The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 08, 1920, Image 4
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thron months or long- ,
e nt irduoad rates,
inkattonr which subserve
i* will bv i barged for
ants.
and tributes of respect
{Mgrgod for
&urat?r wu-hmaa wa* found
tssa said th? Tat?? Southron in
The W.k. huiam and Houthron
the combined etrcgl&th.n and |
_VtKh of the old papers,
Ifestly the front advertising
flkt rater.
i. ? au. . I "*'.g*ff . . i ??
at viro-ntr stnooi.s
.t?r
on*y women, hut men as well.
kt ten ding the many schools for
il instruction which are l>elng
ipett throughout th?- country
Uta ?ein ? fit rtf women vot
gome of these ra#n on be)oi
jeetkmi d <?h to why the> ge to the
la a?> nulls fraatoy thai they
g?WU to |ftt the M rock, eleinen.
information offered.
??ration |tt "fu^,jpt?' ic proruis
this ? musing. ^Jkfc shows that
ien are s*m kinjMnformation both
hom?t and idRHhllnd that men
it* fitting themselves u .give it. and
|bjat the '-wakened Interest of the wo.
be* Si^usastUaaajg thinking men
' h it ? t betso wwn concrete
dge ui thfc fjuidano ntuls ol
hin aud girrrnrm-nt ?e vague
ha Deed of laggeglug ap>
Wifn 'tr . a \voj4-n both seek-*'
lag a netter education In tho duties
rinnnahip urlf trti functions4 of[
elected k^o?ira> , the proap.< t
Ight for h future wherviu all vot
wttl use the ballot more intelli?
gently, will prJ?ta>AM?\btH'if oitlsen-l
stip tbv rai?<dvam gr.i' ?I-imoi i fort
public ofTlrc rhWi OfMrtKh'- ability
and Integrity "H( f
-JE' L
r:
rxi.rTY
The N'attona?J|^ff|r.?nunci! irporta
thnt USoVof ggW arS killing more
peopU iu tkW^iWairV^an all the
railroads. facteYtiir? as* ihinea to.j
gather Thin It.a., stalling si uatlon,
wm n eue n* ' evil eminence\
gamed >>?' AmlrWn rstwo*d* in th
regard. Auroa^ejajc* are woran than
the railroads over \\ ? i?, yet many
people take U as e matter of con
The worst Using about it in the
rapid Jt**saa* fa fatald*?* whl. h
ne?n?s I ? -at ivt. rt;? ni;r< f I use of
automobilen W^nto^UJe*. chu
catsaple. inTTnBrW^farhavt grown
per cent in one year.
Most of the planning Umt. has to
go et. 11 motorcars ia concerned with
better paving atVd bitter traffic t"ii
tDtlon* aad parking arrangement* n
btsaftmta actlona Human life la of
more rnnortanrc lbnn any mere mat?1
V r of eudver -r materlaJ. im-1
human as ?r-,
tuout??' y. la a thing whi eon
n*r*t ? iv mtie in^psfut v. It In a
esses*lion of strict nvu > iforcenrvcnt,
?f inure adeojistr lawf. and of dev-r
aSoumg a public mot?u- conscience,
that will rem d, moat of tho evils
eolua'anly
> Lai*If of skill in drrcfhg Is one
great cause at aspsjumibile accklenka
Thnt uo hiffVia ..lgnorauce of how to
hnndl ' i' Trill Ignorance of the'
trufli' nilsp; The ohvtoiM remedy;
tor il la tc> r*TStoJre egrery nuin ar
wo i oir, to piuw
? sevt)*re eaara I nation and obiain a h.
ceisse This rcOjUircaaaat i i.
aalablbihed in some otatee, but ought
to be adopted everywbrre
MfM dkiioIsm on the part of drivers
' Ig th* other big factor. The "hood
Iura" may be a bandit with a stolen
ear.*er a ?nxl driver, or a millionaire
motorist be is a hoodlura of the mad
Jsrat tia same If he drives m rockleaa
and imgentlemauly disregard of the
rlghU of pedestrians and other Din
lortata. Far all such there should]
be severe punishment, with deprn ?
Uon "f their driving he rises for p i
|oda salted to the offense.
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Tt.N MliUOlfi IN II\In
Tin P^hl . MegHil * ii \V ? h
gagUm estimates tmrf'ul f" >d alone It
roatg tho people of th? fitted ^tnt?s
Oie ? ut a d*y,.gp|g44t t>> bt tin'MM
Hie tat population. Anyone wfio
thinks a cent a day doecn't amount
Hp anything should do a little flgur
lag It eomag to 93 ?& a year apiece.
%|ar noarly Itoo.ooo.aou a year for the
whoh na'loti AimI that sum he it
noted, represents the Interest on
about I trt.OOO.Oh'hOOO of government
bonda. which in turn Is about half
the nation's net war debt
Ten billion dollars In a good deal
Of raonfy o> have invested In ruts.
The ra s ars not worth It. Moreover,
th/. 0" a feat deal of colhn< il
4ano ?p*. by gnawing holes In build
lag?? aentroytng mm defiling proper?
ty of Various kinds, starting f res ami
nrirc**dng tlin? ast\ Tl?i\v are recog?
nised nowadays as- the chjcf eurHors
of bubonic plague. The avoidanci' of
that: dreaded ilisea e is simpu?no
rsts, im plague?
Kansas hat bean having a rat-kill?
ing werk, in the inn r? st si health and
food cnnsci 'inn. Th?- expectation
has I?? ? ? 11 that in i thorough cnm
?>aWn fpf extei mir atlon of tho ro?
dents the stale COgld make as much
money as all its public expenses
amount to. There otaghfl to be a
rat-killing week in every state, par?
ticularly the'agricultural and sea.
board states.
Preventive measures arc Just as
important as tin lolling, for unless
eanUnuall] warded pff the rats will
me baek. The laddie liealih Ser?
vice is working on standard plans for
rat-proofing ' dwellings, business
buildings, farm buildings and
whir .. As long as there are rats,
mi h plans oughi to be considered In
construe ting any kind of building
t,h y arc likely to infest.
i in ; po\vi:k kiti \no\.
, Mr. J. \Y M?-Kiever, in his arlicle
yesterday, asks for the name of the
man who promised better plectrlo \
light and poever ver\irc*. b} the com -
pleflon of the new power plant, by
Christmas. The -\ t -u.? at waa made
bp ?<. repre.*cnt.ui\a' of 'his paper by
h? th City Manager Htil'wa 11 and Mr. I
Olsen that the project, at present, is
thai the plant will be completed by
Christmas, provided there js no un
torweeu delay, the prediction being,
based upon the pi ogresa that has been
made recently and is now being made
m construction work by the contrac?
tors.
The prediction may t)o as unfound?
ed and as rldculous as Mr. McKiever's
sarcastic comments indicates ho I
lieveS it to be. la t ?he average man,
not having exp? rt kr owledge, must ac?
cept the ooirc.n i or! those who have,
Mr are credited with having, llrst/hand
reformation ard eapcrt knowledge.
('oubtructlvf criticism is useful and
desirable, espeolaPy with* respect to
public affairs; and Mr McKiever has
been generally credited with the Je
rtre to give the tax payers of Sumtcr
the bemefU of thig1 sprt of criticism
With respect to hii last cymmunlca
i.on. however, it must be said that it
la difficult tn find In it anything of
the native of conr.tructttre criticism
or of information. it Ajsplay* con
slderable an im im and has the appear?
ance, Of ncgg.fig, rr ther th a l ttelpful
soggeetlon.
Tne light and power situation .that
has> existed in Knmter for scverul
ha : hei n mosJ unsati dacpu y.
The* situation long antedate the put
chase of the plant by the city, und,
HS a matter of fact, the unsatuutu t ?ry
service, that grew' progress'.n < 1\ Woran
over a period, oi several yeurg un?
doubtedly w as the tUi'.ding fe at at -
In Influencing the eltiuff-ns of Sumter
to vote, by an overwhelming majority,
in favor of municipal nwpelghip of
tin- light and po^rr plant the hope |
nation being that the city
uuihorifUs would provide better set-,
i i t, Thsg hop" aad exp< i tation has
not been lost by a great many e\ii
SOaa desplie- the experience; ftf i-he
past few nu.*'ilis. whits, the.new plant
has been in process of ?? >nst ruction.
It Is a giattor of cofhmon knpwh dg?i
that the plant the city took over wus
in a r"un down condition,(some units
?h ing little bett. r th; n Jill h. and th it.
even though some parts of th i plant,
were and pro capable Of retlijlorll
m rvlce, (he on Mem of other UPltl
has renken I It .Impassible |o furnish
good legvice, such a., hfl I en de?
manded by some citlr >us on the mis?
taken assumption that th" mere fa of"
that Um ?lty o'.v n' I the plant .1
ai.i e.i Immediate improvement and
great? r reliability hi ser.
The service was Irregular and un
r? hahh for manv gtotlthS b< fore the
city took gver the H'-?nt. It has con?
tinued Irregnla- aid unie|i..hle, and
as the natural cons* <iucuc< of the
oonUnued depreciation of the
i
worn out m'tchiui ry there baa bo??n
? o Imporvem?' i. but rather poorer
service.
Tho only wav by which bettt-f aer?
vice eould have he i ol.i.iim d from the
old plant was by making extensive and
costly repairs, and this the enginocu
employed by the city did not regard
ss Just I tied In the circumstances. This
may have been p??or advice, but thau
is tut for a lafmmi to assrri posi
tively. As an off hand proposition,
it does not seem that it w?oiil I havol
been good business to spend thou?
sands of dollars to rehabilitate an ob?
solete and w.>rn o?V p'a ?t. whos?. op
crating coat waa high under the lust
conditions, whib* a mod.in and ml
equate plant that can he oj,, :..'. I
economically, was In pro? . -s .?t . a
' structton.
H The const i ant ion of the new par'
has neoeaearily required time, u.d In
th** meantime the Inconve lenees and
Iloss Incident to the change rrom a
priv.ileli, owned to a mui ipall?
/Owned public utility must ho I<?? i;i? J
as philosophically as pod Ilde.
This newspaper holds no brief for]
tlm defense of City Council and the
nun employed by#that body to ope?
rate the lighting plant tthd to con
rslruci the now plant, and row, it anv,
industrial di*pandent ppon tt*g plant
for power, h ive suit'- rod greater less
and inconvenient. Mi the result al
tho decrepit condition pi the plant, j
than The l.Viily Item, but our decision ,
I > I
in the cireniusLatues lias been to. en?
dure the p' t s. at." Inronven ? ne> s pa?
tiently, confidently bolleyiag' that they
I re only temporary. <Ve have not ex
! peeted the manager of tho plant or
j the City Manager to perf?rm.4he im
' possible, and we beli ve thai it has
he. u Impossible for them, or any oth V
.-et of men, to obtain ffrst class service
'out of the old plant-' If such an ut
'tainmenf has been possible^ why did
SiOt the old company give us first dntto
service when the plar.t was two, three
tor four years' less antiquated and less
run down than it is to'duy?
iMtoiiiitmoN i:mosti;< i;mim. |
The extent to which prohibition is |
prohibiting is revealed by DeetS i
' IMckett. representing the Met hod 1*1
Kplscopal i Ojgrd of T?. mporauce. Al?
tes looking info conditions throughout
the ountry and talking the matte
over with John 1\ Kramer, United
Btates prohibition oommuwiione^, hi
reports tlhat prohibition enforcement!
I M risen in tt las: few mc -uhs from
lo per cent t'? sr> per cant,
To reach 100 per cm .'Ir. Picket!}
recognizes, is u 'difficult niatter. tt
can never be attained until the sen?
timent of local communities i on to
'Sgrcc'with the pin 'pose of the eigh?
teenth aimmdmcnt un.t the Vo,stead
law, and public sentitnjent In many
cities ahd some Hate* is sMli b'ostile
to prohibition or else tolerant Of ev?
s.on and infringernent.
Time may remedy this. The whole
Dation cannot be t/xpected to come
around unanimously to a nt w view?
point all at once. The Ktahmbnd, Va.,
\ew s itea'h r refers pertinently to
original opposition of the south to tho.
aatislavery amendment, and tin- fad
thai now 'nil the southern stales have
eonie to disbelieve in slavery. It may
not take onywhere near so long for
the nation to arrive at general rnd
effective agreement about alcohol.
When that time' comes, there will be
little breaking -f the law, because
fOWer people v\i'l want to break it;
and when they <h>, 11,. rc will be no'
tolerant or applauding public sciitl
no nt to sustuin them'. ^
? In tho meantime, everybody who
Cipro*! eg an opinion on the sttb.lecl r??r
publication a^CeOl ihat tin re is, only
one thing to b?v doiye?enforce the
law. Those whb r? glud the Vo'slcad
I ? as unne:-? ssnrily and unwisely se
vi ri argue thtA h should bo insisted
on to the letter.- because only strict
enforcement \\nl show now oppressive,
it is. Friend* of strict prohibition
nattiraUj support that lav, for its own
sake.
jfive'practical suggestions are given
by Mr. Picket! fOl adoptiert ?laiing
this; Immoral interval until "dry" sen?
timent groWS unanimous, First, slop
putting (enforcement Ln the hands itH
"green" men, gecand, keep political
patronage pul bf it. Third, establish
more Hying squadrons responsible only
to national headquarters. Fourth,
gtop the forgeries of whisky /with?
drawal c< rtiiu atvs. Filth, matte pat
enl ntedk in'\s really uioh inkahie. He
might have added another remedy of
geperal application put more of the
enforcement work Into the ha.ios of
Local authorities, ever when .local s -n
tlmcnt. Si 'tnf riemtly to prohibition,
and hold them to llnar duty. Uncle
gam can't do it all.
r " ' ?? .? ? ??.' ????"'-? ?
SOUTH COMIC? NOHTIl.
Southerners, as a rule, have done
less traveling around Ihe country
than other Americans. Tic Rani has
gone west; the Weal has gone cast;
the North, to SOUK] extent ha* gone
south; the South has kepi pretty,
much to Itself. 'J hi . year it Is dlffer
cnt. Tourists a; northern summer re?
sorts have remarked on the large
number of southern people they have
met. One Oi the latter is quoted as
explaining thus:
"You nee, the southerner has Im on
making money these last few years.
He feels th-'U he would like to travel
a bit and see something Of what is
going on beyond his own home en?
vironment. Pi" has the monej to take
him to the better class of places in
the North, where ho can meet the kind
Of people he likes to meet. And 1
want to tell you that we are delight,
ediwlth the northerners we are meet
ir.g. They are quire different from
what the old-time southerner thinks.
I'm. glad we are becoming/ better nc
?pialnled. and l beli? v. that it' we bar\
been able to cOlue north ami k.? i ac
iptnktted long ago. the enmity beiwi w
\ North and South would hav? eud< <l
1 mm !? m .oner than n did."
I !oh ab?edly he is rij,ht a??.ni? it
1 Tin i 1 nothing like travel to w? ar
? .
ofl j.r? jm?ei s !
Th? intcrmingl i'iu; M: vor
??.?( only < nricll s ' he < % ,,. . ;,
broadens Ihc ii \e oi ml, ? hut.
It puys hl?; iK\'hl< I in ., ? ? > ?
it> iin! pa I riot ;mm.
iii:\i/ni habits i'ou < mi,i>.:i \
Tho public school is in bo us< I
tliis year as IP Vfr before i?> spread ! In
doctrine of good hialilt hoy; !<> g?d
und keep it. The campaign la lo be
pushed us vigorou.sly In lUc rural dis
tricta oil in town'.
One-state has already Organised allj
Its counties for eo-epi ra I ion in il
vork. Kdm-aiion In hygiene Is lo he
carried to every rural district. Conn-'
(y* medical officials and visiting nurses^
make regular tours of Inspection
* ? each school,, however remote. The
{ cehcrs wdl aid, using drills, (harts
a 1 games to interest and instruct '
tl children! and they will be oncour
f., d to care far iheir Indies as reg?
ularly as they perform t'hoir farm and
sehool tasks.
The care of the body, upon whicrij
the health, decpuda, Is a matter of ed?
ucation and habit. To give the child-!
ren of tho nation this education, and
inculcate In then) the corresponding
habhs, is a w ork in w hich school and i
health authorities, teachers and par- 1
cuts should embark with rare enthu?
siasm.
a colli :<;:: or industry
A number of*big business corpora?
tions which already have private]
trade sciip?ls are planning 10 co' -
bljUS tlu t'o into a irai n ttioi)al
h to he kn'.wn os the Ahicricali
institution of industry. Other eorpor-i
ations apd business firma will be urg-i
cd to co-operate in the movement.'
The object v.il be to gi\e young men
who have proved their steadiness and
worth the benefit of higher genera!,
technical and business Education, ?
such, as Will fit then4, for speedy ad?
vancement in Industry and- for high
managerial n >sit urns.
it is believed by many students o(
* Je>^
Industrial problems Mia: the pro
pos?: d plan offers the brightest hpjx
for the solution of industrial" diseou
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tent- which has appeared for years.
Umbr the! 0 .1 apiu-ontie-e^hip a boy
learned his trade and frequently that
..'us all. However much he desired
to advance, he.found himself hamper?
ed by insutfick ni knowledge along
mapy linos, Willi all the urge to go
J'criyard he was. -tailed the better
JohpffVi'tg to thj man with bcttCP;'ed
ucaton. it has heeome increasingly
truh us business became more and
t
more a thing of high class spoejali/a
ilicn. This sort of thing tends to bit
lor jeglbuAy and unrest a.id is death
to ambition.
Under the new Idea, the young
sjrmn anxious for advancement, and
o1 prov?.d caliber, will be given a
chapco at ah education which .will
do away witft *he old unhappy comli
ti us.
While it is the price of-,America
that many men have i isen from .the
ranks to high positions In gr< at corp?
orations without any tiuch aid,, this
upward fighi Is I eotrung increasing?
ly dlffcuit. In ninny ? - pracUcuiry
impossible. Som? such agency a this
proposed Industrial college is ?ro?itly
ncedi d. to speed up competitfon for
advancement, without which pro
dtuition decreases, and to aci us a hol?
der up which the ambitious youth
may climb io the realisation of his
drennts
The French /.oademyof Science ha
approved th< rocking chair.V Prob?
ably never heard one in nation on a
l<fu< a ky floor.
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If the American people k<vp on
using lf?,000,000 gallons of gasoline a
day and producing 1^1,000,000, auto?
mobile:-; will be running on less'n
nothing, one of these, days.
? a e
And now women will never be able
to tell whether thej are loved for
tla ir votes or fer themselves ahme.
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Them'was plenty,ol sugar fo ? the
en tilling season, drier all; and so lia i<
is a reasonable hope r:o ,v thai iheiv
may bo enough win tor <? 1 before
in :.t summer.
* S :k
It's easy enonj h to i?t??p discuaslon^
ot tho r^eaguo Covenant when tiny
grow wearisome, .lust ask tho dlapn
t- uts it' ibey'yci read it.
* * ?
The mortgage business has l .
booming since the automoia1
fry rpStimed quantity
* * +
1 Having Invest;; :jed - ?
i'U;c, the politician - at vN < - ? '"'?
! now going to ln\ i a.h'aie !? ? '.I a-s.
< i i;i t ? irn; .
N< ; rje.. Am a ica nor ;;"\ let Riia
sin in :? any ot h ? cat ion or pi in iinllt
sirgu'.ling i >? il\ o'iih li-??'.; prob
hms is ?ei In* i i s hi track. ' mlj!
Kninu in.ih r le ? i ,> . I ? v'nnun tie i< \&
i"jr Peru
> i 111 !?
i\ <i ! y t ,.? i ;
illg^ to do hoi
n tu? it<.1
(plies Gabriel I
couple of Ips
scour the Adi
11< o 11: i ill
.. :- 11 ia I ill
? ?I ro.\ ? i> lv
tie, Inwiiiv
tlfe first welMaimn vow Iba?
moot. lim Ihe cargo is ( sbeVi, ?
in mere vulgar piracy. Ii i.s i?;:T?i fo
in paper money, printed u1 D'Anmm
[zJo*B order in Flume.
It Is a great life, Po lor-: ?. ill , Fed j
Crbsu tnd thv printers don't weak
Fut isn't it abopt time .Unit' an <
world \. a '<? d up to t ho poo
and the/greet sochviy \vh?s
word is '"mr-i < N " I'M ?si h<?d
philosophy anil tempere I that mercy
with a little sjtern justice in I'im u
\ antii
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pah he.
'?rof. JIanv
?
<! .-1< p in corme Lion wu h
ion oi int? r-< nitural i .,
'"ii:t"d StalutI I?? ??(,.
? IT" : ; fit' this c lnoa.1. ; i
' ' :?;?' ?1 lo and Lave an
'u "'Ii' i' ; oiiih ;\nicricaii
1 '<?.].., id with ;.?? < i
i
*'dii \ ion moth !e I on t re
y '"? ( :??? etc ' ?""a a i e
A
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v itclj
IMrt'a-i
s s:ill
rid ihi
cm i n!
.The South la?cs the llattb' of The
Yearn'Hi < l-on Prices' This Fall.
'(Man of act uivrs Kecord, Paltjmoro).*
A director oi' one of the large cot?
ton lnii's of N*cw England vva^ lalk
' inging recently to a southern friend.
"We are getting a little bit anxlo.<"
he said, "I ?cause It looks as, if the
(south now had enough loom e to hohl
her cotton until yve pay what it is
i wort h."
The' ?;. oil. man in qi. ?. \ci\ d'd nol
i object lo lie fact. He hfm; If felt
that it we ?, ^ood thing for cot?
ton to V mg a fair pri'o. He wn.s
ppeaking rather for men with whom
! he Is associated.
J The persistent effort of the fed*-*r
lal reserve hoard to drive down the
price of all commodities, nvhh h m< ins'
|oftall products of the farm, has been ,
as successful as might*"?! \
lii-ipatc 1. ? Th" pawnbrokers,
have hod rather ban years, de ' r<
further evident*? of the
uighout the v.orid of the
for Uk pn mctioyp of ? In -a
i' ? '??.,. ? word that it. V. M< h, ??.'
?'i. is planning to make use of
I s wc.ib'i I, providing cine ihmai
iil !?t' iia-.i.i'? abroad loV youiu: men
"l Iti.j nati\ land. Mr. M.0I1 v. ill pay
il< cspen < ? the hi/h-r critical ion
in the l nU? d States of live graduates
? ?f the l'.'i.i ig ge\i n m< at univ? reify
'I h benefactor of lie live ?'bim s?S
; ; ad. : f s who v. i'l conn, to tin States Is
a ,cotton magnate^ and his act.on
makes it plain, it is suggested, ho
rcalifco^ ore shotil ! not slop, follow?
ing tho acquisition < f wealth, with his
own home circle in distributing the
g"od which KU?, h wealth makes bos
si Pie.
Tlie .inu tii.Mi Tobacco Industry For
1:?".?.
vTashlugton, H< i?t. 4." The*annual
reporl ? a t*tie to'ear-i o industry in the
t.ai'ed i'tst. .s for ((.Vmsus bulle?
tin .\o. 1 \.".) will ixnbrtiy r*><? issued bj
tho DirecLor%aln 1^. Rogers. The bul
oi as;>inblcs the quarterly reports
of stocks of leaf tobacco, as published
l>y the l?inaau cf the Census. It asm
ce.ntaiyfs data if.gurdlug th? acfeage
been an- j *n and protluetior. of tobacco by stales
vlin I and by types, the prices paid for to?
bacco and .sal 5 of iol ar-'.? by the
that business is picking up. St en en- p roweia as cumpUed by the bureaus^
gaged in legitimate production have j ?< '1 "P estimates, department of agp*
been reporting that busine&s is slack- I ?'icUlture; the quantity of tobacco con?
ing dovtn. The department of jus-jsubicd, the -^several 'tobacco products
tice' hae been investigating the cfosing \ maniifaj t?Ve I. the number of register*
'down of wpolpn mills In Mew England. | ? '1 factories, and revenue c dlected op
'it need not havo waste l money .? 1 j'ebacco as published by the bureau of
.ins its agents so far houh. it had Interaal lfvonue, treasury department;
Only to drop ('.own to the treasury to jtno qnantitv of tobacco consumed a.id
lind.tiut that'.quit buying" was a slo- j tobacco products manufactured in
[;g<*l of an> Important otl >r manch ot 1 '<'nu?al manutacturlng warehouses as
[the govern in out. The Ught against j rdtarhed'f^r the customs division,
the high cost of living becomes strcn treasury "jepartmem; and tiie qunirli
; nous every year just as the crops are 1 tXPa of leaf robs lo?'un i W baccp .>ro
eoming lo 'market. The speculator is
ih*fs able To hey at a !i vv price. By
the lime' hie gets' through with the
public thereafter it is another sum
Imer and tim< for an tht anti-lij;'.'n
? price campaign. It must fill the hearts
j of certain olli< ;als in W'ashim-''on wjth
I Joy to .^co the cotton quotations und
, th(i w??o| qtiotalions and realise that j |?r<*sefl; them in
they have been! able to force prices i feadj^referenc?
I down b?.h w cpsl of m'odnction.
? But the south has. recebyej at least
some share of her ??*.lined profit, on
ilhe last few cotton crops. Had she
not h en robbed for ti:"i\ y< irs, slio
would long ago have had ample cap
ducts bvported, e;^>oi;,-d. and storel
in Fni. i i taten bonded warehouses
as i?ub'.ish(.: by thio bureau of fcrelgn
and ?mwestle commerce, department^
of conithefce. The object of the btrl
lotlp biiS been to assemble in one pub
licutlon the statistics for the v.irio? s
pharos of the lemacco Industry a ad \*)
convenient form few
its I. Now she has ?om
Sh< lias
enough, unless the federal reserve
board begins a nitec*. attack pn the.
Commodity, to hol?] the present cvoji
Until the price b fsir. The New Eng
land diie. [or has viaualiZOd tho fact.
TJ;? fe is enough monr-y in the south
to prevent the ns??; ',i< .. plqih. ;i( n.
Not only that but. the AriP rii
Cotton association is fully oimvorSmit
with the commodity situation, and in
It the producers have a n ii'h* source
of uformalt?oi to which l!i y ?an lain
for inslriii ti??n. Tb?~v need tM.t foil
for JJO c^nts ? '?' lor an. ??;! ? 1 nuic ?. r
of rents unless tin priii* repros< ntr.
1 cos! of proi.n lion v. ii h pvbiit a?h!< -I.
It ha < )">??? u, the Sta I is't'es seem to
ij. \. the mos? expensive r?itton ?*r?p
? \? i- pro^i??-?.'. .Kyery factor of co'ii
1 |iihe? (l to",lu r iha 11 b< i'??r?e.
iiivj'; luuler unusuttlly .favorab'e cir
cuinstiiiaas, htiVj rp 1 I" n <i elds, :i id
?"'have redm ? (I c i r 11ml cost, b?t
Mm average oakl h:c ? < Mainly* hern fgr
p!r>nted o. tol.ucco \vt?i/?; the pre
Lion from th?? crop of r?fs amot
Tiie bulletin contains statistics
whiCh may be surprising It) those not
fuily c??nversant vvith thq industry. i?i
11P, according to the bun an of crop
- Mpoalvs Inert wore l,9?l,*200 acres
odltc
prop of r?fs amounted
to 1,4 :::i/t7i,eii0 pounds. There were
Ipxporicd during'tDl) leaf t??bacco ami
tobacco products td tho value of $Sf?,
fgS,0S5, While the exports of leaf to?
bacco wi re valued at more than ?^"n,
000,000. The combined prodacti m
of Hgurs in registered facueto^ aa?l
in U>nded-mantifacturlqj: watvhooes
v.. h 7.C2'J.(?00,O3??, of cigarettes ap
proxima.' ly F'.rslM)3,00<k,0'?<f, and of
chewing ittid smoking tobaCc?i and
snuff iiT.S'dt.oou 1?eunds. There Were
ft . : I 1,7gt}.M<i ? dg.tr? ii?.. ? p a ted dur?
ing the year, leaving :>t?,000,000,000
fftcl?/ry made eigarett.? < for conaump
li(>n in III" i'nitcd Stabs. The ?x
poris of h af tebaei'o .during f.'ia
amount .0 7?f,,s 1 :{,!?;; poands giearly
t?ceeding .flioiie f??r any prior year.
The revenqc Odhctcd Uitritig the y ar
aniouiticil 'o $io'?.0eii.nt?a. di ihi.
total North Carolina contributed g? i7.
Me,( ?'tt. :.-w Vort. t.:.:*?; 000, Yii
ginla s 1 : .c>r> l.uO'i. IVmisyIva 1114 ft 5 2.?
ai'j.oo??. Mimouri * 1?? s?. en, )
up. A low estlm tie wotfld b- .'.?? ??> nts
ti<- pound. 11 e.i g!d |m a ? " rid dls- j *.l O.^tt.POO', and .\? , .1? ? , ? I ??.-"?*'>,
Iast?*r if ?'??!ton sold at tO'Sr tn^it ?igtire. I ''iOO,
It Would Uienn that what Fhor Ihcrv _'._
j has bCeil in t he In I' W??tH ! I< even
fttilher curbiih'd. M would mvari the
al andoniiicnl ?*f :rd?lit?ei:al acreage,
j n< 1 for onp season, hat for;\cr. Tin
! Frit : a kp??\v this, and that is \.'hy
they were a?lvlHf?| last ,'*?'?r to ,for;
sake Iho policy ?d' drivlngi 'down
; pi 1''? S. Oi 1 '
^1 ! I I. I ! . ? ?
,t
I.at I IT'
if Iol' I
tin
du?
la.
t??n
.1 ; I'm
! I. < 1 h hi <p 11 !
,,l ? .n; is ilrlving (
1 h : vo the a<*i '^jil ?
Tin i. they ,
: Vh?! mark? I,
if th. s
I si h 'is \\ in I is a
every fa run ?? * h?
! that pi j??". 11 v
; the money -l r-o
i fight far
I fit ? I 11 V '
Truck rnniL<.
1 wiii stibtiKitb* sell my Chan?
dler plac?, about :i mih- and a-halt
from town, into ran..II farms soon. This
land v. i'l Wille; \ unbN; truck farms.
I?. t'. Shaw.? Vh t.'
,t> kepi at
. iitlrcv than
!?.?:? pro
11 11. no
'l !.< v v .:nt I Im
i! I hoy < a re
io?'S 11 it 1 il < h ?y
1 tin ir ha n?is.
; >ae \ 10 b til
Tin- Sumter Fats pnd l^cans will play
a basid^ad g:.m?' i <y sometime next
week. Prm'oeds from the gann
wi 11
Iven U? lh?? Foliar I >emo? raey
fund. It Is not certain what day tiro
'.ran g will he played l?ut the i-.'.is liuvc
asked tl.aJ i: nol he played ??:i u hot
tlay. 1
1 er s
c '.,1
ir p
.1 I)"
I;
oll?'
S|>>:
loo
n as o? i
?
: hi . ha
Us for i.
.1 |nt 1 id
it ion
. I oil.
t hau
1 bis
ss.
T1: F? * ;>: FA It MS l will eubdividc,
;>i il .'-i :i m\ ' handler plucp, ab? ut a
i.'.l. ami a half from town, inl??
tmall farms soon. Tliis land Will
r.iak< valuable truck farms. 1 ?'
Shaw.
t' 1" 1 rit leal year. A
. I'nulandcr said, the south
? lioircji money 1.mp? 1 ?h
11mi.*nt. The' 11 no h < s pa * ? 1 .
. v ? s co'.ton cm 1 ?? 1I?.
prices.
Tru? k I arm
ton;
Ins
the
!: ' ST ITC 111 NFr and piceting nt
ta l.nienl, works ?>n a'l >\ ..inir ma
1 ' un s. Fri v?; ?:?.?m. Fers?.n il
eh? ? ks 10 centsi extra. Fight's Mail
order House, |;?>x FJ7. Farminghain.
A'a.
'I
i'K KAFMS I will
?
!?? u<] :o ha'.f fiwt p
small fill-iris on. Thl 1
.sul>ibvidc
wn.* int.*
land will
v\ ra qg
t'VUKl . ,
on il.?-<
lin-p
? has ?a
amI uj
v \ ' 1 I '
1 o .rd. and. if oossiblo
1
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