Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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TU F. COTTON SITUATION. New York Timm GItm Some Intcr M?nf Statement? In Regard to the HeintImi4 of Cotton and Southern Mill*. The Fall River mills are selling the OOtton. says the New York Times, which they cannot afford to spin, and our telegrams yesterday told of the rushing to this market by freight express) of staple not wanted by thj Southern mills. Cotton Is approxi? mating the prices* which were thought ridiculous when Sully ma nlpulated them, and half the spindles of the country are Idle. Surely it Is singular that under these conditions standard cloths are offered, and not wanted at 1 cents a yard below the prices readily realised when the sta? ple from which the goods were woven was also bringing less by several cents a pound. Who Is to blame. The government's Idea Is that the bulls are to blame and It Is prosecut? ing them by Indictment. But these are factors In the situation beyond the power of man to produce. The mills would not stop spinning If they could sell their goods at prices readily paid when there was more cotton. Twelve-cent goods were recently sell- ] Ing below t cents. Is dear cotton the cause of cheap cloth? The crop waa short some three million bales? ware the bulls responsible for that? There is the prospect of a much larger yield for the next crop, which Is expected to approach IS,000,0000. bales. Will the larger yield be ored- I Itod to the stimulus created by the machinations of the bulls? Or will It be debated to them on the doc? trine, demontsrated by recent experi? ence mentioned above, that large yields and high prices of goods were associated tn recent experience? And If the bulls on the exchange are the responsible v111 tans, what will be done , to the bulls In the back counties who held their cotton for prices now be? ing realised and who are unregen? erate In proportion to the else of their bank accounts? The answer to these conundrums must be sought in conditions of which thsy are ripened fruit The men now most generally held blame? worthy are those who most nearly forsaw present conditions, and who laid in stock of cotton when It was j being scartflced by those who took ( different views, and are now paying; the penalty. It Is the men who sold j what they did not own who now are ; ticra^ng the uttermost markets of the earth to gather what nobody ( wants at the price. If only they would stop buying?the buyers of ? cotton goods stopped buying?the price of the staple would fall as the price of the manufactured goods has fallen. When cotton Is not wanted to ( spin it is wanted only by speculators. ( snd by speculators who were mtstak en in their postlon. It Is their sing- ; ularly Ill-timed purchases which are | holding up a market otherwise doom- ( ad to collapse by the near approach , of freah supplies from the new crop. On th?? other hand, those who were , light In their views about the mar- j ket <?wn all the real cotton. They cannot weave it. and they are not, ?pinners. They are necessitous sell? er* Whitevsf their paper profits, their losses will be real unless they ; sell what nobody wants except the , t?*ar? who thus far have suffered de- ( fest. If the bulls are to be punished, because they won't sell except at their ou n price, ought not the bears to b? punished because they insisted upon selling more than they owned st prl< sj below what was fair? Is It wicked to be right on the mark >t snd praiseworthy to be wrong, and must a man have the'verdict of a ppaad atf aaaata h# assumes a spec? ulate.- portion? Stillv was wrong as s bull arc! took his punishment in the market. The present market has the npi M irance of a Waterloo for the I bears, und they are taking their pun? ishment apparently. The *>nd Is not vet. but economic remedte? are being applied whore they will do must good, and be for > the k--\'-rnment can apply its doubr ful remedies. It is an interesting study In ?peculatlon, but for the mil? lion* It has only academic Interest. It is tru<? that the people who will i?ot buy ? ott'm cl >th are the ultimate srblters b*t.vecn ihe bulls snd the bear- b virtue tmi being ultimate con? sumer?. But |1 i quantity of el- th ei r gggad or i >t consumed Indl Id? eally Is a small Item in the cost of living, and moreover has already been red med to a figure disconcerting to the professionals. This Is the fact which takes most of the heat out ef the situation, and leaves the st' ry about the crop one for the co*.ton ring, rather then for the dry foods shop V ore or Chronic?Which .' ?\'o rn ?Her If your kidney trouble i4 M nr.- ..r chronic FoIey'H Kidney Rggga#y will reach your case Mr. ('laud*' Itrown, Fteynoidsvllle, 111., writ.* ill that ho suffered many m. n't- \ Ith kidney complaint which r.arlb 1 ill treatment. At last he tried I'oio^'t Kidney Itemedy and a few I itu? ? !o!t'.4 effe? ted a complete cure. M It h >4 beon of Inestimable vsbie to me." Slbert's Drug Store. LIGHTNING KILLS CHILD. Child While Playing in Yard Is Killed By Lightning Flush From a Clear Sky. Manning. July 28.?Hattie Black man, aged 10 years, daughter of J. A. Blackman, was killed here by lightning Wednesday afternoon. She was at the time in W. R. White's yard, where a single flash came from a j nearly clear sky and killed her in? stantly. There was no rainfall be? fore or after the stroke of lightning. This was the second death from lightning in this vicinity within two weeks, the former being that of a negro man who was struck and killed while plowing In a field. _ I It's a solemn Democrat that can't chuckle at Republican harmony in Ohio.?Washington Post. I Increases in Passenger and Freight Rates. The general Increases in wages giv? en by the railroads are now being fol 1 lowed, as was expected, by Increases I of passenger and freight rates. The New Haven road, the New York Cen- . tral, the Jersey Central, and several other railroads serving New York City have announced increased pas? senger fares, or are known to be con? sidering such a move. This addition? al sting In the Increased cost of living ha! produced much indignation among the residents of the suburban districts near New York, who must, regard the cost of their monthly commutation tickets as a fixed charge and who have a very lively sense of this particular item when they buy. each month, a new commutation "book." It is one of those very direct taxes on the consumer which catches his attention more readily and offensively thar *. ten times greater, but Indirect, tax through high railroad freight rates. Commu? ters have organised at many points to fight the increase. As a matter of fact, the commuta? tion rates of the railroad lines serv? ing the suburbs of our great cities seem remarkably low, and Increases in them can be more easily defended, arguing from surface facts, than could many of the present proposals of the railway mangers. For in? stance, the New Haven Railroad sells Its commutation books at a rate which gives it considerably less than half a cent a mile. When one gets below the surface and considers the factors of relative density of traffic on the one hand and increased cost of expensive terminals on the other, the layman is out of his depth. The railroads contend that these monthly suburban tickets have always been sold at a loss, the one compensating factor being the building up of the territory served, the resulting in? crease in freight business, and the higher priced pasenger traffic gain? ed from the non-commuting mem? bers of the suburban families. Of much larger importance is the gen real movement toward higher freight rates, to compensate for the recent j wage increases, which, it Is estimat? ed, will aggregate $150,000,000 year? ly of additional expense in the opera? tion of the railroads. These proposed freight-rate Increases are not taking the form of a horizontal raising of c ommodity rates, but of increases in the so-called class rates. By this method it is expected that the higher costs that finally reach the consum? ers will come on such articles as pianos, automobiles, and other arti? cles of luxury, rather than on the staple necessities of life.?From "The Progress of the World," In the Amer? ican Review of Reviews for June. For Quick Relief Prom Hay Fever. ?Asthma and summer bronchitis, take FUlsy'l 1 lousy and Tar. It quickly relieves the discomfort and suffering and the annoying symptoms ?Ii i|?|ear. It soothes and heals the Inflamed air passages of the head, throat and bronchial tubes. It COM? BO opiates and no harmful drugs. Refuse substitutes. Sibert's 1 ?rug Store. Dr. William C. Hamilton, of Cin? cinnati was oleeted meat, milk and food Inspector of Anderson, succeed? ing Dr. W. H. Tlmmons, resigned. ?To keep your health sound; to gvold the Ills of advancing years; to conserve your physical forces for a rips and healthful old age, guard your kidneys by taking Foley's Kiel? te Remedy. Sibert's Drug Store. Mr HOOBBVCH Is on the fence, with both parties stroknig his fur and sav? ing 'Nice Pussy?"?Hosten Tarns? cript. ?The Best Hour of Life is when you do some great deed or discover sonic wonderful fact. This hour cimc to J. U. Pitt, of Rocky Mt.. W C, when he was suffering In? tensely, as he says, "from the worst cold i ever had, i then proved to my great satlsfatcion. what a wonderful Cold and Cough eure Dr. King's New Discovery Is. for, after taking one bottle, I was entlnly cured. You <;tn't sav jinvthing too good of a mod Idas like that." Its IhS surest and best remedy for diseased Jungs, hemorrhage s, lagrtppe, asthma, bay feVOf?any throat or lung trouble, lee, ll.te, Trial bottle free Quaran |< i I ?-y Sibert's Drug Store. FOUND IX UNCONSCIOUS ST ATI-:. I). W. Mil lor Found Lying In Now Cut Road with Hole Knocked in His Head. Spartanburg, July 28.?It was re? ported here tonight at a late hour that I). W. Miller, a stove repairer, who lives near Spartanburg Junction, was found this evening lying ou the new cut road near Pisgah ch irch with a hole knocked in his heac in an unconscious condition. Robbery Is supposed to have been the mo?vo of the deed. It is said that Mr. ! Miller travels over the county a great deal repairing and selling stoves and that at times he has about his person considerable money. HOW NOT TO COMB YOUR HAIR. From the Man's Page of The Deline? ator.?By Homer Cray. Just as surely as hair Is woman's crowning glory it Is man's glorious crowning. That is, to those that have it. Those whose heads have pushed up through their hair usually use a huck-aback towel for the delicate process of parting the hair, but un? less one has the peculiar require? ments it is not worth while to culti? vate them. Men with low, squatting foreheads should not pull their hair down over their brows, and men whose forehads are beginning to work back should Invite their locks down. If your hair has quietly slipped down toward your ears on each aide, leave it there. Tf you bring it up in strings and wisps It will merely look like climbing vines and wll never really have the free and-easy, homelike appearance that ought to be the part of all natural hair. Do not part your hair any earlier than you can help. Hair is In a hurry these days, anyway. Usually It doesn't stay more than long enough to make sure that the baby Is going to be a boy before It hastens off. It will part of Itself soon enough, the best you can do. Before combing your hair you should get acquainted with the archi? tecture of your face. If your face Is of the harvest moon variety, do not Inlay your hair. Puff It up as much as possible. It's better to look like a feather duster on a Monday morning than a scratched billiard ball on a Saturday night. But If your face is of a long, gal? loping ensemble, do not encourage your hair to fluff. Instead keep it down close to headquarters. If your head inclines to run up to a cone, do not spread your hair around in imita? tion of a palm-tree thatch; rather fluff it up and windrow it for fear some unbred person will begin to talk about Spring radish tops. Health, Success and a Vacation. It is not wholly on account of our own comfort and happiness that we should cultivate health, but because it mutlplle8 our ability and our chances of success, says Orison Swett Marden, In "Success Magazine." It Is pitiable to see young people starting out In life with ambition to make a place for themselves, and yet ruining the possibility of doing any? thing great by sacrificing health, the very thing on which they are most dependent for the attainment of their object. With robust health and a strong determination one can accom? plish wonderful things; but no mat? ter how much amibltlon one has, If he ruins his health by vlcous habits, by leading an abnormal or Irregular life, he cuts off his greatest chance for accomplishing anything of mo? ment. There are, It Is true, examples of people in poor health?of Invalids who have done quite remarkable things?but think what these people might have accomplished had they had strong, vigorous constitutions and robust health! Ill-health Is a perpetual handicap, and the greater one's ambition, the greater the dis? appointment which the inability to reach one's aim will cause. On the other hand, robust health raises the power of every faculty, In? creases Its efficiency, gives It a keen? er edge, makes it more gripping, and multiplies the entire brain-power many times. A one-talent man with a superb physique often astonishes us with his achievement, sometimes accomplishing a great deal more than n ten-talent man with poor health. The vitality born of vigorous abounding health not only increases our self-confidence, but the confi? dence of others In us. It gains US credit. Bankers and jobbers who would be glad to give young men credit and help them with capital, so j far as their ability and honesty are i concerned, are often obliged to de ] < llne such aid on account of ill health or some physical weakness on the part of the applicants. They may have the utmost confidence In the young men themselves, but they are afraid they will break down before they get Into a postlon to repay the in<Uiey. Riehes arc aide to solder up abun? dance of flaws,?Cervantes. OUR AGENTS IN WASHINGTON. Are They Working For Those Who Elect Them or For Some Other In? terests??Check Tin'in Up. The Federal government at Wash? ington is a "delegated" government. We employ 391 Representatives, 92 Senators, a President, his Cabinet, and a Federal Judiciary to be our agents; to act for us in matters which affect us all; to be, in fact, our agents or servants in our common poltical concerns. Did these "delegates" of yours, as Senator Bourne terms them, represent you during the past two years? For instance, did your Congress? man vote for Cannon?the keystone of Privilege in Congress? Did he join in the merger of regular Republicans and Tammany Hall Democrats to strengthen the grip of Cannon and Privilege on the House through the committee system by which legisla? tion is framed, the "Pork Barrel" is controled, and the members of the House are converted Into political eunuchs? Did he unite with the In? surgents or cling to the old regime In the vote over the Speakership in the special session of 1909 and the Norris resolution of March 17, 1910? Did he represent you by his vote on the Payne-Aldrich tariff bill and the amendments offered thereto? You don't know? But It Is absolute? ly your business to know. What your hired Congressman does controls your life and your living?fixes the cost of your food, clothing and shelter, and many of the conditions of your em? ployment. Privilege knows exactly how your Congressman votes. It lets slip no op? portunity to impress its wants on him. Why? Because It knows where its profit lies, if you don't. Now this is not to be a discussion of the vir? tues of Free Trade as against the exactions of Protection?that isn't the question before us. I a - making an effort to convince you of the ne? cessity of watching out for your own interests. The railway question is a far big? ger problem than discriminations and rebates. It is a problem of restrain? ing a monopoly of portentous propor? tions, whose activities, rates, charges, and services under-lie our very civil? ization. And the railways are in pol? itics, they seek to control Congress, the courts, and the agencies of public opinion, in order that they may do as they will with this power. They have had "delegates* 'in Con? gress ever since the Civil War?and faithful ones, too. But did your "dele? gate" represent you in the votes on the amendments to the Wickersham railway bill? Despite its many short? comings, the bill is a step forward. If your Congressman is up for re-elec? tion, ask him if he voted to shelve the clauses providing for a physical valu? ation of roads, and the supervision of stock and bond issues. If a new man I is up, ask him how he would have voted on these points. This railroad Issue, like the poor, Is wdth us always. The express companies, parasites of the railways and often owned by the men who control the railways, are among the easiest money makers in the country. The express companies do not believe in the parcels post; and because of their influence with your hired men in Congress, you are denied it. All these evils I have enumerated ?all these oppressions that the Priv? ileged Interests lay up^us?are part of the cost of "delegated" govern? ment, of which Senator Bourne spoke: His remedy is direct government. But that is not what we have. The ques? tion for us is: Can our "delegated" government be converted into "popu? lar" government? I think it can. A start has been made in the Sixty-first Congress. But much remains to be done, and the voters must do it. There are nearly 20,000,000 voters In America. They do all the voting. For Privilege does not go to the polls. This vote is what the scientist calls "potential force." Some day it will become "kinetic." Then It will be sovereign: the sovereignty of the whole people.?Frederic C. Howe in the August Everybody's Magazine. Struck B Rich Mine. ?8. W. Bends, of Coal City, Ala., says he struck a perfect mine of health in Dr. King's New Life Pills for they cured him of Liver and Kid? ney Trouble after 12 years of suffer? ing. They are the best pills <?n earth for constipation, malaria, headache, dyspepsia, debility. 26c at Sibert's 1 >rug Store. Senator Aldrleh seems to have some interest in a high duty on rubber. Ho is not averse to stretching a point.? Charleston News and Courier. ?Life on Panama Canal has had one frightful drawback ? ma? laria trouble?that has brought suf? fering and tleath to thousands. The germs cause thills, fever and ague, biliousness, jaundice, lassitude, weak? ness ami general debility. But Elec? tric Bitters never fail to destroy them and cure malaria troubles. "Three bottles completely cured me of a very severe attack of malaria," writes Wm. A. Pretwell, of Lucama, N. C, "and I've had good health ever since." Cure stomach. liver and kidney troubles and prevent typhoid. 50c. Guaranteed by Sibert's Drug Store. Start to Hreak Up a Carriage Bought here and you'd have all the job you wanted. Our carriages are l>ut together so they will stay put. That means they don't break down any easier than they are to break up. They are the safest carriages for you to buy because they are the saf? est for you or your family to ride in. We have them in extension and Canopy top, rubber and steel tires, and buggies, buggies, buggies, but they are going out daily. Hurry if you want one. THE S. M. PIERSON CO. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Established 1905. Capital Stock paid in. Stockholders Guarantee to Depositors.. Surplus and Undivided Profits. Deposits. $120,000.00 120,000.00 46,000 00 295,000.00 You can open an Account with Us with One Dollar or more. We guarantee careful attention, courteous treatment, and we want your business. DEPOSIT With First National Bank THAT'S ALL. =? Bank of Sumter. Sumter, S. C. Capital Stock, - Surplus and Undivided Profits, : $75,000.00 $70,695.00 Over Fifteen Hundred Depositors. HEED DOB DIU GEH SIGNAL! Stop putting your funds in stocks and bonds, banks etc. where they are at the mercy practically of the management of the company or Institution. Put your funds where they will earn a substantial return with ?bsolute safety, yiz : No. 209 South Main St.. Lot 50 by 208, eight room dwelling, all modern con? veniences, good iurn and stable. No. Hl S Main St., Lot 50 by 208,8 room dwelling, all modern conveniences. This Is Main Street Property and very ciose In. No. 331 W. Hampton Ave., nice six room dwelling. No. 9 North Salem Ave., nice six room cottage. We have some very choice country property for sale, that is worth Investi? gating, would be pleased to show you any or all. For prices and terms, apply to - SUMTER REAL ESTATE ? INSURANGE CO., Farmers' Bank & Trust Co. Bldg. Sumter, S. C. Birnie's Drug Store, 5 W. Liberty St. Sumter, S. C. Dealer In Pure Drugs and Medicines, CHOICE PERFUMES AND FINE TOILET ARTICLES, COMBS AND BRUSHES, PATENT MEDICINES AND DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES, A FULL LINE OF CIGARS AND TOBACCO. :: :: :: :: :: OUR MOTTO: PURE AND RELIABLE GOODS. Our stock is complete and we cheerfully solicit your patronage. :: :: ::