The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, October 24, 1914, Image 4
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The outstanding lesson that the
existing financial crisis In tbe cation
States teaches most forcibly ?* the
folly of furndng on credit. Hut for
the load of debt that over", ardens the
cotton crop there would be no acute
distress ami the country would not be
clamoring for relief by the fcdcr.il
and State governments. The farm?
ers aro not alone to blame by any
means-?they have accessories before
the fact In the banks, sepply mer?
chants and fertilizer dealers who have
been n^t only willing but eager to
rnako advances with cotton as tho
basis of credit. Our whole system of
business und IIname has been found?
ed on cotton and still more cotton.
The farmer who could give reasonable
assurance that he had the laud and
the ability to produce cotton could
obtain credit and the more cotton he
could produce tho bigger line of I
credit he could obtain. Credit and i
j
Cotton have dominated the Smith nie?'
the farmer who produced no cotton'
could obtain little or no credit and
was perforce compelled to do busl-j
nese on a cash basis. A big cotton
j
crop w 1th tho price anywhere above'
ten cents, meant a living and some
profit to the farmers and big business
and profit for the bunks, the mer?
chants and tbe fertiliser dealers; but
when the bottom drops out of the
cotton market thore Is profit for no-1
tmly and the farmers have cotton
and debts but mighty little else. Cot?
ton Is a good thing, it is tbe founda?
tion of the prosperity of tbe Smth.1
I
but then It Is possible to have too
much of a good thing, especially when
It hi obtained by stretching the cred?
it of the South to the breaking point,
see
Tbe legislature Is playing with fire
when It endorses the Issue of $25,000,-1
000 of State bonds to be traded for
cotton at ten cents a pound. If cot?
ton Is worth only six. or six und a-haii
cents a pound on the open market
the bonds that are traded foff tbe cot?
ton will not be worth any more than
the cotton they represent and tlM
State stands to lose about six mllll >n
dollars, In addition to the intc v*st, on
the transaction. The only thing that
the bond bill has to recommend It Is'
that It must be submitted to a vote
of the people before It becomes S
law. We cannot believe tho people
of tbe State will endorse g wild-cat
financial scheme of this sort. There
Would be some excuse for a bond
Issue to rulso money to be lent on
warehouse certificates, at a low rate
of Interest, the amount so loaned
not to exceed the present market val?
ue of cotton, suy $30 a bale; but the
socallcd liankbead scheme to issue
bonds to be exchanged for cotton at
the arbitrary price of |ag cents i
pound Is. to say tbe least, wild and
reckless financing. unless tlmro is
coupled wltti It the absolute < ertainty
that the cotton crop throughout the
South will be curtailed .'t ! iod IWU?
thirds for the next two years,
e e e
The war In Europe has knocked the
props from under the cotton mark? t
and paralyo d business In the BOUth<
but it is ia>ing the foundations lor a
great !m>oiii in building of warsh
the makin ; of rides, cannon and
rapid lire guns. and the . If ie?
Una of military aeroplanca Thert are
said to be sompiasall n In all things
and tbe professional soldiers and sali?
ors ami those who profit by malt n
and selling arms and ammunitions ar<*
< senlni in f<?r their Inning, m n
great fortan? a ill be mndt IS 111
United stutes within ti,< neat t> n
years by iiriny an?' navy ?'on tractors.
The clamor foi a gfOntet na\y Ond
for the nation in aria-;, with ev? i
' ? Had mas between I he ages of I'
and to. u trained s*d?llcr ready In I
up nftSO at a moment's gotlee, i USl
? '.liming. Alr?a<ly bills an being ill
tio<iu?ed in sossjress le provide for
gtsnl arsay Umt will nttlnsntely eon
j 1st ??f perhaps. ? million and a-hall t?
two Indlbn men ?>n a pea t foot In
,.;?h tin* mnjnrlty ??f all nbte-bodlei
(iilsenn of military ? ? eg Ihe r
gefs/t n?t- Tne erj of "In lime n
p< oe prep.?rc for war i betng i i
in nil s? ' tb n i of Ihe ? aintrj ind a i??
n,e nr\t ?sajseae af congr* .vein
we shall see a determined ?frort mn
|a enact n peesjenmsaf for the in
ntlon of a greater navy ihnn this coun?
try ever dreamed of before end the
organization of an army modelled on
the Buropean plan or sufficient else
to OOpfl with any army or combina?
tion of enemies that might attempt to
invade this country. The dream of
naiveren! peace based upon common
sonst .mil a recognition Of internat?
ional equity has faded away and the
public mind hi reverting to the Ger
man idea of an armed trUCC with all
the world, Ailed with great war camps,
* * *
The members or the legislature arc
a generous set when it Comes to
?pending public money. Note tlii
paragraph in the report of Tuesday's)
session: '"The house passed a reso
jhltlon providing that the compensa?
tion of Us three deceased1 members
for the special session be paid t ?
their widows." I!y what process of
reasoning do the learned law-maker-!
arrive at the conclusion that decoa>' >!
members are entitled to compensatio
for an extraordinary atmlon of the
1 legislature'.' Perhaps they did not
reason at ail concerning the matter
but, in a casual manner voted to give
away tooo of public money in or del
that they might enjoy the feeling that
they are open handed, generous, lib?
eral fellows with hearts full of sympa
they tor tho afflicted. We wonder1 U
above resolution provides, also, for
tho payment of mihagc and stationery
allow ance to the w blows of deceased
members? Might as well pay fo*'
miles not traveled and stationery aot
used us for services not remit red.
a a e
The various bills before the legisla?
ture looking to the total elimination
of tho cotton crop or the curtailment
of acreage all have something to rec?
ommend them along with objection-;
able features but *ho proposition for
fixing the number of bales that may'
i
bo produced per plow is as Impossible
as it is nonsensical. A farmer ma>
plan to produce live bales per plow
and a bad season may redact' the
yield to two or three bales, while on
tho other hand a favorable season,
such as that of lull or 11)14, may in?
crease the yield to six to eight bales.
Is a farmer to be penali/oTl for the
Vagaries of the weather'.' Who is
to keep tub on ?he farmers to ascer?
tain how many bales he succeeds In
producing per plow There would
bo sutlicient dltllculty in making th"
?-acre per plow plan effective, but the
6-bale per plow plan is impossible.
? ? *
The Texas legislature has voted
down the cotton elimination and
curtailment plans by an overwhelm?
ing majority and will leave it to the
cotton growers of that State to de?
termine for themselves what they will
do in respect to reducing cotton pro?
duction. With Texas assuming this
position the legislature of South Cm>
lina may as well shut up shop and
go home. All admit that cotton pro?
duction must be reduced if this year's
crop and the crop of next year tire to
find a market at u price approximat?
ing the coot of production. AH ad?
mit that it is worse than folly to go
on raising cotton at a dead I OSS. AH
admit that there will probably bs a
market at profitable juices for all
grain that can be produced next yoar.
Therefore each farmer for himself
is in a position to decide what la
should do in the circumstances. Those*
who have lost money on lids year's
crop will loso more money next year
If they plant cotton on the same scale
as heretofore. If they plant much
cotton and lose much money it will
be their own fault and they will have
to take the medicine. If they plant
little notion. It is a gamble, pure and
simple?they may make money or
they may los?, according to Ml* slic
of next ytar's crop and the condi?
tions then existing in this country
and Kurope. If tiny plant no cotton
th? y may make money on Mains or
they may not. but at the worst they
will have something thnl they tan eat
themselves and feed to thelv livestock,
n* they pluni no cotton they will bs
contributing their shave toward elim?
inating the surplus of cotton thai no.**
burdens the world's markets, and
paving the wny for ihc restoration o'
normal conditions in the cotton mar
kct. A small crop, or no cop. next
yoar will enable the demand t ? euteh
up with the supply. Tie- farmers
know all the lads that the legislature
does and they are as well l|Uallfled t.
apply the remedy as the legislature
Tie y must work out their own sahn
t;...i regardless of the legislature, en
pet i illy since neither the Htate leg
i Inture nor ronures* npitenni t<?
able to do anything; for them.
\\ Ml T\\ HILL lOOITKI).
Washington, <?et, IS. My n vole o
lid to ".j the bouse ndopled ihr eon
fere nee re|w?rt on ihe war lax bill thl
uft ens n,
Kot lee.
All per tons n re bet eby v i rm d in
to enter Upon In bind HOjUlrrels u
ot her Maine, the I wds of \l I A. I
Hntindcr* and id hers, adjolnlm land
? ?f i be Knntei Itlver Cypress I.umts
? . money,
W. I.. Hnttitdi r ?. Agent?
sTonv of hush gcardb.
How They Mol tlio Cliarges of the
Gonna im and RenuliHMl Them.
Havre, <><:?. 20.?Thii is the story,
as it lias been told, <>r the way in
which the Irish guards at M-,
met the charge of three German cav?
alry regiments and emerged from the
encounter with undying -lory.
ii is the story of what those saw
who wert1 not themselvcu In the dring
llnCi and who awaited with appre?
hension and wonderment tho collision
between the grey hordes of the Kais?
er's horsemen und the thin, but un?
swerving line ol I rl Ushers In Khaki,
who, with bayonets fixed, made ready
for their onconmotng, These game
Diitlshcrs had jovially shouted their
adieu to French troops who had been
retired from their Immediate neigh?
borhood, and In the brief Interval be?
fore the crash came the watchers
eould see officers walking up ami
down thfl lines, cracking jokes with
their men, and otherwise assisting to
maintain their excellent spirits. 1
am told that when the German cav?
alry was only L'uo yards away one
man momentarily put down his rille
and begged a cigarette from a com?
rade, w ho h he coolly lit,
Then they "prepared to receive the
cavalry," and did it In better order
ami with much less excitement than
if they had been about ti? witness the
finish of a st. Legar. Three regi?
ments of German cavalry splendidly
horsed, splendidly equipped, (barged
a regiment of Irish infantry. The
men w ho had been joking and smok?
ing rose up to meet them, a brist-!
ling bulwark of giants holding weap?
ons of steel in steel grips.
For a few minutes there was an
awful Chaos of horses, soldiers grey
and soldiers yellow, glittering lances
and bayonets, the automatic spit of
machine guns, the Hashes of musketry.,
Amidst it all the men in khaki stood
Immobile, Grimly, and without
budging, they threw hack at tlie bay?
onet's point, in utter demoralisation. I
the troops of the Kaiser, the men |
who terrified the peasant villagers of.\
Belgium and Prance,
They wanted something to put on
their i .inner, and their casualty list
will show that, "if blood he the
price," they achieved their aim.
French soldiers tell me that, rising'
from tlie ranks of the Irish, just be?
fore the Crash came, there reached
them the strains of songs they had.
never heard before. A French soldier,
hobbling along with a bandaged face,
and a bullet in his back, ventured to
repeat from memory the beginning of
a tune which T made out to he that
of "God Save Ireland," and 1 have
gathered that "Whistle to me, said I,"
was another of these strains.
The generosity Of Mr. Thomas At?
kins earns for that adaptive gentle?
man tributes of surprise and admira?
tion from the French Boldiery. He
wants to give everything away?Iii.;
jam, his canned meats, and many oth-|
er delicacies w herew ith he is provided*
He believes in sharing with Ids "pals.",
In a Cafe, tlie landlady said to me.
"We like the Bnglish soldiers, but the
Scott iah and Irish are not good men.
Tin y Won't pay for w hat they have." j
Now, this was a slight on men of my
own race and 1 asked the good pa
tronno what sum she had lost by rea?
son "f their faulty commercial h>
BtlnctS. Twelve francs, i ,\as told,
represented the total. ??Tin a; bald I,
"l will pay you your twelve francs,"
and l was about to d?? no wh'r.i some
French soldiers who h id boon drink?
ing j11 the restaurant stool op and
said, "No, you won't. If Ihli be true
that tin- Irish and Scotch uu not pay
their bills, it la true alsj thai they do
not run when tho Krupps are turned
upon them. They are Cooler than we,
and tho Germans fear then.." After
that, the landlady, whose husband
was lighting at the front, refused to
take my money.
And now something about tho
Beamiest side of tho war. Those of
us ;>t home who. thanks to out glor?
ious navy, know nothing of what war
means, need, perhaps, u reminder
such as a visit to the Continent will
quickly give them, l saw some la*
diei today, ladles who lately held
places in provincial society like or.,'
own ladies of the manor, destitute ane"
bee; im: their bread.
Tin- war has ruined them. It ha.
made them line up with the children
o* the gutters in order t ? broad,
liemember this, and, while hoping
that Knglatld will remain us sale to
morrow na she is today, remember
thai every one of US has his par! t
play in nssurlng that safety.
i,U ense to I imlsi liners,
The State.
Klghteen out of 2:1 applicants pass?
ed Ihe examination he'd bj Ihr State
board ni embalming, nccordlng lo an
rmtmuncoment v?stcrda> by .lame": A.
I 'a; i.e. M. I? , i . olllclo member of
Ibe board, Th ? cm inlne.tlun was held
n Columbia, itctohcr It,
Vmottg those In puss Hie examlna*
ilon successfully Is F, T, Melnvall
a ihls rlty, with ihe .1. I'. Crnig Fur
I ulture i o.
WAll!
i used t?? love the day-dawn so,
I'd wake and watch her wings,
But now I shudder when she comes,
Well knowing what she brings,
1 used to love the hush <>f night.
Cut now i only know
*T1j then the whole world shrieks
aloud,
It's Litany of woe.
When dawn (lames up the crimson
east,
It Is not dawn to nie,
It Is the bloody flag of Death
That waives ..en fea the sea.
When darkness falls up< n the West,
'Tis not that night is nigh.,
It is the sable pall of Death
That falls when nu n must die.
When Life comes by on joyful wing,
Or love from near or far,
They do but mock and lure us on
There is naught else but war!
When God sits by with folded hand
And lets men work their will,
It is that Fear and Greed usurp
; flu- place God used to (ill,
When fearful passions loosened are
Xot even God can calm,
The earth must run with tears and
blood,
Ere nations will disarm.
And so the bloody day comes on,
And I know over there
Long hours ago nun marched to
death,
While We slept tree from care.
The star-lit night and Life and Love
Are here for you and 1,
While over there a countless horde
Of men go forth to die.
And so when dawn flames Up the Bast
It is not dawn to me,
It is the bloody Hag of death.
That waves across the sea.
?'Harriet Kershaw Llcdlna.
Our Fourth Race Meet.
The race track will be merrily In
our midst once more and for the
fourth time before Christmas, and
thence until nine days of the new;
year. On the tenth a new adminis?
tration will be inaugurated at Colum?
bia. It Is a delicate tribute to the
outgoing administration that the rac?
ing folk are paying In closing down
their track with the end of Its term.
On motion of Senator Slnkler of
Charleston? nd greatly to his honor
that the action was Inaugurated by
him?the general assembly of South!
Carolina has called upon the attorney
general of the .State to proceed against
the race track even under the prevail-!
Ing regime. The attorney general does!
not need this admonition to take ac?
tion nor can he be compelled by it.
The legislature can neither move hlm|
to nor halt him In the performance
of ids prescribed duty. But the form!
of the resolution adopted by the gen- )
eral assembly has Its value, tvhlch will
be enhanced, when GoV. Manning
takes office, by orders to the legal au?
thorities that will at last put to the
lest the authority of the laws of South]
Carolina when they come into con-1
diet with a sporting enterprise.
Meanwhile in Charleston, we are
talking about a tourist hotel, it is u
good time to think of thai when we
are thus near the possibility of clos?
ing finally the gates of Palmetto Park, i
Certainly there is no use to think of
opening the one until the other is1
abolished. As a mere matter of bus?
iness?for there ha?; been no incen?
tive to discuss the question on any
ground of law or morals?the main?
tenance of the race track that has
been with us each year of the past
four years, must be regarded as an ul-l
ternative to a first-class tourist ho?
tel. IlaClng towns can't expect to bo
tourist towns. The kind of tourists
that are worth while won't stand for
even ;i few days of the association
that WC have borne and boomed for
weeks at a time during the past four
years.?Charleston Cost.
I'Oll S\I.F.?60t) bushels latest im?
proved I tan croft oats: limited
utnount of Abrussi ami home grown
rye. Apply W. L. Saundcrs, Sum
ter, It. i". I So. 3 for prlct b and
particulars.
IHt, IIItillSMITII?optometrist, will
not lill his regular appointment
here next week, but will be here
m Claremont Hotel again Thursday,
October 20th.
Geo H. Hurst,
I D?detikir wi Eminlmer.
Prompt attention to Day or
Night Calis,
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THE STANDARD RAILROAD OF THE SOUTH
Including Admission Into Fair Grounds
October 23rd-29th Inclusive
On account of The St;tto \|rxi?*ultliral rim! Mechanical 1'alr,
the VTLAXTlt' COAST LIXK ItAll.ltOAIl. Tlie standard Kaihoad
of I he South, has placed into cileet this very low round trip rate
to Columbia. Our patrons and friends uro Invited to take this
opportunity to visit I lie Capital, and to participate In tili? mo>t
Interesting; and Instructive event.
Tickets on snle Octoi cr 2:lrd-2t)tli Inclusive, snd for trains ar?
riving Columbia nil lo and liOtll, I'll I. limited i< littninu to reach
lllinhln 12.511 l\ M.. IMoticr in. !udim; train No. :,t. arriving (n
orljrlunl starting point not later than midnight of Xovetnher 2nd?
1914.
Children Itctwccn agt?s of r> and 12 years, halt' fare.
Spend a dai with old friends at Till PAIR.
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