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HOW EGYPT MAF COTTON ( KrBMDMHmn Ancient Land Has Lessor ers?Not Up-to-J Farming IV Methods of baling, sampling and 1 fa marketing cotton lint in Egypt may is be studied with profit by American n< cotton producers, both by way of y< reaching to save waste and by way of si 1 nvnaoei'vo Vl H rp-<ic CI f i Of exniDiuiig me c.wcmhv middlemen, is the conclusion reach- a ed by J. S. Williams and Clarence tt Ousley, the sub-committee of the le American commission to investigate di ? j and study agricultural credit and co- di operation, whose report on their study si of the production and marketing of cc Egyptian cotton has just been pub- a] lished as a senate document. Egypt,: h< however, they found, can offer to the n: P United States no instruction what- fa ever in skill, science of other element1 jt of economy or efficiency in cotton it production, nor does that country con- tc stituts any menace of over produc- m tion. ai Summarizing their investigation p< ; ~ briefly, they say: m "Egypt, with her 1,500,000 to 2,-; ca 000,000 bales' of cheaply produced, m but dearly sold cotton, admonishes American growers to improve their m methods of cultivation and market-, pi ing in order to reduce their cost of to production. j tb Co-operation in Egypt. J The proprietors of large Egyptian I B] : estates, representing 7^ to 10 per E' nont nf fhp rrnn arp in a nosition to Pr co-operate and render powerful aid ce in maintaining fair prices for their commodities and these prices will cu tend to steady the prices of Ameri- t0 can cotton if our producers do not liJ commit the folly of producing more than the world will take at profitable ^ values, and if the cotton states will establish a system of state regu??? . Iated warehouses, which will enable " and secure cheap money upon ware' house receipts whereby they may sell the crop gradually over a period of ?f several months Instead of forcing it upon the market, as they do now, j ^ within two or three months. i t0 "Th proprietors and the British-! 35 Egyptian department of agriculture promise hearty co-operation in establishing a system of accurate reports le' of cotton consumption/* 1A Vital Relation Exists, * th Concluding, the sub-committee states there is a vital relation be- ?r tween Egyptian and American cotton production, which should be culti-j vated in amity and mutuality by . every possible official and co-opera- 1S tive endeavor. They state that the tu li. 4- U ? TT-nr. IfCdUll UJL VUCli luvuougaiiuu nao three-fold, and in each respect the fr, situation is well \oorth careful con- 1 Pi 1 sideration. First, Egypt's cost of production in e 1 the ratio to the value of her com- st< modity is much lower than America's. tu Secondly, Egypt's output varies but aL little from year to year and is capable pe of but slight expansion, and'is, tnere- ^ fore, a more or less fixed factor of great economical potentiality. ^ Thirdly, an influential and predominating group of large planters are in cordial sympathy with America's pur-! pose to establish a more intelligent; , ! cic system of marketing. or "We have reason to hope that % Egypt will join in any effort the cotton states may initiate to establish clt an interstate and international bu- , reau of cotton intelligence for the promotion of more efficient produc tion and more economical marketing. cc Bureau of Cotton Information. j "In this connection we earnestly m recommend that the principal cotton .r states of the Union create the office ^ of cotton commissioner and that such commissioners together constitute themselves as a bureau of cotton in-, ai formation, with special reference to j ^ consumption and the extended use of cc cotton goods, and that other cotton p] ; growing countries be invited to have q( representation in such bureau to the j ja end that intelligent information may ; m be furnished the producers for their guidance in adjusting supply to de- w mand, and that the demand for our w great staple product may be stimu- ^ lated. We are confident that such a a bureau would operate as a practical insurance against either over-prqduc- j tion or under-production and yet pre- ' vent abnormally high prices, to the j injury and hardship of consumers. >1 "Egypt's comparatively low cost of production, notwithstanding her antiquated methods of cultivation, her lie heavy expense of conversion from ee seed cotton to spindle lint, is a mat- tl" ter of seriou^concern to America, for ti Egypt is able under present condi- j pj tions to produce her superior quality I ei _ f A A.. ?. A 1. A 1 O /\ O A A A r> + /I A Ui cuuuii, worm iiuw 1 o tu -v cents <a ni pound, at about 12% cents a pound, hi compared with American cost of 10 | fr to 12 cents a pound, worth now 11 to tl 12% cents," they state. j tl No Greater than American Cost. j v; "American cotton growers must j tc K ' \ tKETS ?iROWN THERE. is for American FarmDate in Our 'lethods. ' | ice the fact that the Egyptian crop produced at a cost approximately j greater than American cost, and ' ?t the Egyptian cotton, by reason of iperior quality, sells for about 6 < mts a pound more. In other words, < decline of 3 cents a pound below 1 le current market price would still i ave a fair profit to Egyptian pro- : ncers and would not cause any re- ! notion in the Egyptian output, while , ich a decline would carry American < )tton below the cost of production, < ad we? know from sad experience ' aw difficult it is under the present : lethods and conditions of tenant inning in the United States to ad- ; ist supply to demand. Therefore, < behooves American cotton growers \ i reduce the fcpst of production by 1 ore intense cultivation, by the use 1 id development of varieties of su- 1 ?rior staple, and especially by elimi- : iting the waste and graft in Ameri- 1 m methods of sampling, baling and 1 arketing. i "But while Egypt is somewhat a < enace in respect to her low cost of ] oduction, we are gratified to be able < report a sympathetic attitude upon i e part of the representative and in- ] lential Egyptian planters and the ritish advisory administration of ?ypt in respect to all the marketing < oblems which concern the produ- 4 rs of both countries alike, and es- t icially with respect to securing ac- a irate information concerning cot- i n consumption." 1 ? t RYAN XOT MAKING EXPENSES. 'cretary of State Says He Has to Lecture to Make Ends Meet. Hendersonville, N. C., July 13.? 'illiam Jennings Bryan, Secretary State, declared here to-day that s salary as a member of President ilson's Cabinet was not sufficient meet his expenses. He gave this an explanation of why he expected continue his work as a lecturer. "As this is my first Chautauqua cture since becoming a member of e Cabinet," said Secretary Bryan, t may not be, out of place to say at I find it necessary to lecture in der to supplement the salary which receive from the Government. As have lectured for eighteen years, is method of adding to my income the most nhtural one to which to rn and I regard it as extremely gitimate. "I did not think it improper to go om the Chautauqua platform into a esidential race? and if I had been ected I would have thought it no epping down to return to the lec- 2 ro niatfnrm Thpsp meetines en- ? ile me to keep in touch with the tople." i TRAIX KILLS MOTORCYCLIST. war Lancaster, of Union, Struck by j Southern Railway Passenger. < ] Union, July 10.?This afternoon | out 6.30 o'clock the passenger train ( l the Southern Railway, from Spari y nburg to Columbia, struck and i lied Oscar Lancaster at a crossing >out two blocks north of the depot 4 ire. Lancaster' was riding a motorcle, end on account of box cars on e side track obscuring his view, ( ?uld not see the approaching train. ' is probable that the noise from the ] otorcycle prevented his hearing the 1 ain. He was thrown a considerable ' stance, and died in a few minutes. 1 ancaster was married and was a son 1 ' the late J. B. Lancaster, a former < iditor of this county. He was a 1 other of M. Otis Lancaster, who is mnected with the Merchants' and ' lanters' National Bank, of this city. 1 csar Lancaster was well and popu- < riv known here and his death is a < ater of general regret. He was a ember of the Baptist Church and ( as very much interested in church ork. He was a young man of splen- i id disposition and high character id will be-very much missed in the immunity. RUSSIAN'S SKULL BROKEN. an in Spartanburg Hospital Fell from Passenger Train. Spartanburg, July 9.?Albert Dilik, a Russian, said to be unacquaint- < 1 with the English language, is in le Spartanburg Hospital with a fracired skull as a result of falling from issenger train No. 35 on the South*n Railway at! Blacksburg Monday j ight. Little hope is entertained for ; is recovery. How he came 'o fall om the train is not learned. After le accident he was placed back on le train and brought to this city, < here an ambulance was in waiting > take him to the hospital. . \ MKS. CRAWFORD SURRENDERS. Atlanta Woman Makes J)enial of Killing Husband. |g Alanta, Ga.. July 13.?Four years gag after the alleged crime was commit- ^ ted, Mrs. Mary Belie Crawford, 50 |1| years old, was arrested here early toclay on the charge of having murder- ||f ed her wealthy husband, Joshua B. |?j? Crawford, by giving him morphine and opium. She is held a prisoner without bail in the county jail. The accused woman returned to At- *|| lanta from Tucker, Ga., where she 1|? b ^ '1 /v/\v? ^ /a >-> Kiir?iri Aff tri n r? t* O fwllf T3 lid U 5UUC KJU. CL UUdlUCOO l/iip, CL L J&afl s'clock this morning, after she learnsd that Charles Z. Crawford, one of | i the heirs-at-law of the dead capital- g sg ist, had sworn out a warrant in which 11 she was charged with the murder. ||p 3he went immediately to the county ?9 jail, surrendered herself to Sheriff j||| C. W. Mangum, and was placed in a ||| cell. Her preliminary hearing will |? be held Wednesday before Justice C. ?| H. Girardeau. Hiers-at-law of the dead man, who have a civil suit pending in the local U S Courts to have his will set aside, re- gg centlv had the body exhumed from g? the family burying ground at Carroll- gg ton, tJa., and an examination made by Dr. H. F. Harris, secretary of the Jtate board of health. Dr. Harris 89 testified last week in the civil suit that he found traces of morphine and meuconic acid, an element of g? Dpium, in the stomach of Crawford. g |J He asserted that he did not believe ieath resulted from pneumonia, as svas given out at the time of the denise. mW Denies the Charge. 1 "Of course, I deny the whole 9 iharge," said Mrs. Crawford to-night. 1 'It is just one thing piled on another m ;o make me spend my money in law- I -ers' fees and to humiliate and hound ( lie because heirs-at-law of my husiand want more than their share of ;he estate and ^ate me." The estate of the dead man is val- i led at $250,000. Much of it is real istate in this city. His widow, under :he terms of the will, is the chief leneficiary of the property. The es;ate has been in dispute since-$horty after Crawford's death, in March, L909. Mrs. Crawford" was married to the lead capitalist in February; 1909, at Jacksonville, Fla., where he had jone on account of ill health. The narriage followed a courtship of less ;han a month. Crawford roomed and ;ook his meals at the home of the defendant. The aquaihtanceship thus legun culminated in the ma'rriage." The couple returned to this city and - ? >ne month later Crawford died. He vas 75 years old at the time,-more ;han 25 years older than his wife. Morphine Administered. ^ 1 Dr. J. W. Hurt, of this city, who at- J ;ended Crawford during his last ill- * less, to-day issued a statement in xrhich he said that he had given * Crawford medicine containing mor- 1 ihine and meuconic acid/ "I gave Mr. CrawforcJ morphine to illeviate his suffering," said Dr. Hurt. * 'I also gave him a cough mixture that vill well account for the presence of neuconic acid. I have never testified inything else. "I am not surprised to hear that [)r. Harris reported finding traces of ;hese drugs in the stomach, but I am surprised to hear that he says the nan did not die 'of pneumonia. I treated him and signed the death ;ertificate." , g?*2 UACOX MOTORCYCLIST KILLED. || 3'Brien Said He'd Win or Break His Neck?His Xeck was Broken. - ^ Macon, Ga., July 10.?Martin A. ?? 3'Brien, a local motorcyclist, was |i killed in the races here this after- |g loon. The event in which O'Brien met his death was the pursuit race in gg which the starters, four in number, were placed at different points on the 2|. track, and as soon an one racer pass- !?t! Dd another the man passed was out of the running. On the second round of the track, ^ which was slippery because of a light ff rainfall, O'Brien's machine skidded 11 md hp was thrown for some distance II and slid for a hundred feet on his back. The handle-bars of his motorcycle were broken. "Give me another machine," he yelled. "I'll win the race or break my neck." Another machine was quickly obtained and O'Brien started again. He had not been passed by the man following him and was gaining on the man ahead. On the tbird round, almost the same spot, which also happens to be the very spot where Aviator Ely was killed nearly two years ago. his machine again skidded and trashed into a fence in front of the Agricultural building, n?pr? hv the Stntp Pair O'Brien was thrown violently over his handle-bars and his head struck some timbers. His neck was broken and his skull fractured. Three thousand persons were along side the track at the time of the accident. Hundreds rushed to the scene, including several doctors. It was found that O'Brien had been killed almost I instantly. The race ended there. ^ Ilfchi,, We have some as || Horses and W. ^jffi*Syap Mules in our stables ? as have been shown J in Bamberg in some M time, and the prices and terms M IV will please you as well as the || p stock. We also have some ex- || tra nice Buggies, Harness, Whips 11 1 and everything in this line. Come | mi and see what we really have. 11 m< _ * ??? ? I i an IHNFQ RRftQ III iivnLU i/iivu?||i i BAMBERG, S. 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