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6' South Carolina Newspaper the i Man Visits Cotton Mill in tion' Italy?The Operatives and P'ow What they are Paid?Crude o!(1 1 Farming. h*d a hai Extract from letter of Editor ^,es 1) A V 6 Carpenter, of Anderson Mail, ... i_. / \r;i?? 'ike written t.o ins pupur ahmii ;uiiau^ I Italy : | f'"'r< Yesterdav the men of the parWHR ty, accompanied by Mr. Dunning, t . the United States consul here, ttfrO. went out to the town ot Busto & f t|0 ^ Ariszio, about 23 miles awav. , , * liamJ 1 his is the center of the cotton . , ciuec manufacturing town, and the , . ... , him objec* or the trip was to see tlie ... c , ... . plow condiiion ot the null operatives in the mills and in their homes. ! .i -,i .1 low I 1 he cotton mill that we visited } employs about 800 hands, only 100 ot whom are men. The pro- , j . i, the duct is cotton ]eans and drills, some colored goods being made. t| j Most of the product goes to . South America and India. The trHCj. manager of the mill complained ^ about the manner in which ^ American cotton is packed and . nig I some of the bales that we saw, . ^ with most of the bagging torn and ripped, justified his comquite plaint lie fa'd he would be v*ill ing to pay a cent a pound more for cotton properly packed, as it would reach him in better condition and without much waste to and loss. P The women in the mill average from 40 to 45 cents a day, and ^ none of the men get oyer a dollar ,, na r a day. Ihe women were barefooted while at work in the mill. ' masf but wore wooden sandals going & ever to and from their work. The r\ Un Italian law prohibits the em- w-jj ployment of children under 12 pun years of age in the mills,, but C0nt the law seems to be a dead letter, ' con v as we saw many children in the ^ mill who appeared to be under that age. "Child labor" condi- met , , cott< tions here are very much worse ^ than they are at home. The mill here has been run- ,ft C ii it ,'ie t ning a weave shed only for some .... . lie i time, but is now putting in a ^ spinning department The machinery, even that now being DOBS put in, is of an antiquated type. It is all ol English manufacture. ' The operatives are paid by the ^ori1 piece, and no operative runs1"1'' more than two looms. Some run only one. The looms are heavy (*jCii and cumbersome, and those running on colored goods resemble those in the Brogon Mills, though 'n ^ coarser, and is sold in the rough, 8Pen none of it being napped. A great * deal of starch is added to give it ~^'h weight. Spa: The mill is using electiic current to drive its machinery. The ' 11 current is generated on a rrver t l( " some distance away, and the w mill manager, who, by the way, conc n n ir* speaks very good English, paid;1""" it cost him $25 per horse power '/ u per annum for a twelve hour tU1<^ H -US' We stopped at one farm w here some men were planting corn in a stubble field, alter the wheat " of S had been harvested. The corn | w m liflinc ?own l-roadea.-d, and also dropped in the drill. One man opened Hie furrow with a < turn plow, and another man fol- ;\'>ur 1 ^ then lowed, dropping the corn. The su< o a 11 .1 Mod next furrow would cover the corn, not a and open up a new row. Mr. Latimer and Mr Burnt tt, through ; Malt, , , tftdio an interpreter, engaged one of J i>y i;, . THE LANCASTER lien in the field in conyersa- NfiWSHaner ' while I watched the fellow s * 'ing. Ilia plow was of the. ioman pattern, that is, it A^VVord to a straight upright piece for Run Down tidle, instead of the two hau- Taper?Non< that our plows at home The News is . The foot was of iron, about ? a Dixie b >y, and opened a Mr. Editor: '1 >w about tour meiies aeep everywhere win lliree inches wide. The soil down" ihe local in fine condition, a good there are any in . having fallen a few days a dose for them. I watched the fellow guide their medicine itrange plow with its one women" and "w? lie for a while and then de- fits them." 1 I would try it. I shoved Here is a remet aside and took hold, and I go away and wor ed as straight a furrow want your home js that field as the other fel- don't get it, yc had done. Perhaps the horse what's the mattei rved some of the credit, but matter to get n< s quite proud of the feat, for paper publishes horse did not understand known to the lisli, and I had to "wabble" think the piper landle quite actively at times the palor ho der to make the plow "keep No, sir! The skill that I acquir The Lancaster i plowing nineteen years ago cellent paper s gtitnmer, when I was work- chances to "knoc or Will Snelgrove on a farm it or they had t jrk township for five dollars think what it w lonth and board, came in had it. There are j nicely yesterday. will "knock" any thing. Surely, working for the i vie Jordan to Tour Cot- building and u] ?n States?Predicts High cast'? anfi Lanca rice for Staple next Year. ,, ^es' Mr* ^t! The News. Let I any home paper, danta Journal: President Lancaster or Ila fie Jordan, of the Southern think, and instes on association, will addre^B home paper to s meetings of farmers in journal to boom y state of the cotton belt? town, this tour President Jordan "The News1' discuss the things lie saw in news." Take thi spe on the occasion of his re- date for instanc attendance at the spinners' paper. There ma entior. in Vienna. era" in Lances' e will compare southern are here's a ukno iods of baling and handling . Out-of)n with those employed by July 13, 1907, un growers, and will illus- ? i them with photographs ot Young Mercha two classes of cotton bales ? ' ? vill also urge the farmers to Americus, Gi >w movement ot the crop, so Thomas Dixon, > maintain as high prices as young merchan ible. miles from here, in this connectionsaid Mr instantly killed 1 au Friday, "I think the price known parties. >tton next fall will be the vicinity of a negi test in twenty years. All in- 's believed some lions now point to this con- killed him. Ho ,n." five of State I r. Jordan will onen his lour i -'^Sricul.ure Ilud orth and Sout h Caroli^b Ho lea lit (turner \ (! oil ] ill v ^ lien there is the > ks ai t arm r, on juiy sti0n. heart bui , and at Raleigh Oil July foru' of stomach tron .... , occasionally and yt Meetings will ho held at prompt relief. Kodo rtauburg, S. C? on .July 30,h, in on July 20th, and Gaftney what yon eat. make, . . . . good. .Sol,I by Craw uly 31st. President Jordan .goes to Texas, whore ho JvXule KUle speak at ten of ttie largest entrating points, lie then c, f 1 , Suminerton eeds to Arkansas, thence to v, , ,, News and Com isiana. then to Mississippi , . . . , , 1 r dav morning Alabama, ending Ins tour in . " ,f , ing to Mr. rgia the latter part of An . , , , ' dropped dead 1 result, of sunstro e will be accompanied by iinpOHsibe ior eral Organ /.er E 1). .Smith, plough during tl outli Carolina. (|ay because of have been stopp o'clock and not a I II free sample of l>r. Shoop's "Health ? o o* ut our *tori\ it real coffo* disturbs ?""* ' ' ' 1 , Stomach, your Heart or Kidneys, _ tr\ this cit-ver Coffee imitation. I>r, Nearly nil old-fasi [> bus closely matched Old Java and are constipating, e m Coffee in tlavor and tast , yet it lias contain opiates. Th, single grain ot rial Coffee in it. J>r. Kennedy'* Laxative p'rt iiealtb Coffee Imitation is made no opiates. It drive pure toasted grains or ct reals, with system hy gently iuo , Nuts, etc. .Made in a minute. No tiiins Money and Tin us wait. Yon will surely like it. Sold good as maple syru| ennett Oro. Co. Sold by Crawford Dr N?WS, JUi-Y 17, 1 S?0". "Knockers" u ? q Those Who lul C " their Local I V ^ ; Here, for I V I L' AM Ri^ht. BLIN , ?a? here are people a like to "run 200,000 feet: newspaper. If 150,000 feet: Lancaster here's 200.000 shine Let them "take .. i i 1 , 1 car load do like men and ar the cap if it If tii ly. Leave home, in k and you will ItATAAT> paper. It you JlLUUJl >u will wonder r. rTis no ea?y , ?ws and if ihe news already . citizens, they me folks only? . * News is an exirul if any one ' . kM it, he, she, " ;> letter stop and ^ oil 1(1 be it thwy he knockers o! whether it be lifax, stop and BB " A id of tearing the pieces, help the p g% and push the 1 III w Capucin, 41 gives us "the stand the presei e paper of this Capucin is ... ? fAolort Mav 9fi e ; it is a line *>?y > y be no "knock vados Sired b , . 4 .. tl by Galba, 2d da ter but if there If you wan ck" for them. __ Town-Reader. llGcitlT Lancaster, S. ? int Murdered. July 14.? a prominent Yf^?' t of Lacrosse, 6 i was shot and ast night by un lie was in the ro picnic and it jn* ^ ' negro reveler was a near rela- ?????? Commissioner of For tl ? slightest indication of STOlllS' t"iO 1 rn. flatulence or any J bio take a little Kodol . ? >u will he afforded iVlCnS " I it a anmnotind nf ? contunn the juicon A'leilS >inacb. Kodol digest* * your food do you M ens : for.I Kro?. Ladies J d by Heat. Ladies J . . . Few odd special in the rier : On Tues. to &? at so a mule belong ^OO yds W Ibinyon Harvin T -? ,, . Lverytl in the plow hs a J he. It has been ^?^ds C.lll b< the farmers to on everythin tie middle ot the J list ri the heat. Plows 4i eil at .bout 11.30 g??d th,nKs Iarted again until P^ked over. doned Cough syripn specially those that H r-y don't act just right. ^ ^ (aongh rup contains ^11 || f a the cold out of the I M I I V vinn the bowels. Conr anil tastes nearly as >. Children like it. OS. HO)RE LUMBER. >(0)RE SHINGLE! t(0)RE DOORS. S r?? TvrnTTT.r?TTvrrj s/, jLTJk v v Juxy VA 9 finished lumber, $17.50 to $30.00 rough lumber, $13.50 to $17.50 pe ides, $3.00 to $4.00 per 1000. oi*s, sash and blinds. All kinds a you anticipate building, now is t me. Building material is cont illy advancing. E LUMBER & IF ' v a " " . * ' . ' ' ' ' -'*?? ' ', ; :?: French Sta 069, the Imported French Coac nt season at the Stables of the ur a superb animal, bay, star, both 1 1902. Bred by M. Foutaine, Dep >y the Government Stallion Tyrol m Gastadoure by Gastadour. t to raise fine stock, now is your < -Elliott Mule Con C., April 26, 1907. TER.ESTW mm ae next few week make prices as foil 5.00 Oxfords 3.50 Oxfords 2.50 Oxfords ?3.00 and #3.50 Oxfords #2.50 Oxfords lots in ladies white and bl e price?75c and up. hite 15 and 20c Lawn to go ; \ing in colored lawns at lei 2 had from manufacturer, g in the shape of clothing, .-ceived line of notion sai in these. See them be fori Yours Respectfull; i lerburk Corr V ~4 ASH, ETC. per 1000 feet. :r 1000 feet nd prices. he inB. CO. - . A ' ' V *' " : < : m [lion h Stallion, will idersigned. lind feet white; artment of Cal, dam Fugitive jpportunity. lpantj. IG ^ m s we are ows: - #3-75 2.50. 2.00. - 2.00. 1.75. lack Slippers ;it OIH Prir/>c ss than same Cut prices m pics?some e they are all ipany