The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, February 16, 1921, Image 8
iWHAT THE
FARMERS FACE
Statement of World Cotton Sup?
ply Issued by American Cot?
ton Association
K _
I o, Igrlng that the time h.in come
Tkhrn the frh i garding the cotton
Situation hum he ?luv? u home to ev?
ery furnier in Hie stale, the South
Carolina Division of the American
edjotton aasochithm has Issued a state?
ment uppeuhn^ t.? every organUM
lion In South Carolina 'o assist it in
It a efforts to secure in acreage r< -
Onetton in the state this year.
fttatisths are given which teml to
show that on the ilrst ol next Aug
guaf. before a bets of the 1 v j i crop
Is pick**!, there will Im? on hand a
nui plus of Over 9.0O0.0H0 hales, or
almost a one year crop. It is declared
''that the planting of anything like a
normal acreage In cotton this year
srlll be sj simple suicidal business
policy not alone for miners hut bo
?verv business Interest in the south.
Vor thla reason I* Is (Iceland that the
business and professional nu n should
l?e activa in the movement to secure
acreage reduction.
The gravity of the situation con?
fronting the south as regards the
planting of another cotton crop and
Ihe apprehension on our part thut
llhere are thousand - of people In our
State who do not comprehend lust
What we are up against impels us to
Issue this appeal to tbe farmers.
tbuRtriee* and professional men of
SJouth Carolina." says the statement.
ISSoed by the Sou h Carolina Division
>vi the American Cotton association.
'tVe feel that It is our duty to place
the farts ftuuarelv before them, as
Wartung as they are, in order that
every organized ageney in the str te
tnav Join wih us in our efforts to see
lo it that im farmer In South Caro?
lin* plants over one-third of his cul?
tivated land in cotton this year. To
<to otherwise will 1m. to Invite tllsa
<tr and financial bankruptcy.
"Olli ??;' the most alarming fea
have no causa fof regret-?Indeed we
would then havi to congratulate our?
selves. Put they ore going to reduce
ami ere must keep faith with them.''
torea of the preatnt sit tuition is
that th'-i-, are so many who contend
thai they cannot meet the require?
ments of the aaaoclatlon that they
plant only one-third of their land In '
i o ton. They atom not to stop to
conolder that it would perhaps be la t?
ter that they plant no cotton at all
Ihne to plant it ami be forced to sell
next tail at a price far below the CO '
of preduc hoy ?which We bellovc they
will surely have to do if over s one
half crop is raised thlfl year, To
those who still have their last year's
crop on hand WS WOUld say that pres?
ent Indications are thai they would
profit by not plant Im a bale because
a half crop this year WOOld mean
that they would Let more for their
lust year's crop than they would get
for ia.-t year's crop ami this year*i
rrop combined If over a half crop is
planted this year.
' Now what are the facts about the
cotton situa. ion".' There tin y arc, and
WS hope every farmer In South Car?
olina, white ami colored, who can '
read, will read them and that some- I
body win read them to every one that
< an not read :
?on August I? 1020, there was a
surplus of American cotton on hand,
according to Hester, of 6,086,000
bales.
"The ten-year average .amount of
American COtton On hand August 1,
is I.UOO.OOO bales.
??it is thus aeen that the surplus
on hand on last August 1. was al?
most six times larger than the aver?
age amount on hand at that time.
"The probable amount of surplus
cotton on hand on August 1, 1921? is
estimated by those who are in good
position to know, at over 1,000,000
bales, off elmogt a one-year crop.
"Tim greatest consumption of ev?
ery American Cotton ever known In
one your was 16,000,000 bales. Tcn
year average of consumption Of Amer?
ican cotton prior to the great war
was in.000,000 hales. With BO
many of the foreign mills shut down
you may figure yourself as to how
much will bo consumed this year.
"Tho American crop of I3,noo,ooo
bales this year Indicates a world sup?
ply of all kinds of cotton, Including
American, of 29,000,000 t ales.
"The world carry-over, including
American cotton, may reach n total
of 13,000,000 bales,
"The world during the first prcscn'
year is not likely to consume more
than 15,000,000 bales.
"These are ihe facts. The figures
are startling but we believe they are
correct, Tiny were prepared by the
Cotton Acreage lloductlon Commit -
tec ;it Memphis, Tenn., appointed
by the great convention of bankers,
farmers and merchants held at Mem
phis. This committee consulted with
lu st posted ootton men In the world.
"There is one point which we de?
sire t<> stress regarding the pledges,
They do not require 11 farmer to cut
his acreage 60 por cent. The .- merely
require that he plant only one-third
of his cultivated land In cotton. If
he has not been planting over one
third tin* pledge does not affect him
at all. Nevertheless we desire every
farmer, whether the pledge affects
him or not, t<> sign tho pledge be?
cause we dealre to announce that a
definite number of farmers have sign?
ed. This announcemi nt followed by
a similar announcement from each of
?he ether cotton states will show the
world that the south la In earneat
this time and will have a muni effect
on tin market.
"The si uatl It Is SO serious thai
we appeal to every! farmer, every
merchant, every banker, every pro?
fessional man: to every newspaper,
every ( hamber of C mmeree and state
wide organisation to Join in tho fight.
We belie;- that tho other slates are
going t'? redue Reports IndicaU
that they eerti In will. Whether they
d-> or not, Reuth Carolin;) should. If
we redUCt i nd they do not, WO will
We have a friend who smokes a
r'gar that will keep on being manu
facti rod If the Kentucky night riders
keip tobacco oh* the market for l,
? a. > years.?Washington Post.
HEAVY DOCKET
FOR SPRING TERM
Eighteen Cases Brought Over
Prom Last Court and More
Than Fifty-Four New Cases
on List
The I toil of cases which are sched -
i?!ed to como up before this court la,
indeed, quite an extended one and
the court will have its hands full dur?
ing i h two weeks h -s-ion,. There w< re
eighteen cosci contlnuea from the
laat court and In addition to that
number the purtia] list of new cases
is u good bit over the half hundred
mark. The cases arc oP n wide va?
riety and range and many contain
some very interesting procedures. The
verj hi arly r mplete list of new
cases fol'ou i :
llapt?Eugene Atkinson. Hosen
< an cy, Eseklcl Ja mi s.
Murder Edgar Bradley, Lin r Da?
vis, Source Brown and Nathaniel
Moses, Ellas Hlngleton,
Highway Bobbery .lane s K.
Gre< n- w h Ite,
I Forgery- .John C. Wat kins, four
' cases; Preston Maples, John Willis,
I Clarence Geddings (white).
Kousebreaking and Larceny?
Frank Hunter, Essexi Nelson, Jesse
McLeary, Eugene Brunsen, Arthur
Ford, Charles McCoy, Cephufl Ford,
Marlon Johnson, Mose Winn.
Assault ""<! Battery with intent to
I kill? Robert Myors, R n F. Bvans,
I Leonard Partin, Eugene Atkinson,
I James E. Green, Moses Heed,
i Larceny of bicycle Dave Byrtl,
Julies Francis, Itoy Lockwood, Mud
! laon Hoss.
Violation of prohibition law?Peter
Davis, Margaret Jackson (white),
B. L. McLcod, Preston Johnson,
} Grand larceny?Scrapp LeVore,
I Charlejs Hcrriott, Ansel Grice, Si?
mon Witherspoon, Edmund Bennett,
Edmund Ithodes, Paris Bennett, Law
Ironco Bennett, San: Logan,
1
violation <>f Prohibition law Pros-!
ton Itussell.
Orand larceny and receiving stolen
p mis -Warren Bvani, Addle Du
Uant.
Disposing (?!' property under lien ?
James i dden, It. E. BillOps,
Assault and battery with intent to
kill \v. L. Evans.
Abandonment of family?J. C. Wal?
lace I while I.
Obtaining goods under false pre
Icnses l.<>wls Prbsley, George Raw
ton, .M. P. Peeples.
The negroes Coon Jones and Laura
Flarvin have been released from tin
jail .'iii? i a hearing. There was not
ruough evidence obtainable to even
make up a case against them, and
? was very satisfactorily proven by
reliable whl <? witnesses that these
iun negroes were in Darlington on
ill" niaht ?>; ihe murder of Amos
Jennings,
HESTER ATTACKS
SENATOR SMITH
Threatens Court Regarding Cot?
ton Figures
Vow Orleans, Keb. 11.?<<d. Henry
C, Hester, secretary of the New Or?
leans Cotton exchange( and Interna?
li? nnlly known as a cotton statisti?
cian, today telegraphed Senator Smith
of South Carolina vigorously protest
i' statements made on th<- door of
the senate yesterday that misleading
cotton statistics wero Issued here.
<'ol rlesti r In his telegram demand?
ed that Senator Smith retract his
sintern? ats, particularly so far as
they relate t?? the secretary of the
Now Orleans Cotton exchange was
concerned. Failure to make retrne
t'.on, according to the telegram will
i iv suit In court act ion.
, Senator Smith in his speech yester?
day urged adoption of s resolution
j which w ould provide for Investiga?
tion by the committee of agriculture
of statistics Issued bs Liverpool and
I New Orl ans exchanges,
sss?SSS? ? ?t???^???
LEGISLATORS
SEEING LIGHT
Effort to Abolish Truant Officer i
at Last Recognized as Attack
on Compulsory Education
Columbia. ! ?'.). l l\- -Tin- trunat of*
Rear In South Carolina appears to be
fuel UK a dllbiooa future Tim State
<enatc has panned a bill t<? abolish
tho olllc . and tho houoo has a bid
an its calendars to abolish ihe of
?( ?? for certain eountiea This has boon
referred I Kick to tho ways ami means
and educational committee*, Jointly,
and will be considered by tin se com
mittees during the coming week. The
special matter before the committees
Will be the BUhStiltite biil. by Mr.
L? opard, of Plckens, which would
[amend the compulsory attendance law
t<? the extent ??f allowing the county
school boards to determine whether or
not Inert? shall be truant officers foe
their eountiea
There Is however considerable ?P
positlon to th<- effort 1<? iibotish the
attendance officer, the position being
tak< n that this will violate the com*
pulaory attendance law. A strong
fight on the bill is expected when it
is called up in the house m >:t week.
RAILROAD RATES IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Interstate Commerce Commie
sinner Issues Order to State
Officials
Washington, Feb. 12.? Passenger
fares, excessive haggaire, switching
and other state charges In South Car
lolina w-re ordered today by the in?
terstate commerce commission to be
raioed to the level of Interstate rate:',
I ? if' ctlve March -1st.
7 DAYS
-BEGIN?
SATURDAY
FEB. 12th
Clearance
7 DAYS
?ENDS?
SATURDAY
FEB. 10
To Clear Our Shelves For New Goods
-: 5 TO 20 PER CENT LOWE
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COMPARE THESE PRICES-WEIGH THESE VALUES
PRICES CUT REGARDLESS OF COST?LOWER THAN THE LOWEST?FOR SEVEN DAYS
THE D. J. CHANDLER CLOTHING CO., home ?f Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothed and other fine furnishings for men and boys for two
generations has always given the utmost in values for your dollar and continue to seil quality merchandise lower than you can buy else?
where. Present conditions demand drastic action. This sale is your opportunity. Prices tell.
MEN'S OVERCOATS
Formerly Sold from $18 to $25.00. Clearance Price
$9.25
MEN'S SUITS
One Lot of 25 Suits that formerly sohl for $36 and 140.00,
c,earancc at .$16.75
One Lot 24 Suits that formerly sold for $42.50 to $50.
Clearance at
$20.00
HOYS'SUITS
One lot of .Juvenile Suits, RgM to 7 years, formerly sold
l'roni 15.00 to $8.80 $2 25
/ BOYS' FANCY NORFOLK SUITS
In ajres 7 to 18 years. Sold up to $20, Clearance Price
$7.00
?20.00 and $30.00 Suits <M () ()()
American Boy and Hart Schaffner g\ Marx Suits included
in this lot
/ ' UNION SUITS
All Men's and Hoys' Union Suits at One-Half Price.
BOYS1 KNEE PANTS
$2.00 to $2.50 Values, Clearance price
$2.60 to $?50 Values, Clearance price
$3.00 to $4.00 Values, Clearance price
$ L00 to $7.00 Values, Clearance Price
$1.00
$1.25
$1.50
$2.75
MEN'S OVERALLS
Belgrade Overalls, $3.00 value, for Clearance at
Mechanic Overalls, $3.50 value.', for clearance at
Lee Unionalls, $6.50 values, for clearance at
MEN'S PANTS
17 Pair Men 's Corduroy Pants, Clearance al
MEN'S HATS
Regular $3.50 Values, Clearance Price
Regular $4.00 Values, Clearance Price
Regular $6.00 Values, Clearance Price
Regular $5.00 Values, Clearance Price
John B. Stetson, $10 and $12 Hats at
Knox Hats, tegular $9.00 Values at
Dunlap Hats, regular$10 and $12 Value i at
MEN'S WORK SHIRTS
Formerly sold at $1.5(1 to $2.00, Clearance at
$1.00
$1*25
$3.00
$3.00
$1.75
$2.00
$3.00
$2.50
$5.00
$4.50
$5.00
MEN'S UNDERWEAR
Fleece lined Shirts and Drawers, that sold up to $2.00.
Clearance Price. (lOc
Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, Clearance at 75c
Wright's Health, $3.00 Value, Clearance at <jJJ
HOYS' SHIRTS AND BLOUSE WAISTS
70c
Regular $1.50 Grades at.
Regular $2.00 Grades at .
MEN'S FINE SHOES
All Hanau, formerly $1800, now
BOSTONI AN SHOES
Formerly $16.50, for Clearance at
Formerly $15.00, for Clearance at
Formerly $] L00, for Clearance at
Formerly $12.50, for Cl arance at
Formerly $10.00, for Clearance at
HOSIERY
.Men's Silk and'Lisle Hose.
\ 5c Values, t 'learanee at
$1.00 Values, Clearance at
$1.25 to $1.50 Values, Clearance at
$2.(H) Values, Clearance at
60c
85c
$9.00
$8.25
$7.50
$7.00
$(5.25
$5.00
40c
60c
75 c
$1.00
The D. J. Chandler Clothing Co
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