The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, December 16, 1914, Image 4
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THE COTTON SITUATION.
P The Dally Item, Dec. 12.
w the only remedy is to hold
Sntl t and reduce acreage. Acreage
?? i Ion <s the sure way to valorize
the present crop and come out with
a whole skin." said John L. Mcl.au
rm, State warehouse commissioner,
??? <lay. In duscusa.ng the cotton
?n ion.
its statement follows:
nsumption flgnres for cotton
sh rl that all of u<* Uet August under
emimated them to the great damage
of th*? South. When the cotton con
prsj ? met !n Washington, it was confi?
dently asserted that the consumption
of .\naertcan cotton would be under
1 i.OOO bales.
< mmerce and Finance gives the
f?< ' Ing Interesting figures from Avi?
la December >.
Rales
ern spinners have taken 914,029
ern spinners h*ve tak
.1,050.000
ta have been.1.474,000
i ? for four months and
Av? days..3.739,769
Is includes August and Seo
r when no cotton was moving
fi want of funds and general bus
parulysts. The cotton ship?
ment" to Germany and Austria, It Is
esiiu .ted. Will be v?ry heavy, as soon
an ii rins Insurance rates are ad
The cotter mills there aro
r mi ujr on full tlm > with the supply
? i r.?e material so naar exhaustion
cents per pound la being of
fnrnd
mmerce and Finance comment
ing on the above figures, says that
present tunings can be safely esti?
mated at 1,000,000 hales a month
which will be greatly augmented
when cotton can be shipped to Ger?
many. If this be correct, at the rate
of 1,000,000 bales a month the pres?
ent crop of 16.500.000 on August 1,
1915, would show a surplus of 4,500,.
000. At th< same retc of consump?
tion this wculd be used up Decem?
ber 1, 1915.
"If the war continues frr two years
and the consumption of cotton re?
mains 1.000, D00 bales a month, we
should be without any visible supply
on August 1, 1916. This is why 1
favored total elimination >f the crop
for 1915, provided all ol the cotton
States acted likewise. Cotton would
be advanced in anticipation of that
shortage."
Sayings of rh angehst M< London.
"The sma lest sin builds a brick
wall between you and God."
"The least sin keeps the smallest
prayer from getting through to God."
"You say you can't live without sin.
If that is so, then the devil keeps you
alive."
"You owe God one-'.enth. You
don't begin to give, until you have
touched the remaining nine-tenths."
"You won t go bankrupt if you give
your poor unfortunate brother a ten
dollar bill. You can't outgive God."
"I know from experience that this
Is true."
"My father Is rich. He owns the
gold in the hills and the cattle on
the hills; and He knows that his boy
like beef : teak."
Hell is filled with a lot of church
members like the majority of this
mildewed bunch in Sumter.
Any church that thinks it is the
end. Is a curse and not a blessing.
The church is a means to tht end,
and not the end.
The churches are rot dropped
down on earners to entertain people.
Anybody who is decent or wants to
be decent, will admire you when you
preach the truth, although you riddle
them when you are doing it. S
You are not in the church to keep
a little space seventeen inches square
warm. Yoi are in the church to fight
for Jesus Christ, and if you are not
doing that, then you are a curse.
A lot of this molly coddle, jelly
fish, nambv pamby, dish-iag, soft soap,
limber-twig preaching that a lot of
us preachers hand out, doesn't excite
one emotion for good, or bring one
shadow of cond "nnation.
You have got to shell the woods for
God and give the devil the best run for
his money ho ever hoard of. The dOVll
isn't In favor of n revival; neither
are some of you. Therefore you arc
just Mho your old father.
Whenever you And the devil on one
side of a question, you will find me
on the other side, individually, joint?
ly and collectively.
The devil stands for cursing*, and
that's why I think you old huckwarts
are so low -down that you would have
to take a balloon to go to hell in.
I plead lor a?: old time, God-sent
heaven horn revival that will make
the loose-tongued, lantcrnjawed old
gossip shut her mouth.
The church looks on the preacher as
a kind of ecclesiastical engine that is
going to puff, pull, blow and snort the
whole business into glory.
On one occasion Jesus said, *'Sit yo
here," and that's what nine-tenths of
the church members are doing* They
are just bench warmers.
The average church members wear
out a dozen pairs of hold back straps,
where they wear cut one pair of tugs.
The churches here in Sumter are
like a squirrel in a cage; a lot of ac?
tivity but no progress
If there is any man in the world
that ought to have a move on him, it
is the Christian. He ought to be like
a fellow going after the undertaker to
bury his mother-in-law.
We have been leaders in everything
that hell could suggest and the devil
could concoct; but trailers in religion.
In the years 1910 and 1911, it took
one of the leading churches in Sum
ter, with a membership of about 700
and an expenditure of about $18,000 to
get two people into the church.
The trouble with the men of Sum
ter is, that they are making money
b:- bucketfulls, and going to hell in
car lots.
If some of these little cigarette
sucking, hatchet-faced, funnel-head?
ed boys, with eyes like poached eggs
and ears like the cat sails of a boat,
belonged to me, there would be a
head-on collision in this community.
It would be a God-send, If some of
these boys and girls had a good step
pa or step-ma.
Some of you fellows look awful
mean, but you never looked more nat?
ural in your life.
FOR SALE?500 bushels Texas rust?
proof seed oats, at 65 cents per
bushel, f. o. b. Borden, S. C. Apply
Emanuel & Co.
VOH SALI-:?Upright l
condition, 3 h. p., <? > ? Will
sell cheap for cash. <
ston, 3 E. Liberty St Sun ter.
WHEN
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Watch, Clock and Jewelry repair?
ing can be done we will do it.
Personal attention?prompt ser?
vice. We have a competent
man in charge of this department.
Try us with yonr work. We are
better prepared than ever to
servo you in this line. Prices
are right und all work guaran?
teed.
W. A. Thompson,
JEW EUER AND OPTICIAN.
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It is generally conceded to bo the geratet?! ambition of every
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Child's Education.
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H Everything in this high grade stock of clothing,
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and more. Don't miss it?Your dollar is worth two
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We've Garments that are related to the Spirit of the Season-Clothes
of Individuality and Beauty, Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Etc.
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Telephone 166
"The Home of Good Clothes"
Sumter, S. C.
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