Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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PLACED THE SOUTH IN A BAD POSITION Ritard H. Edionds Condemns Pleas for Aid. Can Bear ls Own Burden. "Let the South raise its foodstuffs Dow and cotton onl1y Its a surpltis and then we shall work our own sal viltion," said Iichard II. Edmnionds, editor of The Nlanufacturer's Record. "Tile first duty of the farmer who wants to be honest is to sell enough cotton to pay his debts. "fits honor and reputation are worth more to him and ils family than the few dollar he imlight pos sibly make by holding for' a higher price. Moireover, there is no certainty Whatsoever that he will get any high er price. Wh'len hIie withholds ils cot ton to tle disadvanatage of1 his cred itors lie is robbing hiis creditors of that which belongs to him. "iotghiili th le whole country ;is sur fering a great husinless depression much of wich existed Iprior toI the Eump elan War, it is fortunate that sitchi an it linpi'ecedeited world caIam ity as tle 10ulr'oleiant War, besides Which all other wars seem trtilling sinall, did -not bring tiiversal disaster -to oiu r business interests. "We have weathered the storm much better than ainy onte had a right to expect whlen we riemember that ile World has never had stch ai aw ful war as that which is now raging." continued ir. oioonds. "'lturope is withdrawing from Ili field and the factories the very pick flowers of its civilization, the strongest physically and the most active, nearly 7-5 per cent more imen thatn the enitire numin hiet of agriculturtalI workers of this country. "In view of this .itiuation we ought to congratulate ourselves that we have pulled through as Well as we have done. We ought to rejoice that our whole business structures did not go down in one great cataclysm. Every ma11 on earth must bear some share of the awful cost of this war and every man should rejoice If Ie cant carry his business thi'ough such a period even if he does not make a dollar of prolit for the next 12 months. looking to the future to bring to this whole country wonderful business possibilities as the worlds centre of finance and manufactures lifts as it must inevitably (10 from l'tiurole to the United Stat es. Then will coie the opportunity of tihe ages, then will cole our chtance as a nation to iiiar velously expand our domelstie and for eign trae'd as w! ;tel 0111 into thiv World domlinancev to uiphold and1( broadenl the world's civilization. As the only great. nation of the world. elipped to do busiiess, we have anl amliazilig position of vast responsilil ities and limitless oppotIrtu iities. We should he compelled to do things oni t big scale. We shall Ibe Ifhole soon1 er or later to build and own a great merchant mai rine. We shall have to find a way to lessen antagonismo to railri'oads and to 11e1 the rail roads to get the $5,O00,000.000t or more bad(1ly needled for extensins andl bet termnents. UInless we make it iossile for the railroads to increase their earnIngs to such an extent as to at tract billions of new capital into in vestment in their secuirities, the neces sities of transpiortation wVIII compilel thte government to guairantee iail roiad btondls or else take over the railr'oadls of the coun try, anzd eit her woul d be a great dlisaster to our national life atnd before even'i this couild come to pass ouii'rcoutr 's Iitae woutld have siur fered ina lctulablyv fioml a complNeti brleaikdownt of our whole trtansp'orta-. ti)on systemi. igOhter freiighit rates wvoldh (ot. lie (0oun try inftinit 'ly b>ss than at etolijsi otf oilr railroads mIet we shral hav tI o View winItout alarmil big 'orpotio ns du oinrg a big wori hiusinte.- tor the ma~giinitudt of oiur conciit 'atid ('hital. .lost as thet gov strmentgthi oit all nationali tbantks int the giganiti' t'ese!~'' systemi int order~ to streinthen all and .help atll Inter ests, so mianty ot het' 1stnenriiat ed aniid comnbinedlii I nftuenees wIll lie neededl ini the comning (lays bIg with the lig ness of domninating' the world's comt mercial power. "Th0. Sout hi miust, prep~are to (do Its part and to share In the vastness of these 'comilng~ develop~mfents. It musilt for a year or two make cotton a suib ject andl not a king. It must learn toi live at home as tnever befor'e, except' during 1861 to 1865, wvhen it produced all that it consumed andh thereby made possiblle the maitenianee of that long struggle. "No fairmer in the South ought henceforth to buy a bushel of corni or a hound of bacon. If any far'mer Is too lazy or too Ineficient to r'alse these foodstuffs, he~ wilU not dleser've and shiould( not receIve any liity' In his sel f-Imposed poverty. Arny mtan who thutzs biy Is t hriftin ess add8 to hiis Ipovertyv anld thIius lessens thle coim mu nity3''s weallth, outght . to r'eceivye no miorn enteotorlneitnt t han I i iani who begs a living because he is too lazy to earn, it. "If we will forget that for a time we permlitted the South to be passed before the nation as a beggar seek Ing its alms and placarding Eastern and Western cities with signs 'll) the South,' before our people awoke to what was being done and will now assert our manhood and our self reliance and our ability to depend up on ourselves instead of charity and in this spirit go forward in our work, we shall make the present disaster the Inspiring power to lift us to a better and higher civilization and a greater wealth than we have eVer known. The position in which tie South was placed by the politleliin who is playing to the gallery siggest ed in national and State legislation, every imaginable uineconoinmic a111d in possible selieni of pat riotisi was had elougli. Hut added to this w-ve as iwise, though weil intenideid movements wiilehih lhe the Northa nd West to placard store windows and hotel lobbies with the begging awr, 'llelp tle Soith,' as though this ll- - tioln wIs a veritaibie I..ial coplilie'led to beg alis of others. "it muattered not how hard our problems might he nor how rrewa onur losses, We could not Ifford ta) as4k charity. T(he very asking of it ga e the rest of the country tlie ilpres Sion thiat lie South was il hopeless poverty ald had lost all coirago. Thb m11ovemient, was well iitenided, hilt it was a imistake. From tile eCoInomiidliC standpoint it was absolutely i'lpos sible to ma1.intainl cottonl at 10 vents by the buy-a-bale iovemnt an an y thing 6ver the narket prico was sure ly a gift of chality. But ith Soith is now riassertiig its 1111111 ood n111.1 its selfreliiilice. It canl afford to wel come broad nationwide cooperation inl finialcing Cottol becatise the wiol'e country is vitally interested in tile cotton trade and its relations to la tional prosperity. That can be done on a business basis, very different from 'Ihelp the Soith' Cry. Enltilely independent of the war' situation, we have ralsed a crop far beyond the world's needs. That fact has from the beginning been the heaviest Weight oil the cottonl market. When ever we raise more than tle world nIes, we pay the penalty of outr fol ly by having to accept a1 very iluiel lower price thanl whenl thle crop is m1oderate inl size. 1111 there been Iio war it is dou btful. ('onsideiing ti Size of tile cop and the genieral coil ditiolls throughlit the cotintry, if c t toll wvouild avli.e sold as high as 1 Celnt * a p11111d. bot teil Sotilh In)w%. raise its foodstlffs lirst. and)(I iio n 1 only ai a : ur- lu an1 d ten w e shall Work out! our own salvation." Relief is what every body wants just now. You can get it by visit ing our sale. Clardy & Wilson. * Hlow the Aeraige ('otton Growier * * rMay Safely Diierslfy, * Always in crises like the0 preei.nt there ar'ises a mtultitude who wold~ adivise thie farmer as toi the procedurle lhe mu lst follow to lead im 11ut1 of the of thlese lonig-ran ige aigr'iiulturist are111 no1tal for i lhea ba e possiblility tha I l rn of thiri "adivic'e" miight ha taillowaed byv come those who wul haiioi faring as~ ii a pilat of iI salvaion: S hen asserit th111 a i for t e toll tfarmersi Ito hay their1 11lour1 is 111 I a l air ig, an thi at (ull landsi ar la s goodl I111 wha t llss thoseIais of! the Northi; thle tobaucco) ad~voentes,' whoa alsert that, tiibaceo is 1the Cropa to tiirn to; thle truck i{-grlow' ing~ apostles whol tellI us of the wondlerfui profits froe caag a nd11)11 11ota(tols; and11 Ia ial i suga r beelts, gillseng, and1( kudzu,.11 would we talste the r'eal joys of pr1Oiltalel hlusbandlry. We haite to say it, but the truth Is, we bielieve, that thlese fellows are all wr'ong. To use a wartime phraise, they have mladeO a tactical bitunder. ILive stock farming Is a splenid business, and to thlose already successfully launched in It we tender ourl congratu lations. Their proflts in theC neair fut ture aro sure to be satisfyingly stub stantial. But-and here's the' 'ub with seven-cent cottonl and scant cred it, coupled with an ignorance ot live stock far'ming, In profundity only riv ald by thlat of some of his long-range adivisers, it's a little hard to see just ho1w the all-his-life all-cottonl farmer is going to make the transition. It takes money to buy pur'o-bred beef fad daaIry an il and15 11 to bilid silos knowegde thart is a gr'owth, tan nuecre Year in and year out The Progres sive Farmer has advocated more live stock for Southern farms, because we are certain that no section of the United States today possesses greater advantages than the South in the eco nonical production of beef and dairy animals and pork. Along with these advantages, however, we doubtless possess a smaller percentage of farm ers who really understand the busl ness than any other section of the country. For the average cotton farm er, then, we don't see how changing to livestock is to be the solution of the problem. 'Likewise, turning to truck or other crops, of which we know lit tle or nothing, either IIa production or marketing, Is all too likely to result in failure. What, then, shall we do? To those of our readers who are already inde pendent of cotton we would extend fel icitations. To Ilose that are niot, we comn In1'nd tile following, and, lest we fall In the category of the long range, Ill-advised a(vise's before re ferred to, we modestly all rnithat we have taken this medicine, and found it good: A goad garden, with sonething com ing from it twelve nioliths in the year; a liberal patch of sorgium or Loulsi ana cane for syrup, not forgetting this fall a liiberal supply of seed; not less than two or tilre good brood sows; a yard tilled with well housed, well cared for chickens, well supplied this winter witi green crops to aigment the egg Crop and the fanily income; two or three good milk cows; a liberal acreage of fall-sown oats; cover crops on all lands inl order that fertilizer bills next spring may be cut to a min imum; plenty of corn, planted oil rih land, to supply the farn, with perhaps a surplus for sale; and then the de votion of what lands and time may be left to the production of a reduced acreage in cotton. Couple with these the most rigid economy, holding this year's cotton crop for higher prices, and a fixed resolve never again to be caught in such a fix, and we have all the solution there is for the all-cotton farmer's present predicament.-The Progressive Farmer. * * * * * * * * * * *) * * * * * * Colored Methodist ('onferonce. * * By Itev. W. It. Alston.) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tle Piedm1ont ('oifereice of the Af rica n .. .. ('hiur mcl coniveeies in Ilethel \. M. K. ('lirelh on Soith ('aroline tee, this 'ity, D-celil er 2. with lit. R1ev. ].evi .1. ('oppin. ). 1). 1,1,. )% of 'lhilade'lphiia. preshling. llisliol ('op pinls is a1 schlolarly- pr-veeer an1d otte of thep alinowledged leadeir of his race. lIt( haS Spent four yars; Inl south and west .\fricn lookilg after tlt work of his clhurIchi in thatll1 Country. Mayor 1ibb0 has beetn invited to deliver' a spmeci before tilie collfe o Wed - iesday nlight of the first day's session. A very pleasant milee ting is anti'ipated by all the mnemble rs of the conference. it is hioped' that many of our' white cit izenis may' vIsit the con ference dur ing its sessioni. The)(ir presence wouldi be highly alppr'eciated andi a word of kindness and encouragement would be highly3 a pprteciat ed. ('ardl of Thanks. I w ish to thank my many' frIends for thlir grandl sutpport in thle cotntest at the 1(dle Illou r theatlre in whitch I wvas th winner of thr- hnle of e'(ttont. I ((erOtily appreciate (each andi everyv vote. lt'spectfulIly, Al ice Brtowni. SNine Cents a P Exchange for B1 l)uing D~eember we w ilIl (ccept for buillding material as below. No. 2 Pine ShIngles . .$2.75 Mouiling -t0e Per 1 " per 100 running feet. 8 x 10 12 It. sash. ......$1,06 8 x 12 12 It. sash . . 9 ..$1.25 .10 x 12 12 It. sash. ...... .1.35 10 x 14 12 it. sash .. .. /.$l.55 10 x 16 121lt sash .. . ....$1.75 If you wish to build, send uts be we can exchange the entire 1o 0, B1. Greenwood. This offer is good for a limite< this to r'eduice our stock. Builders Sup Greenwo ]fow to Make Tomato Hot Beds. Miss Janye C. Garlington, tomato club organizer, has received a num ber of leaflets describing plans for making hot beds for tomato plants which she would be glad to mail out to those who are Interested. Any one writing her or applying at the super intendent's office will be mailed or giv en one of the copies. They are very valuable leaflets to those who desire to grow tomatoes succesifulyl and should be in every gardener's posses sion. Ll(IlHTENS YOUR BIURDEN. Ani inactive liver will put a load on you that is enough to stagger stronger mlen1 and womuen thaln You. Relieved or the impurities that elog its natural functions isi s:1i1 liver will double your eillciency in business, lin good nature aind in your good feel ligs. Caloiel used to do but not now. Sei eneeC his found a better way inl GHIGIS. iY'S LI V-VEl-LAX. Sold in 50e and $1.00 bottles under guarantee by Lau riens Dirug Co. and every bottle bears the likeness of L. K. Origsby as a pro tectioll to you. DR. CLIFTON JONES Dentist In the Simimbns.,fuilding. 'hione: Office 64; lesidence 219 PIANO TUNING J. S. WILLARD I. Telephone S. M. & E. H. Wilkes & Co. Simpson, Cooper & Babb, Attorneys at Law. L Wit! practice in all State Courts. prompt attention givento aN business. 40 NO ('ONDIENSED P'ASSENGEIt S('llED ULE Effective November 8, 101 1. Green'ille. S. C. Arrivals from Deplartu res for Spartan burg Spartanburg No. TilIme No. Time 1 7:110 A. M. 2 7:10 A. NI. x3 10:00 A. NI. .1 9:05 A. M. 5 11:50 A. Ai. x* 12: 10 P. M. 7 1:45 P. NI. 8 .1:35 P. M. x9 3:15 P. M. 10 '1:00 P. M. 11 5:55 P. M. x12 6:25 P. M. 15 9: 15 P. . .' 14 10: 15 P'. M. (x-~imiited Trains.) Arrivals from /' Departures for Greenwood and ~' Grcenwood and Anderson Anderson No. Time No. Time *2 7:10 A. M. I 7. iO A. M. 4 9:05 A. M. xi 10:00 A. Mi. *8 1:35 P. MI. 7 1:45 P. MI. X12 61:25 P. . 1I 5:55 P. MI. 1I1 10: 15 1'. .\I. *x 15 9: 15 1'. .l (x L--imiited t rains. * I I-li Anderso O n)Otly, (*x) -T-Io Anderson onily. Gifeeral Pasi'senger A gt. Greenvill, S. C. und for Cotton milding Material. C ofttn at 'l0 a pounid In excehange 14 x 28 4 It. sashl.......$1.60 14 x 30 4 11. sash .......$1.70 14 x 32 41' sash .......$1.80 14 x 34 4 It. sash. . . ...2.15 14 x 36 4 It. Mish.. .....$2.25 15 x 30 It. sach .......$1.90 15 x 32 It. sash.. ....$2.00 15 x 34 It. sash .......$2.40 15 x 36 1L. sash .......$2.0 list of what yon need and it may with you. Above prices are Fi. time only as we are bnly doing ply Company od. S. C. Fall and Winter Wear We have placed on our shelves and counters full lines of goods adopted for the approaching season's wear, where quality and price is uniform. They embrace in part a full line of Silks, Dress fabrics in plain colors, also in variegated blending of shades in plaid effects. Special value in Hosiery and Underwear. All standard domestic goods at lowest prices. The very latest in Ladies neckwear. Many are looking with alarm at the wave of rposperity receding. Swift and unexpected changes have taken place in the commercial world in recent months. Europe for the present has dethroned King Cotton, but this fibre has lost none of its intrinsic value in the manufacturing world and will retain first place among textile fabrics. W.G.Wilson &Co -ANNOUNCEMENT= The New Typewriter 7 OLIVER No. W E ANNOUNCE AN AMAZING MODEL-The. OLIVER No. 7-a typewriter of superexcellence, with automatic devices and refinements that mark the zenith of typewriter progress. A marvel of beauty, speed and easy action. Typewriting efficiency raised to the nth power. The ObVEI? No. 7 emibodies all previous Oliver innovations and new self-acting devices never before sCen on any typewriter. A leap in advance which places The Oliver ten years ahead of its time. So smoo0th1 inl action, so light to touch, so easy to run, that experts are amiiazed. A model that Ileanls to the typist delightfiul case of opera tion. A model that menans :1 higher standard of typewriting, longer and betterT service. 'The No. 7 is nowv on exhibit and sale at all Oliver Branches mid. AgencieIs th roulgh~out the United States. I '9 The niew model has more imuprove-foeoupola1-en--ayuz. ments, refinements and new uses thuiau epatesie so rvos we can even enumerate here. Oie oes The "cushioned keyboard" with "anl- TeOIE o ,Olipdwt chor keys" and the new automatic fiL en- mu rntp.i esrd ih tures emoan less work for tho hands, ~ xr hre loss strpin on the eyes, less manua' o w tt ousl osete a.ztd mental effort. With all of these masterly mecha'-n-wmciebfr yubyaytp~ icaj improvements we have made Ui rtheraanpic.Nt bety. machine more beautiful and symmet- sedades cin.is odr~ rical From every standpoint The atmtcddie. r t way oLIVER No. 7 attains superlative ex- wr hti vrdn ntpwi celiene,.es r to ayknso ok Nothing you could Wish for has been ta oohrt~wio ild omitted, The new devices, refinements,itiasgnfctfcthttety.: improvements and conveniences found wie htitoue uhepc-a. on the No. 7 represent an enormousininoaos svibewitgie' outlay and vastly increases its value- il ednPitpecsol e the price has not been advanced on.efistonrdueaomic'th peny W s al een cotiue i o e r of opeaio. a e a on rvou OlvenTp wit ie Ceoreyopbyany gy OliveraTyewoitereBildypwriterwClAOG