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WILL DO THE WORK THAT IS WHAT IS CLAIMED FOR THE COTTON PICKER. Full Description of the Machine Written for tlio Technical World Magazine. The following description of the *1V n \ Ulll|;ivic F 1UIV AII Jlft" chine written ior the Technical World Magazine by Carl Crow will be read with interest by all, as we are interested in the picking of cotton : "In my opinion Mr. Campbell has invented a machine that will mean es much to the cotton pro lucer as the harvester has been to the grain producer. It will mean that one man can go in'o the field and pick as much cotton in one day as 20 or 30 men can pick by hand in one day, and the total operating expenses of the machine in one day, in my opinion. has* d on my actual experiences, will not exceed $10 a day, and the cost of picking the same amount of cotton by hand, figuring on one-half .bale to the acre, would be not less than $4^. 1 believe it would not take a Solomon to see that this difference would mean a net profit of $3 8 on one day's operation, to say nothing of the trouble tbat the producer is compelled to go to to secure these hand pickers and to provide a place for th em to live, and many other annoyau es that are familiar to the man v th a laree cotton acreage." Durug the cotton picking season of 1910 the Price-Campbell Machine was in almost continual operation In Texas, moving from one farm to another, much as the self-binders or the threshing machines move in the Northern States. During the Texas State fair, which Is held in Dallas during each October, the machine gave daily demonstrations which were visited by thousands of skeptical farmers, many of them suffering from "misery in the back" because of man* seasons of cotton picking by hand. j\ more SKepncai, doubting Jury was never before empaneled than Ihis one. yet their verdict was unanimous in favor of the machine. Farmer f"otn a hundred cotton planting neighborhoods visited the machine every day and went hack home to to'I their neighbors that at last the impossible had been accomplished with the invention of a machine which would pick cotton. The machine itself is built on a chassis of about, the dimensions of a 60-horsepower automobile. The wheels are steel traction and the axles are high enough to pass over the cotton stalks without breaking them In the places where the dashboard of an automobile would he are the i ' flocking steel fingers which pin k th~? cotton from tlie opened bolls nd a conveyor which carries the lo hs to two bins or sacks suspended from the rear of the machine. As fast as filled these sacks are d > ached and replaced. In front sits the one operator with a steering wheel ml throttle in ecsy access. The onarno is mounted just to the rear of 'he driver as .1 is connected by me ,ns of a chain drive. M-pv obstacles are found to the JTIU-l-?-1 II I uptTil I 11)11 t>I a COIIOIl piCKing 1 nchino. In the first place, cotIon <* not ripen all at once, as is the case with wheat and corn and other rops. In July the bolls which are n. ^st the ground and therefore the farthest advanced may be ready foe the pickers. On top of the same plant will lie many bowers and green bolls. It is important that the picker take the locks from the ripened bolls without harming the flowers, the igreen Ivlls or the plant itself. Again the <o on plant, though sown in parallel rows, like corn, has a great lateral growth and ripened bolls may be hidden by the more rapid growth of branches of the plant above The machine must not only pick all hit is in sight, hut it must do in : iis steel fingers must creep hene.t' the branches and pick out that which is hidden. This the Frice-Camphe'l machine does, host now its flexible steel fingers ae ;tilre this almost human touch 1 do not understand, though 1 ha\i seen. I believe that if Angus Cnmi'*'l had invented the cotton pick J00 years ago he would have bet i ! tnged as a disciple of 'lie devil and l,;s machine burned in front of the nearest cathedral. \a J understand it. the PriceOn ini1'" 11 cotton nicker docs not em body any strikingly novel features. Indeed, every mechanical dis.-overy had b ?*n utilized by former inventors. Different ones sought to solve the proi leiu by ns'ng magnetism, electricity and pneumatics. One of the latter class of inventors preceded the vacuum cleaner by patenting a machine designed on the same principle. The contraption provided two seats in the rear for hoys who atmed the point of the business end of the suction pipes at the opened bolls, secur'ing their transportation to the wheezing Interior of the machine. The machine was a success, but so much depended upon the agility of the lads who handled the suction plpee that it never proved any faster than the ordinary negro picker. The Price-Campbell machine seem* to be a success because of the fact II-.. TOLL OF THE SEA MAHINE DISASTERS WILL TOTAL OVER $30,000,000. The Fondering of Three Vessels?the I'orclless, the Wwratah and the Kurdistan The ye.tr 1910 will rank as one of the blackest In the history of Lloyds, blacker even than 1909. which was one of the worst since the inception of the great maritime institution. The tale of sea disasters makes sad reading. The casualties both to life and property have been numerous? so numerous that even experts are disinclined to calculate the actual financial loss involved. Hut a close perusal of the list brings out the astonishing fact that the more prominent losses of the year alone account for no less a sum than $15,000,000. The minor casualties. however, make tip in number what they lack in fln?ancial importance, with the rec.'lt that they swell the total approximately to 0,000,000. This figure, huge as it is, by so means represents the actual loss of the year to the skipping world. Many vessels there are which go to sea whose owners have not safeguarded their interests by insurance and the loss of which, if taken into consideration, would add considerable to the aggregate. According to one member of the Lloyds (he claims settled on the hulls 1 of steamers during the last few months have been quite unprecedented. Added to this is the fact that during this year (lie cost of repairs 1 to damaged vessels is infinitely greater than has ever yet been known 1Hrt nncn TU. - I . ' . ? ...? ^?oc. in*- ii-iimjii ase n nen I is the increased cost of labor and I materials, caused chiefly by the unrest in the labor world. The biggest loss of the year was ' undoubtedly the Aberdeen l'ncr Pericles, which sank after striking a 1 sunken reef off the coast of An?tralia. The vessel carried a valuable 1 cargo, which, with the hull, was valued at over $3,250,000. N'ext in importance came the illfated l.und liner Waratah, the 1 claims on which, amounting to about $1,500,000, were not settled until ' this year. The steamer Kurdistan, ' which foundered while bound front ' Manchester to the Persian gulf, also ' accounted for no less than $1,500,000. that the inventor has worked carefully over every detail of the construction for eleven years. Of course, the machine is not perfect, but tests; have proved it to be far superior to j the old hand-picking method. Not | long ago t wo hales of cotton were I picked from the same Texas field, one by negroes, tlie other by the machine. The bales were tinned separately and then sent to the Wamsutta mills, at New Red ford. Mass., for a thorough test. Accurate account was kept of the waste in all the processes j at the mill and it was found that the percentage was in favor of the machine-picked cotton, its percentage Doing .0792, while the hand-picked bale showed a loss of .092 0 per cent. Further teats showed that the breaking strength of the machine-picked cotton is greater. The waste in tho cotton field has , been mentioned as five to ten per ! cent, which is usually no larger than i when the average shiftless negro is employed to do the work. Reing a traction machine, the picker cm not operate on soft ground, but rains will retard hand picking an well. I Neither can it operate on hilly country for tho same reason that early ' automobiles could not climb hills. Doubtless much of the heavy weight its 30-horsepower engine now carries will later l?e eliminated, just as the weights of the other machines! have grown gradually less. | You could scarcely lift the first typewriter from the floor, but yon can buy good one now with a weight of less then six pounds. The gul ; leys which now would impede the! passage of the machine through the average cotton patch may be filled i up or replaced with tiling just as | has been done with wheat fields. I i There are not enough hills in the I i cotton produt ing country to constitute any serious obstacle to the general use of the machine. When Campbell started in to invent a cotton picker be didn t stop with that one task accomplished. While studying the growth of the cotton plant., with a view to invent ins a picker he saw that much of the other -vork done in connection with the crop could be performed ! with a machine. To make a machine pick cotton was the most difficult, so after he completed it to its present stago of perfection he made it a handy man of all work around the farm. It will break up the ground with a disc attachment, then plant it, chop it out aft-^r the seeds have come up, pick It when It matures, chop up the stalks when the crop has been picked, and then when the season is over it can lie put In the barn and with a belt around its by wheels, l^s 30 horsepower can ho used to run anything from a power churn to :i cotton gin. Don't mistake 90ft words for tendor loving ways. EXPRESS RATES DROP FEAR OF PARCEL POST CAUSES COMPANIES TO ACT. Won New Schedule (Joes Into Effect Only One Charge Will Re Made on ShipunicntfKOfhcers and representatives of nearly all the transcontinental express companies met in New York city this week and agreed upon a reduction of ratee that means the abolishing of the so-called "doubleguarantee charge." At present charges are made on a package by each and all companies that handle it. The new rate will he the minimum charge for carrying the pack ?i;?- ireiwirn lnirr-coni pany points on the bnsis of the single company charge. On an average, it is said, the reduction to the ordinary Bkipper will mean, in the course of a ear, a saving of lve to seven per cent on hi3 expressage expenditures. The action follows an investigation by the Interstate Conunerce commission which was brought about by complaints from thousands of shippers throughout the country. It has always heen customary when express shipments were handled by two or more companies wher? joint rates were not in effect to make the charge equal to the sum of the local charges for each company. Under the new plan onlv onn charge will be made. An example is made of the shipment of a ten pound package from Plainfleld, N. J., to Boston. Mass., by way of New York city. The present rate. Plainfleld to New York, is flO cents: from New York to Boston, by way of another company. 45 cents, thus bringing the total charge to 75 cents. Under the ,i"w tariffs the distance would be considered from Plainfleld to Boston direct, as If one company handled the package, which would bring the charge to 55 cents, a difference of 20 cents. The real cause of the change of rate on the part of the express companies may he traced to their fear that the Government will carry Ps parcel post experiments to a successful result. At present this Government lias agreements with ail the civilized countries of the world concerning receiving and sending packages by mail. Under this system it costs 04 cents to send a four-pound paCKage through the mails betweei any two points in the United States. The sanio p.irkage could be mailed to Berlin. Germany, for 4 8 cents because of tha German parcel post system. Such Irregularities as these and the fact t.hat the Wells Farso Express company paid a dividend of 200 per cent last year and the Adan.s Express people one of 200 per cent on four per cent bonds in 1007, made it possible for the Interstate Commerce commission to force some reduction. It is still maintained that the express companies contribute to railroad graft and further changes in rates may be expected. .Imli* Hubert K. Copes. The News and Courier pays an unstinted and deserved tribute to the new JudRe of this circuit. Here Is what it sa/s about him: "Robert E. Copes, of Orangeburg, elected Wednesday by the General Assembly JudRe of the First Circuit, to Til the vacancy caused by the death of Judge Charles G. Dantzler, is one of the youngest men ever elected to the Bench in South Carolina, being but slightly more than 2.1 years of age. "Judge Cope's education, bagtin 111 mi' ecuuois at ?irangeDurg, wan completed at Wofford College. Me read law under llaysor and Summers, the well known Orangeburg Ann, and was admitted to the Bar in After serving one term as County jTreasurer, succeeding his lamented i father. Judge Copes was. in 10<tL', [elected probate judge and master, which office he sirtce has held conjtinuously, having been reelected in I 1910. ' "Although In the actual practice of his profession Judge Copes' experience his been somewhat limited. | on account of his early entrance lotto politics, his duties as jud-'e of 'probate and master of one of the largest and most important counties jln the State, where frequently he I was called upon to solve Intricate legal problems, have undoubtedly served to give his mind a judicial training and perhaps better equip him for his new duties than if he were called directly from the ranks of active practitioners. "A student and a thinker, of unspotted character, of a qu'et disposition. and possessing an attractive personality. Judge Copes is hound to be well received In every part ol the State where his duties will coil him and will add dignity and ability to the Bench of South Carolina." 1 v i 1 i <-< 1 l>\ Purine. At Newberry John Pope, colored, was struck by Columbia, Newberry l^aurens engine No. 3. backing in I front the Mollohon mill, just below the Moundary street bridge, and killed Thursday afternoon. He was {about 4."> years old. | Don't fear to soil your bands in helpfulness if you would avoid de filing your heart. THEY ARE AT OUTS JIM TILLMAN THINKS HIS UNCLE SHOWS INGRATITUDE. KxclmnKiiiK Compliments of ilio State* Senator, Nephew and Uncle, Exchanging Couiplimncts 11 The Spartanburg Journal says 1 that when Col. James H. Tillman, ! who La 111 iu Asheville. saw the state- M ment to the ecect that he was ilyiug <j In a lonely cottage, poverty stricken i and friendless he replied through ] the press that this was a mistake. J And when Senator Benjamin It. Till- ] man was asked about this statement i bo replied, as stated in the Journal ^ Saturday afternoon. He Is reaping j what he has sown. Nemesis Is dog- \ ring his footsteps and will dog them !j to the grave." N On learning that the Senator had made this remark about him, James a Tillman called his sister, "Mrs. Geo. 2 A. Hunch, of this city over long dis- 1 tanco phone and said to her: "Sen- 2 ator Tillman can go to hades. He { has not yet reaped what ho has sown 2 aud when he does, it will he much 3 bitter than that which James H. Till- 2 man Is reaping. Ho thinks that he 1 Is fooling his Jesus but he is not." Mrs. Bunch in an interview with a reporter for the Journal said: "It is a poor kind of gratitude that Senator Tillman is showing but we are f not asking for anything. Ho seems to have forgotten that James Till- ~ man is his own nephew and that Col. George Tillman, father of James Tillman, an dmy father, and an older brother of Senator Tillman was more " like a father to him than a brother. ^ Why ho assisted him in an educational manner and helped him financially and politically. Ho borrowed money from him when lie made the * race from liitn when he made the race for the governorshjp of South Carolina. "If this brnnch of the Tjllman ~ family was as anxious for publicity ' and wanted to get in the limelight as much as Senator Tillman floes, some sartling revelations might be made public. Things of which the " publje has never dreamed of. * "James Tillman does not need any money from Senator Tillman nor has ho asked anything of the Senator. Fntliermore he will not ask - ...........is "i ofuuLiir tinman. n was ' on account of Hon Tillman that James Tillman first got into his trouble and he was being used as a tool by Hen when his downfall in the political world started. James was fol- lowing the advice of Senator Tillman ' and was not heeding the advice of his own father. Yes, it is hard to believe that tills is the kind of gratitude that is being shown for it and it seems hard to believe that Ren Tillman would say: "Ho is reaping V what he has sown." "1 have just returned from Aslieville." continued James Tillman's sister," where 1 have been some time with my brother. His health is fine. 1 have never seen more marked im- / provement in any man. Why. when he was carried thero it. was on a stretcher and the man was scarcely able to lift his head. It was necessary to get him out of the train on tlie stretcher and his condition was 1 grave. Now he is able to sit up on the porch and eat many things. He was well enough to phone to me Saturday night. And It will he seon that his health must be pretty good, as a sick man could not write a reply to a published statement as James did. m- mis everytning he wants, Including the services of Dr. Carl Reynolds, one of the best physicians In Asheville and a trained nurse. It is true that we changed nursese but it was because the previous one was < too meddlesome and it is said, that she wrote to Senator Tillman for money. If she did it was without the knowledge of James or myself. She perhaps was trying to obtain other money from the senator to us?-|, for herself. Since she left we have learned how this same nurse was discharged from a hospital in Baltimore for meddling in some of her patients' private business. "James lives in a nice little cottage which is very comfortable, lie jhus nnore fruits and other delicacies J than his physicians will allow him to eat. The statement that he is friendless and dyinr in poverty is the most absurd thing that I have heard in all my life." Mrs. Hunch continued: "The first statement that we saw appeared in an afternoon paper in Asheville. I ' was on the point of leaving and had 1 already hoarded a train when James sent a message to the station asking " ire to come back for another dav The shook at seeing lios in print made him worse for tlio time and the excitement that it brought on did him no Rood. 1 stayed several days longer with him in Ashevllle and will go back to him at any time I can bo of service to him or can help him in any manner." * A dispatch from the Philippines says General Pershing, commander of the department of Mindanao, has ended the punitive campaign in the Davao district, having killed or oapi tared all the marauders and dispersed all the lawless Manabo bands. Just such dispatches as the above use to be sent out by Spain when she owned the islands. We then eonI detuned them. I Burduco Li\ A scientifically prepared rerr stipation, Dyspepsia, Nerv< Coated Tongue, Bad TasU > : Mild and ; No Griping Makes a Swee Pretty Coi J Sold by all medicin ! BURWELL & MANUFAC > Charlotte iLASSlFIEQ COLUMN "or Sale?Pure Ki*g Cotton Seed at * $1.00 per bushel. Address, J. J. Elttlejohn, .lonesvllle, S. C. 'o. 1 Mammoth Yellow Soja Hcnim $2.2f? per bushel f. o. l?. here. E. C. Carter, Fairfield, N. C. lubber Stumps?Your name 9 cents, with your full address, 1 r? cents. P. O. Hot 122, Hack Hay, Hoston, ' '.Mass. ndian Runner Duck Eggs Tor hatcning, $2.00 per dozen. Descriptive leaflet free. CI. C. Vowell, Ellenton, Fla. lend names and address of ten heads of fam'lies. 1 will send yu free one Beautiful Tea Spoon. Ciiiy ' Mnyberry, Newberry, Ind. 'rushed Oyster Shells lor Poultry Oao hnndreo pounds, sixty cen^ flro hundred pounds. $2.50. Prer lauer, T^s"hlcott? & Co., Waverl* Mills. F C. lice Flour, 100 tons fresh. Ric Flour, Hay, Grain, Bran, Chops C. S. Meal and etc . \lbert. Bl? choff and Co., 31 Elizabeth Street Charleston. S. C. , Vonien, sell guaranteed hose. 70 per cent, profit Make $20 uallv Full or part time. Beginners l?s regtlgate. Strong Hosiery. Bo* 4029, West Philadelphia. Pa. tgent*?Why don't you sell novelties that sell on sight? Quick salea nnd great prollts Send today for catalogue. Zeigler Drug and Novelty Co., Manning, S. C. The Dittle Tell Tale which tells the Truth. A complete egg record of the day, the week, the month, and the year. Price 10c. Address, Mrs. M. B. Roberts, Dade City, Fla. rim High Point Detective Aircucv r?" Columbia ioei a reuer&l deteotiv? business. White and colored d* tectives at your eonreniemWrite ns. W. S. Taylor, Mknatr Columbia. S. C. Girl or Woman each locality; good pay made, at ting as Roprosentatire: address envelopes, fold, mall circulars. Material, stamps, fur nished free Rex Mailing Agency, London. Ontario. Lulling' Aiisglo t omli Rhode itizoi Reds and "Crystal" White Orp'nr tons win and lay when ?the^i full, stock i'?d egg* for ado. *c; ' for matin; list. (J. A. Dobbs. Hox 11. 24.. Gainesville. Ga. Farm, Fruit and Truck Lands In ( Hillshorougli County, Florida. I Write me your desires. Can fill j any requirement. J. R. Snyder, I Llniona, (near Tampa) Florida. Correspondence solicited. N'orlli Sii??e Life Insurance ('<?., of Kingston, N*. C.. operates only in the two Carolinas and has more Carolina Uvea insured than auv other Carolina cofpany. A*onts wanted where the company 'a not ' w represented. Farm LnntK?I have for sale niagnlfeent larni lands in South and Southwest Georgia, the best cotton growing part of the State. These lands are perfertly level and can be brought up to any state of cultivation. Smith 1). Pickett. Km pi re Life Building, Atlanta, Ga. Lents anted?Make big mut.ej ?In* photo pillow tops fhc: kmides, 2E>c: portraits. 35c: olWt.o? 30c. We produce works of ar' guaranteed, lowest prices, large* studio, prompt service, credit gi? en; samples; portrait and fram- t i > < er Powder. II < < i ledy for Billiousness, Con- ? his and Sick Headache, and Stomach Diseases. < < i ( Gentle. < no Nausea. * * t Breath and I: < nplexion. I: < > 4 > e dealers at 25c. < < > i DUNN CO. | TURERS, l| !, N. C. | ( << >?- >? catalogue free. Hitter's Art Studio. 12 18 Madison. Chicago. Ill iood l.lve Agents wanted In every town to sell a nierltorlouB line of medicines extensively advertised and used by every family and In the stable. An excentlonal opportunity for the right parties to make good money. Write at once for proposition to L. B. Martin, Box 110. Richmond Va In order to introduce my high grade Succession Flat Dutch and Wakefield Cabbage Plants to .hose who have not used them before I will give with each first orde- for s thousand plants at a $1.25, a dollar's worth of vegetable and flowet toed absolutely free. W. R. Hart, Plant Orowor. Knterprlse P. O., a o IVitntcd?Fverv man. woman an# child In South Carolina to know that tho "Alco" brand of Sash, Poors and Blinds are the beat nnd arv made only by the Augusta 1-uinbtM Company, who manufacture everything In Lumber an* Mill work and *!"> ? ?<?rhword 'r "Quality." Write Augusta Lumber Company, Augusta, Georgia, for prlcer on any order, large > -mill ^ U'unti <1 Live, energetic men, to represent reliable old line life insurance company. Very attractive contract; experience unnecessary. More money made by the hustling agent than any other line of business. All forms of policies written. The joint life policy a specialty. Call at 14 21* Main street, or write J. \V. I.add. Slate Agent. Manhattan Life Insurance Co., Columbia, S. C. -MfMI Manager Frank J. Sliaughnessy, of llic Virginia League Champions, found Noah's Liniment best for Sors Muscles bruises, scratches, stitTncss. One trial will convince you. Noah's Liniment penetrates. Requires but little rubbing. Here's the Proof "T have had occasion to use Naah's I.lnlment on two of my players' arms, and the result was most Kratlfylriff, Itoth were immediately relieved of surliness and aide to resume throwing with ^'iclr former speed Have also used it mvself, and eonslder It the best linlm-Tit 1 ever tried. It Is fine for bruises, scratches, stiffness, etc. Frank .T. Shau?bnessv, Manav< r, Uoanoko Champions, Koanoko, Va." NimiIi'm I.lnlment Is the best remedy for llheurnatlsm. Sciatica, Lame Hack, Stiff Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, St ruins. Sprains, Cuts, Bruises, I' i.imps, | .. t loom- j<jV'T-Zl 'O* ache a 11 <1 all S-..> \ ? Vc^ Nerve, Hone anil v;~ "*TfMV--vff\ Muscle Actios and Pains. The Ren- ^ 1 t nine has Noah s r'Vnwwjf ^rniUl] Ark on every ^ SVTb package els. I7~yj) W g y_ B Sold hy dealers In / [|T.l medicine. Sam- k L /* 1 I ^1 pie hy mail tree. Noah Remedy Co., U 14 k 11 Richmond. V a. m ' ~tl" MihIi Liquor Money. Columbia got. $92,919.99 In excess of its estimated Income. The dispensary income was estimated at $<>0,000, while tho actual income was $1 24.202.97, from this one source for 1910.