The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, June 07, 1922, Image 3
SWING AROUNI
Bly Harvio Jordan, Sccretar
fon!----Whi' arming Popt
' i the monthl of .\larchI I ilmd
1 touri l* aIl t le Ial lillg cotoll states
from N th Carolina to Texas. Coii
Inurd 1 ins sinvc last I )cemberl III thei
statk e:ist of the .\ississippi Itive'i
h : 1::yud plowinigi an(d crop pre
11mationl nI a very extesive scale.
P'rov Id'd tWe have favorable seasons
from now on, the cottoni crup wIill go
Into Ihe. groulld from teln (lays to two
'weeks late' anld witl)ho trried prepara
tion, which means anl llisatisfactory
seed-bed. There will also be quite a
limitId Ise of commercial fertilizer-s
again, and what Is used will be'of
the cheapest variety, principally acid
phosphate.
'West of the -Mississippi River the
crop prepiarations were more fopward
on account of drouth conditions. Heavy
rains inl Texas ,beginning on March 26
flooded much of the southern area 'of
that state, drowlilig out young cotton
and causiig much repllanting. The late
start of tile cropi, the poor preparation
and a shortage of fertilizer are especi
ally (disastrous on account of .the cer
tainty of a record-breakinig damage
from the boll weevil. The weevil now
covers Ahe entire belt, and the number
of live weevils escaping the winter
spells the absolute certainty of seriou
ev(en with a (ry season, and with a
vict season the loss will indeed be
startling. .
Present estimated increase In the
cotton acreage for the states of Texas,
Oklahoma and Arkansas is safely as
slimedii .o lbe not less than -ten per cent,
as compared with the acreage planted
in 1921. This increase is not (lue so
much to tile action of the cotton grow
ers, but to the long drought which doe
stroycl the wheat crop In West Texas
and( southwest Oklahoma. These antids
will now be planted to cotton, The
Never say "Aspirin" withou
WARNING! Unless you se
you are not getting genii
physicians over 21 years anc
Colds Headai
Toothache Neural
Earache Lumb,
Accept only "Bayer" package w
Irandy tin boxes of 12 tablets--Bot
Old' Tires N
New Tir
When you haive the
it treated without del
if you wait it becom<
If your tire has an aii
it to us at once? It, li'
worse if you do not
* vulcanize any type,
v work is guaranteed.
Pay iya a Visit and Li
* to Preserve
McDaniel Vuh4
Opposltp I
GOODYEAR TIRES
)COTTON BELT
y American Cotton Associa
ilation Destined to Increase.
Sou tIw' Vte ill ar r 1 i'vho Ise 11o com
mler-cial fertilizers and Can cultivate
thii lands with sulky plows woul
have gonie in for a uticl laiger in
ercITas1e il the cottoil aereage butt for
1the attitude of the banlkers and Imer
cllants refusinig credits for suc1h piurC
lose.
'I'here will likely be a small lucrease
In lie cotton ,acreage in sc - or the
cotton states east of the Mississippi
Itiver, but not. so great as in the states
further west. South Carolina and
Georgia farmers will Iplant in the ag
gregate less cotton 'this year than last,
owing to the hazard of the boll weevil
and the credit situation.
The report of extreme financial de
pression, inability to liquidato debts,
or to secure credits for farm opera
tions, s practically the sa-me through
oit the entire cotton belt. Personat in
terviews with farmers, 'bankers and
merchants In all of the states deflnitely
lead to this conclusion.
'1'he farmers genter Ily are heavily
involved in debts wvhich cannot be paid
and they are doubtful as to tli future
rehabiliatation of their aflairs. I per
sonally interviewed many farmers from
the varlous important cotton-groiwing
Counties through the length atnd
breadth of t.he cotton belt and it is an
exception -to 'find one who has not suf
fered heavy losses during the last two
years. They stated frankly that they
had lost the accumulations of a life
time of hard work and close economy
during the deflation inI market values
for -the past. two years, and that they
would be unable to ever recover these
losses.
The invasion of .the cotton boll wee
vil over the entire cotton belt, and
the financial wreck and ruIn of della
tion In the prices of farm products dur
ipIln
t saying "Bayer."
e name "Bayer" on tablets,
ne Aspin prescribed, by
proved . .e by milions for
:he Rheumatism
gia Neuritis
go Pain, Pain
iichi contains proper directions.
tIes of 24 and 100-All drui ists.
Lure of Monoaceticacideeter of Baiellclacidt
ade New
es For Sale
toothache you have
ay. You know that
is worse and -worse.
ment why not bring
ce your tooth, grows
have it fixed. We
of tire and all our
ttUa Show You flow
Your Tires
a~nizing Plant
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in", the :'ast twvo :: a:; mua:-; a
v11:01._j i Il : !<ltu a col itionl
tluoughou: the 8i'; rthi i a n~il up
thei ll -,h m : hcIt; :Thi an e h.-will 1)
thn in t h r I , Inl T 1 1i ;a i 1l
h in !... Ti !ht
411 IN hinh hIt.,%ek! mio e (d :111oe o in h .vo las
nalti d a lmre in t-ly while ami
wxiii zloren r'l ily .. I, s olvt e ti I rn o n ! i(n
which vonfronit theml. The negr.,Io loln
ant, a ott11h- and the extelsivo- (ulturi
of c1ottonl onl Ilamled estat<-s inl th114 ON
Cotton Siales nst of the Alissisipui
iver is a ii ting of tie past. In I m;
whenl tie lnegiroes vere Set free it
those states, they were forced to elte
into coipetition with -their forme
white masters; in thte extensive cultun
of the one crop, cotton, uwhich alon
could Ile used as a basis of credit fo
food and feed suipplies from baniker
and merchants of the IN"ast. This un
econiom ic agricultural situation ha
beeni pursuled without change for th
past fifty years. although it forced th
penalty of' an iuneducated husbandry
slow qrogress and a gradual lowerin:
of the social standard among th4
white farmers, 'because of their in
ability to maintain good schools, at
tractive homes and first class .public
highways.
Tie imist two years have resuited it
annihilating credits, levied a toll o
debts upon the cotton grower, whil
cannot )e liquidated at face valuies
and brought about changes wIrich ar
far more intense than those whicl
faced the farmers in the days of 1865
While the negroes flocked to tihe field,
to iroduce cotton in their new free
dom in 1865, they are now leaving t
cotton fields i' thousands In 1922, be
cause of theit inability to secure cred
its and cope with the hazards of th<
boll weevil. The old system has -brok
en* down never to return. The declin<
inl prices of farm ip'olducts since 1920
and the widespread devastation of th4
cotton 'boll weevil, has wrecked what
ever nwas left of the old system, wntel
for fifty years had shackled agricul
tuiral slavery upon both the white mat
and tile negro.
'White farmers from the North aim
MiddIe-AWestern states must be Inducen
to locate in the attractive agricultura
areas of the cotton belt. While thi
agricultural South is now ii the grii
of a death-struggle, I believe that il
is on the eve of a new lirth which wil
revolutionize tile experiences and tra
ditions of the past, and start tile re.
building of' a imnore prolitable farming
industry for the future. It would b<
no idle statement to prophesy that. th4
whito farming population of the cottoi
states will largely increase during tit(
next decade. These changes are des
tilled to develop Sou.thern agricultur
Into a prosperois Industry of grair
andstock-raising and tile expansion al
great mantifacturing enterprises of va
riotus kinds. The soil and climatic con,
ditions of the Souh, together with It"
marvelous undeveloped ivater resour.e
es, make these prophesies all the mort
emiphlatlc, when the necessities foi
their development so strongly exist
Cotton wiii cointinue to be groxwn, bul
uinder' such scietntille management a:
will intenisify ifs cutlture'c on fewei
acres of land to the plow, and for
much larger yield of lint *lier acre. Th<i
iSouth xwiii never lose its world mfonlol
oly of cotton~ prodtction, lbut the lpro
duclers will grox tihe staplie in the fut
tuire unider changed conditionls and1( on
ly at piricces that wvill pay to them til<
cost of prodluction 1)111s a fair anld rca
sonable -profit.
-What the cotton crop may .be thih
year 110 man may forecast, but of 01nc
tihing thecre is a surety that the con-'
suiming wvorld Is dlestinled to yet pay
a heavy penalty for cotton goodls asa
rl'05it of tihe forces whiich htave com
binedi to so sonll4)letely chlange the ag
rictultural indhustry of the Southl andl tI
strIke so severe a blo0w to tile produc
tion of cotton. As -the worild gradual
ly returns to hecalthl and vigor thle de
mland wiii exceedl supp)lies, andl whlen
tils hlapplens theO growvers ivill thei
halve the opportunity to ini part at leasi
recoup tihe heavy losses wvhich they~
have sulffered (luring the plast twc(
yearsi*. Iliher prices not only thli
year buit lpermfanenftly are absolutely
necessary -to assure a stoppiy of rawi
cotton to tile cotton-consulmng wvorild
The ci'eation of statewvide landown
ers' associations for .bringing wvhit
settlers -into tile cotton belt Is one of
the impellIng needs of tile South for
Its future agricultural Industry.
Poor Fish.
A New York scientist has disco?
ored a land-living flsh. No need to
be0 a scleentist to do that; we know
n lot of themi.
A TONNO
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores
Energy :and Vitality by Puriff'!ng and
Enriching the Blood. When yeu feel Its
strengthening, Invigorating effect, see how
it brings color to the cheeks and how
it Improves the' appetite, you will then
appreciate Its true tonic value,
Giove's Tastelebe chill Tonic Is slmripl
Iron and Qinine suspended:in Wrnia So
pleasant even children like it. The lood
ne'eds QUININE to Purify it and IRON to
Ewrieb It.' D~etroys Mfala~ agerms 'a'nd
Grpgerms by ts trengtheing. Invigor.
HE new low mark o
for the 30 x 3%2 size
crcated soniething c
sation. Naturally, 1
impulsive remark was on the "
ful price."
Even more to the point are t
ments of today.
People are getting more use
$10.90 price - but the "Usco"
still a cause for wonder.
With thousands of $10.90 "Us(
ning today, every locality has had a
to check up on the surprising tire v
Let all these "Usco" Tires n<
serving their owners so well re
mind you of this
Whatever the price of
"Usco," it has got to de
liver big value because
it has always done so.
United StatesfTires
are 6.4 Tires
6Vo
Copyrighe
1922
U. S. Tirc Co.
United St;
United States @
l-araa. Rubber OrganizationY kro 71s det adL
WhereYoC EUREKA DRUG CO., Lai
Can Buy 3. D. SPENC
U. S, Tires: C..w
'The Wings o
HJMERE is a joyful, busine
Lthe motor burning cor]
gasoline that is a revelation
have been using one-sided fuel
MOTOR GASOLINE is built! 1
different conditions under wi
mobile must be operated.
It is balanced to give your ci
quiet idling, flexibility, speed
mileage. It should be used v~
give you ti~ best results.
STANDARD OIL C
(NEW JERSE1
"STA N D
The Balanced C
A04"
$10.90
"Useo".
hie first
wonder
he com
A to the
value is
:Os" run,
chance
alue.
>w
arged
stes Tires
Rubber Company
arge I Nv huoundred am
'e World thirftI-Ale Brn,he.
irens, S. C. E. V. GOLDING, Waterloo, S. C.
E & COMPANY, Gray Court, S. C.
ALDREP, Lanford Station, S. C.
A thirsty man doesn't go to a;
soda fountain and say "Give
me a soft drink." He gets the
drink lie likes best-the one
that tickles his palate, that:
peps him up and does not
h.. hurt his digestion. If your
car could pick its own fill
ing station,gasoline would be
bought the same way.
f Mercury
ss-like hum to
~ectly balanced
to drivers who
3. "STANDARD"
pto meet the
iich every auto
ir easy starting,
and maximum
ith Polarine to
DMPANY
asoline!