Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ J \ I \<L THE GAFFNEY LEDGER. Tuesday and Mday. fd. m rtACamo, Cdlter and Fubllehar WHY THE SOUTH SHOULD GET A GOOD PRICE FOR COTTON. In writing to the Manufacturers’ Re cord for statistics about the progress of the South for use in an address te be made at the Memphis Cotton Con vention last week, Mr. I^ee Richard- soa, of-Vicksburg, Miss., asked also for the views of the Manufacturers’ Record in regard to the cotton situa tion and the South’s future financial policy in connection with the cotton industry. Replying to that request, in ad dition to sending the desired facts about the growth of the South, the editor of the Manufacturers’ Record wrote in such manner as to win the admiration of every Southern man who is devoted to the upbuilding of this great Southland. The views of Mr. Edmonds are so patriotic and are expressed with such force that The Ledger cannot refrain from repro ducing them in toto: I take great pleasure in complying with your request as to my views on the cotton situation and its relation to the South's future financial policy. “Naught, naught," says the buyer, is as true today as when first uttered. The individual buyer may not always take such a one-sided position, but as a whole the buyers of any commodity are always struggling to secure the lowest possible prices. As the South sells about 81) per cent, of its cotton crop awav from home, of which 60 per cent, is taken by foreign spinners, it is inevitable that the great powei of the buyers of the S.flfiO.OOO or 10,- 000,000 bales of cotton which the South annually sells to others than its own spinners will be used with all possible effect in “bearing’’ cotton price The effort to develop cottcn- growirsr in other parts of the world in competition with the South has been vigorously pushed by buyers and by foreign governments for the last three-quarters of a century. The aim of Europe has naturally been to beat down the price of cotton to tin- lowest, point possible. This might as well be accepted as a fact which Is never likely to be changed On the other hand, the South, as the producer of cotton, holding in ef ■ feet a practical monopoly upon | world’s cotton supply, owes it to itself to endeavor to secure the best pos sible price. Needless to say that i . efforts along this line will be based on sound economic reasons and should absolutely make impossible any illegal action n coercive work in seeking to accomplish tins end. Persistent, unceasing effort should be made to bring about an increase in diversified farming throughout the South. This section should raise us own food supplies for man and beast. With great natural advantages for al- .'most. every form of diversified agn culture and for the raistng of live stock, the South sends tens of mil- lions of dollars to the West, for flour, corn and provisions. A vefy large proportion of the profit, on the whole cotton crop goes to the Western farmer for products which the Soutu is abundantly able to raise at, home. If the farmers of the South would un dertake to produce all of their food stuffs as a primary proposi^on, cot ton-growing would then be the secon dary feature, and there would be no danger of an overproduction - beyond the world’s needs. Moreover, the South would then keep ai home the many millions which it now has to send elsewhere for foodstuffs. Profit able prices for cotton can be guaran teed bv the development of diversi fied agriculture to the point where cotton becomes the surplus crop rath er than the one crop on which the South would largely depend, fon- neetod with this question should be a radical revolution in the gitming. compressing and handling of cotton. Antiquated methods should he aban doned, care being taken to secure the most up-to-da*c facilities for handling and marketing the crop. While it may at times be possible for the warehousing of cotton to be made the basis ()" unwise speculation, a well- managed cotton warehouse Is just as essential to the best Interests of the cotton producers and cotton buyers as are the eleaators of the West to the grain trad* Considering the world’s dependence upon the South’s cotton, the vastness of the industry of cotton manufactur ing, and bearing in mind that, there is , no other great crop comparable in 1m- ’ance to cotton so completely do minated by any country In the world as the South dominates the cotton trade, and the honest investigator will recognize that this condition ought to give to the South almost boundless prosperity. If England held a practi cal monopoly of the iron ore and the coal of the world, no one questions the fact that England would devise some system by which the world would have to pay to that country a profit on its iron and steel and coal in keeping with the strength of its position. It would do this not by force but by wise management un der economic laws. It would grow rich beyond the dreams of avarice. Holding a monopoly of equal import ance, the South ought to grow rich upon cotton. Its cotton ought to bring abounding prosperity to the farmers, tho merchants, the manu facturers and every other interest In the South. It ought to result in pro viding better homes for the farmers of this section than the agriculturists of anv other section of the world are able to enioy. It ought to result. In better roads, more and better schools, In more and better church buildings. Everywhere there ought to be pros per!*" ns a result of the domination of the world’s cotton trade. In undertaking to bring about these conditions great care and wise judg ment are needed. The farmer is not a good speculator, and an undue hold ing back of cotton by the farmer while he is in debt to his factor or banker for crop lien money may be just as culpable of unwise speculation as ir tbe rampant operator on the cot ton exchange who cares not for prices so long as he individually can make a profit. But there Is a legitimate and wise withholding of a portion of the cotton crop possible. Instead of being rushed to the market in two or three months, every cotton-grower seeming to be In a race to see how quickly he can get rid of his crop. It should be marketed with more judg ment and spread out during eight to t welve months instead of two »to three. The rushing of cotton to the market In the fall results In railroad congestion, in such a demand for ocean tonnage as to enhance the rate of freight, and in general to add heavy costs to the handling of cot ton. which fall hack upon the pro ducer. Necessarilv. this rushing ok cotton to the market places the seller at a disadvantage and gives the buyer the whip-handle. A year or two ago when the Com mission of English spinners came to this country to study the cotton situation, one of them, in protesting to me against the effort o{ the South to secure higher prices for cotton, said: “In advancing prices of cotton the South is literally taking the clothes off the back of the poor of the Orient, who are unable to buy high- priced cotton goods.” I said to him in reply that “for a gr^at many years under low-priced cotton the growers of the South had been very nearly stripped of clothes, and that henc- forth if any undressing had to be done, it must be by the manufacturer, as the South had come to a realization of its power in bringing about better prices, and it proposed along wise lines to exert that power.” where she will visit several days with friends. Mr. L. Nance, of Grassy Pond, was in the city yesterday, Mr. W. I. Blanton, of Grassy Pond, was a city visitor yesterday. Messrs. Ed. Stacy, Walter Garvin, Lynn Littlejohn, Forest Huggin and J. W. McMurry attended the old folks ringing at Ararat Sunday. Miss Lucy Wood went to Spartan burg yesterday to visit relatives and friends fro a few days. Mrs. A. N. Wood and Miss Jessie Lipscomb leave today for Sumter to represent Daniel Morgan Chapter of the D. A. R. at the State Conference. Miss Lipscomb will visit friends in Florence and Mrs. Wood friends and relatives in tho eastern part of the State before they return home. NOTES AND COMMENTS. The Spartanburg Herald asks: “Why is Spartanburg the best town in . the State?” Because it claims everything in sight, even the main line. • • • ' What are you doing to contribute to the development of this country socially, industrially and morally? If you are doing nothing along these lines it were just as well that you did not exist at all. • • • Man travels through this world but once. It is therefore incumbent up on him to do those things which will bring to him and those with whom he is associated the most happiness. This end can best he obtained by in dustry. thrift, sobriety and sociability. * +_ * The attention of Editor Petty of the Carolina Spartan, is called to the two news items in this issue telling about the improvement of one corn mill and the establishment of another, one in Gaffney and the other just three miles out. It will thus be seen that the need of a grist mill in Gaffney has been supplied. Suppose you suggest something else? Maybe we can ac commodate you. * • • The Ledger is especially gratified at the manner in which Mr. Brian Bell is “making good” on The .State. He is an exceedingly bright young fellow, one of the best hearted hoys in the world, and under the careful training he will receive on The State we expect to see him develop into me of the foremost newspaper men of this country. We wish him all manner of good luck. We have an especial interest in him because he is one of our hoys. WILL CONSIDER IT. Dr. Cree Called to La Belle Place Baptist Church. The following clipping from the Nashville Banner will interest many Ledger readers: “On last Sunday the La Belle Place Baptist church of Memphis, Tenn., called Dr. Arch C. Cree, of the Edge- field Baptist church of this city, as its pastor. La Belle Place church is one of the most active and aggressive Baptist churches in the city of Mem phis. It is located in one of the most beautiful resident sections of that city and has grown so rapidly in the past, few years that a new build ing is imperative to meet its needs. “Knowing Dr. Cree’s success in building up such a splendid home for the Edgefield Baptist church of this city the leaders of the La Belle Place church decided to make an effort to secure his services. Some of the church leaders heard Dr. Cree speak at the Baptist State Convention In Memphis last month and immediately they extended an invitation to hold a meeting with them during the simul taneous revival which has just closed in Memphis. The splendid service rendered by Dr. Cree in the revival campaign confirmed their conviction that he is the man to meet and realize the great opportunity that is before their church. “Dr. Cree has not given any answer to the call yet, but is giving it serious consideration. The extreme nervous ness from which Dr. Cree suffered last winter, caused mainly by the strain under which he worked to' build the Edgefield Baptist church, makes him hesitate now to under take so soon another church building project, indeed, some months ago he declined to consider a flattering call in the East for the same reason. Dr. free was most favorably Impressed, however, with the La Belle Place church as a field of wide usefulness and a great opportunity.” Mr. Cree will hardly decide to do anything until the last of the year. He will spend Christmas in Gaffney with his family. PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. Miss Nancy Turner, of Shelby, N. O., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Logan Kills, in this city. Mr. Judson Sarrait, of Union, for merly a Cherokeean. spent Friday in the city shaking hands with his numer ous friends here. Dr. Lee Davis Lodge, went, to Wil mington, N. C„ Saturday night. Mr. H. Fay Gaffney, the popular traveling representative of the New York Life Insurance Company, with i.eadquarters at Camden, spent Sun day and yesterday in the city with his family. FIGHTING THE PLAGUE. Institutions Being Erected for Treat ment of Consumption. Every other day sees a sanator ium. association, or dispensary for the treatment or prevention of tuber culosis established in this country, is a statement issued today by the Nat ional Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis. During the months of September and Octo ber, 16 associations, 10 sanatoria, and dispensaries were started or pro vided for in the United States, mak ing a record of achievement In anti- tuberculosis activity never before equalled in any country of the world. The stimulus for this wave of phil anthropic endeavor has been derived largely from the recent International Congress on Tuberculosis. From one end of the country to the other, men and women of all ranks and classes, are rising up to fight in the battle against tuberculosis. In cluding the recently formed societies, there are at the present time, 211 as sociations for the study and preven tion of tubercelosis in tho United States, with a total membership of over 20,000. all engaged in an active war on consumption. Never before in the history of the country, has such an army been massed to light against disease. And. with the pres ent rale of increase sustained, it is estimated that the army will • be doubled in size within a year. On Januuary I, 190r>, there were in the United States only 24 associations considered that there are in the United States, at least 450,000 people buffering from tuberculosis, 1-3 of which number ought to be in sana toria or hospitals, the lack of proper bed capacity is very evident. The dispensary movement, one of the later phases in the anti-tubercu losis campaign, is also receiving a great impetus. Four years ago, there were only 19 dispensaries In the United States; at the present time, there are 165, and new ones are be ing established at the rate of one a week. These dispensaries are places to which anyone who thinks that he has consumption, or knows that he has | the disease, may go and be exarain-; ed and given proper advice and treat ment free of charge, or for a very small sum. The emphasis in these institutions has been laid on a regular and sanitary life on the part of the patient, and on his sleeping in the open air. COTTON GINNED TO NOVEMBER. Census Bureau Reports Increase Over Last Year’s Crop. There were 26,295 active ginneries and 8,‘199,782 bales of cotton ginned from the growth of 1908 to Novem ber 1st. These figures, announced by the census bureau yesterday, are against 26,069 cinneries and 6,128,562 bales at the corresponding date in 1907; 27,370 ginneries and 6,906,395 bales in 1906, and 27,802 ginneries# and 6,457,595 bales in 1905. The re port counts round bales as half bales and includes 149,340 round bales for 1908; 125,785 for 1907, and 169,741 for 1906, and 183,870 for 1905. The num ber of Sea Island bales included for 1908 is 45,495: for 1907, 33,331; for 1906, 21,706, and for 1905, 49,161. The corrected figures of the quantity of cotton ginned this season to October 18th are 6,296.166 bales: The number of bales and active ginneries respectively by States on November 1st, 1908. follows: State Bales. Ginneries Alabama . .. 894,123 3,363 Arkansas .. 536.658 2,016 Florida 43,065 241 Georgia . .1.385,816 4,321 Kentucky 951 4 Louisiana . . . . . . 290.099 1,559 Mississippi .. .. .. 893,546 3,309 Missouri 69 Nex Mexico .. .. 954 4 North Carolina .. .. 373,188 2,606 Oklahoma .. .. . . 219,860 941 S::th Carolina .. .. 822,369 3,133 Tennessee .. .. .. 199,621 605 Texas . .2,504,886 4,046 Virginia 4,607 82 The distribution of Sea Island cot ton for 1908 by States, is Florida 19,- 057; Georgia 21,998; South Carolina 4,440. Remember the Orphans. We doubf if any set of people look forward to Thanksgiving with more delight than the orphans. They know full well that on that day they will In* in many hearts; and that the pray ers of the people who love little children will be made for them, j . At the Thom well Orphanage. Clin- ! ton, S. C„ ’ there are 250 orphans. Of these 150 are from the State of South Carolina. 60 from Georgia and 21 from Florida, the rest from other States. Children from any section of our country, however, are welcome, provided they are fatherless, of ten der years and in need of aid. Once received they are not dismissed, except at their own request, but are educated thoroughly, are taught some good trade and sent out able to take rare of thejnselves without further protection from the institution. Their support comes from all parts of the country. Provisions, money and anything that can be used in the ordinary family can be used here at the Thornwell Orphanage. The insititution Itself is on the cot tage system. There are 15 cottages, with six public buildings for mental, moral, manual and technical training. And it continues to grow as new cot tages can be erected. Send contributions of money to Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs, Clinton. S. C. Provisions to Thornwell Orphanage. Clinton, S. C. Let the South Feed the World! The South’s share of “the White Man’s Burden” has certainly been freely borne. The South has clothed the civilized world for years with our cotton. We are supplying tne cook ing world largely today with “lard” ami the more delicate oils. Thous ands of tons of cotton meal are ship- ped to Germany. Denmark. England Miss Jessie Lipscomb, who has! been visiting in Charlotte several; ,,,r '‘. ,r and prevention of tuber-jam! other foreign countries where It days, returned to the city last week, i ' tilosis. Uv January 1. 1909. there , Is used both for human food and Mr. J. C. Phillips, of Camp's Cross 1 undoubtedly he 250 such asso- stock feed. Roads, was in the city Saturday. j < iati«.m-\ sin iisrrcr..-e of oyer^ •() , ( >r 1 These gn at necessities all come from the South's cotton crop. The (ottep p'fint now seeks tho Pi* vilege feeding as well as clothing the world.” Cotton is^he heritage of the South, v. «• are fast learning its tri! » \/ilue. Its meal and oil products arr. wonder ful. rich resources. Their values are now for the first time appreciated at Mr. J. J. Quinn, of Camp's Cross Roads, was in the sity Saturday. Mr. R. C. Burgess, of Camp’s Cross Roads, was a city visitor Saturday. Mr. Robert Bridges, of Maud, was in the city Saturday. Mr. E. A. Robbs, of Grassy Pond, wav a visitor to the city Saturday. Mr. R. E. Sarratt. merchant an planter of Macedonia, was a cit visitor yesterday. Mr. Z. Blanton, of Grassy Pnn was tn the city yesterday. Miss Mable Ramseur. of Blacks- .jiirar, was in the city Friday. Miss Marie Goforth, of Blacksburg, was a visitor to the city Friday. Miss Ethel Sheoly. of Blacksburg, was in the city Friday. Miss Catherine Dillard, of Spartan burg, Is visiting Misses Lula and Yrceman Garrett, on Limestone i st reef. Dr. H. E. Fiefield. of Wilkinsville. was in the city Saturday on business. Mr. F. A. Goforth, of Sunnyside, was in the city Saturday. Miss Belle Whitlock, of Jouesvllle ciath n:\ an increase of over cent. The states which lead in the I mini her rf .'•v-oc!« an- Mnssa- i chusetts with 26. New Jersey with* of j 22. .’ ew Ytuk 'Mih in, .Michigan v-i h 16, and Pennsylvania with ! I. Thirty-! ,‘'\e of the foi-M-six states haw one I or more ilssociat ions, i These Associations are all philan- thropic in (maPizatb n, and are com- ;>ose of phy. : inns and laymen, both 1 their true worth. Cotton oil today uien ami wonvn, who art 1 anxious to ! .• introi s Hie price of aM other world’s a is'-e the nupi! of deaths from tuber-j cooking fats, and this dominant po- culosis reduced. That such organiza-! sit ion will grow stronger as the merits instiuiuental in saving life, t Kins arc • :av le seen from the reduced death- rates in several states and cities. In Boston, the* death-rate was reduced from 2l.7o to 18.46 per ton thousand, largely through the efforts- of the local association. In New York, it is estimate'’ that the campaign against M’ben oloris has saved to the city an- t uully .at least 3,000 lives. In Chicago, a slmi’ai reduction in the number of d< aths from tuberculosis has been ef fected. At the head of the great campaign teing carried on throughout the cotin- of this odorhss, refined and pure vegeable fat are more widely known. snent a few days in the city last week try is Hie National Association for the with Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Brown. , Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, Miss Lizzie Hampton, who has been with President Roosevelt as one of visiting friends in Greensboro, .\. r.,! its heads and with nearly 2,00 mem- returned home last Wednesday. j bom in every state in the Union. Al- Mr. Jones J. Darby left yesterdav 1 Red with the National body, are 27 for Charleston, where he goes tn a 1 - State Associations, who are fighting tend the Shriners meeting which wiP t tl erculosis in their various states, he held there Wednesday. 1 And under these state organizations, Mr. W. W. Hawkins ami dmi^hters. <' r Independent of them, there are of Grassy Pond, were in the city yes- ’eailv 200 associations In the prin- terday. , al cities of the country. Mrs. F. N. Wood will leave i ■d-'- The increase in the number of sana- for Sumter where she will spend toria at the present time, is also par- several days with friends. | Meularlv noteworthy, since the need Mrs. J. C. Jefferies snent the weetc i for beds for tuberculous patients Is end with friends In Spartanburg. evident In every state. There are, at Dr. J. T. Darwin made a hurried i 'he present time, 250 sanatoria and professional trip to Thlckety Satur- 1 hospitals making special provision day afternoon. Miss Jessie Lipscomb will leave to day for Sumter and Timmonsvllle for tuberculous patients, and the en tire bed* capacity of all of these in stitutions is but 15,000. When it Is Feeding Horses. Judge Henry Hammond says: “In tiuth, cotton seed meal as a feed for horses has passed far beyond tne stage of experiment. To put cot- *nn seed meal Into the ground with out first running It through the In side of an animal, to roe to he a direct insult to a bountiful Providence. If our farmers were to take thei v own, freight free, cotton seed meal, feed it first to their farm animals and next to their farm lands, oh, what would come of It? • “The oldest of my colts are now five years old, and none of them nave ever passed a day In their lives with out eating some cotton seed meal. They have never been out of fix. The oldest ones weigh 1,100 pounds and are 16 hands high—decidedly larger than dams or sire. They have carried me 50 miles a day without breathing deep.” * Mr. McCandless, Georgia State Chemist, gives the following grain ra tion formulas: “Light work: 8 pounds ground corn and oats, 1 pound cotton seed meal. Average work: 10 pounds corn and cob meal, 2 1-2 pounds cot ton seed meal. Hard work: 10 pounds corn and cob meal, 41-2 pounds cotton seed meal.*’ Depositors Like to feel that in bringing their business to a bank they are helping to build it up; in other words they are giving something for what they receive. We want you to feel that way toward us. We are Growing Grow With Us We want your account—want to make ourselves useful to you in any thing pertaining to finance—and we can handle it with profit to you and to ourselves. Four Per Cent Interest Paid on AH Deposits. THE GAFFNEY SAVINGS BANK, Office in The National Bank of Gaffney, S. C. Keystone Traction Well Drillers Are Money Makers Everybody uses water. A ed well is the only means of obtain:J| a pure, cold and unfailing supply. - Dug wells and springs are simply cess pools for collecting disease breeding surface drainage. 85 per cent, of typhoid fever is contracted from bad water. 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