total of $26,580
an average of $719.
On a Moonlit Night.
Do you know <jhe Joy of a moonlit
night, when the sky Is arched clear back
into such infinity that the loftiest peaks
know 4^ey,are only hilla after all? Do
you know the stillness? That vast quiet
whTdh~7fid~irot^itocmH loud eayugh to
break? The crickets ply their fiddles
at random like a band without a leader;
?a bird calls insistently from the thicket
"peet prof'. It flutters and calls again.
Yon can hear the edge o t a leaf run
nlonR another like the rasp of tiny flies
or the top of bamboo stems when they
touch in the wind. And then the pat
ter of light feet, falling softer than a
breath, yet each one pricking into your
consciousness as though dimly sensed!
rather than heard.
A ground squirrel Saunters by, not
with the mad dash from cover to cover
which Characterises bis daylight ventures
but with' a sort of glorious indifference
to* the hoot of owls, fie has been dig
ging, for he sits on a low rock and in
dustriously cleans his face and handff^be- 1
fore he ventures to make a light lunch
from wild buckwheats ferusterings in an
Qpen spot. You can see him pull cach
head down, reaching band over hand
along the stalk and pick at ft with his
little black paws as a , monkey might.
Then he goes back to the more solid
nourishment of acorns. The buckwheat
seeds are spicy .bits, more to give zest
appetite, perhaps. ? He makes no
sound but near by some lovesick mouse
lifts his purring, trill, and once you
catch the squeak of a bat hovering in
the vyillows by the inseci-haunted stream.
It is so still you can even hear the
soft scraping of twigs in the brush pile
whewv'a smaH- snake hunts the sleeping
li sards under their blankets of bark.
You can almost catch the scratch ?f|
his broad belly-scalea moving i^ orderly
Ofh# Reason Why." *
B. A. Thomas Stock Remedies are
the beat, they are scientifically made
and all medicine. They keep the health
up, and the feed bill down. There is a
a cause for every effect; remove the !
cause and the effect removes Itself.
The Poultry Remedies are especially
made to relieve all the diseases to the
Fowl family such as Cholera and Roope
and ^kesUhe Hens 1 ay, --
The Hog ^Remedy will _ positively
keep off the Cholera, and if given is
the first stapes, will cure 90 per cent.
Uon^t forget to keep on hand a bot
tle of Ferris' Colic Remedy for Horses.
It to so simple with dropper, that a
child can give it. Also a bottle of Fmt
rig* Healing Remedy for Cots ^and
Braises on man or beast. They never
fail.
These remedies are all guaranteed
1 i-A vaU hy rnnp dAfl lar tn cri yn t laf a a.
"7 / *M,B m ^ ? vs p Rt
tlon, or your money back.
Made by Old Kentadt? "ttpufactur
ing Co., Paducah, Kentucky.
For sale by Springs fc Shannon, Cam
den, 8. C.? adv. - ; - .tone S.
long-lasting bars
in each package.
? . ? i ? ? ; * ? ? *
.The bluest
' value in
refreshment
you can pos
sibly buy.
A BENEFIT to teeth,
breath, appetite and
digestion.
The price Is 5 cents.
The
precision like the legs of a centipede as
he stepH along the toe* of his ribs, so
to Hpcak. And if you light a match and
denly beside him he will coil And follow
tho light with fascinated eyes, ready yet
not Quite daring to strike.
Itabbitc, too, come loping by, feedfng
choicely, smelling fastidiously before they
eat And a branch springs swishing back
in the forest where some deer has pulled
at it . \
Have you ever stood In the moonlight,
in tho midst of this great world of un
wen life that hides from us by day* and
thought of all the creatures for whom
it is so cunningly deigned? Then man,
who looms so large in our eonnriousness,
will seem lifce those ^mountain peaks,
dwarfed by the vastneas of infinity.- ?
By John ferecft.
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COME HERE AND FORGET IT
Foodstuffs are high everywhere, but at some
stores they are higher than others. This is not one
of the "some stores".
We just buy our /goods at the lowest possible
price for quantity arid cash, and sell then < to you
at a bare living profit. _? - ? ' ' ?
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The Store That Carries The Stock.
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