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-I I. I i. . . ... i ? i I WATER FAMINE ? ?k? Mills Skat Dtm Far Wait tf Pawer. ( CITIES NEED WATER Charlotte is Without Water, While Other Cities l>aily Ivessen Their Supply.?Water lleing Sliip|>ed to Stricken IHstricts in Tank-Cars. A dispatch from Charlotte, N. C., eays as a climax to the unprecedented drought this section Is experiencing, one hundred and fifty-two cotton mills in North and South Carolina shut down Monday because the water in Catawba River is so low that the Southern Power Company cannot supply the plants with power. It is estimated that 70,000 operat ives are thrown out of employment. Jt is expected that work will bo resumed In a few days. It has been many weeks since rain of any consequence has fallen, and local weather bureau records show now a deficiency of 5 0 per cent in precipitation for this section. Creeks which have not gone dry in forty years are mud 0 holes, and the distress among the rural population, dependent for water on wells, is great. Mountain streams to the west, upon which many flouring mills, tanneries and cotton mills are dependent for power, have dwindled to mere brooks in some instances, and many foreign enterprises have been forced to shut down. Crops in this immediate section are burning up In the fields. Many farmers in this and adjoining counties, despairing of a corn crop, have chopped down the young corn and are using it for feed, while the hot winds are playing havoc with cotton. Cities and towns to the north and west of Charlotte are facing the ordeal of a water famine that this city is now experiencing. Concord, Wadesboro, Monroe and other towns are facing the water supply problem, and measures of economy are being enforced. The situation In Charlotte is not improved, although the authorities are working niight and day on the nrfthlflm. Feelinc that the distress is not being relieved as promptly as was hoped by means of tank care, the offers of water from Gastonia, Shelby and Lincolnton were accepted, and tank cars brought in 50,000 gallons from Gastonia. This was pumped into the mains of the city by means of the engines. It is hoped by Wednesday to resume an economic service through the mains. It has <een cut off since early Friday. Special prayer seryices for rain have been held in churches throughout the section. There was a brief shower Monday and a light rain feil Monday night, with atmospheric c< 1 ditions t'*at promise re ie:. A message from Columbia siys: Any aid that Columbia can render was offered to the authorities of Charlotte Monday by the water-works depatment of Columbia, and the city council, at a special meeting, cordially endorsed this action. Columbia offered to ship either "raw" or filtered water to Charlotte in tank cars in any quantity. Councilman Superintendent Wm. F. Stieglitz and Engineer Superintendent F. C. Wyes, of the Columbia department, left Tuesday for Charlotte to look into the situation. The Columbia water supply is drawn from Saluda River and is believed to be ample for the local requirements for some years to come, although council is now considering the advisability of acquiring the Congaree Creek watershed for the demands of the future. The Saluda River water is brought to the $4 00,000 pumping and filtering plant, built a few years ago, ne.ar the Penitentiary, by means of a double lino of large intake pipes, which cross Broad River, just above the confluence of the Saluda and the Broad, which at this point unite to form the Congarco. In midsummer the local water consumption often reaches 4,000,' 000 gallons. The pumping capacity | of the plant is about 600,000 gal| Ions, and it is likely another big | pump will be lnstaled per* year. To relieve the water famine, from which tno c!!i/.o:\8 or onar ckio are now suffering, 100,000 gallons of Ashoville will l>e shipped to Charlotte. A daily supply of a like quantity will.be sent to Charlotte, in the event that the situation there require it. Booze Clubs Raided. An Anderson dispatch says Chief of Police Fortune Saturday afternoon threw a bomb into the ranks of the social clubs, when he and his [ men raided three clubs. Fifteen [ cases of alleged whiskey selling were f docketed and about 20 barrels of I beer, with a quantity of liquor seiz[ First New Bale. I The first bale of the 1911 cotton | crop to be marketed was brought to I McRae, Ga., by T. J. Smith, of that t county. It weighed an even Ave bunI dred pounds, and was bought for 25 Ev cents a pound by T. W. Both. It was I a remarkably fine staple, grown from I a specially developed early seed. ' MEETS COURT'S ORDER STANDARD OIL COMPANY OBEYS DECISION. The Trust Informs Stockholders How Reorganization Will Be Effected in December. Announcement was mad9 by the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, at New York, Monday, in a communication to Its stockholders, of the way it intends to reorganize to meet the provisions of the Supreme Court's decision of the anti-trust law. The communication states that the stock in about 3 5 other companies shall be dis tributed rationally. The distribution will take place about December 1. The statement reads: Obedience to the final decree, in the case of the United States against the Standard Oil Company, of NewJersey, and others, requires this company to distribute, or cause to be distributed, ratably to its stockholders, the shares of stock of the following corporations, which it owns directly or throuigih its ownership of stock of the National Transit Company, to Wit. "Anglo-American Oil Company, Limited; the Atlantic Refining Com U/M'no.Qplirvmaor Pnninanv! I ?aaj | IJVl 11V UVUI ^ muv. r the Buckeye Pipe Line Company; Chesebrough iManufacturing Company; Crescent Pipe Line Company; Cumberland Pipe Line Company, incorporated; Eureka Pipe Line Company; Galena Signal Oil Company; Indiana Pipe Line Company. National Transit Company; New York Transit Company; Northern Pipe Line Company; Ohio Oil Company; Prairie Oil and Gas Company; Solar Refining Company; Southern Pipe Line Company; South Pennsylvania Oil Company; Southwest Pennsylvania Pipe Lines; Standard Oil Company, (California); Standard Oil Company (Indiana); Standard Oil Company (Kansas); Standard Oil Company (New York); Standard Oil Company, .Ohio); Swan & Finch Co.; Union Tank Line Company; Vacuum Oil Companq; Washington Oil Company; Waters-Pierce Oil Company. "'Such distribution will be made to the stockholders of the Standard Oil Company, of New Jersey, and for that purpose the transfer books of the company will be closed on the 31st day of August, 1911, at 3 o'clock P. M., and kept closed uptil the date when said stocks are ready for distribution, which, it is expected, will be about December 1, 1911. "Notice of the date when said stocks are to be distributed and of of the reopening of the books will be duly given." "I'M SHOT, CENTRAL; HELP!" ? These Are the Words of a Dying Man Over the Phone. "I'm shot Central, help!" These words coming over the telephone were heard .by an operator in the Monroe street exchange of the Chicago Telephone Company about midnight Wednesday night She then heard the sound of a falling body and several crashes indicating the banging of the receiver against the wall as it fell from the hand of the wounded man. She at once notified the police station that some one had been shot at one of the two addresses where there I ...-Mr. tnlnnVi An?o nn t V"\ n liQrtv vv ei e iwu icic^nuuco vii bnu |/i?? | line. One of these addresses was that of Matthew Strdn's saloon and that was the place where the call came from. The police found John Dalzall, the bartender, lying unconscious on the floor near the telephone. The cash register had been broken open and the money taken. Dolzall probably will die. He had been shot by the robber. How He Settled It. A Chinaman, dying left eleven sheep and three sons; and making a will, left one-half of his estate to his eldest son, one-fourth to the next, and one-sixth to the third son. They wished to divide without killing a sheep but could not see how to do it, so they sent for a wise lawyer. Sending to his own for a sheep he put it with the eleven. Now take your half?six, said he to the eldcvst, and he did so; the second your fourth? three; the youngest take your sixth? two and begone; and they did so, when the wise lawyer drove his own sheep back home. Was the division according to the law? Accused of his Murder. As the result of the finding of the body of Tuck Davidson in the river a few days ago near Columbus, Ga., Monroe Lloyd, Ben Lloyd and Jesse Phillips, white men, were arrested on the chlfrige of murder. Davidson disappeared about three years ago while camping with the men arrested, but his body was not found until last week. Other arrests in connection with the case. Give Him a Lift. If an article falls from the place where it was put we instinctively put forth our hand to check Its fall and to replace it. In like manner and with even greater desire we should put forth our hand to support a fellow being who shows symptoms of falling morality. " r '/ ' ' t' ' , '' t HAKES C0T10N GUESS CROP OF OVER FOURTEEN MIL UON BALES PREDICTED. Government Figures Say the Condi tlon is the Best In Several Years !i All States. The condition of the growing cot ton crop of the United States on Jul) 25 was 89.1 per cent of a normal compared with 88.2 per cent on June 25, 1911, 75 per cent on July 25, hist year, 71.9 per cent in 1909 and 79.4 per cent the average of the past 10 years on July 25, according to the reports of the United States department of agriculture's agents to the crop reporting board announced at noon today. Comparison conditions by States follows: State 1911. 1910. av'ge 10-yr. Virginia 102 80 81 N. Carolina .... 87 71 79 ft n II.. ? O C rj r\ 1 o I'Ul 1IIct o u iv iv Georgia 95 ,70 80 Florida 94 70 82 Alabama 94 71 79 Mississippi .... 86 71 79 Louisiana .... 84 69 78 Texas 86 82 79 Arkansas .... 94 73 79 Tennessee .... 92 76 82 Missouri 96 72 83 Oklahoma .... 88 87 81 California .... 99 98 ? Reports on the growing cotton crop of 1911 received by the Department of Agriculture continue to indicate that the yield tnis year will bp one of the greatest, if not the greatest in lie history of the industry. The conditions of the crop on July 25, as announced Wednesday was 8 9.1 of a normal crop. This was 9-10 of one per cent higher than a month ago, and 9.7 per cent above the average on July 25 for the past ten years. Based on the average condition of the crop on July 25 for the past ten years and the average yield per acre for the same period, condition reported Wednesday if it should continue, would indicate a final total yield of 207.25 pounds per acre, which upon 34,000,000 acres, the estimated final acreage, allowing for the abandonment of three per cent of the acreage means a total cotton crop of 13,093, 000 bales, of 500 pounds each. This estimate is unofficial. NO NEGROES ALLOWED. ? * * -1" nAutoiiKant A? ITahkA llt'AWM the JliVlll V* m*w^x/ ? Color Line. Beginning with the next session of congress, negroes will not be permitted to eat in the main restaurant of the house. This is one striking result in the change in the caterer of the house restaurant. Representative Roddenb e r r y , chairman of the sub-committee the sub-committee of the committee on public buildings and grounds, which has had charge of the selection of a new caterer, .announced that innovations will be started, involving the installation of a dairy or quick lunch and also a separate room for negro patrons As far as is known no such radical departure is contemplated in the senate side, where the management remains unchanged. Frequently well known negroes have come to Washington on business and have dined in the house restaurant. 'Many times white people eating there have risen from their table leaving their meals unfinished. While there was no unpleasantness nor even complaints, the members and- their clerks, especially from southern states felt the annoyance keenly. WATER SUPPLY SHORT. New York Runs Short on Her Usual Water Rations. A New Yor dispatch says that in spite of the recent rains the amount of water in storage along the cotton shed and available for the city is only 2,000,000 gallons. There were 80,000,000 a year ago. The loss last week was about 2,000,000,000 gallons. But by means of the water saving campaign the loss of eari> summer has been reduced at th rate of 5,000,000 gallons per day. Ir June, 1910 the average daily consumption was 327,000,000 gallons In the same month this year the average consumption fell to 286,000,000 gallons. Sale of Texas Oats. "This is the usual season of the year," said Commissioner Watsor Wednesday, "when this office is lit erally flooded with letters asking whether Texas oats brought from the boll weevil territory, are prohibited from sale in this State." Sevora years ago the general assembly pass a law prohibiting the sale of eeeec from the weevil territory. There ii a penalty of not less than $50 oi more than $1,000. ? ? Sold vSanel^for Batter. At Chicago officers are searchin< for two pleasant faced countrymei who sold a tub of sand covered witl a two inch layer of butter to (Mia R. Larson, representing that the tul ! contained 60 pounds of "sure enougl country butter." * * ' y* FIGHT IN MEXICO . STRIKERS AND TROOPS CLASH OVER PRISONERS. - As a Result Nine Miners Are Dead i and Thirty-Two Wounded.?One Thousand Soldiers Expected. In repelling a mob of striking r miners, who attempted to free the , prisoners in the jail, troops fired ) upon them Monday killing nine and , wounding thirty-two. The strikers I were from La Esperanza mine, which : they abandoned that morning, i Monday afternoon the men in the . Mexico mine, adjoining property, i walked out, and at the El Oro mine a strike was declared there Tuesday, i F'earing that they might be the victims of an anti-foreign demonstration i many of the American women were sent out of the camp on a special train. More than four thousand men, representing the underground forces of the Mexico and La Esperanza, are out, and if the men are joined by those in the El Oro, the number of strikers will number approximately seven thousand. The men demand higher wages, but unofficially it was stated 'Monday that the properties would be closed down before increase wmilrl hn ^ranted. A detachment of one hundred troops was sent from Toltica, the State Capital, to El Oro Monday afternoon, and President de la Barra has been asked for additional protection. He immediately promised all assistance possible, and it is expected that one thousand soldiers will arrive there before morning from the Capital. Early In the day the trouble which resulted in the shoo-ting of. nine strikers began. The rurales had arrested a few of the strikers, and the idle men, learning of this, determined to set them free. Arming themselves with nothing better than chunks of gold-bearing ore, they started up the one street of the town toward the jail. The mob moved upon the jail, throwing stones as they went. The little prison was , reached, but the rurales were in control. The men were told to disperse. They shouted their defiance. The rurales 'began firing, but numerous shots were required to scatter the rioters. 'Before the mob had been dLspersed, however, it 'had succeeded in freeing the prisoner. SUMMER RESORTS Wanted?Boarders at the Chapm?an House, Glenn Spring. Board and mineral water, $9 a week,' i We want you to be one of 2,000 via..itors to The Land of-Waterfalls; write for booklet. Board of Trads Brevard, N; C. At Glenn Springs, S. C., The Garnei House offers good serivce. Splendid fare and the best location Write for rates. Poplar Glen, Saluda, N. C. Near post office and depot. Modern conveniences. Reasonable rates. Special rates to families and large parties. Address Miss Minnie M. McFaddin, Saluda, N. C. j AlCOMOi. M* ! OAN StMf OV CO. |H| (HP f Every Horse Owner dreads that most dangerous disease. Colic. Be prepared for an emergency by having a bottle of Noah's Colic Remedy on hand. i More animals die from Colic than all other non-contagious diseases combined. Nine out of every ten cases would have been cured if Noah's Colic Remedy had been given in time. It Isn't a drench or dope, but is a remedy given on the tongue, eo simple that a woman or child can give it. If It fails to cure, your money will be refunded. If your dealer cannot supply you send 60c In stamps and we will mail 1 a bottle. ^ Noah Remedy Co., Inc., Richmond. Va. ; I I 3 1 Will Meet Soon. 1 Commander Mobley, of the Red Shirts, orders the clans from all the 1 counties to assemble in Columbia on 8 August 9th and 10th. They will have p the field to themselves as the Confederate veterans will not meet until two weeks later. ; Killed by Lightning. i At Carthage, N. C., Wednesday, a i stroke of lightning instantly killed s young Earl Tyson, son of a leading t> business man of that place, and one 1 of the most popular young men of that town and section. * ORANGEBURG ORANGEBUI This school^ with a great (ai University trained teachers, will September 20th. Expenses hav< of everybody. Board, the best ii Fine healthful location. Electa Broad open fireplaces. Thoroug Bookkeeping. Fine Conservator number of new students. We al tion. No safer school for your cl today for our beautiful new catalc President W. 147 Broughton St. . . |F?aeeieflpa"aniMDHBBFHHeBBP*MBZH3KaF ' irraTnr:Tij^^i^i<^ Haa since 1894 given "Thorough instruc influences at the lowest possible cost.' RESULT: It is to-day with its faculty i Its student body of 400, vnd its plant wort THE LEADING TRAINING SCHOO! $150 pays all charges for the year, includi heat, laundry, medical attention, physical except music and elocution. For catalog REV. THOS. ROSSER RE1 JlIiACKHTON ^upnnhTj j h9ksz3eb beginning jun .ivh iB uio uiAio to begin to prepare for Lessons by mail If desired. Posltio ns ( Souti^erg Con^rQe: Calhoun A Meeting sts., Charleston, 8. < Salisbury, Durham, N, C. The highest ei ^onth Atlantic. Enter any time. Writ Cotton, Corn, Fruit 2 In Habersham Co., Ga., for sale at easy terms. We can raise a bale of c or 10 to 20 2ushels of wheat per aci a better country than you suppose an< me and look over this land and countr can see for yourself. Write me for m; er printed matter describing this count] J. H, HICKS, - CLASSIFIED COLUMN 1 Wanted?a few boarders in-a well kept old fashioned country home. Mrs. Leon F. Lyday, Brevard, N. 1 C., R. P. D. No. 2. ? 1 < Registered "Duroc-Jerseys," Pigs, Gilts, Service Boars and bred sows. Also pigs for slaughter. Write for jwhatj you want. L. L. Miller, , Mocksvilie, N. C. J You can start a mall order or light j manufacturing business at home j during spare time with small cap- ^ ital. Valuable circular free. U. S. Specialty Co., Greenock, Pa. , J1 A! Wanted?Men to learn cotton business in our sample rooms; two , weeks to complete course; high salaried position secured. Chsrlotte Cotton School, Charlotte, N. C. ' ????????????????____ For sale?Southwest Georgia farms. No finer lands; no better prices. We speAk from personal knowledge. Write today for new list. Epton A Switzer, Spartanburg, s. c. ? 4,000 acres, 2 1-2 miles Ry., 1,000 acres In cultivation, 50 tenant houses, good barns, excellent fences; 3,000 acres timber; $20 per acre. Harris Realty Co., Clarendon, Ark. Teachers AVonted?'Men and women for good schools now open. Salaries $30 to $100. Strong demand for music and literary combined. Southern Tea/choirs' Agency, Columbia, C. S. * Perfume Gloss in Starch?makes clothes white <aa snow, and leaves ? lasting perfume of Fresh Azure Violets. Sample 4 cents. Agents wanted. Shipman Agency, Dept. ne R., Buffalo, N. Y. W - no Wanted?Men and ladies to take sli three months practical course. Ex- tri pert mana&ement. High salaried or % / i C0LLE8E \G. S.C. ' >, * ' ' s ' ? :ulty of Sixteen College and begin its Eighteenth session 5 been placed within reach n the State, at actual coat ic lights. Artesian water. ' h courses in Shorthand and > y of Music. Rooms for a bsolutely guarantee satisfaclild in all the land. Write A 1 I. )gue. /-\aares5 mmmm S. Peterson, . . Orangeburg, S. C. \ :tion under positively Christian f of 32, a hoarding patronage of 328, \ h $140,000 L FOR GlftLS IN VIRGINIA ing table board, room, lights, steam culture, and tuition in all subjects ue and application blank address, ?VES, B. A., Principal. B, VA. B FIRST. the fall and new year > ill! 11% guaranteed. No vacation. rclaJ School O.; Wilmington, Winston-Salem, idorsed Business College in Um :e for fnll Information. + ind Timber Land. from $5 to $30 per acre on very otton, 50 to 100 bushels of corn e on low priced land. This is i it will pay you to come to see ^ y while the crops are on so you y booklet, list of farms and oth ry which is sent free. Address: Clark sville, Ga. positions guaranteed. Write for ^ catalogue now. Charlotte Tele- ^ ;raph School, Charlotte, N. C. if mted?iMen to take thirty day's practical course in our machine ihops and learn automobile business. Positions secured graduates. 125 per week and up. Charlotte \uto School, Charlotte, N. C. rm Lands for Sale.?In southwest 3eorgJa, the country that Is comng to the front in great shape, not >nly the land of promise, but the land of fulfillment, write us for land list. M. T. Levie & Son, P. 3. Drawer 57, Montezuma, Oa. rm for Sale.?In Houston county, two miles from Powersvllle, one -<? mile off the Macon and Fort Valley road, and five miles from Fort Valley. I offer for sale 279 acres of good, level farming land, half cleared; more can he cleared If wished. Two good four- "y room houses and two good wells ' j r\t wa4ap Pap fnrthar Infnrma Hon, apply to Box 384, Fort Valley, Oa. A , I Noah's Liniment to the beat remedy for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Lame Back. 811 ft Joints and Muscles, Sore Throat, Colds, Strains, Sprains, Cuts, Bruise* Colic, Cramps, Neuralgia. Toothache, and all Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aehee and Pains. The genuine has Noah's Ark on every package and looks like this cut, but has RED band on front of paokage and "Noah's Uaimsst" always In RED Ink. Beware ot Imitations. Large bottle. 26 cents, and sold bv aU dealers In medicine. v v Guaranteed or money re- J \ funded by Noah Remedy ^ Co., Ib*, Pkibmond, Vhj "Nigger Kill Nigger.*' In the Feastervllle neighborhood ar Chester at a negro dinner Bob illiams was shot Saturday afteron and killed by John Camak, the tyer effecting his escape. The igedy was the result of a quarrel er the dinner. , ' . > .'M