The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, July 20, 1922, Page 3, Image 3
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
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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
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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. <
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George Washington Had Firm Faith j
in Christian Doctrine.
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A controversy as to the religious 1
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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 ^
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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
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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.
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[ never saw such a fish!"
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re ever did."?The Queenslander
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