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{EijePamberg^eralb ESTABLISHED APRIL, 1891. Published Weekly at Bamberg, S. C. Entered as second-class matter April 1891, under Act of March 3, 1879. $2.00 PER YEAR. Volume 28. No. 19. Thursday, May 8, 1919. FOCH REBUKED IMPUDENCE. "Would Xot Stand for Conduct of German Who Lacked Courtesy. " ?.ii The tactlessness, or pernays raiuer the utter mental obtuseness, of the average Prussian is well illustrated by a breach of the proprieties committed last fall when Germany made her appeal for an armistice, the offender being no less a; personage than Gen. Hans von Winterfeldt, chief military plenipotentiary of the mission sent by Germany to call on Marshal Foch to arrange for terms. It appears that General von Winterfeldt, who should have been well informed on points of military courtesy since he was reared at the court of Berlin and later spent many years in Paris as military attache, some """"months before the outbreak of the * 1? !- i ? on war ana was senuusi>- mjmcu m ?*" automobile accident while attending maney^ers of the French arm}* in the south of France. He was tended with the utmost solicitude by the most eminent French surgeons. During his illness President Poincare called on him and decorated him with the cross of officer of the legion of honor. When the war broke out Winterfeldt took charge of the espionage service of the German government at San Sebastian in Spain, doing no end of harm to the people who had treated him with such consideration. How the Prussian general roused the ire of the French marshal during the armistice negotiations is thus related by a writer in the New York Evening Sun: Marshal Foch received the German delegates in the railroad car which he made , his home and which was then switched on a siding in the forest of Compiegne. When the German emissaries were ushered into his presence .and von Winterfeldt saluted, the ordinary impassive marshal's ' eyebrows, for once in the war, went up. No wonder. For the German general had had the incredible impudence to don for the occasion the cross of officer of the legion of honor, bestowed upon him by President Poincare before the war, in total dis? -X XV_X - n T71_ ?-L regard 01 tne iaci mat an r ieucu uiatinctions bestowed upon Germans had been canceled by the war, in the same way that French naval and military men and citizens had "scrapped" every German decoration that they had received. Before returning the salute Marshal Foch, fixing his eye on the legion's cross and red ribbon on the general's breast, exclaimed,' in the most sharp and cutting tones: "Monsieur! I authorize you to remove that cross at once from your breast!" General von Winterfeldt, thoroughly disconcerted, removed it, and, instead of laying it down on the table, placed it rather sheepishly and awkwardly in his pocket. It was then that Marshal Foch acknowledged the salute and consented to - - proceed to business. The presence of General von Winterfeldt, of all others, on the German delegation seems to have had an exasperating effect on the French officers anDointed to deal with ihm. and it is not suprrising under the circumstances that he soon insisted upon withdrawing from the mission. KILLS CHILD BY ACCIDENT. Negro Woman Meant to Shoot Her Husband. Gaffney, May 4.?Endeavoring to shoot her husband, Jim Peek, with * ? -1 4. T? 1- I a siiuig u.u, i>urau reeK, a negress 01 Cherokee county, yesterday afternoon shot and instantly killed Annie, her 2-year-old daughter. The homicide took place at Cherokee, about eight miles from Gaffney, on a plantation owned by A. C. Price. Immediately after the tragedy Sheriff W. W, Thomas was notified and he took the woman into custody. Her story, after she was arrested, was to the effect that her husband was advancing upon her and when he . was about 50 yards away she fired in self-defense and that she had nc intention of shooting the little girl, She is being held in the Cherokee county jail without bail. Awkward Position. "Yes," said the shopkeeper, "1 ^ want a good, bright boy to be partly indoors and partly outdoors." "That's all right," said the applicant, "but what becomes of me whei the door is shut?"?Pearson's Weekly. ' t lira of torn iomiih MR. J. S. WANNAMAKER GIVES SURPRISING FACTS. STATEMENTS OF FARMERS South Realizes Its Future is at Stake and Must Act Accordingly. Mr. J. Skottowe Wannamaker, chairman of the South Carolina Cotton Association, upon the request of a well known magazine that he furnish them with a statement "showing A a A- At 99 the cost 01 eouon to me ouucu, icui them the following article: Cost of Cotton to the South. First, as to the cost of cotton to the South, I have estimated the cost of cotton to the South includes the following: 1. The production of cotton ooet the South slavery. 2. It caused the War Between the States. 1 3. The production of cotton has brought slave labor. Regardless of the fact that cotton is a hand-made product, a price has been established on cotton on the basis of slave-labor, .from which price it has never been removed. ' 4. It caused the South to become cotton slaves. 5. It caused the South to merely exist; denying to the producers the necessities and comforts of life. 6. To produce cotton and exist at the price paid for it by the manipulator necessitated the establishment .of starvation wages in the South, which exist even unto today. 7. It has caused the illiteracy ol 'the South, through the manipulations 'of the cotton bears. 8. It has caused the impoverishment and pauperism of the South. 9. The production of cotton has caused the bad roads of the South, through the impoverishment of the producer by the manipulator. -10. It has driven from the rural communities the white man, who la no longer contented to eke out an ex istence; to deny to himself and his family the comforts and necessities ol life; to work without a fair remuneration. 11. It is even driving the negrc away; he has received a new vision; he is no longer satisfied with his un comfortable surroundings; he is insuf i .ficiently clothed. Hat Made Other Sections Prosperous IS. It has made other sections o the eountry prosperous; it has fat tened the bears and manipulators o( the North; it has blessed mankind in every spot of the globe where the son shines except in the South, where it has proved a curse. 13. The production of cotton In the South today has caused the descend ants of the people who fought tc break the chains of physical slaver? from the black man to fight for the purpose of forging the chains ol , slavery, of poverty, of illiteracy os the women and children working in the cotton fields, both white and Mack, still tighter. - 14. It hae filled the grave-yards ol : the South with men, women and lit tie children who existed and passed away without necessities, eemforti and education. 15. It has created one of the great est gambling hells on this globe, th? New York Cotton Exchange, extend ing its damnable and blighting ma nipulations and schemes throughoul our nation; fattening and prospering the gamblers and manipulators on th life-blood of the toiler. "M in thf 10. ISO JMUUUbUva w South has caused the producer to be come a commercial cannibal, this be tag absolutely necessary be enafoh him to exist He has destroyed hii forestry, fleeced his soil of its fer tility; existed on his natural assets; denying to himself and his family reasonable hours of work and propel working conditions; a decent home; the opportunity to play and to learn 17. It has caused child labor in the South. It has caused the women and children of the South, both white and black, to perform not only labor, re gardless of hours, but even to pet form the manual labor of tilling the soil with the plow. (White women and colored women can be seen plow ing the cotton fields of the South with little barefooted children plod ding along behind them, scattering compost, and performing their wort | from tho break of day to the twiiigm ?underfed, impoverished, half-cloth ed, wore and weary.) 18. ft ha* caused the producer o 1 cotton to go without the necessary ( cotton clothing?the white man sal [ dom having enough to meet the re | quirements of health and hygiene; thf negro being seldom blessed with more than four cotton uadersuits?one foi * life use. one when he Joins the church one when he marries the first time > and one when he is buried. (This be :ing in excess of the average.) At to the Coat of Production of Cottof In the South. I requested the Hon. D. H. Houston Secretary of Agriculture, to furnisl me with a detailed statement showing the eost of production of cotton li the South for the year 1318. He ha! i Just telegraphed me as follows; "Itemised estimate of total eost production of oottoc tor 1918 not ? ? completed. Work now being done will i provide basis for estimate in few i weeks. Would be glad for your association to select committee of three, ! to be in Washington April 21, for j special conference on factors to be I considered in estimating cost of proi ducing cotton." For the purpose of estimating the cost of production by the producer. , by the experienced business man and j by the experienced banker, I have ' selected various men from our State. | The result is aptly furnished by the 1 following statements, which are in i line with the various statements re ceived. These statements are from three men of unquestioned veracity, fine business judgment, long business experience and men who hare been actively engaged in farming for ovei a quarter of a century; men who would not purposely make a misleading statement, even though they felt satisfied it would result in assisting us to win this campaign, regardless of iViAw in +V* cno. LLlt; Utjcp iliuci t cess of this movement for the commercial freedom of the South Cost of Production Illustrated on a One-Horse Farm of Fifteen Acres, Planted by J. M. Holman. The production of this firm is based on a ten-year average production of Calhoun county. I have been farming for thirty-five years, and have also been actively engaged in cotton for the past ten years. All past years must be left out of any calculation in finding the cost of the 1919 crop, for the reason that all values have advanced out of all reason. Labor and fertilizers cost three rimes as much as they did at the beginning of the war. The calculations herein are made * _ 1 i. - J iT, with the actual conon piuiueu uu una one-horse farm, and the expenses are figured only for the actual working period, my only object being to find out what it will actually cost to produce a pound of cotton. The owner of this farm gets nothing for himself out of this farm except his profit of $96.50 ' and he will not get this profit if his ' cotton is damaged by storm or other, wise and is reduced in grade, also pro' rided he gets thirty cents for his cotton and $60 for his seed. I have not charged this farm with'any expense for hoeing. I expect the plowman to have time to do this work. Expenses. 15 bushels planting seed $ 15.00 1 . 3 tons high grade fertilisers 180.00 750 pounds rent paid, at 30c.. 225.00 Ginning, bagging and ties, 7 hales cotton 85.00 Wages one man, eight months | at $40 320.00 Feed of mule eight months... 120.00 Rent of mule 30.00 Picking 9,000 pounds of cot> ton at $1 90.00 Hauling to gin and market... #21.6C ' Expense handling seed 15.0< " Wear and tear tools and fixtures 15.0C 1 $1,066.00 Income. 1 3,375 pounds cotton at 30c.. ,$1.012.5C ' 5,000 pounds seed at $60 150.0C t Gross income $1.1 2.5C ' Expense 1.066.0C * Profit $ 96.5< r J . Cost per pound, 31.58. I certify that the above statemenl Is correct and true. J. M. Holman. . Coat of cotton production itfustrat edon one-horse farm of thirty acrei , (twenty acrea cotton and ten acrei 1 food) by J. A. Banks. " Fertiliser. 8 tons 8-4-0 at $50 $ 400.0C 1 1 ton soda 83.5C Labor. 1 plowman at $40 per month.. 480.(K ' Hoe labor 40.0< Extra labor 40.0( Picking 12 B-C at 75c per hundred M.0< 20 bu. planting seed at $1 bu. 20.0( 10 per cent depreciation on $500 equipment 60.0( 1 Current coat farm equipment 30.0( ' Ginning and bagging and ties, " 1AM 13 B-C il W wv.vr J 1 $1,302.51 Income. / r 276 bu. cotton seed at $1 bu..$ 276.OC . 3,600 lbs. cotton at 28ftc lb.. 1,026.<X fl,302.(K [ This farm should produce undei I average conditions in this county o< I Calhoun, 8. C., food sufficient to feed the horse that plows it and twelrc 400-pound bales of cotton (three bales , of which shall be taken for rent oi L land) and 276 bushels of cotton seed This makes a balance and leaves the farmer nothing for his time and ! attention. r I have been farming for the pas1 ! forty years and J am thoroughly [ familiar with cotton production, hav? also had many years' experience ir general merchandise business, supply p ing fertilisers and supplies to farm r ers, also have had twenty-five tc tMrtr vears' experience as a banker bsing engaged during tfyis period it } (arming, merchandising, operating , sales stables and furnishing lire r stock. The abore hi a correct statemenl illustrating the cost of production o . cotton. J. A. Banks. Coat of Cotton Production lllustratee , on a One-Horse Farm of Twentyseven Acres (18 Acres Cotton and 9 Acres Corn and [ Hay). By T. A. Amaker. , Fertilizer. [ 6% tons fertiliser 8-J-f at , $58 1 ?1.W 1 ton nitrate soda 90.0< Labor. 1 plow band IS months, at $40 4t0.0( Hoe labor, 18 acres at $2.16 40.60 Extra labor, gathering corn, hay, etc l 50.OP Picking 10 bales cotton at $1 per hundred weight 120.00 18 bushels planting seed at $2 a bushel 36.00 10 per cent depreciation on $600 equipment 60.00 Incidental expenses 30.00 Ginning and bag and ties 10 b. c. 50.00-_i $1,348.00 Income. 7 b. c. 400 lbs. each at 30c..$ 840.00 249 bushels cotton seed at $1 240.00 $1,080.00 The above farm should produce* 10 b. c. and tenant must pay three bales rent After paying entire proceeds of sale of cotton and seed on his year's pxnpnsps hp owes a balance of $268. Land planted in corn and hay will produce enough to feed horse. I have been engaged in farming for the past thirty years and am thoroughly familiar with the cost of production being now extensively engaged in fanning, and also thoroughly familiar with same as a merchant selling fertilizers and supplies, having been extensively engaged in the mercantile business for the past thirty years. The above is a correct statement illustrating the cost of production of cotton. T. A. Amaker. Referring Back to the Cost of Cotton to the South. Cotton production has cost the South all that I have said and a vast amount more. The cost is so great I that it would require the judgment of i God Almighty to render a decision : a to what cotton has actually cost ! the South. No mortal man can make I the estimate. Henry Grady more than thirty-one : years ago delivered a speech in New I England, which made a more lasting j impression possibly on the country I than any one speech ever delivered . I by any human being. The production of cotton in the South has prevented i his prediction from coming true. He j said in part: ,! "When every farmer in the South shall eat bread from his own fields and meat from his own pastures and , disturbed by no creditor, and enslaved , by no debt shall sit amid his teeming , gardens, and orchards and vineyards, and dairies and barnyards, pitching i his crop in his wisdom and growing them in independence, making cotton , his clean surplus, and selling it In his i own time, and in his chosen market I > and not at a master's bidding?getting his pay in cash and not in a rei ceipted mortgage that discharges his , debt, but does not restore his freeI dom?then shall be breaking the fullness of our day." I The cost of production of cotton hi the South has made the loyad Aiueri I can citizen realize that it is abeo - lutely nec eseunr tor him in carrying out his pledge to help make the world I safe for democracy, to help in every > way possible, using every ounce o< energy at his command to help im I prove conditions in the South, *o thai ) tt will be a fit place for people tc - live in. He has made this decision be ) cause he realizes, first, that it is hit - duty as a loyal American citizen and because ft is his duty in Justice tc t God and man. He realizes: 'Once to every man and nation Gomes the moment to decide; i In the strife of truth with falsehood i For the good or evil side. "Then to siderwith truth it noble. When we shore our wretched cruet; Ere her came bring feme and profit And tie prosperous to be just. "Then It is the brave man chooses, While the coward standi aside, Doubting in hie abject spirit,. Till his Lord Is crucified." South'* Future at Stake. The Sooth realizes that its futurt existence is at stake, and that it U absolutely necessary to market, ban1 and finance its cotton crop sad thai If this is not done, the cotton produo tion of the South will follow the in digo production, and that the co-doc production wfll be referred to only as something that once existed in thi South. For this reason the farmer, mer chant and banker have abeloutaly de termined .to arrange to market cotton. They are forming a $200,000,004 corporation for this purpose known as the Marketing, Exporting and Financing Corporation. The manipulators and gamblers who have fed on the life blood of the South will, of course, We realize that I commercial freedom of the South h abflolately necessary to the futun 1 progress and prosperity of the South. ' The banking Intereels of the South ! wtti increase their capital and eur ' plus by at least 50 per cent, and will ' accept liberty loan bonds in payment ' for additional stock issued. Oppor1 tanity only knocks once. The South * realizes that it is knocking today and 1 the door irill be opened. r Are You Helping. Are you helping in the fight foe h commercial freedom of the South? If j not, you are not a loyal son of either America or the South. Not only thii I ?you do not realise that America, of which the South is a part, is year own, your satire land; you do not realise that God Almighty made all men free and equal; you do not believe en "Peace on Earth good will to men." Ho loyal American rwtH so far forget ; his duty as an Ainorican citizen; no ) loyal American will so far forget his pled go to make the world safe tar ) democracy. \ Fertilizing Gi DOES I J. N. H; Soil Improvement Comm Side applications of fertilizers to the growing crops as a supplement to a first application made at seeding time is quite widely practiced in the soutn. The writer recently obtained from county agents the names of leading farmers of North and South Carolina who make a bale or more of cotton per acre. These farmers were addressed a letter and asked, among other things, to tell how they fertilized their cotton. In these answers a large proportion report that they make side applications of fertilizer. A few of these reports that are typical of the rest are given herewith: Mr. Jno. C. Fletcher, McColl, S. C. Kind of soil: "Light loam with clay Bubsoil." Fertilizer used and method of applying: "Use about 1,400 lbs. per acre; half applied just before planting, and the other half about June 15th." Mr. B. D. Mann, Enfield, N. C. Kind of soil: "Sandy loam and heavy loam to gray stiff soil." Fertilizer used and method of applying. "From 500 to 1,000 l^s. per acre of an 8-3-3. At time of planting use from 400 to 600 lbs., about June 1st when cotton is chopped out make another application of 400 lbs." Mr. Fred H. Young, Timmonsville, S. C. Kind of soil: "Sandy loam with clay subsoil." Fertilizer used and method of applying: "900 to 1,000 lbs. of fertilizer used. April 1st apply 500 lbs. of fertilizer, ridging on same and planting about ten days later. Fertilizer applied in three applications; 500 lbs, before planting; about May 1st, another application of 500 lbs.; and still another application of 200 to 250 lbs, i June 1st." 7 Mr. B. F. Shelton, Speed, N. C. Kind of soil: "Norfolk loam, or dark gray soil." Fertilizer used and method of ap plying: "800 lbs. of a 9-5-2 used pei acre (during normal times an 8-4-4) : Half of fertilizer applied in drill al , time of planting; the other half wher . cotton is 5 to 6 inches high." 1 . Mr. A. G. Clarkson, Wateree, s/C. Kind of soil: "Ruston loam." Fertilizer used and method of ap ' plying: "1,500 lbs. of a fertilizer an alyzing 10% phosphoric acid, 39? " nitrogen, and no potash. Apply two thirds of fertilizer at time vof prepar i ing the land and one-third in May 0] - June." Mr. S. P. winburne, Como, N. C. Kind of soil: "Light loam." Fertilizer used and method of ap 1 nlvine: "600 lbs. per acre of a 10-5-< ! French Papers Not Enthusiastic. I j The covenant of the league of nations arouses little enthusiasm in the t press of Paris. Indeed many of the i principal newspapers aostam irom . comment altogether. L'Oeuvre, which \ has always been a champion of the I league and of President Wilson, says: * "Speaking generally, we are bound to say the pact of the league of nations causes a certain amount of disappointment. Its 26 articles consti' tute really the statutes of the league of governments to safeguard their territorial sovereignty and are not ; a new chapter of the law of nations , which had been hoped for." The newspaper thinks that the resignation shown by Belgium, Japan and France must be due to promises or special guarantees which will be known, perhaps, when diplomacy is no longer secret. Writing in the "Echo de Paris" "Pertinax," spokesman of the nationists, declares outright: "The league of nations is dead before birth." He also refers to rumors of treaties being made between the allied powers, remarking "to reassure us, Premier Clemenceau and Foreign Minister Pichon, allege they hold favorable alliances in their portfolios. These parchments must be beautiful, complete and eloquent to justify such docility on the part of the French ministers." All the nwspapers point out tnat the great concessions were made by France. Some of the journals go so ; far a's to declare that these concesi sions amount to a surrender. As a i whole, however, the press expresses the hope that later amendmei^s will 1 result in satisfying what are regarded >kas legitimate claii^ of France and ' the other countries which, as the | Havas agenqj summary of the comment words it, "showed their moderation by abstaining from insisting yesterday upon an immediate vote" on the charges in the covenant which . they were advocating. Origin of the Word Camouflage. It would be interesting to know how many people who have taken, I with a kindliness which has become somewhat monotonous, to the word "camouflage," in their daily conversation, are aware of its origin. Cam, ouflage was a word coined and used i by the Paris Apaches, those ingenious inventors of language, to ex' press their method of making a quick disguise or an alteration of a disJ guise. Of recent years "camouflage" > _ _ _ ___ I ? rowing Crops j T PAY? arper, littee, Atlanta, Georgia. (during normal times 700 lbs. of an 8-4-4). Apply fertilizer and jstable manure in drill before planting?" Apply one-third of fertilizer as a side application when plants are about , J* knee high." :j Mr. H. A. Monroe, Cameron, N. C. Kind of soil: "Gravelly sandy loam with clay subsoil." Fertilizer used and method of applying: "600 to 800 lbs. of fertilizer per acre used. Part applied at time of preparing the land, and 200 to "300 lbs. applied as side dressing before Diooms appear. Mr. F. H. Waller, Kingston, N. C. Kind of soil: "Gray sandy soil." Fertilizer used and method of applying: "800 lbs. per acre of a 10-4-8. Apply fertilizer in drill about ten days prior to planting. Side dress one or two times about June 20 and July 10.* Mr. W. F. Peterson, Clinton, S. C. .. ? Kind of soil: "Dark gray." Fertilizer used and method of ap- ; plying: "400 lbs. when rows are laid off; 250 lbs. as side application at second plowing after chopping, and 250 lbs. as another side application when plants are knee high." Side Applications to Cotton. At the time the cotton plant is in > ?full bloom ample plant food must be available or else a large percentage of the squares will shed. While there are other factors that cause shedding* for example, a lack of a proper amount .' ".1^3 of moisture; still, it has been proven that even with the most favorable moisture Conditions, a lack of plant . food is the potent cause of this 1 trouble. -v. ' . Under boll weevil conditions, the fertilizer used in side applications should contain a high percentage of i phosphoric acid and a rather low per* centage of nitrogen. This fertilizer ^ ' has the effect of forcing the young bolls to quick growth and early ma* turity. Side Applications to Corn. - While it usually pays to make * 1 larger side application of fertilizer for cotton than for corn, still, many of the best farmers in the Southeast advocate liberal side applications for corn. - . if " The period of the growth of corn is much shorter than that of cotton; con* r sequently, there must be present in the soil large supplies of available plant food at the critical period of its growth, which is from the time it is ^ ) waist high to tasselling time. has, of course been used in the European war to effect, as far as possi ble, concealment by-disguise. In i time "camouflage" came to be super , seded by "dazzle-painting," which ap; j plied mainly to the work done at l | sea for deceiving the enemy. 5 The i ..term "dazzle-painting" originated with Admiral Greatorex, through [ whom it was adopted by the British . admiralty. It achieved the most ex. traordinary results, wrell known \ . ships being so completely disguised , . by its operations that they were' un recognized by sailors who knew them ? intimately. 1 MEETING OF TAXPAYERS] f A meeting of the taxpayers, voters . of Bamberg School District, No. 14, ; is hereby called to be held in the , City Hall in the town of Bamberg, S. * ' C., on Monday, May 26, 1919, at 4 ! o'clock p. m., for the purpose of % electing one member of the Board of 1 Trustees, and for the transaction of any other business that may legally come before the meeting. W. M. BRABHAM, Chairman Board of Trustees. Bamberg, S. C., May 7, 1919,?2tn We are proud of the confidence doctors, druggists and the public have in 666 Chill and Fever Tonic.?Adv. / LET THE i Aiken Gift Shop > * Aiken, S. C., do your KODAK WORK v Best Materials and Workmanship. MAIL US YOUR ORDERS. Rub-My-Tism is a great pain killer It relieves pain and soreness caused by Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains, etc.?Adv. CITATION NOTICE. The State of South Carolina.? County of Bamberg. By J. J. Brabham, Jr., probate judge. Whereas, E. D. Dannelly hath made suit to me to grant him letters of administration of the estate and ^ effects of Ham Brabham, deceased, These are therefore to cite and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of the said Ham Brab ham, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the court of probate, to be held at Bamberg on r the 14th day of May, next, after publication hereof, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said administration should not be granted. Given under my hand this 29th day of April, Anno Domini, 1919. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Judge of Probate. 666 quickly relieves Constipation, Biliousness, Loss of Appetite and Headaches, due to Torpid Liver.? Adv.