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World Relianc S.For Recent statements of the agricultural department indicating a renewal of anxiety as to the ability of the United States to continue its supply of cotton to the manufacturing world lend interest to a tabulation recently. prepared by the National City bank of New York showing the percentage which the United States has supplied of the world's cotton since the year 1800. Our own 1921 crop, as is well T,T?,> fnr Kolnxi' fhp ATI filial av i A.uuvtu, nao iai .. ~ erage of the past 25 years (but about one-half that of the year in which the war began), and formed a much smaller percentage of the world's output than in pre-war years. Commenting on the indications as to the crop of the current year, the department of agriculture says in its weekly bulletin of June 17: "The week's news increased the trade's apprehension as to the ability of the south to produce a supply of cotton sufficient to meet the world's needs for the coming season. The large surplus which existed at the beginning of the present season is disappearing rapidly and the world's rate of consumption is gradually approaching the pre-war level." The fall off in the share which we * are now supplying ui uc wwi m o ton is illustrated by the -bank's tabAnnual " Averge . . World IS-OO'-IO 1,060 1811-20 1,172 1821-30 1,541 1831-40 x ... 2,317 1841-50 2,692 1851-60 4,216 1861-70 _ 5,027 1871-75 6,810 1876-80 7,812 1881-85 9,224 1886-90 .... .... 11,002 1891-95 12,149 1896-1900' 15,102 1901-05 . 18,070 1906-10 .... .... 20,9j6 1911 "* 24,723 1912 24,158 1013 .... 25,796 1914 26,022 1915 22,175 1916 .... 22,678 1917 .... .... 29,970 1918 ...i 20,461 1919 .... 23,023 1920 , .... 21,787 1921 15,593 DISPUTE IS SETTLED. < 1 George Washington Had Firm Faith j in Christian Doctrine. ' c A controversy as to the religious 1 l convictions of George Washington? * or lack of them?has been lately wag* ed in various parts of the country. A letter written by Washington, however, has lately been discovered which is timely on the 146th anniversary of the nation's birth and gives unmistakable evidence that, whatever his denominational affiliations, the father of his country had a firm faith in the Christian doctrine. In 1789, Washington having just been elected president, the general convention of the Episcopal church, then in session, adopted resolutions congratulating him, which were for- j warded to Washington at Independ- j ence hall, Philadelphia, from Old : Christ church, where the church convention was sitting. Washington ref plied under date of August 19, 1789, in a communication in which the re- 'c ltmnno -r?io aIoop Thl'c lottpr W.hifh ^ UUVV iO V1V-. . ~ has just been found in the records of | the Episcopal church, is as follows: |s ^ "To the Bishops, Clergy and Laity of ji the Protestant Episcopal Church in c the States of New York, New Jer- ] sey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Mary- ' land, Virginia and South Carolina, 1 in General Convention Assembled: 1 "Gentlemen:?I sincerely thank J you for your affectionate congratulations on my election to the chief magistracy of the United States. "After having received from my ] * fellow citizens in general the most* liberal treatment?after having found them disposed to contemplate In the most flattering point of view ( the performance of my military ser- . ? vices and the manner of my retire- j a /v^ tt? r> ? T fool mem ai tue uiusc wi mc *?ai-?JL IWI , that I have a right to console myself, . in my present arduous undertaking, j with the hope that they will still be , inclined to put the most favorable construction on the motives which may influence me in my future pub- ; lie transactions. "The satisfaction arising from the , indulgent opinion entertained by the American people of my conduct will, I trust, be some security for preventing me from doing anything which ^ might justly incur the forfeiture of that opinion. And the consideration , that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the progress of the former by T inculcating the purities. ' "On this occasion it would ill be- : come me to conceal the joy I have felt in perceiving the fraternal affec- ? tion which appears to increase every / e Upon Cotton Supply ulation above referred to, which was presented before a recent convention of the Cotton Manufacturers association, held in Washington. In connection with the tabulation, its author calls attention to the fact that cotton has become the world's chief reliance for textile materials produced in the world in 1920 having been 17 times as much as in 1820, wTi-lo tVio n-rrvrl 11 r,f nmnl in 1Q90 was -but five times as much as a ceil- j tury earlier. Meantime, adds the bank's statement, despite the efforts made in the past 50 years to develop cotton production in other parts of the globe, the United States has so increased its share of the world's cotton crop that we were in 1920 supplying 62 per cent, of the world's raw cotton output as against less than 20 per cent, a century earlier, though with our abnormally small crop last year our share of the world's output was but about 53 per cent. The tabulation of world cotton production since 1800 and the percentage of the world crop supplied by the United States is as follows (000's omitted), in bales of approximately 500 pounds: United All Per Cent. States . Other U. S. A. 140 920 13.20 / 231 941 . .19.70 566 975 36.72 1,123 1,19-4 48.46 1,953 . 739 72.54 , 3,242 974 76.89 2,186 2,841 43.48 3,623 3,187 53.20 5,0-36 2,776 64.46 5,867 3,337 63.60 7,232 3,770 65.73 8,041 4,108 66.18 10,081 5,081 66.48 10,801 7,269 59.77 11,847 9,108 56.53 15,693 9,030 63.47 13,703 10,455 56.72 14,136 11,660 54.79 16,135 9,887 62.00 11,192 10,983 50.47 11,450 11,228 50.48 11,302 9,668 53.89 12,041 8,420 58.84 11,421 11,602 49.60 13,440 8,347 61.68 8,340 7,253 53.48 lay a in u li g xue incuub ui gcuumc 1 cigion. It affords edifying prospeots, ndeed to see Christians of different ienominations dwell together in nore charity and conduct themselves, n respect to each other, with a more 2hristianlike spirit than ever they lave in any former age or in any na:ion. "I receive, with the greatest satisfaction, your congratulations on the establishment of the new constitution of government; because I believe its mild, yet efficient, operations will tend to remove every renaming apprehension of those with ffhose opinions I may not entirely concide, as well as to confirm the lopes of its numerous friends; and because the moderation, patriotism md wisdom of the present federal legislature seem to promise the restoration of order and our ancient virtues?the extension of genuine reigion?and the consequent advancenent of our respectability abroad md of our substantial happiness at lome. "I request, most reverend and respectable gentlemen, that you will fccept my cordial thanks for your levout supplications to the Supreme tuler of the universe in behalf of me. May you, and the people whom you epresent, be happy subjects of dirine benediction both here and herei ifter. (Signed) "G. WASHINGTON." NEGRO MAN FOUND DEAD. Heart Shot Out?Gun Loaded With Slugs Used. Camden, July 15.?The dead body Df Willie Knox, a negro residing about twelve miles from Camden in :he west Wateree section, was found about 4:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon where the negro had fallen after receiving a wound from a shotgun at close range. The gun was loaded with slugs and the load tore away a part of the man's side and shot his heart away. It was thought the negro was returning from his field to avoid a rain and was passing through a wood when the shot was fired. Officers from Camden along with the coroner went to the scene but no evidence was found that would connect anyone with the shooting. The inquest will be continued later. Quite Likely. Angler?(describing a catch)? "The trout was too long?I tell you [ never saw such a fish!" Rustic?"Xoa. Oi don't suppose re ever did."?The Queenslander (Brisbane). 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