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GREETINGS . . . We wish to thank all our customers for their patronage in the past. Make your New Year Happy and Prosperous by trading with Home Store Economy Market C. L. SHEALY Comment# On Men And Things (Hy Spectator) A princely man ha# left us. David K Coker waa a man of such conspicuous service thai others may more adequately evaluate hla surpassing contribution to agriculture and other pursuits. Ho was a great soul, a rare spirit, a fine gentleman and a manly man. I IIml on my desk this morning a letter from Mr. Coker, Inviting me to tonfor with him "about a number of matters of public interest." That/ pleasure Is now denied me. I Mr. Coker carried on worthily the great tradition of service which "the1 C'okers of Hartsvllle" made the very warp and woof of their life. Respected and honored far and wide for his achievements, Mr. Coker never" lost "the common touch;" he was always too big to act big; and I feel his loss myself for his warm humanity. The National Cotton Council will make Itself felt, I think, because It makes the sanest approach to a solution of the problem of the Southern fanner. There Is no escape from the conclusion that either we must sell' more cotton or develop u substitute crop of equal magnitude. Words will not carry the full meaning of that statement. Every nook and corner of all this wide-spread region Is largely dependent on the production and processing of cotton. It savor of rotnonce to make plans tor expanding our foreign trade. We think of the great numbers of Chinese ami the vast nations of South Amerl-I > i as customers whose favor we need; ? bu' the greatest market In all the world for American goods is the I'nited Stall's. We know that the nor-! them states have more than we south-1 ertiers. hut the south is the greatest potential market for American goods 1:1 tin world, liven in bad times the people of the South buy /i hundred dollars of American goods to one dollar bought h\ China or South America So, with cotton stable and pros-' perous a National problem of markets' is solved, as well as a problem of re-! gional agriculture. What is the National Cotton Council? It is a co-operative effort of pro-] diners, handlers and processors to tight for full justice for cotton, not! only before congress, but before rail roads, maritime corporations, and' others. Hut the most important of all' its functions will be to bring about' an increase in the uses for cotton. Oscar Johnston, Chairman of the Council, completely captivated me, as be did /til the others. 1 am not much ?>: i hero-worshipper, but I saw Oscar .innnston under a strain and he stood ? ?11 a- a man of uncommon ability, a - /1< -manlike r.irnivr and a thinker' ; ' v t ram (linat > grasp ??f business; ! With it all lie J S so intense!} hit.. in atii! tin.tilt i toil that we adopted ...... ?>-o-H H So much has I said and written .C"".U w idetima i|t,. market tor , niton toil We have had even the Mlggo.sl.on ?* politicians fltitt we persuade theCmic t i !. 11 _t 111 * 11 thejr > h i > t t a i Is ; tor nmst of our approa>h to tli" enlargement of demand for cotton lias been oratorical. not soundly contructive At any rate, however sound and constructive a plan might be. it will not become self-act i ving , it must | be vigorously promoted and constant-' ly persevered in. So the Cotton Council means to ascertain NEW USES for cotton. This is no idle dream, j Forty years ago bananas, oranges, butter nuts and raisins were a bit out oC the usual run of things for the table. Now, due entirely to advertising and] sales promotion, we drink orange juice at the breakfast table and feed bananas to babies. We have at our doors, sometimes in our yards, the nicest nut ever known?the pecan Hue w ?> rush about to buy other nuts from other places for the fruit cake Advertising did it So advertising?intellt.ooitly promoting scientific discovery will greatly increase the demand for it ton. I Imard i \>-w York man tell of the success of cotton as u road material, He u New Yorker?has a* his hobby the use of cotton for a road material. Once conclusively proved, here Is a Held that might greatly affect the dema fid for cotton?-and the prlces.* Let us face tne problem with courage and confidence. Something can be done to restore the primacy of King Cotton. What the council needs Is the full cooperation of all Southern farmers and other business men. We are all bound together here; when the farmer prospers, all fare well; but when cotton goes begging a blight hangs over us all. Our Southern bankers, merohunts, lawyers and doctors should find their common interest lit a common cause? and support it. In South Carolina alone our cotton farmers are thirty million dollars poorer this year than In 11/37. Thirty million dollars Is a tidy sum. This Cotton Council is an effort to have a whole region and, through It, to rebuild our nation's commerce. Those who attended from this state were: T. N. Durst, of Columbia, representing the warehousemen; J. Wade Drake, of Anderson, representing the ginners; Dr. J. S. Hathcock, of Columbia; J. R. Lindsay, Jr., of Greenville; J. 11. Culdwell, of Spartanburg; and J. K. Rreedin, of Manning, representing the South Carolina Farm Council. Oscar Johnston, said to be the most, extensive cotton farmer In the I'nlted States, was elected chairman of the council; vice-chairmen are: Lamar Fleming, of Texas; Harold Young, of Arkansas; and our own late David R. Coker, of Hartsvillo. The election of Mr. Mr. Coker was a tribute to hint as a nationally ami j internationally known and respected! leader in-agriculture. Mr. Coker was I not present, but his was the only name even suggested by the delegates trom Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia. Florida. Alabama and Mississippi. Oscar Johnston, In repeating the name of Mr Coker, referred him as a cotton specialist recognized throughout the nation and abroad. There are many organizations, many movements, a multitude of causes; but they spring from the fact that only through organization and concert of effort can anything be accomplished. The world is too busy to look for us. If we have something worth selling we must proclaim it from the housetops?ami keep on proclaiming?If we would break through the crust and break down the defence. As we sat in session 1 saw a two-] page advertisement of Florida fruit, j California ojange-growers pay six ( cen's a .rate to advertise their fruit.! If they dul not. we would think or-, anges grew only in Florida; and if Florida should -oop advertising we - noiial 7??i> our ?ouin Carolina toimt-j !.). > and thrive more |. used to be said that tin- world J would go to til. solitudes to hu> the be-;! itir>11se trap: but libit Ln't true. J \ in: don't make peopi.- think \.iii( !..iw the right mouse trap and put it j ..II -ale at i OII V e |1 i e II t plaees. >oi|l lit-; lie si). P will be a museum, not a s- ll-j ing place And the ten cent stores! will sell the mouse traps We must engage in the great double task of discovering new uses for cotton and of selling cotton for those uses. If we Southerners have just half the spirit of the far West and Florida we shall rebuild our economic life and we shall do it on cotton. If not. then on what? Much loose talk la Indulged in about substitute crops. To produce what the farm consumes Is sensible; but a large diversion of cotton land to other crops will upset all other sections of our nation. One cow or two cows to the family may be a sound policy; and a dozen hogs for butchering. together with a score to sell, will not entirely upset the national ecou,miv , tint if we engage in dairying or cattle and hog raising on a great scale _ I ?as one of the substitutes for cotton ?we should either have to throttle present producers, or go down with them in general poverty. Some of us who produce cotton today are diversifying somewhat; I am marketing corn, sweet potatoes, tobacco and a few hogs, with a turkey now and then. Can I switch more extensively into these things? Tobacco is under severe restriction, whether by government control or the still soverer control of consumer demand; corn is selling on our market for thirty cents a bushel; *,< n .o res of sweet potatoes would giut all local an I nearby markets ii uao a hundred ?a.irnuu h.ol i? 11 a.-r?'s acli We might ,ios.sibl> overcome the i >tn p' ! i i ion of the West and North in J hog husine.-s ;tm| dairying, but it would far cheaper and more satisf.tei'?r\ to save our own cotton business than to se k something equally wid* spread to supplant it A few men can do till these things?and at a profit, but for two million farmers to undertake a substitute crop would mean disaster unparallelled. The horse and mule dealers and the ice manufacturers seemed destined to stand out on pedastals in a museum before the mighty sweep of machinery. Hut they formed fighting organizations to save their business?and they are saving it. We are not the lazy people we are: said to be; Southern men hold their j own wherever they go. whether up North or abroad. Now the time has come to pour that fine energy into a channel of constructive effort for ourselves and the next organization. December 10 we are to vote on crop control. I shall vote for it. what else can I do? I know that all controls and all subsidies are putting off evil d- y c? reckoning, but if we throw overboard the present arrangement we are likely to invite disaster before any proper adjustment is marie The problem is that the individualist who wishes to hoe his own row and the man who reatf2es that two million individualist can rush headlong to destruction when the markets of the world are almost closed 1 believe that our solution must be through newly created uses for all we produce?and we must organize to bring It about?but that takes time. In the meantime we would do well to take half a loaf. It's neck or no beef, brother; so I shall have to vote for it More Ducks For The Sportsmen Qame authorities * report a very duflnlto Increase lit the number of duck* and other waterfowl visiting our coast this fall. Chief Uuiite Warden Richardson believes there are front fifteen to twenty per cent more ducks now thun during the past two years. The hunters are getting jajoro shots apd are also enjoying the lengthened ahootlng season. There hue been a deflnllte and easlly noticeable improvement on the Atlantic fylway during the past two yearn, and In the number of blrda migrating Houthward along the Atlantic coast during the past three seasons, according to Harold 8. Peters, Atlantic flyyway bilogiat pf the United Htatea biological survey. The percentage of Increase la estimated to bo about two per cent for each of the three seasons. Harry Hampton, editor of The State's Woods und Waters, believes the ducks ure 011 the Increase. He has been on the river on two "unfavorable conditions" recently but his bag baa been satisfactory. A certain low country club had "the boat shoot yet" on the Saturday after Thanksgiving Four biologists of the survey were assigned to "live with the ducks", follow them northward to the nesting area, come south with them to their wintering areas, and to find out as much as possible about them. They have followed the ducks through their yearly travels up and down the whole North American continent, from Alaska to Mexico and from Labrador to the West Indies. As a result they have found where the ducks nest, their food habits over the entire year; their travel routes with all the stopping points, and much new knowledge of the diseases that effect tho waterfowl. The black duck (black Ma Hard) has shown an exceptional good increase. This is one of the regular visitors to South Carolina. With the increase we can feel proud that the small part each sportsman has 'contributed to the duck preservation program through buying duck stamps has brought positive results. Tho future for tlie ducks looks much brighter. especially with the scientific law enforcement and the judicious hunting by cooperating sportsmen. Congratulations are due the sponsion and the biologists of the federal bureau. According to a famous Indian scientist. plants have a nervous system which is affected by strong emotions, just as in the case of the higher animals. Viborg Castle, Finland, Dates Back to Year Viborg castle occupies a com* mundmg position overlooking the city of Viborg, Finland. It has stood there for several centuries. Its construction was begun by the Swedish marshal, TorKelv Kmitsson, at the time of his crusade in 1293. However, Viborg was slow in starting as a city. It did not get ita charter until late in 1403. The town grew up in the shelter of the strong old castle which was an important outpost in fending off the attacks of the czar's armies, whose onslaughts were many. Viborg was captured by the Russians, recaptured by the Swedes, again by the Russians, and agahvby the Swedes?so often that its history for the last six centuries is exceedingly monotonous, declares a writer in the Chicago Tribune. One attack and repulse in 1495 is outstanding and famous. Knut Posse, the Swedish commander who became a national hero because of the incident, scattered the Russians and sent them home on the run by lighting barrels of tar and pitch and cutupulting the flaming masses into their ranks. The medieval fortress saw many changes of flags flying from its towers, first Swedish, then Russian, alternating with the fortunes of many wars. The last and perhaps the most bloody battle of them all took place in the war for the liberation of Finland in 1918, when the Russian communists capitulated to thi? Finns. Since then the flag of free Finland flies from the tallest tower of Viborg castle, now a historical museum. Taj Mahal Is Costliest Mausoleum in the World Regarded the costliest private tomb in the world, the Taj Mahal was built just out of Agra, India, by the Indian ruler, Shah Jehan, as a final resting place for the body of his favorite wife, Mumtaz-i-Mahal. The name "Taj Mahal," is Persian for "Crown of Mahal." The mausoleum is often referred to as the most beautiful building ever constructed. Twenty thousand men were employed in its erection, which covered a period of twentyone years (1029 to 1650). It is built of white marble on a rectangular red sandstone platform. From the four corners rise slender minarets, or prayer towers. The building, which is octagon in shape, is 130 feet in length and width and seventy feet high. Above the central part rises an exquisite dome to a height of seventy feet. The outside of the mausoleum is adorned with passages from the Koran and with costly gems. No artificial light is needed for the dome is semi-transparent and has several windows with alabaster screens of open work. Below the chamber is the vault in which repose the remains of Shah Jehan and his honored wife. Renowned Court Painter Fragonard (1732-1806), the renowned court painter to Louis XV, was kept busy painting voluptuous scenes of love and seduction. Madame du Barry set the fashion for the whole pleasure-loving court by decorating her boudoir with his paintings. He began his career as a law clerk, but his genius for art i brought him to the studio of Francois Boucher in Paris. He surpassed ! his master. When the people of France rose against the profligate monarchy, they included the court ! painter Fragonard. and he was I forced to return to Grass?,- his | home. There he turned to simpler | subject matter. He was poor and i forgotten when he died in Paris in | 1806. ) 1 Time Affects Ancient Pyramids Of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the pyramids of Egypt alone have defied time and the destructiveness of conquering armies. There is probably no other manmade structure in existence that will outlive these sanctuaries of the Pharaohs which were built by master engineers. The largest pyramid, Khufu or Cheops, contains 2,300,000 blocks of stone, each weighing about 2Vt tons. Originally it was 481 feet high, but due to age and long exposure to the elements its height has been cut to about 450 feet. Prison Warders Lived on Fees In Eighteenth-century England, prison warders and guards, being unsalaried, were obliged to live on the fees and fines they imposed on the inmates. Largest and most imperative was the "delivery fee," demanded on release. One paid?or i stayed.- Persons found not guilty by 1 court trial and even those who were ! never tried for lack of evidence were likewise held, says Collier's Weekly, sometimes for months until they j could make this payment. I Battle of Waterloo The battle of Waterloo was fought June 18, 18i5, between the French : under Napoleon Bonaparte and the combined forces of England, Ger- I many and the Netherlands under j the duke of Wellington and resulted '< in the utter overthrow of Napoleon and the restoration of the Bourbon kings to the French throne. That battlefield was in Belgium, about two milea from the village of Waterloo, and twelve miles south of Brussels. RESOLVE TO PREVENT ACCIDENTS IN 1939. "I resolve to live and let live during 1939." Regardless of all other resolutions which may be made (or broken) during the coming year, it is becoming Increasingly Important for you as an Individual to resolve to prevent accidents. According to estimates given by a national casualty company, approxl mately ton milion persons throughout the United States will be injured, killed or permanently disabled as a result of accidents during the year. This estimate, based on the present rate of frequency with which accidents are occurring, shows also that out of the above total about 375,000 persons or one in every 85 families will become permanently disabled, unfit for further gainful occupation. During 1939 acidents will probably cost tho American people upward of $3,000,000 in wage losses possible future earnings, medical expenses and property damage. This is an average' of $115 for every family in tho country. There is, of course, no standard, by which the sorrow and suffering i caused by these accidents can be' evaluated. Nothing can fill these new gaps in some family circle?the vacant chair at some family hearth. Here are some general resolutions suggested which, if faithfully kept, will help you to avoid becoming one of this year's accident statistics: I resolve: To practice being more alert to what is happening around me. To do my day dreaming in a quiet safe place far removed from whirring machinery, heavy traffic or bustling throngs. To indulge in no "unlucky" practices, such as walking under a stepladder or scaffold, particularly ifj there is a workman above who. may < drop a tool or other heavy object up. on my head. To permit myself no carelessness In crossing streets and highways, or Inattention to slippery walks and steps during Icy weather. To be ever mindful of the fact that wSvidSSvS lii onnnnaoH and Bafety of the home are costing between 30,000 and 40,000 lives annualyl, a figure equal to the yearly toll of highway and Industrial fatalities. I resolve to know the principal causes of home accidents and how they may be dealt with. That whatever my daily occupation, I will study its own peculiar hazards; learn how to cope with those hazards ?avoid their pitfalls. That when I drive my car, I will excel as a safe and skillful driver; one who exercises due regard for the rights of others; who takes no unnecessary chances; who knows and obeys faithfully the laws and rules of the road. That when I shut off the alarm in the morning I will begin thinking and practicing safety, and will not stop after the clock has been set for another night's repose. MAN WHO CAST THE FIRST LINOTYPE SLUGS 18 DEAD Baltimore, Maryland?Ferdinand K. Wich, 71 years old, said by friends to have cast the first type on a linotype machine, died here December^ The type was cast witen^fie worked as an apprentice for Ottmar Mergenthaler, Inventor of th-e linotype. Per the last nineteen years he had been a machinist for the Baltimore NewsPost. Hobbies, recommended as sources^ ( interest and relaxation, oftentimes become means of livelihood; and. as evidenced by the long list of "sideline" inventions, they are productive of much that is useful to mankind.?Exchange. /** Happy New Year . . . NKW YEAR GREETINGS FROM l.'S TO YOU. WE | THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATRONAGE IN THE PAST?AND MAY IT CONTINUE. WA TE R E E LUNCH I ? Mr. and Mrs. Jim Thornton i T r ' 'J Christmas Holiday Excursion Fares SPEND CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS AT HOME l?/ac per mile ROUND TRIP for each mile traveled t(Good in Coaches Only) 2 %c per mile ROUND TRIP for each mile traveled (Good in 8leeplng and Parlor Cara on payment of proper charges for apnea occupied) Tickets on sale daily: December 10 to January 1, inclusive. Return LimiyJanunry 10, 1939 LOW HOLIDAY FARES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE TO DESTINATIONS IN THE EAST, NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST Purchase Railway and Pullman Ticket* in advance. Baggage will be checked. Stopovers allowed. Air-Conditioned Sleeping Cars, Dining Cars and Coaches on through trains 4 TRAVEL BY TRAIN 3AFE COMFORTABLE ECONOMICAL Consult Ticket Agents J. T. COBB, Division Passenger Agent, Columbia, S. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY SYSTEM CHRISTMAS FARES I \ 2 cents per mile in coaches and 2Vz cents in Sleeping and Parlor Cars, in Southeast. Tickets on sale December 10th to January 1st inclusive with final limit returning January 10th, 1939. Reduced Holiday Fares to points in the East, North, West and Southwestern territory. \ Following are a few examples of fares -applying from Camden, S. C.: To:? Coach Fares Unrestricted Fares New York, N. Y $23.00 $32.15 Philadelphia, Pa 19.40 27.25 Baltimore, Md 15.60' 22.15 Washington, D. C. 14.05 ~ 20.05 Portsmouth, Va 10.35 15.55 Richmond, Va 9.85 14.80 v. Jacksonville, Fla 10.50 15.60 Tamps, Fla 16.90 25.15 St. Petersburg, Fla 18.00 26*85 Miami, Fla 21.55 32.10 DeLuxe Individual Seat Reclining Chair Coaches and Pullmans?All Completely Air-Conditioned. ^ For Information Apply J. L. CARTER, D. P. A. ^ Arcade Building Columbia, 8. G. ! SEABOARD RAILWAY