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[UESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1920.
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qRIOUS SHORTAGE
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WORLD DEMAND FAR AHEAD OF
PROpUCTION, A NEW YORK
BANK REVIEW ASSERTS.
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- 5 note of warning against pOSs.i
bla: world shortage of cotto‘r‘l is
sounded in the July number of The
mee"ica"” of the New York National
ACitv ank, which declares that the
resent world demand for cotton is
fm'mjng' far in excess of production.
The world is NOW consuming about
21,000,000 pales of cotton annually.
o is stated, but the present decade is
;;xpu('[«'«l to see an increase in the de
mand of at least 10,000,000 bales,
‘with a like increase in the succeeding
dg{‘iill(“ .
“Where the cotton is to come
from,” says the bank, “to allow the
gorld to double its annual consump
tion is a problem. -1t certainly can.fi
pot come from the southern Ameri
can states; assuming that the Ameri
ean crop will continue to average
about 11,500,000 bales, as it has for
the past five years and yvxll probably
equal this year, it is plain that the
rast cotton producing districts in oth
er parts of the world 'must be devel
oped without any loss of time if a
pronounced shortage of cotton is to
e avoided.
g “[t is estimated that more than
6.000,000 persons are directly en
gaged in the production; manufac
fure and distribution of cotton, while
reliable estimates have placed the
amount invested in the business at
$20,000.000,000. The amount of cot
ton produced in the world has shown
a remarkable increase. ~ While sta
tistics of such a widespread industry
are necessarily more or less approxi
mate. it is believed that cotton pro
duction has.grown from 500,000,000
pounds in 1900 to 1,500,000,000
I;uuml,\' in 1850, 7,500,000,000
pounds in 1900 and 14,000,000,000
pounds in 1913, which is the last
vear that can be called normal. The
most interesting phase of the figures
just quoted is the praetically doubled
production since 1900, showing that
even in these modern times great ca
pacity for the expansion of cotton
consumption exists. Since 1914, how
ever, little increase in the world’s
cotton production has taken place,
and one of the greatest problems now
confronting the industry, and one
which is receiving a great deal of se
rious attention. is the increase in the
area allotted to cotton cultivation
necessary to keep up with the in
creasing consumptive demand.
“Should the present American
crop fail to come up to the most re
cent estimates it will mean the sixth
short crop, an unprecedented situa
tirn so far as American cotton is
concerned.
“From the date when the southern
American states first began to supply
¢he world with its principal stocks of
cotton there has always been a feel
ing in textile circles throughout the
world that when more cotton was
needed America would suonly it. Up
until the present this hvpothesis was
reasonably aceurate; now, however, a
different state of affairs exists.
There is a certain point in every
cconomic situation where the peak,
or saturation point, so far as ability
to produce is concerned, is reached.
This is very near the case in America
today. While it is true that consid
erable areas still exist that might be
turned to the cultivation of cotton, it
is also true that with the growing
tendency of Southern planters to di
versify their crops there is a steady
encroachment on the amount of land
that will hereafter be devoted to cot
ton. Besides that, the boll weevil
pest has been-a hard one to contend
with and labor conditions have been
anything but satisfactory.”
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- GEORGIA IN THE U. S. SENATE
By J. K. Ore.
For over a hundred years Georgia has had cause to be proud of her
representation in the United States Senate.
| In every generation there has always been one outsanding man, who,
in brains, usefulness and power, has proven himself a power among the
leaders of the nation, ’
The name of Bob Toombs and Ben Hill are written high in the
seroll of our country’s honor. -
- For the last ten years another son, of gigantic mold, has kept the
name and fame of Georgia to the fore.
Senator Hoke Smith is conceded to be one of the six biggest-brained
and most forceful men in the senate today.
. Indicative of his standing in the senate was the creation during the
crisis of the war of an additional place on the committee on military af
fairs for the sole purpose of placing Senator Smith on that committee.
Who that is familiar with the accomplishment of the last six years
but must marvel at the universal success of every movement he espoused.
Securing the federal reserve bank for Georgia against all sorts of
odds was in itself a herculean task. At a hearing given in Atlanta it was
evident that the leaning of the committee looked like Richmond and New
Orleans. The masterful and convincing address of Senator Hoke Smith
won the praise of even our competitors.
: It was generally admitted that this, with the untiring work of the
senator in Washington, won for us over the larger city of New Orleans,
Who can measure the financial preeminence given this state and
section by having the federal reserve bank in Georgia?
Any difference he may have had with the administration came from
his fight for a market for the south’s cotton. Right or wrong, he stood
for Georgia first, last and all the time.
Strictly from the best interests of the state, Georgia should keep
Hoke Smith in the senate.
His record of achievement entitles him to be sent back without oppo
sition. If the democrats win the fall elections, as we hope they will, his
length of service and prestige in the senate would mean much for
Georgia.
Suppose, however, for a moment that the presidential election should
go against us. With a republican president and two relatively new
senators, what chance would Georgia have for anything? ¢
Hoke Smith has made a faithful and able senator. Georgia owes it
to herself to give him this indorsement. It’s a sound business policy to
retain tried and efficient men. Everyone knows that the longer the
service in the United States senate the more influential the senator. Those
states have had the most influence who have. kept their senators longest in
service.
Senator Smith is just in his intellectual prime. Gladstone did his best
work for England after he was sixty-five. s
At this time Georgia needs to pull together. It should avoid every un
necessary conflict and conserve all its energies to keep in the forefront
as the Empire State of the south.—Adv.
YOU DON'T NEED BRAINS TO
‘PILE UP A FORTUNE. CASE
IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK.—“It doesn’t take
brains to make money.”
That is a common enough saying.
. Recently a sheriff’s jury declared
John W. O’Bannon incompetent. Not
only has O’Bannon accumulated a
fortune of from $15,000,000 to $30,-
000,000 through his own efforts, but
testimony in court brought out the
fact that during the past fifty-two
days, when he was confined in the
Riverdale sanitarium, he has made
$2,000,000.
Still Money Capable.
“Who’s looney now?”’” O’Bannon
might inquire with some pertinency.
Nobody doubts that O’Bannon is
not his old self, but, on the other
hand, nobody can deny that he is still
capable of making heaps and heaps
of money. While he was in the
sanitarium he worked out a scheme
by which that institution could incor
porate and quadruple its profits.
The story of this amazing paradox
was brought to Dr. John D. Quacken
bos of this city, eminent specialist in
nervous diseases.
“There is nothing really surprising
in this case,” Dr. Quackenbos de
clared. “There are many wealthy
men who develop monomania or
paranoa and who do not lose their
mone-making ability. '
“Money-making in itself does not
imply nor require the possession of a
gigantic intellect, It is as specialized
a faculty as the ability to play the
violin or to play chess, We read of
infant prodigies who are musical
wonders or marvels at chess, but they
seldom at maturity show a normal,
well rounded intellect.
"“More than one rich man, I have
no hesitation in saying, is much in
ferior intellectually to his chauffeur.
“Many a man has made money iln
Wiall street simply as the result of
blind luck. I have yet to see that
the acquisition of wealth requires the
use of extraorinary intelligence.”
SENATOR WILKINSON APPEALS
TO MINISTERS AND CHRIS
TIAN ORGANIZATIONS TO USE
INFLUENCE FOR HIS BILL. |
An appeal to all “ministers,
churches, Bible classes, Sunday
schools, Christian organizations of
every endeavor, and faithful lovers
of good society” to use their influ
ence for the passage of his bathing
'and character protectian bills has
‘been issued by H. B. Wilkinson, min
ister and member of the state senate
from the Forty-ninth district.
. " One of the bills prohibits males
‘and females from bathing together
‘at any resort. either public or pri
vate, and requires that the places
where men and women enter the
water shall be 100 feet apart; re
quires that bathing suits either for
men or women shall completely cover
the body from armpit to knees, and
'makes it unlawful for either sex to
spy upon the other while bathing.
The other bill makes it a misde
meanor punishable by fine for any
'male person to ‘“keep company” with
any girl between the ages of 13 and
16 without the written consent of her
parents or guardian.
The appeal says: “The Christian
people of this state are sore and
tired of such immorality as is dis
played in and around these bathing
waters. These are public resorts
where men, women and children go
for recreation and pleasure. The con
duet and costumes should be such as
would commend themselves to good
society and perpetuate morality,
rather than immorality.
“What eity or town in Georgia
would allow one of these swimmers,
mnot only in water, but in crime, to
parade the streets or public high
ways in these damnable bathing
suits that fit so tight that an indi
vidual a few yards distant cannot
tell whether they are rubber or cloth?
The entire body is almost nude, all
parts are almost perfectly displayed.
All over Georgia is this practice be
coming a menace. Thousands of our
young women are thus being led
astray and induced to sell their
noblest virtue for a handful of
pleasure. Patience has ceased to be
come a virtue. Come to the rescue
of your innocent boys and girls.”
MOB LYNCHES SON OF
A WEST VIRGINIA JUDGE
William Bennett Confessed to Mur
dering His Wife.
CHARLESTON, W. Va.—A mob
of 75 took William Bennett, jr., 22,
of Fayetteville, from the county jail
at that place yesterday, after taking
the keys from the jailer. and hung
the confessed wife-murderer at a
point three miles out in the country.
Bennett was under life sentence for
the crime which he confessed last
Thursday. The murder occurred
June 17. Bennett was the son of for
mer Judge William Bennett of Fay
etteville. His wife, 18, was shot to
death in her room. ;
A BOLT OF LIGHTNING
KILLS A BALL PLAYER
When a bolt of lightning flashed
suddenly from a small cloud over
head Karl Kinfi of Willacoochee
was instantly killed and a baseball
game between the Willacoochee and
Nashville teams at Willacoochee
came to a tragic close.
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Cured of Stomach Trouble and Con
: stipation.
Rachel Cribley of Beaver Dam,
_Ohio, was sick for two years with
stomach trouble and c9nstipation,
taking one medicine aftéer another
with only temporary relief. “My
neighbor spoke so enthusiastically of
Chamberlain’s Tablets,” she says,
¢“that I procured a bottle of them at
our drug store to try. A few days
treatment convinced me that they
were just what I needed. I continued
their use for several weeks and they
cured me.
THE DAWSON NEWS.
FEW ORCHARDISTS
GENTIL!I ESTIMATES RECEIPTS
THIS YEAR ABOUT $2,000,000
LESS THAN LAST SEASON.
The peach crop this year will bring
the Georgia growers more than $2.-
000,000 less than last year according
to estimates by Lawrence Gentili of
Cincinnati, considered an authority
on the subject. This means that only
a few growers have realized any
large profit this year.
There has been 4,800 cars of
peaches shipped out of the state ac
cording to the last report of the agri
cultural bureau, which was Friday,
and since that time and several days
before the shipments have decreased
considerably. Mr. Gentili stated that
the peach shipment below Macon has
*practically ceased.
The cause of the small crop was
due to the brown rot and forms.
Never before has this section of the
country been infestéd by both to
such an extent. - They appeared last
year, but the damage done then was
insignificant with the loss this year.
The board of entymology recom
mends that the growers haul off all
peaches that have fallen and burn
them in order to kill the worms and
their eggs. A great deal of spraying
must be done from now until Novem
ber to prevent the worms from breed
ing. The growers are going to exert
every effort to extinguish brow rot
and worms.
25,000 FREIGHT CARS FROM
SOUTH AND EAST FOR WEST
'Movement Began Monday, and Will
| Continue for a Month.
\ WASHINGTON.—Movement of
25,000 additional box cars from
eastern “and southern railroads
to western lines to assist in
handling the new grain crop
was ordered today by the com
mission on car service of the Associ
ation of Railway Executives, The
movement will eontinue for 30 days.
This order is in line with direc
tions issued by the interstate com
merce eommission.
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Fight the 801 l Weevil to A Finish in Your Cotton Crop
The Government spent thousands of dollars trying. to
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after several years experimenting | |
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to do the work. ‘
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for spraying. Come to see us and we will advise you
how to apply. Our prices are right and we will be glad
to serve you. Awaiting your commands,
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Dawson, Georgia
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