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VCMCmY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1907. Tea t*u*tmr Witchwia* wu founded in ItMeaAths Trm Southron in 1866. The and Simtkrxm now hu the ooiu lenfcalation and influence of both of he eld papers, and is manifestly the best esVsertisiuff media m in Homier. saXOTORIAL. PIIXAGISQ THE SOUTH. When a Cassle Chadwick deludes a bunch of credulous bankers and gets away with a few hundred thousand dollars it la her tided .far and wide as a monstrous crime; wnen a New Tors: hank official stalls fifty or a hundred taoaand dollars and spends It buying diamonds and cissy clothes for his ?"affinity" there Is no end of sensation? al aaws stories telegraphed the length and breadth ot the Isnd; but just aaw. while ths most gigantic snd scandalous robbery of ths age Is going ?a day after dar. it creates no world? wide sensation and little notice Is ta? an of It save In \he South, the domi? nus of those being deprived of s sum approximating two hundred million dollars. Ths cotton cr >p this year probably amount* to 13.0 )0,000 bales, and It Is worth fifteen ce its a pound, if the current quotations on cotton go^ds for Immediate or future delivery are ac nepted as a basil of value. The mills of America and Europe, anticipating a st ort crop. In compari? son with the ne?ds of the cotton con? suming Jsv>rld. snd expecting high priese fos raw cotton, fixed the price for the 'manufactured product so ss la leave a^satisfactory margin of pro? between raw cotton at II to 16 of the sn between raw cotton at 18 ?ants and the svllirss price < A majority of the rolUs srs aold as oat ho ahead sad ths' demand for ssAtoa gooda Is sog eat.even at prevail lag high prices, that the mills decline absolutely to mske any Concession In gates to the largest buyers, nowlth standing that cotton Is selling for aboat four sent* 1 ?ss thsn the t rice it should command to be on a parity sr.th the current prices of cloth. Two weeks ag> cotton sold for IS V t-l te 18 1-t cents, because many of the milts, besag bare of cotton, were farced to get It it any price to fill their orders, but. Immediate necessl hsvlng been supplied, and the ?er* showing no disposition to 'id their cotton for IS cents. Its fair lue. the process of hammering down price was bticun, and It has been ntlnued day after day with a relest t? persistence Jhat only s monu mtsl ;treed oculd Inspire. Today cotton Is selling for t ^> a bale less thsn It was two weeks ago; and. un lesvi the Linkers and merchants and other moneyed nep of the South quickly come to a realising sense of veritable pillage of the country Is going on before their very ?. and. Joining forces with the farm advise, eticoijrage and aid them So 'vlthhobl from the market every halo of cotton um II the mills, at home and abroad, whone very existence Is Slap^ndent upon securing a supply of American cotton, shalf pay the real value of this year's crop, cotton will sjo lower and still lower. The prosp ity of the South Is In the hassrd and tt \* a stake worth ^tsgh'tlng for. Ftft'en i v.l* for cot tan mean* twenty million dollars more he tie fanners of South Carolina than ateven cents or two hundred and six? ty million*, I ? the South. This Is the ndgnn Hood of wealth that wil( pair Into the pockets >( the speculators. SBld He men and mills If the price of ?ott ?n Is kept at -liven ^ents. and ev? ery pennv of It belongs rtghtfullv to furo r of th S uth. Ihe mills, having sold their output ?ntbe ahead the price being fig on a baids of fifteen cent* cot Son. are ,| .,f their legitimate profit, wiv. h \- vould noi w 1 -h them as ?>.^e; but greeJ-craaed by the stu ?enlou n s< of th i i|>oll to bs obtain* ?d Ly Stande ring the South, they are iblag out aval i< long hands to I ths fsliners' rightful share of prodts of the cotton crop. Wa srould rt->dce to see every bale at cotton withheld from the market natb the price tdvanced to tlfte. n sits. The SlWg of |mo7 Is worth fifteen sits, and every man who put a year I his lift and strength Into the mak sx hi Hj I" Bnysai that price and ?re, aad s great big margin of profit bwfUrii*. t,. the manufacturer f ?i ever] posad h.? huv? in the shaoe <?f cotton aloth. CatSSS Is worth fifteen cents, and tber-' Is no reason under heaven tor Us selling for has. except the vil? lainous rapac ity ..r those who are . n rtehetd by buying the raw cotton < le ap and welling cotbn ? l th high. Colon is worth fifteen cents, and If all. or a respectable majority, of the fKsaTa. meg of the South would but Work together foi the best interests Sjt th*> whole lSStl< n. the hands of the B*ltag*Ts could be stayed and more ,n a king's ransom would bt paid the- fsrmers for this year's crop Cotton Is worth fifteen cents, and g* farmers should hold for that race In spite of the world% the th I fed ths dsrll; und the bankers of the asth should strain their resources to the utmost and extremes! limit to help the farmers to hold. Twenty dollars a tale* or even ten dollars, on a thirteen million bale crop is too great a sum to be given up to the freebooters, without having first exhausted every possible resource and used every expedient, no matter how desperate, to retain in our own hands what is rightfully ours. Cotton is worth fifteen cents this year, and at that price the Southern farmer could pay his debts and have, something left?not a great deal, it is true, but freedom from debt and a little money spell3 prosperity in this section. Cotton at eleven or ten cents means the same old long drawn-out, heart breaking struggle to make ends meet. Cotton at nine or eight cent? means disaster, distress and the pinch of privation for thousands of debt burdened cotton farmers. And It must be borne in mind that the same methods and the same forces that have been potent to force down the price from 13 1-1 to il 1-4 ctnts within two weeks can send It on down to eight or seven or six, If the farmer Is weak enough and fool enough to submit to the price being fixed by the buyer. Cotton Is worth fifteen cents today, but the farmer will not receive that price today or ever, unless he refuses t# sell tf or Jess. Cotton Ijs worth fifteen cents?we all know that?but the crucial point Is, What Is the farmer going to do about It? What la the merchant, whom he owes, going to do to help the farm*?*to do about it? Will the merchajfta. and bankers of the South? whose TmlSw Is Indissolubly United with that ot the cotton grower, help their friend and neighbor and cus? tomer, the cotton grower, or wilj they stand idly looking on while the hold up and robbery is consummated? '. The Hague Peace Congress, having adopted a few amendments to the in? ternational war code, la ready to ad? journ. ? ? ? The decision of the State Railroad 'Commission that the Western Union Telegraph Company has violated Its charter by sending telegram* by mall opens another field for corporation prosecution. \ e e e The comments of the Southern Re? porter on the Baptist Negro College affair is Illuminating, coming as It does from a negro paper, whose editor la presumably well acquainted with the matter he discusses and the men he criticises. a ? a When the Legislature meets In Jan? uary a half dozen, or more, would-be leaders will be on hand with prohibi? tion bills modeled after the Georgia law. They will have no hope of the bills passing, but In Brice law counties the fart that they Introduced general prohibition bills will be something to bolster up their pleas for re-election. ? ? i When Congress enacts a law pro? hibiting the shipment of liquors Into prohibition States South Carolina? Charleston excepted?will be ready for prohibition, and this paper will he heartily in favor of prohibition. Un? der :<uch a law it would be possible to enforce a State law against the sale of liquor; but so long as liquor can he shipped Into the State ander UM pro lection of the Int-r-State commerce law. the dlspens-iry system Is the only rational method of combining the maximum control of the liquor evil with the maximum of revenue. a a a Rock Hill ami Marlon are having trouble with the corporations that awg their water systems and they are faeing tin same problem with whleh Sumter had to deal a few years ago. 'ihose towns will find that th?? only way out Is tu pay the price of their folly In permitting a foreign coipora tlon to g? t possession of the!r water systems. They will have to buy their water systems from the corp irftttOAl that own them at a price much great? er than the initial co>t of the systems. This is what Sumter had to do, and although this town paid more than twice what the water system cost the corporation. It has proven a good In? fi fount from a financial standpoint, to nay nothing of the satisfaction de? rived from Controlling] our water sup? ply. The sooner .Marlon and lioek HIM buy their Watei systems the leea they will have to pay. for the aom? morctal value Of I public utility In? creases more rapidly than the pou latlon. ? a a The experts of the I> partim nt of Anrleulture are waxing enthusiastic over a variety of cotton thai a Texan has developed by careful hreedii g an 1 J seed selection, extending over a long period of \e;irs. This cotton, It Is claimed, yields between 33 pad 42 pounds of lint per hundf >d >f s?ed OOttOa. This yield Is nothing phe? nomenal In these purr*, g? a cotton , that d'>es n??t yield as much as || p ?unds of iint per hundred i* not considered pM*i cotton In Mi's section. " There are several Sumter county farm? ers who have. this year, obtained I m ?re than If pounds of lint pel hun? dred of seed cotton. This section ol south Carolina hi the best gotton. corn and oats ptodttclng a"> 'way. Mr. Tindai. of Clarendon oonr ty. holds the record for a o n pr<uluc This Store Closes at 6 P. If. This Store Closes at 6 P. M. In breadth and originality of conception, and ability to carry ont the plans conceived, THE SCHWARTZ COSTUME STORE knows no rival. The Ladies of Sumter and from sfar, have come to look npon it as the accepted oracle of Fashion in Dress, and this season's remsrkable collection justifies the verdict. THE SUITS ARE HERE?A PERFECT FIT ASSURED. We Present a Line of Skirts absolutely distinct models, and in such qoantities never attempted (even) by us before. The Voille Skirt is the recognized Skirt of Style for Dress. We have them?10 styles to select from and at prices less than the materials cau be bought for. Then there are Chiffon Panama s, Tamise and mixtures. WE MENTION JOST FOUR MODELS: Voille bkirts full plaited of fine grade. Nicely Silk trimmed.a| $7.00 ? Chiffon Panama and Tamise Skirts, full plaited, trimmed with folds.at $4.00 and $4.50 Chiffon Panama, a 42 Gore Model of finest quality. Full plaited and trimmed.ai $5.50 Voille Skirts?finest grade of voille made. Beautifully trimmed.at $9.00 and $10 00 Nowhere can you find the equal of the above. A HINT IN ADVANCE FROM THE MILLINERY. The new COLLEGE HAT is the nobbiest style that has been shown here in many a season. Possibly you've seen some of the young ladies wearing them. They came from SCHWARTZ BROS. LADIES1 HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS?"FLUFFY RUFFLE" BELTS. Shoes Deserve the praise given them by their wearers, because they last longer, retain their shape and look better than any $3.50 and $4.00 Shoe on the market. We are better equipped than ever before to handle our Shoe business, and our line is larger and more complete. Don't be persuaded to try some s other make said to be just as good. HAVE NOTHING BUT A WALK-OVER. Last Longer Retain Their Shape And Look Better. >eoeoeoeoeoe^oe>ec>4 }04O40*O404O*040+04O+< I Last j Longer j Retain i Their i Shape j And ! Look I Better. I BO THE SUMTER CLOTHING COMPANY. s m fj 01 ra ftf GJ m m m ru jy ?? 5 rj rj g NO. 5 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - SUMTER, S. C. jjj aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaru ti??n; Mr. Haynsworth, of Sumter, is second "ii out production and we can name severs! who have obtslnsd larger returns of lint per hundred pounds of seed cotton th in this T<xas cotton breeder claim--. It may be, however, that tin* Texas cotton Ii something extraordinary and needs only to be planted In Bunv.or County t<> produce ail lint. see BOttth Carolina history seems des? tined to out a considerable figure in the senatorial campaign. Col. John J. Darsjan Is the auhor of a school his? tory of the State while Mr. Charles Carroll Blmms's father wrote a his? tory of South Carolina. Voters should read Up OH history during the Ions; Winter evenings or tlnfy will not know What the candidates are talking about. SOME OF THE FEATURE ACTS. Gentry Rros.'s Shows Will Give Many Marvellous Acts on Next Saturday. Millinery Opening* Ladles, you are cordially invited to attend my up-to-date Pall Millinery Opening, Thursday, Friday and Satur? day. 3d, <th and 5th of October, 1907. Upstairs over the Bumh r Clothing Co., South Main street. Tours to please, ?j 25-2t* Iflsi S. A. Murray. Here are some of the feature acts of Gentry Brothera' Famous Shows, which give two performances in Sum t< r next Saturday: The pony bell-ringing specialty. The high-diving dog. The comical clown canines. Marcel and Lennet, Austrian acro? batic artists. Tin flying Zereldas, daring trapese performers. The imperial troupe of Japanese t urn biers. The mystifying, juggling Normans. The wire-walking elephants. The monkey theater. The monkey barber shop. The Monkey Fire Brigade In action. Tlx- Simian bareback ri 1 <*. Perkins, the hog comedian, in a rl? dlculounly humorous sketch. The (bite gymnastic sheep. Th? wonderful tfnydor family of Royal Russian \.?lies. The barrel rolling torrlers. The marvelous jumping grey? hounds, The kicking mule. The drill of nations by 150 ponies. The elephant orchestra. Toy. the smallest horse, and Dan, the largest dog, In a unique act. STOP TNF. STRENUOUS LIFE. Weakens the Tissues and Lessens or ganic Vitality. ?The stress and strain of the stren? uous life In both city and country tends towards stomach troublea. Five people Buffer today where one did ten years ago with sick headache, dizziness, flatulence, distress after eat? ing, specks before the eyes, bloating, nervousness, sleeplessness and many other symptoms of indigestion. All who an- Buffering with stomach troubles, and that means at b ast two out of thr? e |n Sumter and other towns, should use Ml-o-na stomach tablets. Nothing else is as safe, yec effective; nothing else can be so thor? oughly relied upon to relieve all troubles from Indigestion as Ml-o-na. it is not a mere digestive taken af? ter the food is eaten, but a irue tonic. stimulant and strengthener for the muscular walls of the stomach. in? creasing the bow of digestive lluids and putting the stomach into such condition that it does the work nature expects of it. , So reliable is Ml-o-na in its curative action that J. F. VV. DeLosme, " :*u every 50-cent box he sells gi guarantee to refund the money u the remedy dot I all that is elaime It. 1-25*2 T?\ i:\TV CENTS COTTON. A Dale Bold Here Yesterday for One Hundred and Three Dollar Mr Perry Moses, who plants the Sunflower variety of long staple cot? ton, sold a bale yesterday afternoon for $102. The bale weighed 511 pounds and he received 20 cents n J pound for v l/ocal Cotton Market. Receipts today estimated at 160 bales. Middling 11.20 ?11 l-S. The receipts for th, past week were aboat 2,200 bales