The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, January 29, 1919, Image 6
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Editor 'The Advertiser:
The State 41ighway Commission is
now sending out to atutotiobile owners
a plan to get htar'd-surface highways
to connect all of the cotitty seats, to
cost. Twenty-five Million Dollars, to be
ralsed by taxing automnobiles one do
lar per horsepower. lut I do not
agree to that plin. What I am willinlg
and anxious to have, Is for all the pub
Ic roads to he fixed at tihe had places
that becone itpassable in had weather
and tihe narrmvt'Qw places made wide
onoutgh to allow cal to pass eacth
Other. These hal place. -an Ile fixed
with very little vo( t out of i 'ilaterial
ithat stits hest. Soile places . .Ik can
he hadl --olter places, good 011l o
gravel. Smile places 1iigh0t have to be
fixed with poles or rlabs. The poles or
slalh, will not last a." loi as flint rock.
but, they will last longercf thanl top Soil
or, soft rock. whore they are properly
covered. I know whtere they wre used
20 yea rs ago anl arte .ust now givin
(ittt.
The till oil is goodl on well-<draineod
ilaces. but no ,rood oil wet. flats anl as
to what we have been having-e'ropiig
il into fil 111t111 hol' --that is f'al worse
than nothiinig for it iniakes tite inutd
deeper.
I l0tow that (ftitl roatls In)t he tIxeci
0 we enni get alonga it hal weat her. for
the had weallier is otr trouble, for
wICen the roads are iry they aire aull
gool or abnitosi as ,ood as anythiit
else WV hae'I', fto We hiavte nothing itn
eoplltarison to) cetiveitei I'iads aind can
Siravel all ight ihont tlmm. providitt
ihe hail plactes at, fixeul. I kntow soine
ono ou'l suggest ai ilan o ha:1 lhse
hld places f iill .l hlitve jhl
Itul pe ism w i l I :).,t-r froIt
anyone that ha': a1 !. fo plan. I t inkI
that if So it spt eni it-l atrson with
authlor-ity from in ls p rho w\oul
go oter tihl roads and exri 0at hm111 In
anll Iee Wh:0! i s t 4 i an mak i t
proposi tion t) fill ms S1i1abl1
perons I lu satsli~l ha the ha.
places, cail( ho f'i d~ andl I inlk wt
hita ve :1 Su X* I r 14)\\r n 1ow 1 'hat -ill 41(
lil i t
that ao. h11'1!s1n hi1c mp i
it:
Jp e hto - , '!r i o m n h
Y1 Otil I V vI t
. : o : ! a rv ol h n o r
ti P t
git ilou t i o hivIt'. t er tinht of
skiltl an( itt i itt ltlyh ti liii fi e. nek
th t lti's umially paitiy ar tot :--ie
.la of orcliar co l cat n t'yliIh-e cstr
tostd i the i'iemon~s jui emso n.p
ofetsI into ite holn e. the n 'v -tisi a oto
w i re an ile l4' s hrmon til lti t hs.oi
Alhin apl is.i < Iy toi the fa te, neck.t
ftrnis an at ixi l t isholt(i 1 -1 a to aic
An' <ltrut-iist wil etpp Ith urei oune
-cls ofiit orhardit at vrittl er xist
and te .ligrctvir hasllw itmonsi.I.A.1.
l CL lv MlI'NTOt \lrsaihtni
-oft Wisltm'ire,( spents the e --n i
Alr. ltl .\r.o hn Sit prate i t. hrii
Mtt ors -til~ li.And r-i and ii lilole on
-some lti w:-ith hertparnt s,'alr days
inUr. an virs. llas ek. e ure
Arom ani xsennd istr'in'r Ohoang- air'
it w l ia i ''ngi iti h.m ar with \r n
Ais. W. I). Owens Sr.I -I ~ ei' ' ly
te endlast week in Grtenvita.
At.e itt spnigtsiteras watk uwith last
iarents. Mr.~~ ay Ms. i.1.Yug
iss sh t's opeit and r ovetur.~ T'hursi
fioy froivc siis. atrvstn e i
tr Ms. .uttl ic. It azirt. n IItew k
Th n eu ov l l h ptr . .1.
ImeIt l ta s t Th frsda wti'catiht .\or. l. s. .a
P..ohts.
Dr. Atell.ys) spettWennesdat, 4esy-ngt m
Thursdlayv it itCh Rieste
RPEDICTS ADVANCE
IN COTTON PICE
Contributor to The Advertiser PoInts
Out ]low South(ern Farmner Would
Prollt by Stileking by Ills Cotton
loilings.'
MAditor Tihe Advertiser:
I feel impelled to give to the readers
of your paper, . and more especially
to the holding farimiers-' of cotton, a few
facts and Ilgires regarding the present
cottoli situation.
I want at the )eginning to state that
from what I am able to gather from ov
er the cotton growing states, this hold
ing movement Is general over the enl
tire cotton hel. One has only to read
the leading Comimercial newspapers to
learn that this holding of cotton by
the farmner is fagt coiimanding the at
tentionl of the best busliness minds con
nected with cotton in Its finiislied pro
It has Ieeii but a few months ivi'i
tle slightest talk of cessation of Ohe
war1i was ielet'(ted by aii upward iiimP
inl totton. Now that the armnistice has
been signed, anid peace is assiur-ed to
le world, it ap-pears that every avenue
Iadi ng from tlhe product ton, of entooll
feels that we have got to fall bak 1"
pIe-war basis "over-ilight". This is an
entirely wirong view, and it is oly
ccessary for a few weeks more to
Ihs before ilte ray of suinshiIne wilI
i-' k through Ilisa , fil cloud of
ssimtism iwhich all llies of trade have
pittl-littled o spread over Aiiie ritan1
If .io vill but look enr efIly ai(
hou.t.ht lully at the following figires,
.1 h ciit bti feel that we are near
tIo a t eilindbous advaicte inl raw cot ton.
It i-< genierally known haIt a colllo
(1011 y n ns fromi .Ilily :1Ist to .iuly
3 st nlow, look at these ligures:
AtneicNanl enitonl ava ila bhI.
.1 ll% 31. I9 S, (est i inad I e
lIm lesI ............ ... 2,000,0
This year's crop. etlding .tily
:31, 1!919 W:estlitated hales) 12.1)110,000
Tot a I.. ...............I1,),0o)
1,t'ss
Atneric-1anl consunliption Ito
.1 ani. 21, 1919 t, es itnatedt :I:0,0
\ por ::ll rady
lu no in tte tai' -
'ort lhe ofii wi li h lid erbliy
iottifer and spxt s til oh. I
itt ioliald h run t Ii em tre mot :if),
cit I nw rfi ly ae
hargthe the can sta oti f I iblout 10
et. li bals avaleng io ie s lrly if' cnot
1111 lhwiaio it Ithe h(an s oilf hel
prodhter, tands time tspe1utlato T
tov sitokes the Amra mi ills
load obablya iun gthe ithlremont
bu tis o udyii't'sa ofo iet'o forii tem', 1
St argue (t'e I nnt seta t of thle mar
wat this lirtwl.enghimatey canno.
fit thei warehoules woit tion ovior
igt. It'bc tat tmete drelybut co
otoil a itl ltake .lt'ime torder aecar
:1)oat' tifi la t andh ae (titiveroed.an
iis onl thesaryo the fa'rersz tor
waotit aii sortli t t in Stnat 1 0. D.filt
liSmiti hivarned toi(l entry' tale a ot
tie bank thatl therrt llyexits
Aotill' fiann ashe allv figowes selim
Itlhar ou ista siuleh al odtin, Ind
it is will at the11s fam ei real ieah
aonit ion t he~~tl tntio t s. 1it as ion ibifor
hednipsI las Ocotonti on theilt markt a
AmtriS 'll, as wthal knh w, tac aloe
largIst aottien prodifuing or i n iIa
Ithi world. Nex' Pt talys acomes idia.
t i i n 'il1 n o l tim s nn prdue .,
abouie 3,0lit0 baoills, India'ke 0rop in
nows I. grwn and lieIinig ('ultivya-tedlt
vi luts 'trtp, so tha It t i f ctal oetf
splls anotherIi~cc froi fotaillur s for ia
suiwn 1 notton produce ltd. le a
eis.WIni11 theWol~d Waro broke out sin
Augitzfst gt-l-th bkinteop yoier-the
farmrs wert e agal ld-- thate the o ause iii
tuiil h~s111o lowgri ifo ettnws due tvo
antI It alxpots --ln his ---ltoo t i ta
Ilsupolustmde.ha Now lielngs the war
ends Wi1th, ani sulus of ieb otion isp
ttti iy in- is dron, T(o my
haindn ti pindl ofI oIs thes mno work,
andt aars taaht tssttl imes at
the poiti hlder thae thoey.nesndo
liiurope 'Is fast getting back on a
peace basis, all of the big munItIon
workors bning- .'la,m the ,.lt.ir
whom we all love, are fast coining
b,.ck into private life. They must be
put to work. Europ withli her more
than 100,000,000 spindles must begin
to buzz to give eiploynient to these
millions of people going back into the
cotton mills. In ,order to make these
spindles buzz, she imust get the raw
Cotto(. The cotton farmer canl help
thei out If they are willing to make
up for the loss caused them in 1914,
"en the farmer sacrificed all.
In last week's Commerce and
Finance, Theo. 11. Price predicts an
early demand from Europe for the finl
ished products from our American
Mills. I hope he is right. The Ameri
'.in mills need a good prol t for their
produilts, pnd when they have good
!Irofits they spend freely for the I geI
cral weft'are for their employees.
h'lierefo re, it seeis that tlie edfton in
dustry of A mneriea, as we 'Is the cot
lol falm'r, is abouit to revolve iito a
'period of great prosperity.
Yours Irn11y,
WII. A. 31oirlieald.
Geldville, S. C.,
January 27, 1919.
A CHILD'S TONGUE
SHOWS IF LIVER OR
BOWELS ARE ACTIVE
if cross. felerish, sick, lillious, give
fru, it. Inxative at once.
very mother realizes, after giving
her childrenl "CalifoIrnia Syrup of
Pigs" that this is their ideal laxative,
becaulse they love. its pleasant1 taIste
an1d it thorouighly clanses the( tender~q
little solalch, liver anld h1oweuls 'vithout
gri ping.
\\'hin cross, irritable, feverili or
breath is bhad. stoiua(ch ottr1, look at tihe
inlne, .\lo~t r! If eoatedi, give . tea
i l and in a 'ow hour all t le fout,
conlstipated wa le, onrl bile and14 und(i..
(ested foodl Paswes outl of thO bwew
a y.ou have a Well, playful ld again
Wh'iien its littlI .iystemlt is full of cold,
lihroat sor, has gomach-aehe, dial
Ihoca, indigest0oru./ coli0 m h-ir, a1
g4ood "inlside, clea sing".W sholijd always
lt the first 1 tea t tit g ien.
.\illionls af mI he keep1 "' ifr ia
Syrup of i s" hand : Ill. inow a
I; loonult tdll iy avis a sick (lhil to
w .s r for t
flo of "C'aliforniia 017 ofr is hc
h dir -Ii I 1 , r h 1,:Z'. Chil on -1 of
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