The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 31, 1916, Page TWO, Image 2
A WORD TO !
COTTON GROWERS.,
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OLD YOUR STAPLE FOR GOOD ,
PRICES-WHY THEY SHOULD
GO STILL HIGHER. 1
The U S Department of Agriculture
issued on August 1 the condi- j
tion report of the cotton crop as it
tood July 25. That report was!
72.3% of a crop. The crop has gone ' (
through a trying period since then, j
and has deteriorated steadily until l
the report to be issued September 1
ought to show around 65','o, which
leans a cotton famine for next season.
It will be impossible now to
make enough to supply the demand,
and spinners are beginning to j
realize it.
Southern farmers are liable to
base their conclusions as to values
! i
f 2 the past, and sell their cotton at j
$25.00 a bale less than its value, j
Spinners will get this big difference ,
in addition to their profit. Twenty- j
five dollars a bale on 11,000.000 bales
makes a sum of $275,000,000.00.
We would like to see our planters j
get at ieast a share of this huge sum
of money, and we want the spinners
to get good profits in our country.
We sold cotton last year at $20.00
per bale less than values, and it ,
made it possible for Japan to buy
cur cotton, manufacture it and come
in the American markets and com- ,
pete with our own manufacturers in |
some lines of goods. We ought to ,
be selling Japan the finished product. ,
How to get the farmers to see this ,
is a problem. On July 10 we fore- ,
easted the conditions as serious, and
a tot a/4 than thnt vnn u/rmlH SPP snmp- .
thins: doing all the time in the near
future, our prediction is being ful- |
filed. July cotton futures in New ,
York touched 16ic today, and Octo- <
ber in New Orleans 15ic, and looks <
like it is going higher. Spot cotton
is bringing 15c right along. i
There is a possibility of October
eotton going very high, as we look
for a squeeze in October option in
September. You can expect all
sorts of scare reports being issued in ,
September in order to start a big i
selling movement. But if you look ?
at the condition as we give it below,
you can see there is hardly a chance
to supply the demand if cotton (
moves as it does in normal years. <
Wp fio-ure the following as being <
about the status of condition:
On July 31 the Government report
showed stock in Ameri.
can mills 1,632,156c bales (
If they bought one-third of
remainder old crop . 250,000 bales
If they bought one- ,
third of new cotton
(tinned to October . 800.000 bales
1.050.WX) bales I
2.682.156 bales j
Less amount necessry ,
for mill stock 600,000 bale
They would he ve available
for spinning in '
August and Septem- I
ber 2,082,456 bales ,
The export trade will
take in those months
about 1,1900,000 bales 1
The domestic demand '
will take in those
months about 1,200,000 bales
2,400,000 bales
Leaving a theoretical
shortage of 318.000 bales
Hester's report shows 342,000
_bales into sight to August 25?which
would have to double next month to'
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fret 1,050,000. t
The South gins about one-fifth or t
20"o of the crop by the 25ih of Sep- <
tember in normal years, but we are 1
two weeks late this year, and it will
throw us into October before we get 11
that amount. Now this crop looks11
as if it will be around 11,500,000.1
bales. Twenty per cent of that will!(
br 2.3^0,000 bales ginned to Octo-1
ber 1. |c
T ? one third to t! udlls ready
for spinning by that time is a good '
movement, as farmers hold some,1 *
merchants and cotton buyers hold ; [
some, and coitcn factors hold some j
a ? r* L 1 T
to deliver on uecemoer anu January i
contracts. | ^
Europe is short on cotton and t
they have to buy early in order to j <.
get the actual cotton across the wa- jx
ter for winter's trade.
T! export demand in September '
will likely be very heavy,anu you will |
see a scramble for actual cotton be-' .?
fore October. j#
If the farmers start a holding
mor.ment and sell no cotton in September
ther.- is no telling how much
they could add to its value, and once j
the market advanced to 20 or 25e a r
sound, it would be hard to break it
n the face of a cotton famine.
It is up to you to say what the
price will be. You can start a downward
trend by feeding the market
too fast or hold off and let them
scramble for it. We hope you will
sell wisely.?Southern Cotton lie.
vieu\ Atlanta, Ga, August 25.
Shadow at Indlantown.
The news of the death of Mrs W
C Rogers of Dunbarton, S C, came as
a severe shock to the people of this
community for they all were her
friends. She was Miss Omie Snowden,
daughter of Mr and Mrs P D
Snowden, and was married to Drj
Rogers 18 months ago. They spent
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tneir snort married lire at Lmnuarton,
where Dr Rogers was engaged
in the practice of medicine. She
was 28 years of age. At an early
age she gave her heart to the Master
and became a member of the
Presbyterian church here, in which
she was always a consecrated worker.
She was a teacher in the Sundayschool
and took an active part in the
different societies, of the church.
The nobility of her character and
the loftiness of her ideals shall always
be an inspiration to the
friends uho knew her intimately.
Dr Rogers is the oldest son of Mr
and Mrs M W Rogers of this place.
Their home at Dunbarton had
just been completed and they were
to have mave moved in last weekr
but God dn His wisdom saw fit to
take her to Himself. It seems
- if
strange to U9 mat mis young me
should have been cut off, but God
never makes mistakes.
She is survived by her parents
ind five sisters, Mrs C D Cook of
Johnsonville, Mrs J D Munnerlyn of
Ohoppee, Mrs P B Watson of Greenville,
Misses Marguerite and Bessie
Snowden, and two brothers, Messrs
5 D and C P Snowden.
The sympathy of entire community
is with the sorrowing family.
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Indiantown, August 26.
Clear Skin Comes From Witblo.
It is foolish to think you can gain
i good clear complexion by the
use of face powder. Get at the root
>f the trouble and thoroughly cleanse
the system with a treatment of l)r
King's New Life Pills. Gentle and
mild in action, do not gripe, yet
they relieve the liver hy their action
3n the bowels. Good for young,
adults and aged. Go after clear complexion
today. 2oc at your druggist.
The President has finally appointed
the American members of the
commission that is expected to adjust
our differences with Mexico.
The commission, no doubt, will- map
out an elaborate plan which both
Governments will be expected to approve,
and to which the American
Government will adhere. But since
the Mexican Government is totally
without stability and notoriously
treacherous and unreliable, it is difficult
to see ahead any hope of final
peace along the border when once I
the troops return to their homes.
The leopard never changes his spots,
and the Mexican is a leopard of
leopards.
Will My Child Take Dr King's New
Discovery?
This be>t answer is Pr King's New
rw; - >r 7. .. ,.l
m>covury uwii. n& ?i pummih i
sweet syrup, easy fo take. It conains
the medicines which years of
ixperience have proven host for
roughs and colds. Those who have
ised Driving's New Discovery longr>t
are its host friends. Besides ev;ry
Bottle is guaranteed. If you
lon't get satisfaction y->u get your
noney back. Buy a bottle, use as
lirected. Keep what is left for
rough and cold insuran j.
In due time death cimes unbidlen
to us all. But some, we note,
ire never satisfied unless speetacuarly
clinging to the coat tails of the
?rim reaper.
loes Sloan's Liniment Help Rtieu
niatism?
Ask the man who uses it, he
mows. "To think I suffered all
hose years when one 25 cent bottle
a " ? i 1 hi
>i Sloan s lammeni cureu me,"j
vrite one grateful user. If you;
uive rheumatism or suffer from
uuralgia, backache, soreness and
tiffness, don't put off getting a
ottle of Sloan's. It will give you
ueh welcome relief. It warms and
ootes the sore, stiff painful places j
ind you feel so much better. Buy;
t at any drug store, only 2"> cents, j
There is always a bright side to
ife, but people who hurt gloom
lever find it.
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