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THE COTTON INDUSTRY Washington, D. C., Jan. 8.-A bul letin soon to be issued by Director Samle L. Rogers of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, and prepared under the cupervision of Mr. William L. Austin, chief statis tician in charge of the inquiry, shows, for the American crop of 1917, a pro duction of 11,248,242 running bales of cotton, counting round as half bales (equivalent to 11,302,375 bales of 500 pounds each, gross weight), worth $1,532,690,000 to the growers, and of S 0 '0.000 tons of cottonseed, worth $3:'3,550,000; and for the "cotton ynar" ended July 31, 1918, a consump tion of 6,56(;,489 bales (excluding linters), exports of 4.288,420 bales, net imports of 217,381 bales. stocks on hand at the oeginning of the year of 2,720,173 bales and at the and of the year of 3,450,188 bales, and cot ton spindles active at some time dur ia the year to the number of 34,542, 655. For the 'tire world the pro ducticn of lint cotton 'estined for fac tory use was 17,410,000 and the mill co'nsumltion 17,701,(000 baled of 500 pou\nds nct weight. The American crop of 1917 fell b low that of 11)10 by f47,555 eqiva! ent 500-pound hales. or 1.3 per cent, but exceeded that of 1915 by 110,555 t hi les, or I per cent. Each of these three crops was smaller than that of any year from 1910 to 1911, inclusive. I exas alone prozaced :3,125,378 eu'niivalent 500-pound hales, or nearly 23 pr cent of the totai eron of 1917; and three states-Georgia, South Carolhna, and ''exas, each with an outnut of more than a million bales produced 55 per cent. (alifornin, with a production of 57,820 bales in 1917, on tranked Fllorida and Virginia. Cot ton growing in Ai izona has made rapid progress during recent years. The production in that ntate in 1917, 21,737 equivalent 500-pound bales, t was. for the first time, greater than 1 the Virginia crop, 18,777 bales. The crops of Alaha:a, Arkansas, Fi'oria, Mlissouri, North Carolina, 'lenllessee, Texas, anted Virginia were t smaller in 1917 than in 1910; but Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisi ana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and South 1 Carolina showed increases. Acreage and Yicl( l'er Acre. f According to the revised est imatas I of the Department of Agricultur. the aereage from which the crop of 1917 was harvested amounted to 33,841,000 < The Strong Withstand the Winter Cold Better Than the Weak You must have Health, Strength and En durance to fight Colds. Grip and Influenza. When your blood is not in a healthy condition and does not circulate properly, your system is unable to withstand the Winter cold. GROVE'S TASTELESS Chill TONIC Fortifies the System Against Colds, Grip and Influenza by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. It contains the well-known tonic prop erties of Quinine and Iron in a form acceptable to the most delicate stomach, and is pleasant to take. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. 6Oc. 1919 To the Farmers of Clare T are ready to sell y ALL, FERTIIZERS Al TERIAL for cash or' 0n11 We handle: PULVERIZED) FLO)RID. S32 per' cent. PHIOS. AC] PHfOS. BLOOD), TANKAGE, 1A ALL GRtADES OF AMV We can also no0w sup1) OF SOD)A. It will pay youl to get ( WRITE-PH ON E-OI H ARBY D~ealer's and~ RED) CED)AR We give special attention to at LECTI" Redo Cedar Shingles; promi mistake in ordering "Ti1IIllo) miers guaranteed by our name, hy tation. Write us NOW. *Carolina Portland ( Charlestm -the smallest,~vith the exception of hat for 1915, shown for any year ince 1910. The outbreak of the Euro >ean war brought about a demoraliz ad condition in the market, which had he effect of cutting down cotton )lanting in 1915, the acreage harvest Ad that year being only 31,412,000, is against 36,832,000 for the preced ng year. In 1916 there was a con siderable increase, to 34,985,000, but he following year witnessed a de :line to 33,841,000 in the acreage har rested. The acreage planted last year vas 34,925,000, of which about 3 per -ent was abandoned. The acreage slanted in 1918, 37,073,000, represents in increase of G per cent over 1917. The average production of lint per sere in 1917, as estimated by the De artment of Agriculture, was 160 sounds, which compares with 157 )oinds in 1916, 170 in 1915, and 209 n 1914. The average yield per acre n I.ouisiana in 1917 was 210 pounds, n South Carolina 208 pounds, in Worth Carolina 191 pounds, in Mis ouri 190 pounds, and in Arizona and aIifornin, where cotton is grown on rrigated land, 285 ant 242 pounds, -espectively. When conditions are 'avorable, the yield of cotton in some ocalities approaches a bale to the were. This is largely the result of mproveil cultural methods, which in -hwde thorough preparation of the soil, he use of commercial fertilizers, ro ation of cotton with leguminous 'rops, and frequent and intelligent 'alt ivation. With the more general idopt ion of intensive farming, there nmy he a large increase in production vithout any general extension of tereage. Consumption and Exports. D)uring the year ended July 31, 918, the mills of the United States onsumed 6,566G,489 running bales of otton. Phis consumption comprised i,296,756 bales of domestic upland otton, 85,939 bales of sea-island cot on, and 183,791 bales of foreign cot on. In addition, 1,118,810 bales of inters were consumed. The stocks eld in the country on .uly 31, 1918, Lggregated 3.450.188 bales of lint cot on and 439,917 bales of linters. The exports during the fiscal year nded ltune 30. 1918, 4,641,023 equiva ent 500-pound bales, were less than or nit.' preceding year since 1893, and cll l:low those of 1917 (6,176.162 les) by nearly 25 per cent. The 're''test amount of cotton exported urimr anv fiscal year in the history f the industry is shown for 1912 1.070.251 bales. For the following I ERS! 1920 n(1on1 County: >u your reCqulirenments ofi V4D FERTIIZER MA IPProve'd collater al. ' A1 PHOSPHATE ROCK, D), 16 per cent ACID!I IURIA TE OF POTASH. I MONIA TED) GOOD)S. ! >ly you with N ITRATE| illr prices beCfore placinlg & Co., Distribu~lters, [R, S. C. SHNGE ShLECTS".StsidCso inspection, b~y adlvertised repu 'ement Company "BEST MEDICINE FOR WOMEN" What Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Did For Ohio Woman. Portsmouth, Ohio.-" I suffered from irregularities, pains in my side and was so weak at times I could hardly g ot around to do my work, and as I had four in my family and three boarder: it mado it very hard for me. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound was recommended to me. I took it and it has restored my health. It is certainly the best medicine for woman's ailments I ever saW."-Mrs. SARA SlIAw, R. No. 1, Portsmouth, Ohio. Mrs. Shaw proved the merit of this medicine and wrote this letter in order that other suffering women may find relief as she did. Women who are suffering as she was should not drag along from day to day without giving this famous root and herb remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound, a trial. For special advice in regard to such ailments write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,Lynn, Mass. The result of its forty years "xnorienen is at your service. rear the exports fell to 9,124,591 )ales, and during the fiscal year 1914, vhich ended just prior to the out >reak of the European war, 9,521,881 ales were exported. Since that year he exports have declined, although 1917 showed a slight increase as com Iared with 1916. Less than half as nuch cotton was exported in the fiscal rear 1918 as in the fiscal year 1914. The items which make up the 1918 otal are: Exports to the United Kinkdom, 2,387,101 bales; to France. 158,553; to Italy, 369,213; to Spain, ?59,19.1; to Russia, 15,945; to Holland, 10,098; to other European countries, 2,572; to Japan, 583.5.1(; to Canada, 119,973; to Mexico, 10.706; and to all >her countries, 14,122. The exports .o Belgium, Germany, and Austria Iunigary dropped to very small imounts (luring the fiscal year 1915 the first. month of which, July, 1914, >receded the outbreak of the war) mi1d since that year no exports what Yver to those countries have been nade. The only countries the ex iorts to which during the fiscal year 1918 exceeded those during the pre 'e(hng year were ,Japan, Canada, and Uex ico. Cotton Manufacturing. Massachusetts still retains its su *aremacy in cotton manufacturing, the 'onsumption by its mils during the year ended July 31, 1918, being 1,493, 113 bales, including linters. Next in )rder were North Carolina, with I. 186,31.1 bales; South Carolina, with 1;92,532; and Georgia, with 880,395. The mill consumption in these four states alone represents nearly three fifths of the total for the country. since 1912 the annual consumption of ot ton in the cotton-growing states has amounted to more than half the total of r the United States, the pro portion for 1918 heing 57 per cent. Cottonseed and Its Products. Of a total of 5,040,000 tons of seed produced in 1917, 4,251,680 tons, or 44 per cent, were crushed. The pro riucts manufactured were valued at $360,736,00--an amount approxi mately 25 -per cent greater than that for 19)16 and twice as great as that for 1915. This increase in value, how ever, was due 1(o the great advances in the prices of the several products. T'his total was made up of the follow ing items: Cottonseed oil, $217,902, [100; eake and meal, $97,352,000; hulls, $ 18,878,00(0; 1 inter's, $26,604,000, The riuantity of (each produet, except hulls, World War History ZompiIlete P'ictorial, A uthentic. Giving in account oIf every phase of the WORLD) WA R for' liberty. Agents wanted to sell this Wondecrful HIis ory. Write quick for free outfit, or if you plrefer the hest outfit which .vill hell) you to secure dlouble the sub cribers, sendl 25c postage. R. L. Phillips Publishing Co. tlanta, Ga. Waco, Tlexas Address Atlanta Office, Dept. One Professional Cards DuiRANTI & ELLERBJE Attorneys at Law MANNING, S. C. t. 0. Purdy. S. Oliver O'Blryans PIURDY & O'BRtYAN Attorneys andl Counselors at Law. MANNING, S. C. FRED) LESESNE Attorney at Law [,oans Negotiated oii Mortgages of Real Estate )ffice Over Ilomie IBank & Tfrust Co. MANNING, S. C. DR. .J. A. COLE, Dentist, MANNING, S. C. Upstairs Over Weinberg's Corner J. W. WIDEMAN, Attorney at Law M ANNING, . C. showed a decrease as compared with the preceding year; but the total value, as well as the value of each product except linters, represented an increase. The production of linters increased from year to year between 1909 and 1916, when the total output amounted to 1,273,345 bales, valued at $45,193,000; but the production in 1917 fell to 1,080,802 bales, valued at $26,604,000. Exports of cottonseed during the fiscal year ended June 80,1918, aggre gated 783 tons; of cottonseed oil, 13, 437,331 gallons; and of cottonseed cake and meal, 22,340 tons. The ex ports of oil and of cake and meal were very much less in the fiscal year 1918 than during any other preced ing similar period in recent years. o Lane Can't Come. Columbia, Jan. G.-Governor Mann ing received a letter this morning from Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior, in which ths Secretary regretted his inability to comply with the invitation from Governor Mann ing to come to Columbia and deliver an address on the subject of"Illiter acy." For a time Secretary Lane thought it would be possible for him to get off, but was later compelled to decline the invitation. Aviator Killed. Memphis, Tenn., Jan. G.-Il. A. lins, of Passaic, N. .J., an aviator cadet, was kilied and Cadet Caperton, of New York city, was seriously in jured when the airplane in which they were flying fell from a height of 2,000 feet a short distance .rom Park Field, near Memphis today. 0 BELOW ZERO WEATHER ON AMERICAN FRONT With the American Forces on the Dvina Front, Jan. 5.--Below zero wenther descended today on this front, with the American forces still hold ing the territory gained in last week's offensive, when the vilinge of Kadish was recaptured. The headquarters report today an nounced the military situation un changed. 'T'here is more Catarrh in this sec tion of the country than all other dis eases put together, and for years it was supposed to be incurable. Doc tors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing to cure with local treatment, pronounced it incurable. Catarrh is a local disease, greatly in fluenced by constitutional conditions and therefore requires constitutional treatnme(nt. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, manufactured by F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is a constitutional rem edy, is taken internally and acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Oe Ilundred Dollars reward is offered for any case that hall's Catarrh Medicine fails to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials. F. J. ('IIENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constipation. NOTICE OF DISCIIARGE. I will apply to the Judge of Pro bate for Clarendon County on the 27th day of .January, 1919, at 11 o'clowk A. M. for Letters of Discharge as Ad ministrator of the Estate of J. E1.bert Davis, deceased. Julius S. Davis, Administrator. Manning, S. C., Dec. 30, 1918.--pd. NOTICE TO CREDITORS All persons having claims against the Estate of Thomas N. Smith, de, ceased, will present them duly attest ed and those owning saidl Estate wvill make payment to the undersigned qualified Administratrix of the said Estate. MARY L. SMITH, Sumtr, S C., Adminictratrix 103 S. Magnolia St. AIDMINISTiRATIOR'S SA LE. Pursuant to an order of .J. M. Wind ham, .Judge of Probate, I will sell te the highest bidder, for cash, at th( residlence of the late Thomas N. Smith, on Tuesday, the 14lth of Jan uary, 1919, at 11 o'clock, A. M., the following personal property, one lot of hay, one lot of fodder and tops about 180 bushels corn, one hoirse, one buggy and harness, II bushels wheat lot of 1plow stocks and1( plantation tools one sow and five shoats, 1 ,000 tobacc sticks, set tobacero barn dlues, one lot of household furniture, two rolls of hog wire. MARY L. SMITHl. D~ec. 27th, 1918. ODW FORTI ET H WuuuANNIVERSARY Seed Catalog Gives the fullest and most up-to-dlate information, not only about Seeds that can be Iplanted to advantage, bit Ialso about crops that prom.. ise to give the largest pr-of its (luring the coming year. OUR 40 YEARS' EXPER!ENCE, and an eqluipment that Is uinsur passed In thIs country, glvo us un equalled advantages for supplyIng THE BEST OF Farm and Garden Seeds Write for Catalog and PrIces of GRASS and CLOVER SEEDS, 8EED OATS, SEED CORN and.8EED POTATOES. Catalog Malled Free on Request. T. W. Wood & Sons, SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. 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