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KIMM COTTON MARKET. MANY MILLS IN PIEDMONT TO CLOSE ONE DAY IN WEEK. Price of Cotton In Relation to Price of Cloth the Cause?Leuceiiter Mills On Full Time. Greenville. Oct. 25.?The leading cotton mills In what Is known as the Greenville- Anderson-Greenwood mill district are finding It as a rule impos? sible to make cloth at coat on the present cotton market and have de? cided to curtail their productions one day week beginning this week. Mills that have been In operation years and longer and that have never before curtailed their production have agreed to stop one day each week. The mills so agreeing will aggregate about 1.000.000 spindles and some 25, 000 looms, and consume annually about 100,000 bales of cotton. An the mills In Greenville will be closed on Thursday of this week and the mills of Anderson will be closed on Friday and Saturday of this week Experienced manufacturers say that they have never before been con? fronted with so serious a problem as that which faces them In reference to the cotton mill industry. \ Closing In Union. Union. 9. C. Oct 15.?Nine cotton mills In this county, representing 300, 000 spindles and 8.000 looms, employ? ing 5.000 operatives and consuming annually mere than 80.000 bales of cotton, will close down. It was an? nounced today, for one week or more. The mill representatives say that 'he present price of cotton goods is not hasping pace with the advance of raw cotton, the cotton mills In Anderson and vicinity will only opearte five days a week. It was not announced how long this curtailment would be In force. No Stopping in Lancaster. Lancaster, Oct. 25.?While mills In Spartanburg and elsewhere are clos? ing down It is worthy of note that the Lancaster mills, of which Col. Leroy Springs Is president, are running on full time and expect to continue to do so. regardless of the price of cotton or of cotton goods. Rock HUM Won't Curtail. Rock Hill. Oct. 15.?Notwithstand? ing the order from the boafd of gov? ernors of the Manufacturers' associa? tion oaUing for the closing down for 30 days of all the mills in North and South Carolina, all the cotton mills In Reek HIU will contlne to run, and all of them on full time. Your oorres-1 pendent Interviewed this morning the managers of the Manchester, Arcade. Aragon. Carhartt. Wymojo. Victoria, and Highland Park mills and found all these mills to have big orders on hand with a good supply of cotton In their warehouses, and they, one and all, said that they could not close down, not even partially. Indeed, two of the mills will begin on Man day next to run a double ahift. This, too, In the l tee of the fact that cotton was selling on the street here today at 14 oents, with cotton? seed at 44 cents per bushel. In New England. Boston. Oot 25.?The officials of the Arkwrtght club reported today that cotton manufacturers in New England representing several million spindles have expressed their inten? tion of following the club's sugges? tions'Xj?r a curtailment of 224 hours betwe\a November 1 and August next. While some of the mills may not t. irtall unless there la general action by a large majority many other mills will -loss their factories regardless of what ?ctlon others may take. ^ It is said assurances have been received from mills In New York State that they will follow the New England mills. If the other mills represented In the Arkwrtght club Join in the movement, between 8,000,000 and 10, 000,000 splndUM will be affected. ?Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has become famous for Its cures of coughs, colds, croup and influenza. Try It when in need. It contains no harmful substarce and always gives prompt relief. Sold by W. W. Sl bert. Liberty at Any Cost. My little cousin, George, had a very bad habit of running away. He had been punished many times for this, but It seemed to do no good. One day hla mother, being very provoked at him, said. "Well, vhat shall I do with you?give you a whipping or put you to bed?" Little George waited a minute and then said. "I guess I'll take the whip? ping and go play." ?It la in time of sudden mishap or accident that Chamberlain's Liniment can be relied upon to take the place of the family doctor, who cannot al? ways be found at ths moment. Then It Is that Chamberlain's Liniment Is never found wsntlng. In cases of sprains, cuts, wounds and bruises Chamberlain's Liniment takes out the soreness and drives away the pain. Sold by W W. Slbert. COTTON BLIGHT DAMAGE!. Col. Watson Htantto by Prof. Barrel Antrhaciioaa Report. Columbia, Oct. 25.?Discussing the article sent over the "A. P." wires that the reports of the loss by the disease anthraenose are exaggerated, Com? missioner Watson stated today that he believed the expert at Washington whose opinion was given, was mistak? en In his facts. The commissioner stated that Mr. H. W. Barre who made the report to his office on the loss to the crops annually has made a two years' study of the subject and should be in touch with the situation. "I believe," said Col. Watson, "that if they send a man down here to make a study of the havoc that is being play? ed by the disease they will find that Mr. Harre h statements will be sub? stantiated." The Interest in the matter to the department of agriculture in this State is the fact that Mr. Barre has traced the fungus to the seed, and the effort will be mado by the department to keep out of the State all Infected seed and to keep down as far as possible the sale in this State of seed so dis? eased. This Is in line with the move? ment to have the legislature pass laws to prevent the bringing into South Carolina of diseased plants, seeds or any form of manufactured stuff that is not in good condition. The statement from Washington published today indicates that the loss has been exaggerated, but the report of Mr. Barre that goes very fully into the matter, is to the effect that the loss In South Carolina to the cotton crop from anthraenose, is from $4, 000,000 to $5,000.000 annually. Nonenforcing Prohibition. (From the Richmond, Va., Tlmes-Dis patclu) Curious studies la the workings of prohibition are cropping up in the so called "dry" States of the South. Chattanooga, in "dry" Tennessee, is distilling and selling liquor under the authority of the law, only it does not make any sales to Tennesseeans. The Tennessee law does not forbid the manufacture of liquors, hut only their sale within four miles of a school house, and to Interfere with Chatta? nooga's export business would be to collide with the Interstate Commerce law. Georgia, Tennessee's neighbor, can neither make nor sell liquor, but cf.n buy It. Tennessee can make and sell k to outsiders; so we have Ten? nessee shipping Oeorgia all the drink Hit latter State cares to order. This c. ndi?on must be puzzling and unset? tling to plain Georgians who know, roughly, that buying liquor is against the law, yet see it bought In quantities all around them. Nor can It be at i all a good thing for the law. "The only question." says the Atlanta Con? stitution, "la to what extent, if at all, the aggregate consumption has been affected." In Atlanta, an antiprohibition city, the "dry*" law is interpreted "liberal? ly." Savannah's open flouting of the l*.w became a State scandal last spring. There was no pretense of obeying It, and the city's defiance was a. one time so notorious that it drew from the Governor a threat to use the militia. Memphis, according to oc? casional reports, Is consuming very considerable quantites of liquor. The same thing is true, In greater or less degree, in all the larger cities of Ten? nessee and Georgia. An Inevitable but Interesting development Is seen In the fact that municipal elections are taking on the complexion of sec? ondary "wet-or-dry" contests. That is to say, the real questions underly? ing them comes to be simply enforce? ment or nonenforcement of the law. In Nashville some days ago such an election was held and the nonenforc ers won. In Macon, more recently still, such an election was held and again the nonenforcers won. There are being evolvled, in fact, nine and sixty ways of "interpreting" what pro? hibition means. Looking about over the situation in Georgia and Tennes? see, the Atlanta Constitution in the article quoted above is moved to ask: "Is It coming to a sort of piebald and extra-legal local option, each community construing the mandate of the State to accord with its own senti? ment and every judge and Jury, set? ting up separate and differing Inter? pretations or nonlnterpretatlons of the law?" "Piebald local option" Is a new phrase to describe a very old propo? sition. The proposition Is the exceed? ingly familiar one that no law can be enforced over the community senti? ment of a majority of the people af? fected by it. In the case ot prohibi? tion the result of trying It is usually a small diminution in the consump? tion of liquor, the benetlts from which are more than offset by the demoral? izing and anarchistic conditions under which it is purveyed. ?Your coufch annoys you. Keep on hacking and tearing the delicate membranes of your throat If you want to be annoyed. But if you want re? proach of the disease. If Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy is given at once or even after the croupy cough has appeared, It will prevent the attack Contains no poison. Sold by W. W Sibsrt. An Indictment and a Remedy. There never has been any question In the minds of those who have ob? served public men that Mr. James J. Hill Is not only a great railway ope? rator but Is also a forceful writer, and while his utterances sometimes have taken on the appearance of undue pessimism, there was usually the feel? ing that there was much truth in his statements, whatever they were and however distasteful they were to nat? ional self-esteem. In an article in the current World's Work, Mr. Hill re? turns to a favorite subject of his, the question of agricultural progress, and writes an article that will repay read? ing, and if heeded will do much to help along the gospel of consevation of national agricultural resources. Mr. Hill's article Is at once a na? tional indictment and an exhortation to repentance and reform, and fortu? nately for his views of the wasteful character of American agriculture of the present day. the course of econo? mic events is with him in his agita? tion for reform. In other words, It will pay the American farmer to heed the warnings given because he can profit financially thereby. In fact, it may be said that the Amer? ican farmer has not been wasteful, extravagant and shiftless entirely from choice. His early environment lent itself to lack of care, and the prices paid f< r his products often led to rob? bing the soil to make both ends meet. If the present high level of prices lasts this latter policy will not be necessary, because there will be profit in the farmer or his successors doing things right instead of as in the past doing them rapidly. Mr. Hill's ind.^tment of the Ameri? can system of farming, which has skimmed the cream from the. fertile acres and virgin soil of a score of the States of the Union, is powerfully aid? ed by a series of pictures which im? press eye and mind where mere let? terpress would fail of its object. The contrast in appearance of an Ameri? can and a German wheat field, the first with a yield of fourteen and the latter with an output of twenty-eight bushels per acre, does not need long columns of writing to explain. Nor does the picture of harvesting wheat on the American plan which allows of the cultivation of large areas with? out, however, onriching the soil, need words to point a moral. In his In? dictment ol American methods, Mr. Hill points out that this country has for years unduly assisted manufac? ture, commerce and the activities that centre in the cities, shutting its eyes to the fact that the farm is the basis of all industry, and that a prosperous agricultural industry Is to a nation what good digestion is to a man. The result is a decline in agriculture, neg? lect, and. in many sections, decay. And the agriculturist has himself aid? ed in the work of sapping his own strength. He has spent all his ener? gies in the direction of taking things off and out of the land and putting little or nothing back. Reading Mr. Hill's article, one is naturally forcibly reminded of t 9 old-time boastt'ulness of the American who proclaimed that America was the granary of the world; that we need not go to war with foreigners; we need simply re? fuse to feed them, and similar light and airy remarks. It is probably well for the country that this sort of talk and ideas shall be dissipated, and that the country be taught that our cheap wheat and corn and meal leaving the country have left the country's soil poorer for it. At the same time, Mr. Hill, unlike those who "praise all centuries but this, and every country but their own," points out that other nations have their defects. He has a speak? ing picture of a harvest scene in France, a contrast with the American scene, in which he shows that while the land is utilized in that country la? bor is wasted, reversing the American plan of saving labor and impoverish? ing the soil. I As already Intimated, his article is not entirely an indictment. He points out the way for rejuvenating exhaust? ed soils and restoring fertility, many of them not new, it is true, but cer? tainly losing nothing by Mr. Hill's telling them. He believes in the small, well-kept, intensely cultivated farm, and cites the wealth of France as an example of a prosperous, con? tented and successful agricultural In? terest. Reform of the land laws Is Imperative if the remnant of the pub? lic domain is to be conserved. The tide of population away from the farm must be reversed. A farm school ?a practical working farm, not a mere institution for book learning? should be established for the educa, jiu*?- of the now existing farmer In ev? ery farming country, and he would use the prloe of one battleship yearly to equip 1,000 ilich agricultural schools. The emergency, he says, Is for thli generatlon? not the next, and we cannol wait for the future popula? tion to pass through the existing agri? cultural colleges. Mr. Hill takes the ground that the advance in the prices of food commodities 1? permanent, and he says that this country can du? plicate the experience of England and double Its yield per acre, for Instance, of wheat Finally, he lays stress on the necessity for the establishment of what may be called the more evenly balanced farm where cattle, sheep and hogs shall be raised, as well as ce? reals; where the produce of the soil shall be returned as largely as pos? sible to the soil in the shape of man? ure, and where crop rotation shall be practiced intelligently and profitably. By this means, he says, the present product of $8,000,000,000 can be made $16,000,000,000, and this diversified farming can be made not only profit? able but attractive. IS CHURCH ATTENDANCE DE? CLINING. Although Statitlcs May Be Unsatisfac? tory, Figures Often Given a Wrong Impression. The assertion that church atten? dance has fallen off to an alarming degree is not merely made, but as? sumed as a matter of fact, without argument or evidence, says Edward Tallmadge Root in The Delineator for November. When figures are given, a little examination often shows that they are inconclusive because only partial in place, time or details, Nevertheless the decline is assumed and its causes gravely asked and enumerated. It is to be admitted, at the start, that church attendance today is not satisfactory to those who loyally be? lieve in the church and its mission. There is no need of multiplying statis? tics. One illustration may suffice. According to a census of church-go? ing In the upper section of Manhat? tan, New York City, November 15, 1904, with a population of 438,165, only 17.60 per cent, were at church, 7.20 being Protestant and 10.40 Cath? olic. But even this means that reli? gion attracts more than any other hu? man interests. It is not fair to con? trast it with all other concerns com? bined, sheer weariness and laziness included. What other human interest can move 77,000 out of a population of 435,000, to dress, and take at least two hours of their time, and pay an average of twenty-five to fifty cents, and that not occasionally but regularly every Sunday? If the church is not satisfied, it is because its ideal is so high?because, accord ding to its great commission, it can never rest until it is proclaiming its glad tidings to every creature! But even so, the church should ask: What ratio of attendance to population is it reasonable to expect? The entire population, as given by the census, Includes infants, Invalida and others incapable of attendance. Of the remainder, not all are at liberty or leisure at the same hour or on the same day. In our increasingly com? plex civilization, the nur ber of oc? cupations which can not be complete? ly suspended at any hour must in? crease. What percentage ought to be deducted? In a canvass by the Boston City Missionary Society, out of 4,785 in? dividuals 1,900, or approximately two fifths, were detained from church for good reasons. With this agree the most careful estimates. Not more than sixty per cent, of the population could assemble for worship at any one time. Making all these allowances, how? ever, it is evident that the impression that church attendance is unsatisfac tor**-is justified by statistics available. Instead of the possible 60 per cent, only 17.6 per cent, were found In the churches of upper Manhattan. Seven years earlier, Dr. Waldron found on? ly 27.4 per cent, of the Protestant population of Boston at worship. The unchurched population of New York, according to the City Federation of Churches, in 1905, was 1,071,981, while members and non-communi? cant attendants were respectively 337,289 and 485,934, or, In percent? age of the whole population, 26.7 against 20.5 for the two classes of ad? herents combined. But the fact that the hold of the churches upon the population today is unsatisfactory does not necessarily mean that it has declined. Here is where the mistake is so often made. People jump at the conclusion that so deplorable a situation is a new thing and a proof of deterioration. This does not follow. ?Hoarseness in a child subject to croup is a sure indication ot. the ap lief, want to be cured, take Chamber? lain's Cough Remedy. Sold by W. W. Sibert. The Way of Mothers. A little Texas girl was watching a very awkward hen with her first brood. She trod on them and knock? ed them over every step she took. The little tot came running in and said. j "O mother! just come and look at this mean old hen. I would not have such a mother." She stood very still for a moment, and then with the merriest twinkle In her eyes, said, "Maybe that is the way she spanks them."?The Delineator ! for November. ?The pleasant purgative effect ex? perienced by all who use Chamber? lain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and the healthy condition of the body and mind which they create, makes one feel Joyful. Sold by W. W. Sibert. UPTON COMT2S TO CHALLENGE. Says He is "Hod Hot" for Another Race for the American Cup, Upon Conditions. New York, Oct. 25.?"I have come over this time red hot for another challenge to the New York Yacht club, and will do my best to arrange matters with the club so that I can have another chance to lift the Amer? ica's cup." So spoke Sir Thomas Llpton today on his arrival here from Europe. He will be in New York for several days. "I do not care to talk more defi? nitely," Sir Thomas said, "until I have seen the yacht club committee who will have this matter in charge." It is believed thr.t Sir Thomas has brought with him a challenge condi? tioned upon modification of the rules governing contests for the America's cup. Gen. O. O. Howard Dead. Burlington, Vt., Oct. 26.?Gen. Oli? ver O. Howard, last of the Union commanders of the civil war, died at his home in this city tonight. Heart disease was the cause of the noted soldier's death. He was 79 years old. PRESIDENT TAFT'S Visit to FLORENCE, S. C. The President is to visit Florence the evening of November 8, and ad? dress the people of that city and sec? tion of the State. For this auspicious occasion and the PEE DEE INDUSTRIAL CONGRESS which convenes in Florence, No? vember 8 and 9, the Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets at very low rates from Wadesboro, Bsn nettsville, Rowland, Chadbourn, Lanes, Sumter, Clio and Intermediate sta? tions. Tickets will be on sale November 7 and 8, limited to return on or before November 10, 1909. Kates, schedules, tickets and any desired information can be procured from M. F. Duke, Ticket Agent, Sum? ter, or by addressing the undersign ed: W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Agt. I WILMINGTON, ^N. C. GEORGIA-CAROLINA FAIR. AI Augusta, Ga., Ncveinber 6-15, 10ee\ The Atlantic Coast Line announce* very low excurson rates to Augusta, for the above occasion and for tha visit of PRESIDENT TAFT. The President is scheduled to reaea) Augusta, Saturday e.cnini November 6, spend Sundiy there and meet aael address the people of South Caroline* and Georgia on Monday, November tw Another great event during the Fair will be the Football Game between, the Clemson College and University et7 Georgia teams on November 10; and still another will be Childrens' Day* November 12th. Round trip tickets will be sold from Savannah, Charleston, Congaree, Flor? ence, Darlington, Camden, and inter? mediate points, Nov. 6 to 12, limit, to leave Augusta not later than raieV night of November 15th, 1909 For tickets, rates, schedules and any desired information, call on M. F. Duke, Ticket Ager.t, Sumter or any Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line, or address: W. J. CRAIG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traffic Mgr. Gen. Pas. Ag*. WILMINGTON, N. C. The Most Giveable Gifts, Most appropriate, most ap? preciated, are shown here ia all their surpassing beauty. Our Cut Glass display is a worthy one?inclusive, ex? clusive. Rings?unique in designs, gem combinations tastefur and handsome, and all quali? ties ARE what they are re? presented. Then Hand Decorated China makes a dainty re? membrance. We show ef? fects a little out of the ordi? nary. Call. We can interest you in gifts at very moderate prices. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. II S. Main Street ? Sumter. S. CL THOUGHT? 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