The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, December 01, 1915, Image 9
VOLUME - XXXI. LAUR3N, SOUTH CAROLINA. WE.DNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1915.
WHAT A BIG CO
WOULD MEA
The Newly Elected M3ayor of Green.
ville Advisev Farmers. to Plant Big
Food Crops and Little Cotton
BIuks up 1lls Advice with Facts and
Reasons.
Unless the farmers of the South
plant less cotton this coming season,
the entire Southland will face a crisis
second only to that immediately fol
lowing the Civil war. Is the opinionl
of Colonel C. S. Webb. Already over
Steeked wi th t1he ;taie. and with the
demand , for cotton to be rednced,
Colonel Webb says that farmers can
not expect. to platI a big crop and sell
it for, prices that w.ill pay a profit.
Colonel Webb gave out1 an inierview
yest erday upon the situatioll as he
sees it, anld lie gave his reason for
believing t hat farmers will mu))..e a
ter-rible iniisatie If tHwy plant a1 big'
Cropl next year.
I havo .iu;st ret'ined from Iome"
id Coloel Wiebb, "where 1 talklhed
with my brot her, Coig ressmni, 11 Yatca
\\(hl and Alax Gardnei., who is no.
.i f lieufen lt 'aovernor of
Nortit ( .,-o!ina, and both of them
1\1 W11 me hat th Soith is go
1' thy * alnt1 a big crop of coffoh.
whn e i i'Pliropleanu war closes voil
dl ens "e goliig to change imled
inhly, espeelally with regard to the
Fonthl's prodnlet --coltonl.
"Ile foe the war bga ll ro E ple nol
iumed i' llpr nt of the (1toll vrop
of, the Sotih. Today the central al
Miance Is unable to secnre 'our (01tol.
We have a crop of 12 million bales
and a varry-over of foiur' iill- bales
from last yea r. Germany an Au Ist ro
Iilnry in norNal times Co(onsumine
thre 111111ll bales. This thenl as you
Just a little better
Less Money
DJi
No'
business
of Decen
ed to oum
among ti
past wee
Big Busi
to you. Con
L Special Dec
Cash Pri<
TTON CROP
N TO THE SOUTH
the carry over of four million bales
the carry over of four Million bales
and the three million bales needed by
Germany and Austro-HIungary, really
makes the f1gures read 19 million
bales.
"There has beei a great deal said
about the increased consumption of
cotton for use as explosives In the
war. I grant that some three million
bales have been used in this manner;
buti, on the other hand, enough men
have been killed on all sides to mat ke
tip for the use of the explosives. IIad
these men lied, they and their fami
lies would have consum1ed11101 more than
ihtee min llion hales; hence, as you
re(adily s e, ils is not al icilr sea
cons;ilnlpt ion at all, but rathier a per
itanieiit renoval 0f people who would
have coinsulied this aiount a.nually.
Now whel the w (n'11ds there will lbe
no 'furithler Ie for. coitonl as (xllo:sive
mate11rial.
"h h ti warti cli;h . .1and It seeils
to le it t coml e to all end in the
nII 'il o.- (e!"h1 motht, the wh rli
Io wil'al heriho i the T e
ounrisk ill c l wr ma :oe C per lie i
f rli cwffon. I erope I.; da ead roe
taskf con"artIju ther ovnmevts o th
arious atins, are inaiing the lon
now\\; b.,11 whlenl 11 %,the war - Ien the
people indivielual11ly mu11st pay the
sebl. Tit means t hat the y will e
ta-ridden for vear to com. Fe m
Iliis will be without the r father ; ai nd
ss--killed or maimied lin the warit;
foy wIl, therefore, have a harder
task hi arning their oeii mnd
that means, as anyone with conimot
sense k rows, that they will webr l(:;,
clothing.
"Take' In example: Suppose romle
thing" terrible shouild Occur inl Gr1 een1
for
The House
1ber wil b
ness oee
Ville. I have enoigh clothing to Ils
Mne two years. I Wouldn't buy anothei
suilt of clothes utitl the ones I hat
We'e Worn11 0111. 1 wouldn't care hon
rusty they looked; eeCryone els,
would he in the sarne fix. That.s th
way It Is going to be In IEurope wheti
this war closes.
"It's bound to (lose within the next
six or eight ionths; the amount of
Inoney they are slpendin;g daily stag
gers the Imagination, and they can't
keep it up much longer.
"Now, with the war ended, thei
people staggering unllder the war' load,
thousands upon thousands of mcln
killed and those at. home too oor to
buy clotle(s, the consumtion will al
omost ease, and that Ibeans we can't
sell our cotton.
" ItIemIlber., too, that. those( are flie
people who use m ~> per cent. o" otilt
Crop in noItal titIeS.
"When tIe war ceases COP1u-it tii
lion of, vntion will lmne ilhi; ro
gard: The(re, will bh o F)r Mt", ~or0
lii 'u orm'Is, for I eils, for x p(losive:;, for
hat~ik.:14 1 n he (;Ibetr use-s towhe
I the stalple is pit 1in 1i of )t' war. Thel t
(v.I it , 4 II W , I;! 1), 411 i V 111
"Tlher' ore', I tin jt i''i vor t 1e
lhe~n rr who ra 1:Ves C';I(en to
lahe a'0 Into n:1 ii ; and
n:ny io snt. 1! -:'o :: - -bn
goodll Pi r i I1I-XI yiar as he has
hii l. The 9:-10 Io'!ay 's 1; l it n g,
The kim , i petinc frm Il to 12
Cn a pound I . orli his cottn ai ,
'o .1 111 ,11 , hu h I for Hi., d -
hoth of which preies are abn inal.
1;) ni. (y'lllol1, w hp t 1,.he w at'' (.11d.; I u
will nol I able to 1-eettre the Same
rie for vilheor he is; :;,--I.Iingl to
-IT ilrefore, I klvi e- a1 -ll oler
far-iners1 (o conitinue their polie.. of Ithe
past year, and still fiuther "etdue the
cotton a'reage. ILet him plant vvety
That Beats!
selling all
and from ti
3 one big i
nent and v
o saved m<
its time yo
ber and the oni
it together, we <
)avis-R<
Lthuing he needs for his family and livc
stock.- raise his hay and grain, Ieat
iand vegelables, and then plant tbc
surplus1111 land in cotton; that's all
right.
"I know it is mighty tempting to
the average farmer to plant a lot of
land in cotton next. season, especially
Wiith the staple selling so high just at
present ; but, as I have said, the pices
are iniseaine; y are the result of
speculatiou; we have got a lot of
money into thlis country; everything
is selling high; we are rolling in
wealth, and the speculhators, havin-g
worked everything else, took a shot
at cottoln and ran It. lip also. It's not
worth what it, is bringing at present,
I esLpecially when Ilie great surplus is
taken into considera t ion and when it
is reiei hered that tle Soutl' g reat
(onu111(er, Ellro, will reduce its con
siIllptil whol this war' eanses.
"At p. t the farloer's haris are
d kih a and 1fAdder: thec cril a
-re full f <:-n a n , dI i th h- wviih
wxhe : th.e lilt::;-( m . 1il be
ple'l 11'rb n(twn- h ohM w ath
r In - I I f.- no r l y. ii in
at l o 1.: i t . he.
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"T . 'i a !n I I hsi <ond1
I ion s, wh 1 ich anIyI sen ible ma 11 1n so,
a( t11 int1o consil:l a it iln, wi oi Igh
(l I tn c()1 t.1 cr (I 1' ({legI n ilts !(I sn)' ;]pply %.anti]
de ilnd t I, nlow,% before it is too la1te,.
"'.'his dlice i: n. ot ' 1 F:-i one. oi
my PaIt ,at soi e Ili h believe, ' or
Co:.
[hem All for
the goods 1
hxe looks of
rionth. Lots
rent away :
>ney on yoi
u were get
way to get it i
:an do you lots <
)Der Co.
as a natter of fact, I imake 1uore
Money when; eottoIt is ehea) than I
do wheni it I, high; but wihether I
lmake anoythiig the next season or not
I do not want to see ile Southern
farmiers go broke w itht a big cotton
croll; andll in ly ollnion that it what
they are going to do If tiey raise a
big onie."
A EiTTERi 11031 El).
31r. Hicks Receves Facts A bout Car
loal1 of Stock to lie Shipped Iere.
Mr. .1. P. Ilicks has received 1he fol
lowing letter 3ron his ,on, iNd, who
has been in the stock licink in T1
nlessee for solle tile buying a car'ond
of iares for th big Salo1 hat will bc
biel ()n the first. Their ad inl thiL
week's 3l.I.: r gives Sole tine fal,
for every 'arml er. Th' olow ini !s the
text of 1th letter:
Dear 1)adiy:
ha.ve finished Gh Ihwd. I h.Av;i don''
- ' ic ' a I:n:- :t I ha no!
I c ll,]to
:Ir nat s I ]wu ( Il a he lan
i < m it v .4,11. : l I .
f , , - -
IA . o : 5
i I 1 k.v 1110.
to hav(- s n .i
Yours
A Nen-t Deffrition.
"A skelelton n.. aiti I,,:' rn: n
Iubbed <,ff," sai .. iii . te OL
s) clauS.
Just
pa
the Price
Lbut we ar
things th~
i of peoplei
satisfied. V
ir purchase
ting busy.
s to make the j
f good.
Values ft
or your
('ard of Thanks.
Editor of TIe( Advertiser:
Please allow Ine ilc l in your paptr
to 1hank11; lily I igIIbor-s 11( frliemi(s,
lboth White anld black for the assist..
ante renldered fie when mny n-os
and cotton wais hutit.
Nov. 29, Mir5.
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'l. ile b od y i ul ject. Pri-c $1.30
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