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f .y<? . 1 am 8 atifUd u-|iit you ap-j I'yi.lSe I a commission make a ; tty <k fh examination uJ this "subject, , tot rij; >rt at this Btsstot. Thfc commission 1ms be> n a> tlvoly at 'k during V'' yv?r teeming all i av*l!& ()o inform*U<i. viutivi: t<? t ?io r.praoilqil needs vt thin input tam snt> f Ject, Thin report 1 lut'u not y< t seon.i EtfilH'- i i ; g that On- i . . prudent valuable fact? ami practical recqhatieiidatlons lot no prote< tlon and development of our isli and oyster SljitarcstK. I trust that jovi will tiiku the fcpropOi H I ? .... to i li: . . .U.K.. I. ^xlauoim into off1' ' It ten ii In 1 ^nvluuN. At tho general < lotion <>t lt?04 mi; 'Amendment to tho tonstitutlon pro- ? viding for biennial sellout* ot the gen-. |veral assembly was tubmuted to the, i? People, antl was adopted. A commit- j to? waa appoint ed from both ho us* s .at yoUr last session to icport what: i Amendments to tbo con -illation and I [^Statutes of the StaJ< w . il be neceH- 1 ?fisary and proper to pro\ nle fur such I^Mlorw. 1 trust you v. ill net upon the, ;ir*P9rt of this committee. In order that fho amendment may be om effective fia soon as possible. / I bellovo that bl? niiii i f . ions will ^tfford all tho necessary legislation. ; KhnA ??-- ? - - - no. 1 1 y IcgiSia ;And tho people of iho tftate have ex '?reS8ed themselves in favor of the i^haiige. In this connection 1 renew; Sly recommendation ?r last year that tato officers bo eleeud for a term of tour years, not allowing them to sue- j ceed themselves, t'pon fui her reflec tion,: I would not include the ollices of; Comptroller general and Suite treasurer In this reeommendtttlon with reference to reelection to their respective olllees. 1 IiKM'itdinry l'lrra. The recent law requiring ? he comp ! rrc'.Jcr general n| investigate incendiary Ires has not proved satisfactory, and 10 doubt this officer will suggest noees ftry changes to you. Since the enact- 1 nent of tliis law I have, in many cases, ?fused to offer rewards, believing that I would be proper |oi mo to have the squired legal Investigation made, 'onsideruble expense has been Incurred I conducting these investigations and Kperienco convinces me that this has aen an unwise expenditure. Many res of supposed incendiary origin can isily be traced to some other cause, id In this connection I beg to call nl ntlon to tho fact that the State of Yorl* .has a law requiring all alers to Hell nothing but safe'y tt.Ches. i\recommeiid your favorable S-l 'eratioif .of such a law', especially ;ty matches sol! at about the price as the other variety. .l..NtriitJ Meliuol mill It cforiniilor j. .e bill to establish an Industrial' jolr and reformatory was defeated tho last session of your body he tse you failed to agree upon minor lerences which developed during the Hussion of tills measure. I trust that this session these differences may be listed and the school established, J feel that much Rood would be ac lplished by such a reformatory, o the South Carolina Federation of men's Clubs much credit is 'due the active Interest they have shown tills matter. Confederate ltnnio I-'Iiik*. tiring the past year 1 received a iber of Confederate battle flags, cli Were returned by the war de :ment In accordance with an act of jrc.'ss. These flags I requested tho Wutta Hampton chapter of the 1 laugh ter ? (if tho Confederacy to take tem porary charge ?of. and they have been placed In their relic room 111 the State house. 1 would iccommend Hint suit able glass CHKCS be |i|'OVldu0 lot these iliiKH, In order th.it they lie most cure fully preserved. Tin- J n iii>- nl <> ?> u 1) 1 i?ohI I lou. Our kIhici' State of Virginia has tak? u tin- initiatory hU'|>h to celehiute ili<- es tablishment of the colony at Jainos- 1 tow n, tho nrst permanent Cnglish set tlement made In tho Southern poitlon of tin* I'nited States. The fitting citiii memoratlon of such tin event has a special significance. not only to the original 13 States, hut to every State In the union ulwo. Now that Virginia has taken ofllclal steps to properly cel ebrate this historic event, it litems most appropriate to me that the original 13 States should prompt ly take the lead In making this event all that it should l>e. J Virginia has made a large appropria tion for this purpose, and the congress J of the United States, realizing the his- | torle significance of the proposed cele.- 1 brat ion, has generously assisted. You will have the honor, at Ibis ses- i sion, of receiving envoys from the State o f Virginia, who come to invoke your interest and your aid in the cere monies attendant upon the celebration of this occasion. It Is peculiarly (It ting that South Carolina, of all the Slates, should have a place of consple- ) uoub honor In this event, and I know jou will receive the representatives i from this honored old "Mother of States" with distinguished considera tion. y This event will bo of no ordinary Importance, and the work already ac complished in other States and abroad gives most auspicious promise of an appropriate observance of all which It commemorates.' V ^lyceroly trust that your consideration w||i_glve to South Carolina the position T?PAdeserves In this celebration, and 1 recommend such an appropriation as you may deem nec essary for this purpose. A State Monument at Valley l>'?irge. Gov. Pennypacker of I'onnsylva nla has written me several communi cations relative to the erection of mon uments at Valley Forge by the 13 orig inal States. A recent letter from his excellency advises me that the avenues along the intrenehments are so far completed as to enable each one of the States to mark, with a suitable mon ument, I he location of Its troops. This is a, matter concerning tho his tory of oiAjtState anu Ls submitted lo you for suen consideration n# you may think advisable. t.'oncliiMlon. I have subnijtted to you sucH Infor mation concerning affairs of state as I have deemed necessary for your con sideration. Unto you. the honored rep resentatives of our people, belong the responsible duties of your ofllce as law-makers for your Slate. From your deliberations results must Inevitably come, ami by these results you are to bo judged. Believing that in the discharge of these grave responsibilities you will be guided and controlled by integrity of purposo and fidelity to your trusts In all that you do, I commend the groat interests of our people unto you and await the results with confidence and with hope. D. C. Hey ward, Governor. "LITTLE PITCHERS." By Margaret E. Sautter. Copyright, 1906, by Joseph Ji. Bowles. . <Vt. 'li*-' '' L'i~*irciy and refined than el. 'ile confl ?t\veen parents and children, every liouseliolcl matters come ti should not be discussed In ?nce of Juniors. Tills Is cspe ue when, as sometimes hap 3 older ones are talking over i that conccrn outsidors, either s or friends. If, unfortunate thing' comes to light about a n the community, which that rould naturally prefer to keep It is to the last degree un well as unwise to make any to the subject in the hearing dren. The difference between so far as curiosity Is concern ery marked. An inquisitive i0 ?#a also sedretlve will linger UeUjr observant, hanging conversation of fathor <r, ^nljrvhaif understanding aear?#.*'nd perhaps without ia of she Scraps ? tbalshe has dPt-Mrs pout *T Mrs. ?fad ng am p of inoth you \ .tc you' chers hearing ' jpt in th truthful, [lying Bet ille afro, boy, by call middle ilalmed did not kn jtO U80 ?' til child, lerface, "It and way." urea ,r they the roc ^ ea a jnd soil 1* ^left In icomi reful.j^j iws, whi rtlau<H ear _ lti i therh ire . . in* ft iln< i to ? how rUUl leal more. S, BUt 111 C SI ?vj -<*??? a mm* r ? . nt personage, with exactions and denfii7/dfc that are to bo met, the kindergarten should bpen for it a new world. In the multiform plays and tasks of the kindergarten, with the little tables where clay may be molded and beads may be strung, and pat terns pricked into paper with pins, a child steps into a fascinating realm of its own. Children who are carefully taught in a kindergarten and who are allowed plenty of time for outdoor play, who are healthfully active all day and who go to bed early at night, are not in ntl^h danger of becoming objection able little pitchers. For the children's own sake, they should not too early have burdens* laid upon them that they cannot bear. A woman who has children of her own told me that when she was n little thing of six she was in the room when her parents were somewhat exercised over the payment of a large bill. "I have absolutely no money to meet It," declared the father. For days there af ter the child shuddered whenever she | saw a strange man turn In at the gate, and she was afraid that some dread ful thing was about t?-> happen Sn her homo iong after her light-hearted father and mother had forgotten all | about their transient embarrassment. The whole business of bringing up children bristles with difficulty. If only wo could bo perfect beings our selves the undertaking would not be so arduous, liut we make so many blunders, we are so, ready to leave un^ done' what we ought to do, that our children have a pretty hard time in khelr tyirn. Somehow they scramble up In spite of our mistakes. Heredity has a gootl deal to do, with their success or failure. It is a great thing for a child to have hud worthy grandparents. Training tells, too, but only as we train 'ourselves do we ever succeed In train ing our successors aright. I.lttle I, Illy and Josephine may be told all day long that makes no difference how they look If only they behave well, but If mamma be vain and Inconsiderate they twill probably copy her rather than obey jher precepts. Jack and Horace will not have finer ideals of honor than their [father. I have heard the father of five I sons, between the ages of four and 14, relate with positive tflee a story of gains that he had made through over reaching another in a business trans Action. The little pitchers had big ears, ^tfiey drank In the shameful tale. It Would be too much to expect that later onjthey should go forth Into life with a nonble standard, and a high Ideal of in tegrity. don't care what sort of men boys make, so long as they learn to gbake money and keep It," said another Mother in the hearing of his sons. Not of those boys turned out even de tly. when ho arrived at manhood, make money and to keep it, Is too an Ideal to bo se^ before a grow youth. ok out for tlio little pitchers. It Is tfjrbrth while. m ? The Holiday llarat. Wallace Irwin In Now York Olobe. _Jbe kid comes home from college ?To spend the holidays; The ongressman gits lazy -T'A week or so, and pjays; sport goes to the country ? ~-~eds the change, I guess; i and You and Mlko don't git holiday recess. gits anxious native State money rate). could use COTTON MILLS AND TRADE OF THE WORLD. HY WILLIAM WiilTTAM, JR., EDITOR AMERICAN COTTON MANUFACTURER. Written t(r I he American Cotton Manufacturer. A table showing rn<' coitou imlu-ir} of the world is limine I h<icwiih. Kvon those \vh?< aii- ? - 1 i k ? ? k ? ' ? ? i" t )i ?* i industry seldom realize its gigantic ht/.f. 'I'll.1 r??< ? iit organization of ? 1 1 as sociation of cotton giowi is iii' tins j country has originated /i tiux ot m!s j leading stati'im-nts of dlffct ?-iii sni ts as to the inanntact ni iiij; branch ? ? t t iso li Most of tl:? . I . . 1 1 > ; |it> ? ? I ?< 1 1 1 ?? I their coh.ii.i.s without Mint t>> tli. ?>:!i - i is of t hi f ? ? i i ? a body and while t In hi' u ntiis aic ntiKt cstnna ll>- g. ni Ictnon, it is i'.'j;i . (table that ih. ii iiitofii alloii on th. sulijci l ot tli> w..ii.is f-.itt.'ii 1 1 1 : 1 1 > is i .ot more i'i I'to'ai.d. The tabulated showing niark ? d -i j'a I ? ! i I ' |;i \ cs snim l n t ci . ? t I t?g tin .A, s The World'* Culluu Mill* \? Country (ireni lirltnln 1005 i I'ltlli-rt StaloH, North. . IOoO I'nlted S talon, South.. 1006 Russia 1 yo4 Poland iyu6 derma ny 1 1? ?> 5 France 1003 A u?t rift 1 006 1 1 n ii?a r y 1 006 Sw itzcrlund J 006 Italy I0o:< Spain 1000 Port uk.iI 1 soy Swuvlun . . 1 006 Norway . . ? lO'sil I >?nmark 1 006 I lolland l'j'jii Hel^lum I It o 5 Itoiimanla 1H00 Turkey 1 1? 0 5 G recce 1 0 *1 f> Aft I a Minor 10of> I nd la , . . P.'04 china 1 1(0 I Japan 1 '.hi l Brazil 1001 Cauda 1002 Mexico iou3 M >11 673 ?; r. :i i>(i 3 ? \> 420 1 30 3 ?; k too 2 6 7 16 a 5 t? 8 2 8 43 Table 1. ??> till nit to (lit S|dinll<8. s7 1 1 4,S 1 a.10 I S.O.'id v 7 ;* o r> -i f. 7 7 1 , 2 o s , 6 I 7 ?vS32.ou; ? ? I 60,000 3. 2 so. 330 I < i ; (t ? ? ? ? 1.71 1,300 2.4 36,000 2.o i i.r.no t co, ooo 372.000 87.S32 1)0.000 876,23 I 1,222. 1 3S 40,000 HO, 000 0 70,000 (JO.OftO 6,1 10.121 020, 00u 1,832,600 4 o.ooo 7 7 3,638 ?2S,??HC l.ait-At Known l.m liniii. 1 .noniri 7 o i :{ ,ri 7 34 0 m> 2 17 13 2 4 1 61.677 1 2.00ft 2 I I . S I h 1 (16.000 1 1 0,000 1 7,3s6 1 I 0,000 2,203 ? 1 1 m j ? t 20 100 24,000 2,ioo 4 6.33 7 2,200 2 3.000 1 h 20 7 2 0.2 8 7 l-.il ,0 I o, 10 7. 20 3 .17 7, .360 , 7 0 1 s 4 o, 06o. 0o0 700 4 00 <100 n. mi 300 000 ooo 1 00 00<l 600.00a 880.000 ?>0.000 1 2. OOO 1 *,000 (17,000 I <10,000 23,000 1 3,000 1 8,000 1,744.700 000. 000 260.000 OO.OOii 1 40,000 184,7" Total ' 6.064 1 10,127,146 2,177.01(5 17,61 1,24 1 it will bo quite nil fe to i<ut the total, spindles operated In the factories of the! world at 120,000,000 since there are cot ton mills In Chill and Pern, as well as! at least one establishment in Aus-| tralla, not accounted for in the above! 1 11 1>I ??"?. SitludlcN iiixl CoiiMiiitipliuii 1HO3-0-1. ' TakinK figures not quite so recent j art a starting point but covering a ? period of ten years and grouping the I mills into geographical grand divisions' It Is found that in 18113-9-1 Cl real Hrltaln ! had 45, 190,000 spindles, which consumed 35.99 pounds of cotton per spindle per ! annum. Continental Europe at the same period operated 27,350,000 spindles which used 70.34 pounds of raw material each for the year. British India with 3,676, 000 spindles spun lf>f>.71 pounds of cot ton per spindle during the like period, while In tho same season the United States had in her factories IB, 700,000 spindles, -each of which spun tho equiv alent of 72.82 pounds of cotton during the 12 months. S|>lii(ll?n nuii t'oiiNii mpllon Ten Year* Kilter. The drift of the consumptive power of these same grand divisions as well as the growth in the number of spin dles operated ten years later gives an idea of the rapidly growing importance of the" industry In which our readers are so greatly Interested. In 1902-03 tho record stood: ? Table II. Cotton used . ' ' per spindle Spindles por annum Great Britain .. ..<47.000,000 83.88 lbs. Con. Europe .. ..34,300,000 76.04 lbs. British India .. .. 5,007,000 134.29 lbs. United States .. ..22,000,000 88.41 lbs. The average cotton consumption por splndlo per annum for tho decade Is no less Interesting. It is as follows: Table III. ??Ten years average cotton consump tion per spindle por annum 1893-94 to 1902-03: Great Britain 30.19 lbs. Continental Europe .. 71.89 lbs. British India .. 132.07 lbs. United States .. 84.26 lbs. These statistics show that tho spin ners of Great Britain are gradually lessening their per spindle consump tion, the Inference being that they are devoting themselves more and more to the liner counts of yarns and lighter weight cloths. On the contrary the mills of the continent have enlarged their cotton requirements per unit while India has remained almost sta tionary with a slight tendency, how ever, In the direction of a greater out put per spindle, which Is no doubt traceable to the Increased olliclency of machinery during the decade. In this country Is the most marked growth In per spindle consumption ob servable. The I ncmnan tn tV-Q ten >?ain being 15.59 pounds. This Is probably due to two causes. First, as In India, higher spindle speeds, but second and most Important, the rapid development^ of the industry In the South during tho period under review. Southern mills being coarser than those of New Eng land uso much^more cotton per spin dle. During last season (1904-05) this was strikingly Illustrated when 9,000,000 or so spindles of the South used slight ly more bales than the 15,000,000 spin dles of the rest of the country. EiiKland has recently started a num ber of large new spinning mills which together with those now under con struction In that country will bring her total new spindles to slightly over 6,000,000. On the basis of the British average theso factories will use 338,800 J bales of cotton a year. This will take between 800,000 and 900,000 acres of | land to keep them supplied, counting an average yield of 200 pounds to the acre. Oilier Dt'iluedoiiN I-'rom Tilble 1. The comparisons Just given cannot fail to have more than a passing In terest, especially at this time when j everybody seems to be making more or . less sensible guesses at the size of tiiej American cotton crop now being gatli- j ered. Indulging at the same time In wilder estimates of the world's nor- , null consumption and 'what may be termed the "Invisible supply",, in fac tory warehouses. An approximately accurate exhibit of what has been used In the near past will tend to clear the situation and furnish a basis on which Judgment not altogether based on in- \ accuracies and casual gossip, pro- i mulgated as facts, may be established. Referring to table I. and taking 1.O001 spindles and standard bales of 500 ! pounds each as units to avoid a multi plicity of figures, It Is found that the 1 118,203.746 spindles for which figures of j consumption are available used 148 bales per annum to each thousand j spindles, showing total takings of 17,- 1 611,241 bales. Taking this as a fair] average of the 923,400 spindles, for,, which details of cotton consumed are not supplied, would Indicate an addl- ! tlonal 136,60* bales, making the grand i total requirements of tho mills of the: world /17,647,Mf> bales. A careful In spection of tho average Increase In the use off cotxojn extending over several years has given 400,000 bales iin the i normal annual increase In the demand. j Considering the figures just deduced! as applicable to thin hwihoii'h growth ! thoy indicate that one year with an other the several manufacturing' counties, together with mills built in j lands previously without cotton manu- I ! fact u ring plants, add to the numbor of j i their actual spindles no loss than: I 2,700,000 yearly. Accounting for this steady aud con i siderahle enlargement of the uso of cot- i ton one would naturally Infer that it ! j wax altogether attributable to the con- j ;Ht'antly growing- number of the lnhab : itants of the earth and to the gradual ] bringing under tho Influences of civ- j I lllzation of previously bai barous and > | unclad peoples. While thtd Is to somo | extent true there are other causes not j j li-ss important. The chief of these bo Ing a recognition by tho mass of con ; sinners of the intrinsic value of tho! j staple, together with now uses which I are being discovered almost dally to I which cotton can bo profitably applied. Tlio World1* Cotton Crop. Americans are more than prone to | ! neglect the probable yield of other | countries when collecting data on which j to found tho future value of our own staple. This is not altogether a wise I course to pursuo when we remember ; that altogether we aro by far the larg est growers of the staplo though other countries produco no inconsiderable quantities. To illustrato, last season (1804 05) when the American orop was a record breaking one, tho four leading ootton growing areas produced In round flg ; ures: Table IV. United States 18,657,000 baleB I India 2,917,000 baies I Egypt 829.000 bales j Brazil, Aslatio Russia.. 2,806,000 balos Total 21,169,000 bales These figures of the commercial ] crops of the world show our prepon- j I derlug influence as growers. They j also correct an all too common error. | Many writers and public speakers aro | ! not altogether exact when dealing with this subjcct. It has groWn to be an ] almost settled belief, difficult to change I with most people, that tho South pro I duces from 70 to 80 per cent, of the ] total commercial crop. From table IV. J it Is plain that even during our record year wo only^ralsed 64 per cent, of the commercial Cotton supply of last sea son. New .Source of Cotton Supply. Cotton Is grown In relatively small quantities in many countries seldom heard of as producers of the staplo. Table V .gives a compilation of these j and their estimated output for tho last I three seasons. The slow but steady j increase in yield from year to year is I significant. What the ultimate out { conic of the largo sums now bolng ! spent by European cotton growing as sociations will be It would be wild In- 1 : deed to predict. It Is none the less true) that the high .prices now ruling have 'addod to tho zeal of the managers of those severtrt movements. Table V. New source of cotton supply ? in thousands of balos: I Country 1904-05 1903-04 1902-03 ! Japan 120 120 1201 Korea, etc 400 400 400 1 Indo China .... ? 12 China 1,200 1,200 1,200] Slam ? ? Java .. ? ? 6 Straits gctlmts ? ? 1 Asiatic. Russia, Turkestan.. .. 350 425 250 1 i Persia . . .. . . 125 30 33 [Asia Minor.. .. 90 80 80 I Turkey 5 6 5| Cyprus l 1 1 Greece 10 10 4 Malta ? ? 4 Italy ? ? Algeria ? ? 2j Africa, Central. 3 1 Africa, Enst .... 1 1 .Africa, West... 7 1 Australasia ? ? 3| New Zealand.. ? ? ? ? ' Pacific iBlands.. ? ? l) Tahiti ? ? 9 I'IJi ? ? ? French Oceania. ? ? 1 ! Peru 125 37 32 [Chill ? ? 7. Argentina 5 5 ? : Venezuela ? ? ? ? | Colombia 2 4 1 j IJrit W. Indies. 7 3 1 Hay tl 7 7 7j Mexico 60 80 124 Total estimated 2613.16 2390.6 2271.3; i As the amount of cotton eitfar'ges to j tho considerable extent already shown, i It is gratifying to find more | and more of our American crop | used in our own mills year i by year. It Is also pleasing to [note that we have increased our spln [ deluge more rapidly than any other j country. Neglecting the recent English I mill building mania, which is now over, tnil the consequences not by any means done with. For many years the number of British spindles remain 1 cd practically stationary, until tho TO PH08RCUTE HASTY. Baltimore American. A fow weeks ago two members of a theatrical company were nhot and kill ed by a hotelkeepcr At Oaffney, 8. C., while resenting annoyance to feminine members of the company. Their assail ant ha* been held for murder, and the Actor*' society of New York has started a. fund, to assist In his prose cution. The society Rave 9260 and James K. Hackett doubled the amount, while other actors aro coming forward with contributions, as the members of the profession are determined their comrades nhoU ^ committee of men and women, with I William Courtleigh an the chairman, j has been appointed to look after the < matter, and it is probable that a Now ' York lawyer will ho engaged to help the local prosecuting attorney with the cass. A Itsd Start, Mr. Or*. Springfield Reoubllcan. Alexander E. '? Orr, while himself taking the presidency of the New York IJfe company at a reduction of one-half from the McCall salary of 1100,000, ex presses tho belief that all of the other officials of the company are earning nSwwiItt'ifc (T 'i irT?r""a ,n? i?\i\a! in trade dining I ho IC.ism. .1 a 1 1. 1 iii'Sc w a i . I'll. iIh Tin,. u> JN'oWtll 111 kited pi t> i s I" sit, h ,i ? i4 ^ i < ? ih.it the pi <>| i'?-sit>n.i I pi onto! i i tvlth tlw aid >?( 1 1 , In t < < t s ? l.|i 1 ili'M s, i ?iii t fact ul'S all,) 1 1 .a, 1 1 1 1. i \ hllildcls found Ills golden opportunity aiiil | ? <1 s<> iiiaiiy projects that IM'll.rtOn 111 "w spill, lies will In- WiltUlliV , before tin' ehd of t his year. The fr? n/y , has now spout it sol I'. Hoing brought to ? Its end by tho alarm anil protests oi j those Lancashire inanufa. tin vrs w ho j i'oiiM < dearly (oii'Hci1 tin- iIImisi ions t 1 ii 108 which must inevitably ha\?- tol- j In w I'll a continuance of' i4il.x rci'k !i-sm policy, j It is true that American cotton mat ufacturing eo?iru# have wltm-s^ed .lessor hui Hotnowliat slpillar happen nigs. Such practl.cs are today \li tually all behind u? <?ur now mills are j capitalized ami organized on (rue bus- I . Snoss principles. Il is no longer possl- I i hh> to catch th?* lirms who cpilp our i factories with an "order" to he lnrg?dy ! 'paid fwi Uy Hliaros in the new coniPin. J : And thin auburn well for the inability > | of tho trade. To appreciate fully what mill build- I ' ing couple. I with enlarged markets to i take care of their production means to! our national prosperity It Is only I ncccssary to keep In mind that every comparatively small mill of 10,000 spin dles making 20s yarns (about tho uvur I ago of Southern mills) requires the ; product of (1,000 ii.Tt'H actually planted i In cotton. And if wo add to this area ' tho lands planted in cereals and food ! for cattle we got at least an acre to a spindle of formerly waste lands brought under cultivation. A project to have spinners irrow their own cotton has, In late years, been very ably presented by several leading man ufacturers. In considering; this plan It will bo well to remember that an aero n spindle will be needed, and this involves an investment larger than that in tho mill Itself. Number of 0|ti'rti(l vf? ICiniiloj'ril. Again turning to table 1 it Is found that 84,047,246 spindles employ 2,283,121 workers, equivalent to 27.1 parsons to each thousand spindles. On this basis supplying tho deficient-lea in the table we get for tho 120,000,0(10 spindles In the world 3,262,000 operatives employed In working them. Delving deeper into this question of operatives employed uncovers some cu rious comparisons. Stratlng from the world average of 27.1 workers to each thousand spindles, one finds that there Is a discrepancy so K?"eat between one country and another as to be almost In credible at tho first glance. For Instance: The (lRures for the chlof manufacturing countries as ar ranged in tablo 0 show: Table VI. Operatives Per M. H>1b. Great Britain 10.8 United States 1&.8 Franco .. .. 15.0 India .. .? ,, ..86.1 Germany ,, ?. ,? ..88.8 llussla .. .. 89.6 Japan 68. 7 To tako tho foregoing averages with out explanation would be strongly mis leading. We know on general prin ciples, for Illustration, tnat tho Ger man workman in superior in efllclency to the laborer in tho Indian mills. Yet tho average for the former country is greater than for tho latter. This is accounted for by the fact that Indian mills aro mostly spinning plants only, most of them having no looms at? all, much of tho yarns thoy spin being sold at retail to bo used on the domestic hand loom, while tho bulk of tho re mainder is shipped to China to bo used in the samo way. On the other hand, Germany imports millions of pounds of yarn annually which forms the raw material for hor numerous knitting, laco and embroid ery factories. The workers In these mills being counted In tho total num ber of operatives employed in tho cot ton Industry and figured against her spindles. The United States furnishes the best illustration of a self-contained Indus try. Most of our milts weave their own yarns and such as spin for tho market sell their output to homo manufac turers td.be woven or knit into finished fnhrio; pf'.H garments. England, on the contrary, spins much more yarn than sho uses up In hor weaving and knitting establish ments. It is the exception rather than tho rule for a Lancashire spinner to weave his own yarns. This is clearly shown by an examination of the export statistics of the two nations. American foreign sales of yarn are considerably under $500,000 a year in value, while Britain exports approximately $50,000, 000 worth of cotton yarn annually. Olirrallvfii In the Mouth. Many absurd statements appear sporadically as to tho number of work ers in the Southern textile mills. To cloar tho sometimes purposely mud dled statistical waters, exact figures are needed. The 1900 United States census, which is after all tho most rellnblo source of information, Kives 297,929 operatives employed In cotton manufacturing es tablishment of every kind In the Uni ted States. Of this number, 97,494 were working in Southern mills ? equivalent to 22 operatives por thousand spindles, 24.43X, or 25 per cent, of them, beltiK under 16 years of age. minging tho census figures up to date discloses the fact tlmt 2,134,354 spindles have beon added to tho num ber since 1900. On tho same basis of 22 employes per thousand spindles and 25 per cent. younK persons, we get 46.908 additional workers, of which t he same percentage of children Klves 11, 727 children, making tho total num ber of hands In Southern cotton mills at the end of 1905 come to 144.405 of all ages, and 36,165 to be classed as under 16. ICipurta of (.ending Countries. - Kxports of cotton goods for the year Just ended aro not yet available, but during the previous 12 months ending December 31st, 1904. tho record shoWs that Great Britain oxportod 5.591,972,000 i yards and the United States 434,989,000 yards. Figures for Germany and France are given In kilograms and the former- country sent abroad 48,754.800 kilos and the latter 36,391,900 kilos dur ing the year. These flKures demonstrate In a most forcible, way the great opportunity which lies before this country In the direction of increasing our spinning and weaving capacity. Selling our en larged product In tho markets of the world's non-inanufacturlng countries. example, to Vice President Kingsloy at 130,000, Treasurer Cromwell at J30, 000, und Secretary John C. McCall, a young inan recently out of college, at $14,000. Does Mr. Orr know of any other buAfne%i of profit or trust which pays such salaries to subordinate officials? But why should they anyhow obtain in a business that is not productive and has the peculiarity that the more any official seems to prove his worth tha more unprofitable he Is likely to be to the policy holders? Mr. Orr jnay be em inently flt for his new position, but this remark of his does not demonstrate it. It is Just as well for the company ap parel^ uuu Utt chlocc it a temporary AT Second LocKHart Big Mill E-mcI Sale Friday, Jan. 1CX 1906 The grandost display of Mill Ends and especially bought goods ever known in the Carolinas. Everybody knows what wonderful sacrifices, what ridiculous prices are made in Lockhart's Mill End Sales. BE ON HAND JANUARY 19th (FRIDAY). Watch our advertisements in The State. Tine James L,. Tapp Co. 1612 1640 Main Stroot, COLUMBIA, S. 0. JOLTS FROM "JOHN L." His Greatest Fight the One with Kilrain ? Seventy Five Rounds of Terrible Work Described By the Victor. liy John 1 1. Sullivan. In my la?t letter I promised to toll , of tlu> Unlit witli Juki* KUraln ut ltl< Ji bing, Miss., In July 18S'J, which wuh my longest and greatest buttle. Jake de serves ail the bouquets that cimm to him for his Kilt In that sniiuih swap, for although Ik; did not Unlit the stand up battle I expeeted, In- showed that j he was gamo from his heels to hi ^ 1 head. He gave me a terrible tight, all right. When wo got the word to open up, we swung together MUo a couple of healthy bulls, lie landed a quick left towa^l me, but 1 knocked u t> his arm with my left and countered lightly un der Jako's heart with my right as ho danced away. I rushed him, hitting with my loft and before 1 knew how It happened, Jake back-heeled mo clevor iy. Tho back-heel Is something you ilon't see tn tho ring today. It Is dellvorod by catching a man an ho comes In, putting your loft arm around his body, your right forearm across hte throat and your right liool behind his loft foot. Then, with a quick heavo you can throw him ovor and down on his back. I went down for the llrst fall of tho fight and tho crowd roarod for Jake. As I Jumped up and wont to my corner, I said to Ktlraln: "80 you want, to wrestlo. do you? Well, I will glvo you enough of that." I got to hlB body In tho noxt round I with a couplo of rights, while ho pasted me with a nasty loft undor tho eye right off tho reol as the round opened. Seeing my chanoo I grabbod him around tho body and put him down on tho turf with a thud that noarly shook tho wind out of him. As we wont to our comers tho cheers wero all for mo. In tho third round I nearly endod tho light, but If I had It would have saved Jako a lot of timo and trouble, but his gamenoss pushed him along for all that was coming to him. Forty Hound* of Awful Punishment. It happened tills way In tho third : We sparrod around for awhile, mo anx ious to get my paws on him, he trying to keep, mo ofT, for by this time ho know I had him when It camo to a wrostle. Ho made sovoral correct plays for my face, lauding u few times, when I slip ped out a lead. Jako drow back, think ing I was going to grapple him. In stead, I brought my right over hlB guard and landed full on his Jaw. .Tnkn \v??t dcv.Ti iik?? u. ciotnes polo and rolled over, kicking. Ills seconds grabbed him and lugged him to his cor ner and began tcKget him In shapo for tho noxt quadrllm, whllo the crowd yelled ''Sullivan! Sullivan!" loud enough to tip off the mllltla as to where wo were. My memory Is not good enough to toll how the 'Wholo tight wont by rounds, and a scrap book which I had which contained an account of all iny fl?bts ' was lost In a fire some years ago, so j I will have to skip some of It and touch only tho main poLnts. It was a hard, wearing fight. Sometimes Kllraln back-heeled or cross- bu t tocked mo for a fall, bul round after round closed with Jack goliiK down from a blow 1 or a throw. Ills face was badly cut; and bis body welted and bruised from j my blows, while my nose and l>;ft eye j were swollen by the time tho twenty- j fifth round was reached. I had been playing for Kllraln'sj heart, and every time ho led with his; left I tried my hardest to land on. that same spot again, under tho heart. | Constant pounding' on nny <1110 spot Is the most wearing form of attack, .and Jake's flesh around the heart, for aj space about Mix Inches square, was cut and bruised by the time the thirtieth round was reached. I had taken many a beard punch and soino toiiKh falls during the battle and beforo tho fortieth round Jiuk began to land 011 my stomach. My seconds had Riven me tea with whiskey In It as a streiiKtlwner. and thore was to* much whiskey, so that by the forti eth round my stomach was upset and I 'was vomiting after 1 had gnno back to my corner and Kllraln wanted to call It a draw. John I,. Wouldn't <'nl! It n Draw. "I'M Rive you all the- draw j ou want," I yelled at him, and the flgh<l went on. 'In a round or two, I crime back strong and begun to k<> aftor Jake hard. He rfot ho he wmjld drop as (toon oh my hand landed on him, and of course that would close the rou;nd. This wont on for a dozen rounds or bo and 1 was still landing <>n ^hat fipot under the heart. Pretty soon the flesh and skin were pounded looso from his ribs and a bunch of it wan hanging like a big tumor. I have auld that Kilrain "was game, and he certainly provod it in that tight. Although beaten to a pulp, he came back, round after round, for piore. He couldn't hit hard enough to hurt mo any more, but every tlmo he got the call ho came out of his corner, either to be knocked down or thrown, and carried back. Q All the latter part of the light the betting had been co.mlng my way and at this tlmo nobody would bet a nickle on Ktlraln. Ho wa* sure a beaten man and thoso who he.d been cheering for him In the early part of the fl?ht had shot their bolts and were silently watching their gallant fighter >eomlng to hia last rouiKi. The end came In the 76th round. Jake came out of his corner, game as a bantam, badly punished, his legs wobbling under him, face /crushed and cut. hie body - leaning over to protect that place on his left side where I'd been hammering so long. 1 rushed him, and smashed him on the Jaw, knocking him against the ropes practically senseless. I wan ready to Hinash him attain when somothlriK white was thrown from his corner, falling at my feet. Charley Mitchell had thrown a towel iu a alfcnal that Kllraln was beaton and that I had won the long and hard battle. Poor Kllraln was a sorry sigh* J v ^I'defeat, but he had lout %,)\h honor In one of the greatest ring contests In the history of the prize ring, and even those who had loBt most heavily by his defeat were sat isfied that he had tried his bent to Have their money. - Aflur the lint t If it llnw for Mhfrly, The next thing I knew Mudloon and Clcary had surrounded mo and gave me a hustle out of tho ring, while flighting off the crowd that had broken down the ropes and were fighting to get a chance to shako hando W/ith mo. It'tiovor heard such roaring a^ I was pushed into a wagon and a rysh made for tho train. As we if ot aboard tho earn, another train cafno choo-choolng down the track and tho holler was made that tho Mississippi militia was on it and would arrest tho lot of ur, I don't know to this day how I did it, but when tho alarm about tho jnl lltia was raised, I dived head first through tho window of an ordinary coach and ran liko a rabbit several hundred yards to a swaniL^ whore I hid until the alarm was declared to be a false one. I got out of tho State of Mississippi all right only to be ar rested and brought back. It cost me $18,000 to keep from going to the pen itentiary, but financially I came out away ahead on tho fight jAl that. All the foregoing Is anCTent history and some of it does not look protty on paper, _ but It is worth reading, so tite sports who havo forgotten what they uso to go through with can size it all up against the la-de-dah work done in tho ring today, lighting was a man's work then, and a fighter went Into the ring expecting to come out of It on a stretcher if he didn't put the other fel low Into the doctor*' hands. Now fights mostly go to the fellow who can run the longest, and the bellows count for more than the wallop. it Wu Plain Fighdng Without Frill*. The grooming of a fighter nowadays makes some of us old fellowH laugh. Wo used to fight our own battles. Now they aro mapped out by experienced trainers who go about It as a general would plan a battle. We didn't do any '"ff-chev/ing ?'uuut weight. The main thing was to get to fighting. Thertt were no limited contests, so that a man could flguro closoly on his mothod oQ carrying tho battle or win on the slen der thread of points. Vlt . was fight from gong to gong, and iin(ll one fn&n was down and out. It Is mighty seldom that I had a mail with a bottlo of smelling salts, a lo6 of towel wavors, oranges, lomono. chunks of Ice to rub oeC tho neck and back and the other stage props, used in the ring today. Bomo of my great-* est fights were undor conditions thafc would make somo of the fancy box ers shudder. ^ Had Fltz not used <fclmself up In training for O'Hrien/ho mlgnt not havo had to stop to', ropair his hol lows. None of tho men on the mat of my day wrestled with cows. Jumped over mountains, toold exhlbitionn at i\ quarter per head admission to let tho reubons all know we were using our selves up training, but we managed to get Into the ring in protty good con dition. It was tho man with the clout and the sand and tho skill that usual ly won. I have been against a lot of good men in my day, and I've been against an awful lot of dubs, but I always had to look out for the fighter and not the fancy boxer. It was owing to a com bination of tho two and my own fault of not taking care of myself that I lost the championship. Fr?* Cuba'* Triumph. Now York Sun. Cuba has justified our prediction that Hho would rise to the situation and grapple successfully with the epidemic with which she was threatened. While there remain* a possibility of itR sporadic reappearance, all danger of the spread of yellow fever now scorns to have disappeared. Despatches from Habana report that the sanity authori ties regard the disease as extinct in that city. Tho health officers of the Island acted with commendable promptness and efficiency. During the years that have passed since the last epidemic thero has been a large Increase In the non immune population. A record of only 69 cases and 23 deaths since the first appearance of the disease three months ago !? most creditable to those charg ed with the control and suppression of the disorder^ In a comparison with the Now Orleans experience Cuba comes out a long way ahead. The Importance of Cuba's record this year stands out more clearly wher. comparison Is made with the situa tion of ten years ago. During the period 1890-1899 the recorded number of deaths from yellow fever was 4.831, or an annual average of 488. In 1898 the deaths numbered 1,282. Only five years ago, during the second year Vf the American occupation, the number was 810. Cuba has done well. Tm Mlfkt Try Mlee* Mr. Norfolk Landmark. We suggest that Instead of dragging obstreperous ? women callers from the White House, ft* In the case of Mrs. Morris last Thursday, ft few mice be kept under )e*sh by the attendftnta. ?