Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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OLD ORDER PASSES! I Today Is the Twilight of the Belted ..arL British Aristocracy, for So Many Centuries Secure in Its High Place, ** Is Feeling the Ground Slip j Under Its Feet. In one of the old Plautagenet houses ^ W England the belted earl and her ladyship live in one corner of the castle. The rest of the fine old mansion 0 Is closed, William Allen White writes In Collier's. The servants needed to run the house are no longer available. , Honey will not hire them. Their men j have been commissioned in the army because the earl's son?who had a right to sit at the foot of the throne and who had also the hiessea privilege j of hearing the king by ancient right | address him as cousin?the earl's son lighted one cigarette too many on the parapet, and when he and his kind from Eton and Harrow went out, commissions in the army fell to the cook's son and the housekeeper's son and the j parlormaid's brother and chamber- j maid's sweetheart, who, being commissioned, promptly took their womenkind out of service. They are feeling what they never felt before, these domestic servants of the nobility?the \ 'spur of ambition. So they have left the castle, and such of the servants as stay have begun to assert their rights, to manifest their self-respect. "Whatever you do," said her ladyship to her guest, "don't ring a bell!" To the question in the Visitor's face the hostess replied: "If you ring a bell the servants will leave. I have only three. They have announced that they will do their work, but they forbid interruptions by ?? bells!" The hot water appeared on schedule; the service flowed into the guestroom in its regular channel, except that fires were so low that the visitors' feet were frostbitten; the meals were served on time and were well cooked. But the servants were j efficient shop assistants, no longer | feudal serfs. And the earl chopped j the trees in his own forest with his own hands for his own fires. The meager household allowance of coal j that the fuel controller gave to the 1 '? I earl from the mines unaer tne ean ? own lands was barely enough to heat the servants' rooms. And as for the broad estate over which the earl ruled as an agricultural overlord six years ago?an agricultural overlord and industrial entrepreneur through his coal mines?the estate is all crumbling. The land is passing into the hands of small fanners; the old yeoman farmer, fairly well-todo, of good old yeoman stock, going back to the Conqueror?he and his N kind are taking the ownership of the land of the belted earl in 100-acre lots, ^ and the nation, having taken charge of the earl's coal mines, may now relieve him of tbe burden of mine ownership as well. For the parliamentary committee by a large majority has reported in favor of the government ownership of all mines of every description. And because the earl's son sleeps under the poppies of Flanders and his daughters are married and gone, the earl is a weary, confused old man,chopping wood in the forest to keep his old wife warm. He cannot fight the new order. No leadership is calling him. He knows that the end is jwnfnor fnr him and his kind. He real w? ixes quite definitely that in a few years the castle of the Plantagenets, who ^ were royal in the last Henry's -ays, probably will fall into the hands of a brewer or a draper or a stock broker, who will put in a central heating plant to defile it, debase the privacy of every bedroom with hot and cold water, and / degrade the place with a wilderness of bathrooms, so that four servants ' cfcn run the place on two eight-hour shifts where 100 retainers once served the baron under Elizabeth. The millions the old earl received from the yeoman farmers for his land have been divided with the state in yearly income taxes; and now on the horizon he sees a parliamentary bill gradually approach which provides that capital as well as Income shall be heavily taxed. So the old man in the forest sees even his capital unsafe, and he wonders curiously how the litj tie gray man at Windsor feels about . the prospects of succession for the genial young prince of Wales. Dish Runs Away With Spoon. A 'chain of restaurants in this city has to purchase more than a million sooons, forks and knives every year. Others tell the same story. Some ol the help, according to the management of a Wall street restaurant, must be reckoned on as furnishing their homes with "borrowed" tableware and manj patrons take it for souvenirs as unblushingly as they would appropriate an umbrella on a rainy day. A Wall street man was invited to a dinner at the house of a rich client not long ago and during the evening his hostess proudly showed him hundreds of spoons, forks and knives bearing < the names of hotels and restaurants both of this country and Europe. "Ii took me ten years ro get this collectior together," said the lady, "and I didn'i pay for one of them." "And the dish ran away with the spoon." Yes. in the days of Old Mothei Hubbard, but in modem times the pa trons and the help. And the cost! Oh, that's passed on 10 the hungrj patron3 who go to the restaurant nm to purloin, but to eat.?Wafl Streel Journal, l FARMERS URGED TO= RAISE FOODSTUFFS EFFORTS OF THE AMERICAN COTTON ASSOCIATION ARE HIGHLY COMMENDED. "ORGANIZE AND COOPERATE" Farmers Who Do Not Raise Their Own Foodstuffs Have Heretofore Always Sold Cotton Below Cost. Columbia, S. C.?Letters of oorumen dation of the work being done by the American Cotton Association are being received by the association from prominent men all, over the South. The letters are coming from public officials, merchants, farmers, bankers, editors and professional men. All nnito in deciarine the association ea titled to the hearty support of the pe<* pie of the South. Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia, sends the following endorsement: "I cordially commend the work of the American Cotton Association. "Every cotton planter should join the Association, and seek earnestly to oarry out its policies. The farmers of cotton growing staiee have the greatest opportunity of any farmers in the word. The lands furnish exceptional advantages for the production of foodstuffs; they can raise hogs and cattle at less cost than in any other portion of the United States. With a monopoly in the raw material i which practically clothes the world, they have sacrificed their great staple by selling at prices far below its real value. This has been due to unwise methods of marketing the crop. The crop has been thrown upon the market two or three months immediately after it has been gathered. Manufacturers were not in a position to -buy it, and speculators alone could handle it. "Cotton farmers have |not rAjsed heir own foodstuffs, and have been oompelled to sell. They should unite with the American Cotton Association, ?^or?H qaI 1 in raise men una IVAJUOIUUJ, .u each county not more than one twelfth of the product of the countyeach month. "Organization and co-operation is essential for the success of cotton I farmers. Cotton, before the war, I should not, for years, have sold for less than twenty-five cents a pound. The prices, recently advised by the American Cotton Association, are' only fair prices for this year's crop. "If the farmer will join the American Cotton Association, and carry out its plans, we will sell no more cotton at prices which have lost to the ootton growing section the advantages which a Divine Providence has bestowed upon them." Senator Robert L. Owen, of Okla, homa, writes President Wannamaker as follows: "I am delighted to know of your i progress in organizing the American Cotton Association. Cotton ^lothes j the world; its importance as a commerclal and financial factor cannot be overestimated. Every banker, every merchant, very cotton raiser, and every business man in the South ! should take pleasure and pride in becoming a member of this association. "I wish you every success in your campaign for membership. Senator Jos. E. Randsdell of Louisiana sends the following endorsement: "I wish to say that I was very much gratified to be selected as a member of the Louisiana division of the American Cotton Association and to subscribe myself as one of its charter members. This is ample evidence, I believe, that I have iaun in ine aims and purpose of the association. "There can be no doubt about the necessity for organization among the cotton planters of the South along pro gressive lines, and the advantages to j be derived by co-operation and union I among them. There is great strength ! i in unity of counsel and purpose, and I an association comprising one hun! dred thousand of the most progressive and enterprising of the South's cotton planters?the real cotton producers? is bound to have a geniuine beneficent effect upon the growth and good of the ; industry. j Mr. 4W. C. Lanier, president of the ; Georgia Bankers Association, en| dorses the American Cotton Association in the following terms: "I feel that the association that you represent has been the greatest means of boosting the price of cotton that has ever existed to my knowledge. Your j business and aggressive methods in j handling a campaign for the better! ment of the cotton producer has been ! phenomenal. T certainly feel that you elmiild harp thp m-nneration of every business man in the Southern States j Hon. Charles H. Brough, governor ! of Arkansas, has written the following 1 letter to President Wannamaker: j T most heartily endorse the cam* j paign for a membership drive for the ! American Cotton Association, believ, ing that the work that ;s being done ; bv this splendid organization is of | more far-reaching importance to the cotton growers of the South than any similar movement that has been In- j j mgurated in recent years. ^ ^*11 1 Storage Battery W lllard SERVICE STATION SERVICE FIRST ADVICE SECOND SALES THIRD THERE'S OUR POLICY IN A NUTSHELL, First?When the customer comes in, find out what HE wants. Give him satisfaction at the lowest charge consistent with a good, thorough job. Second?Tell him how to prevent battery trou- | ble. We're not anxious to repair his battery, except to make it last longer. Third?When he reallv needs a new battery we want him tt) buy it from us, naturally, and to buy a Willard with Threaded Rubber Insulation?because that battery will last longer and give him less occasion for expense on repairs than any other batterv he can buv. Come in and find out the wonderful service records of Willard Batteries with Threaded Rubber Insulation. Fanlkner Electric Service Company We test, repair and recharge storage batteries and always carry a full supply of battery parts, new batteries and rental batteries for all makes of cars. You I (Take a good look at your old, .soil ed straw "Bonnet" and then come 9 take a peep at our good looking new 9 I fall "lids." 9 You will find just the hat you want at a price you can afford to pay. Our new fall furnishings are here I also?Shirts, Ties, Hose, Underwear, I and everything you need tt> make you B a well dressed man on good terms I with himself. I Prices? Just as low as can be put 9 on good quality. I H. C. Folk Co. BAMBERG, S. C. 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