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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
SOME COTTON FIGURES

ihat the price Of raw cotton IS n
negligible factor in the ultimate cost
VI coI'on cloth to the consumer and
mas llttle bearing on the high cost of
clothes was indicated in testimony be-
lore the subcommittee of Congress
for the District of Columbia having
hearings on the question Of the high
cost or living in Washington. The
testimony was given by Mr. E. T.. CAL
Vln' representing Tie Cotton States
ADVISORY Board, and followed his tes-
timony on food prices, as follows:
bring this point out, as / said at
the beginning, for the purpose Of
showing that ii is not what the FARM
er IS getting for his various products
ana commodities that is hurting the
consuming public. It is the cost of
distribution, our imperfect system Of
distribution, which seems to be re-
sponsiblc for the situation that con-
fronts us at this time
want TO talk for little while
about cotton, because we have got TO
wear clothes as well as eat, and T
want to tell you something about COT
tom and cotton, farming and then
will be through. ,te
Herc are six yards Of gngham, Mr..
Chairman, that I bought this morn
ing at one of the leading dry goods
stores of, the city. 1 paid 70 cents a
yard Tor IT.; here Is the check Gndi-
catng). 1t weighs 10 ounces, pre-
cisely. 1t cost me $3.50 in cash. The
farmer got 25,5 cents for the cotton
III that $3.50 worth Of gingham The
average price cotton last year was 27
cents. Sixteen ounces to the pound
makes ~ cents per ounce. Multiply
10 ounces by IL cents, and YOU have
200 cents. Mr.. Cotton Farmer got
25.5 cents.
AS | said in the beginning l am not
going to tell you who got the differ
ence between the 25.5 cents and $3.50.
Somebody got It.
Senator Capper: How much yard
did you say you paid for it?
Mr. Calvin: Sevcnty-flve cents. AZ
ter bought it, I looked around and
the store was pretty full Of folks. l
said, "Is there sale on?" And T was
told, Yes; you would not get it for
that if there had not been sale on
today Just being mere man I was
not supposed to know that. do not
know what would have paid for it if
there had not been a sale on
Senator Cappcr: All these goods are
still going up?
Yes, Senator and every now and
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina,
COuniN nf InnrnnS

whereas, petitions signed by legal
number OF the qualified electors and
free-holdcrs residing in Laurcns
school district No. ., Laurcns county.
South Carolina, asking for an election
upon the question OF voting an addi-
tlonal mill tax upon the property in
said school district to be used for
school purposes, have been filed with
the county board of education, an
election is hereby ordered upon said
question, said election to be held on
the End day Of October, 1919, at Pros
poet school building in said district
under the management Of the trustees
of said school district.
Only such electors as return real
or personal property for taxation and
who exhibit their tax receipts and reg
istration certificates as required in
the general election shall be allowed
to vote.
Those favoring the mill additional
tax shall vote ballot containing the
word YES written or printed there
on Those against the 4 mill addi-
tional tax shall vote ballot contain
ing the word "NO" written or printed
thereon. Polls shall open at the hour
OF O'Clock In the forenoon and shall
remain open until the hour Of 4 o'clock
in the afternoon when they shall be
closed, and the ballots counted.
The trustees shall report the result
OF the election to the county auditor
and county superintendent of educa-
ton within ten days thereafter.
r. n. WILSON,
92t BY order OF County Board
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01

ought to have gone up to about 10
cents. But the War Trade Board com
mandeered all the linters on the mar
kct and took them at $4.G7 hundred,
WIT. Miller: Before the war YOU
could get linters at 1-2 cents
Mr. Calvin: That was very low
grade linters. / have seen it before
the war selling for to 6 cents. There
are Owo cuttings; one is very low
grade and is not worth anything.
scarcely, but the higher grades have
always been worth something.
chairman Ball: This would hovc
becn very interesting mattcr corriod
down 10 the consumer, in order TO find
out how much Of this cost went to tho
manufactures aud how much TO thc rc-
taller.
ir. Calvin: 1t would be very inter
esting indeed. | thought, Mr.. Chair
man, that perhaps if I could start
little agitation along this line and lct
" DC known, let the country know lust
what is going on, just how much moro
thc consumer is having to pay than
INC FARMER gets, somebody would have
TO como across and state who is get
tlnG the lions share Of the profits,
a car load Of Crockcry and China
to arrive this week.
). NJ. q T.. H. WILKES G. co
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01

the year round crop, from January tn
december, and there is about an ay-
erage Of three out Of family who
work IN the cotton fields and thew
| work for $500 a year to produce six
bales OF cotton, when cotton is 20
cents pound. l do not think anyone
would want them to work for less
than that. Sixty-dwo per cent of cot
ton producers are tenants, and they
pay onc-fOurth Of all they make to
the landlord That leaves them an
proximately $3.50 a year for a family
of five and three Of them work in
the Held on the average.
only say these things here because
there are a whole lot Of folks that
come from different parts Of the United
States that do not seem to under
stand the situation in the South. MIR.
Chairman, If the average northern
man could go south and travel through
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi. Louis
lana and Texas and see the novels
that the average cotton farmer lives
in, he would never complain any more
about the cotton farmer getting more
than he ought to have for his cotton.
| have travelled over the Pcnnsyl-
vania system from here to Chicago
ana to st. Louis and | want to tell
You tha it is like travelling through
PARADISE from the standpoint Of the
homes as compared with travel in the
South; because tho cotton farmer has
always been slave until recently
slave or cotton. 1c is doing bot
ter now. The trouble is that we are
afflicted with the tenant system down
South. 1t is an evil system A man
VINO has his land worked exclusive
ly by tenants can produce cotton Just
as chcaply when labor is $40 a day as
when 1t is 30 cents day, because he
docs not supply any of the labor.
therefore, when cotton is high, as il
| is now, he makes good money; but it
never has gone high enough yet and
probably never will for the average
tenant to make money raising cotton.
The landlord can make money on this
basis; there is no Questioning that
fact.
Mr.. Miller: Mr.. Calvin, as you know,
linters went up in price. Where did
the profit made out Of those linters
go? 1t did not go to the producer of
cotton. did 1T,
Mr.. Calvin: Well, no, sir The
price Of linters was not permitted to
go up like the price Of commodities.
That Is where the South got stung a
little bit. The price of lintcrs fixed
ythe War Trade Board was 4.G7
cents pound. When cotton was s
and cents pound linters were and
cents pound. So when cotton went
! up to % and 30 cents pound lintcrs
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1919-10-01

car load OF Crockcry and China
to arrive this week.
). NJ. 4 +. II. WILKES G co.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
ATMOSPHERE TENSE
AND APPRENTICESHIP
BONE OF CONTENTION
AND IMMEDIATE SUBJECT OF
CONFERENCE DISCUSSION.
VIEWS ARE WIDELY DIVERGENT
Lloyd George Fears Denatonzation
OF So Many Germans Would
Cause Another War.

Paris, When the council of great
powers met 1t was in an atmosphere
OF considerable apprehension over Pol.
and, which Is the chief subject nf dc
cussion. This is not on account OF
Poland itself but because OF differences
which have arisen affecting the funda.
mental question Of nationality, TO
which President Wilson has given his
strong approval and also his thir-
teenth point" which called for an in.
dependent Polish state with access to
the sea.
This last cause has introduced an
issue on fhich there Is wide diverg.
enceof views. A committee under the
Craftsmanship OF Jules Cambon. with
Sir William Tyrell as the British mem.
Der and DR.. Robert LorlId as the
American, has reported the plan Civ
ing Poland this access to the sea by
means of corridor" 60 miles wide
running across east Prussia. But the
effect OF this concession Is to place
about 100000 Germans within the
new Poland and to detach the eastern.
most part of Prussia from Germany.
Premier Lloyd George has taken the
view that this standardization OF a
large body Of Germans would cause
such discomfort as would be likely to
bring on another war and II is under
stood that President Wilson also is
not entirely satisfied with the pro-
posal
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
COMB SAGE TEA IN
HAIR TO DARKEN IT
It's Grandmother's Recipe TO keep
her Locks Dark, Glossy,
Beautiful.

The old-tlme mixture of Sage Taa
and Sulphur for darkening gray
strenked and faded hair is grand
mothers recipe, and folks are again
using it to keep their hair good
even color, which is quite sensible as
we are living in an age when . youth
full appearance is of the greatest ID
vantage.
Nowadays. though. we dou't ha
the troublesome task Of gathering the
sage and the mussy mixing at home
All drug stores sell the ready-to-use
product, improved by the addition OF
other ingredients, called "Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound II is very
popular because nobody can discover
It has been applied. Simply moisten
your comb or a soft brush with II aud
draw this through your hair, taking
one small strand Mt time; by morning
the gray hair disappears. but what de.
lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage
and Sulphur Compound. is that, be-
sides beautifully darkenIng the hair
after few applications. it also pro
duces that soft lusire and appearance
Of abundance which is so attractive.
ADV.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
OFFICES OF POSTAL SYSTEM
ARE REMOVED BY BURlESoN

Washington. Differences between
the management of the Postal Tele-
graph & Cable Co, and Postmaster
Geteral RrHesQn eliminated in an or
det by the postmaster general sum
mafily relieving the chief officers. di-
rectors and owners Of the Postal com
pany from all duties in connection with
government operation Of their system
I An announcement by the postoffice
department says that the order re-
moving Messrs Mackay. Cook and
Deegan from the operation Of the
Postal company's lines under govern.
mcnt control was made necessary
by the fact that since the postoifce
department refused to grant the com.
pensation asked for by them. these
officials have refused or failed TO fol-
low out the instructions of the depart.
ment in the management of the prop.
critics and failed to put into operation
promptly the wage schedule and the
eight hour day. and in various ways
enseavored to embarrass and discredit
the government operation of the wires.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
The Modern Method.

Mrs Patterson called upon I'M ne
qnainlance and found that The ntter's
tcn-ycar.old son Ind developed II face
that was considerably too large for
him. $50 Willie has the mtmps." re-
marked the caller, with II critical
glance ut the victim. what are you
doing for him?" I'VE sent for the
doctor" answered the mother, '"'rhatS
the medicine he left on the table Won
der" "lIow times have changed"
remarked Mrs. Patterson when !
was n little girl we used 10 treat
mumps by taking II strip of salt pork,
pentfully sprnkled with salt and
pepper, aud binding II around the
throat" "Ycs, we thought of that, hut
at the present price Of pork we decld.
ed II would be cheaper to gel II doe
tor"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications as they cannot reach
tie diseased portion of the ear. There Ia
only one way. to cure Catarrhal Deafness.
and that Is by a constitutional remedy.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces
OF the System. Catarrhal Deafness Is
caused by an indamed condition OF the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube Is infamed you have a
rumbllng sound or imperfect hearing. and
when ii is entirely closed, Deafness Is the
result Unless the Inflammation can be re-
duced and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition. hearing may be destroyed
forever. Many cases OF Deafness are
caused by Catarrh, which Is an innamed
condition OF the Mucous Surfaces.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for any
case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
MEDICINE.
All Druggists 75c. Circulars free.
F. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
louicaI.

A Richmond youngSter had quite a
list Of toys he wisle, for Christmas.
his mother took hir1 downtown to see
the toys, so that she could know just
whit sor; of gun. wagon, etc, he de-
sired. He noticed the way she eNhib-
tied tn him the different styles of the
toys he had ordered. and her anxiety
worried him. Finally he could stand
II no longer. Mamma he broke out,
I'll YOU want to 50 badly you can Just
buy me al those things now and when
get home I'll think up something else
for you to get me for Christmas. =
indianapolis News.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
TO FORM ARMED ALLIANCE
AGAINST THE ARlSTOCRAcY

Paris The proclamation of the
new Hungarian government invites
the workmen and peasants of Bohe-
mia, Rumania, Serbia and Croatia to
form an armed alliance against the
aristocracy, landowners and dynasties
1t requests also that the workmen of
Austria and Germany follow the lead
Of Hungary in breaking off relations
with the Paris peace conference. They
are requested to rally with the Mos.
COW government.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

Unpleasant stories are coming from
NladlNoStOk to the effect that the anti
hol>hcvik russians there are bitterly
attacking the middle-of-the-roud policy
tlnt is being followed by the American
expedition and are accusing the
Yankees oi being the friends of the
bolshcylkI. The untagonsm is fos-
tered 10y several newspapers which are
said 70 have been subsidized by some
Japanese agencies The Americans in
Siberia are scheduled for return in the
spring. Just why the Yankee troops
should fight the bolShevili in north
Russia and not in Siberia is not dis.
ccrnihlr ~ this distance,
Directly connected with the strained
relations in Siberia is the row in Ticn
T>in where Japanese troops and police
made what Is declared to have been
al unprovoked attack on American
officials and soldiers. Washington
may demand M apology and rcpnra-
tion from Tokyo
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

Iapnn'S delegates having evinced de-
termination to Try TO introduce into
the lrague covenant nm article giving
the yellow races equal rights of immi.
grafton with the CaucnsianS. President
Wilson personally undertook to stave
OF this threatened complication. He
Told Viscount MatSui the idea was i'm
possible. and MatSui agreed to drop 1t
for the present However, the jap
anese delegation did propose an
amendment providing that the con.
trncting parties 10 the covenant shall
agree to grant equal and just treat
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
DREADED SEVEN.YEAR LOCUST
HAS APPEARED IN VIRGINIA

Richmond. Va-Reports received by
State authorities from Spottsylvania
county indicate that many Of the sew.
en-year locusts which are reported as
due to sweep that section Of the State
this year, have been plowed up by
farmers. The situation has reached
stage where the agricultural depart
ment at WASHINGTON has detailed en-.
tomologists to that section to study
conditions.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
NEWS'nlV|EW OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Peace Delegates Completing the
League Of Nations Plan and
Treaty Together.
OPPOSING SENATORS FIRM
Japan Modifcs Her Race Equality
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Lose In
North and Win in Ukraine
Stirring Up More Trouble
In Other Lands.
BY EDWARD w. PIcKARD.

Seemingly convinced that, by some
means not yet revealed the opposition
Of II large part Of the American senate
can be overcome. the peace delegates
In Paris went ahead last week with
the work Of welding the treaty and the
league Of nations plan. President
Wilson declared there was no intcn-
tion of handling the two matters sep
arately. and IN this he was supported
by others of the leaders. II was admit
ted tlm, the league plan would have
10 be amended in Various particulars,
and that the American delegates had
made mp their minds to accept Ger.
tain limited number Of changes. Per-
hapS it was believed these alterations,
which probably will not be nj all radi-
cal, would satisfy the ohjecting Sena-
tors. Their attitude and language do
not tend 10 Justify that belief.
Some Of the correspondents in Paris
fear that insistencc on joining the
covenant of the league with the peace
treaty will delay the latter. Others
equally well informed. assert that the
difficulties will be speedily removed.
lntimating that the principles of the
league, in 50 far as they have been
generally accepted, wiz be lncorporat-
ed in the treaty and that differences
of opinion regarding specific parts of
the covenant will be recognized and
discussions them left to n later date.
Thus, they think, President Wilson
and the supporters Of his plan will be
satisfied and the opposition in Ameri-
ca and elsewhere placated.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
NUMBER OF RETURNED TROOPS
EXCEED ONE.HALF MILLION

Washington. total number of
members of the American expedition
airy forces returned to the United
States has passed the half million
mark The war department an.
nounced the actual figure March 20
was 500,034. including 27940 officers,
2,146 nurses, 3,6S3 civilians and 44S,.
,c41 men of the army, 1880 navy per-
sonnet and 4.474 marines. The
strength OF the expeditionary forces
March 20 was 1,470,676.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

mcnl TO all aliens within their borders
who are nationals Of states that are
members of The League The japanese
do not accept the view That treatment
Of foreigners and discriminating immi.
grafton laws are purely matters Of do
nestle policy and undoubtedly V u at
some tim IN the future reo)9n the
question.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
Complex, Indeed.

4 teacher in the North Vernon
schools was grading some manuscripts
from Il recent examination, says In
dianapoliS News. one of the qnes'
tionS asked ran like this "Deiine and
give an example of a complex com
pound sentence" In answering the
question one pupil gave the following
MS an example:
"The only saw that | ever saw was
"A buzzsaw down in Arkansas.
The tencher is under the impression
that the answer was somewhat com
nleN
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

The Omsk hospital Is merely one of
a series of phianthroplc medical insti'
buttons which have been organized in
Siberia, mainly through the efforts OF
Or. II. b. Teusler of Tokyo, the chair
man of the Red Cross commission to
Siberia. He has been travelling about
10 points IN the Interior obtaining
bases and buildings for the hospitals
Russians thus have been made to real
lie that the American Red Cross is
to be of genuine and effective assist
pnce.
Red Cross work In Interior Siberia
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

nv health so can do all my work and
] am so grateful that am recommend
ing it to my friends. - Mrs. u. n.
ALTERS, r. r. A, Oregon, Ill.
Onlywomen who have suffered the tor.
lures Of such troubles and have dragged
along from day to day can realize the
relief which this famous root and herb
remedy, Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, brought to Mrs. Alters. :.
Women everywhere in Mrs. Alters
condition should profit by her recon-
mendation, and If there are any COM
plications write Lydia E. Pinkham's
Medicine Co., Lynn, Mass, for advice.
The result Of their 40 years experience
Is at YOUR service.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
journalistic Atmosphere.

$50 this Is an cdiloril snnctum?"
said the faf visitor.
"l"S, na'pn" replied ihc editor of
the Chiggersillc Daily Truth.
Dear mcl II certainly does need
tprougl clSnIng."
These ol4 newspapers. scraps OF
copy, ciar ShbS pipes, tobacco, ashes.
Sur lnde pts and this battered fur
nllllr" conSii tue II Snnclum ma'am.
y woman viii Il broom ard buster
would SION covert This peaceful r..
treat inip chamber Of horrors. Dir,
min lam Ago.ll aid.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

The German government was report.
ed to be facing Il new political crisis,
with the prospect that Scheideiaan
would be forced to rellnquISh the
chancellorship. The split between The
majority socialists and independ.
ent socialists was becoming wider.
When the independents demanded the
repeal of martial law In Berlin wv
gang Helne, Prussian minister T.
tice, bitterly assailed them for IT.
cooperation with the Spartacans.
The Spartacans, who were compare
lively quiet for few days after their
virtual defeat In Berlin were begin.
ming agitation for a new general
strike on March 20. declaring that this
time their success was certain Their
previous operations along the Rhine
according to Berlin dispatches, led the
French troops of occupation to seize
Mannheim. Karlsruhe and two other
cities. This was neither affirmed nor
denied by the allies.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
MORE cAROLINlANS HAVE
ARRIVED FROM OVERSEAS

Newport News, Va, More troops OF
the Old Hickory division-the Thir-
tieth, which includes men from Ten
nessee, North and South Carolina--re.
turned home from the battlefields OF
France on the transport Finland after
13-day voyage from st. Nazaire.
Officers and men OF the Old Hickory
division aboard numbered more than
2,4OO and each one of them is anxious
to get to his home. They will be sent
10 various rehabilitation camps.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
Red CROSS WORK AT oMSK
Recent Operations Have Established
the Organization In the Confidence
Of the People.

Praise for the work Of the American
Red Cross is a dominant note of pub
lie expression at 0msk. The 0rganlza-
tion has opened a well.appolnted hos.
pital four versts outside the city of
Omsk, with 400 beds and $50 patients.
chiefly Russians. with a few French.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28
SECRETARY DANIELS HAS
REACHEDvPoRT OF BREST

Brest.-The American transport Lee
viathon. with Secretary of the Navy
Josephus Daniels on board, arrived
in Brest. Secretary Daniels was re.
ceived by the American naval attache,
Admiral Moreau maritime project,
and Rear Admiral Alexander S. Hal,
stead, U. S. ~, district commander at
Brest. A detachment of marines with
a band acted as guard of honor for
the secretary, who went to the prefec-
ture.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1919-03-28

A few cents BUYS n tiny bottle OF
the magic FreWbuo at any drug store.
Apply II few dIops Of Frcezone upon Il
tender, aching corn or Il calluS. In
SANITY that troublesome corn or callus
stops hurting. then shortly you lift 1t
out, root and an, without any pain,
soreness q, irritation. These little bot
ties of FrU2One contain just enough TO
rid the feet OF every hard corn, soft
corn, corn between the toes and The
cailuses on bottom of feet. So easy!
SO simple. Why wait? No humbug