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iy nml Katnntay' IlIKCI COMPANY iL 0. ft agf> In advance. , I Uarincuta, ? Lasertotn $ i do nt Insertion .GO thron months or long- , e nt irduoad rates, inkattonr which subserve i* will bv i barged for ants. and tributes of respect {Mgrgod for &urat?r wu-hmaa wa* found tssa said th? Tat?? Southron in The W.k. huiam and Houthron the combined etrcgl&th.n and | _VtKh of the old papers, Ifestly the front advertising flkt rater. i. ? au. . I "*'.g*ff . . i ?? at viro-ntr stnooi.s .t?r on*y women, hut men as well. kt ten ding the many schools for il instruction which are l>elng ipett throughout th?- country Uta ?ein ? fit rtf women vot gome of these ra#n on be)oi jeetkmi d <?h to why the> ge to the la a?> nulls fraatoy thai they g?WU to |ftt the M rock, eleinen. information offered. ??ration |tt "fu^,jpt?' ic proruis this ? musing. ^Jkfc shows that ien are s*m kinjMnformation both hom?t and idRHhllnd that men it* fitting themselves u .give it. and |bjat the '-wakened Interest of the wo. be* Si^usastUaaajg thinking men ' h it ? t betso wwn concrete dge ui thfc fjuidano ntuls ol hin aud girrrnrm-nt ?e vague ha Deed of laggeglug ap> Wifn 'tr . a \voj4-n both seek-*' lag a netter education In tho duties rinnnahip urlf trti functions4 of[ elected k^o?ira> , the proap.< t Ight for h future wherviu all vot wttl use the ballot more intelli? gently, will prJ?ta>AM?\btH'if oitlsen-l stip tbv rai?<dvam gr.i' ?I-imoi i fort public ofTlrc rhWi OfMrtKh'- ability and Integrity "H( f -JE' L r: rxi.rTY The N'attona?J|^ff|r.?nunci! irporta thnt USoVof ggW arS killing more peopU iu tkW^iWairV^an all the railroads. facteYtiir? as* ihinea to.j gather Thin It.a., stalling si uatlon, wm n eue n* ' evil eminence\ gamed >>?' AmlrWn rstwo*d* in th regard. Auroa^ejajc* are woran than the railroads over \\ ? i?, yet many people take U as e matter of con The worst Using about it in the rapid Jt**saa* fa fatald*?* whl. h ne?n?s I ? -at ivt. rt;? ni;r< f I use of automobilen W^nto^UJe*. chu catsaple. inTTnBrW^farhavt grown per cent in one year. Most of the planning Umt. has to go et. 11 motorcars ia concerned with better paving atVd bitter traffic t"ii tDtlon* aad parking arrangement* n btsaftmta actlona Human life la of more rnnortanrc lbnn any mere mat?1 V r of eudver -r materlaJ. im-1 human as ?r-, tuout??' y. la a thing whi eon n*r*t ? iv mtie in^psfut v. It In a esses*lion of strict nvu > iforcenrvcnt, ?f inure adeojistr lawf. and of dev-r aSoumg a public mot?u- conscience, that will rem d, moat of tho evils eolua'anly > Lai*If of skill in drrcfhg Is one great cause at aspsjumibile accklenka Thnt uo hiffVia ..lgnorauce of how to hnndl ' i' Trill Ignorance of the' trufli' nilsp; The ohvtoiM remedy; tor il la tc> r*TStoJre egrery nuin ar wo i oir, to piuw ? sevt)*re eaara I nation and obiain a h. ceisse This rcOjUircaaaat i i. aalablbihed in some otatee, but ought to be adopted everywbrre MfM dkiioIsm on the part of drivers ' Ig th* other big factor. The "hood Iura" may be a bandit with a stolen ear.*er a ?nxl driver, or a millionaire motorist be is a hoodlura of the mad Jsrat tia same If he drives m rockleaa and imgentlemauly disregard of the rlghU of pedestrians and other Din lortata. Far all such there should] be severe punishment, with deprn ? Uon "f their driving he rises for p i |oda salted to the offense. ? i ! Tt.N MliUOlfi IN II\In Tin P^hl . MegHil * ii \V ? h gagUm estimates tmrf'ul f" >d alone It roatg tho people of th? fitted ^tnt?s Oie ? ut a d*y,.gp|g44t t>> bt tin'MM Hie tat population. Anyone wfio thinks a cent a day doecn't amount Hp anything should do a little flgur lag It eomag to 93 ?& a year apiece. %|ar noarly Itoo.ooo.aou a year for the whoh na'loti AimI that sum he it noted, represents the Interest on about I trt.OOO.Oh'hOOO of government bonda. which in turn Is about half the nation's net war debt Ten billion dollars In a good deal Of raonfy o> have invested In ruts. The ra s ars not worth It. Moreover, th/. 0" a feat deal of colhn< il 4ano ?p*. by gnawing holes In build lag?? aentroytng mm defiling proper? ty of Various kinds, starting f res ami nrirc**dng tlin? ast\ Tl?i\v are recog? nised nowadays as- the chjcf eurHors of bubonic plague. The avoidanci' of that: dreaded ilisea e is simpu?no rsts, im plague? Kansas hat bean having a rat-kill? ing werk, in the inn r? st si health and food cnnsci 'inn. Th?- expectation has I?? ? ? 11 that in i thorough cnm ?>aWn fpf extei mir atlon of tho ro? dents the stale COgld make as much money as all its public expenses amount to. There otaghfl to be a rat-killing week in every state, par? ticularly the'agricultural and sea. board states. Preventive measures arc Just as important as tin lolling, for unless eanUnuall] warded pff the rats will me baek. The laddie liealih Ser? vice is working on standard plans for rat-proofing ' dwellings, business buildings, farm buildings and whir .. As long as there are rats, mi h plans oughi to be considered In construe ting any kind of building t,h y arc likely to infest. i in ; po\vi:k kiti \no\. , Mr. J. \Y M?-Kiever, in his arlicle yesterday, asks for the name of the man who promised better plectrlo \ light and poever ver\irc*. b} the com - pleflon of the new power plant, by Christmas. The -\ t -u.? at waa made bp ?<. repre.*cnt.ui\a' of 'his paper by h? th City Manager Htil'wa 11 and Mr. I Olsen that the project, at present, is thai the plant will be completed by Christmas, provided there js no un torweeu delay, the prediction being, based upon the pi ogresa that has been made recently and is now being made m construction work by the contrac? tors. The prediction may t)o as unfound? ed and as rldculous as Mr. McKiever's sarcastic comments indicates ho I lieveS it to be. la t ?he average man, not having exp? rt kr owledge, must ac? cept the ooirc.n i or! those who have, Mr are credited with having, llrst/hand reformation ard eapcrt knowledge. ('oubtructlvf criticism is useful and desirable, espeolaPy with* respect to public affairs; and Mr McKiever has been generally credited with the Je rtre to give the tax payers of Sumtcr the bemefU of thig1 sprt of criticism With respect to hii last cymmunlca i.on. however, it must be said that it la difficult tn find In it anything of the native of conr.tructttre criticism or of information. it Ajsplay* con slderable an im im and has the appear? ance, Of ncgg.fig, rr ther th a l ttelpful soggeetlon. Tne light and power situation .that has> existed in Knmter for scverul ha : hei n mosJ unsati dacpu y. The* situation long antedate the put chase of the plant by the city, und, HS a matter of fact, the unsatuutu t ?ry service, that grew' progress'.n < 1\ Woran over a period, oi several yeurg un? doubtedly w as the tUi'.ding fe at at - In Influencing the eltiuff-ns of Sumter to vote, by an overwhelming majority, in favor of municipal nwpelghip of tin- light and po^rr plant the hope | nation being that the city uuihorifUs would provide better set-, i i t, Thsg hop" aad exp< i tation has not been lost by a great many e\ii SOaa desplie- the experience; ftf i-he past few nu.*'ilis. whits, the.new plant has been in process of ?? >nst ruction. It Is a giattor of cofhmon knpwh dg?i that the plant the city took over wus in a r"un down condition,(some units ?h ing little bett. r th; n Jill h. and th it. even though some parts of th i plant, were and pro capable Of retlijlorll m rvlce, (he on Mem of other UPltl has renken I It .Impassible |o furnish good legvice, such a., hfl I en de? manded by some citlr >us on the mis? taken assumption that th" mere fa of" that Um ?lty o'.v n' I the plant .1 ai.i e.i Immediate improvement and great? r reliability hi ser. The service was Irregular and un r? hahh for manv gtotlthS b< fore the city took gver the H'-?nt. It has con? tinued Irregnla- aid unie|i..hle, and as the natural cons* <iucuc< of the oonUnued depreciation of the i worn out m'tchiui ry there baa bo??n ? o Imporvem?' i. but rather poorer service. Tho only wav by which bettt-f aer? vice eould have he i ol.i.iim d from the old plant was by making extensive and costly repairs, and this the enginocu employed by the city did not regard ss Just I tied In the circumstances. This may have been p??or advice, but thau is tut for a lafmmi to assrri posi tively. As an off hand proposition, it does not seem that it w?oiil I havol been good business to spend thou? sands of dollars to rehabilitate an ob? solete and w.>rn o?V p'a ?t. whos?. op crating coat waa high under the lust conditions, whib* a mod.in and ml equate plant that can he oj,, :..'. I economically, was In pro? . -s .?t . a ' structton. H The const i ant ion of the new par' has neoeaearily required time, u.d In th** meantime the Inconve lenees and Iloss Incident to the change rrom a priv.ileli, owned to a mui ipall? /Owned public utility must ho I<?? i;i? J as philosophically as pod Ilde. This newspaper holds no brief for] tlm defense of City Council and the nun employed by#that body to ope? rate the lighting plant tthd to con rslruci the now plant, and row, it anv, industrial di*pandent ppon tt*g plant for power, h ive suit'- rod greater less and inconvenient. Mi the result al tho decrepit condition pi the plant, j than The l.Viily Item, but our decision , I > I in the cireniusLatues lias been to. en? dure the p' t s. at." Inronven ? ne> s pa? tiently, confidently bolleyiag' that they I re only temporary. <Ve have not ex ! peeted the manager of tho plant or j the City Manager to perf?rm.4he im ' possible, and we beli ve thai it has he. u Impossible for them, or any oth V .-et of men, to obtain ffrst class service 'out of the old plant-' If such an ut 'tainmenf has been possible^ why did SiOt the old company give us first dntto service when the plar.t was two, three tor four years' less antiquated and less run down than it is to'duy? iMtoiiiitmoN i:mosti;< i;mim. | The extent to which prohibition is | prohibiting is revealed by DeetS i ' IMckett. representing the Met hod 1*1 Kplscopal i Ojgrd of T?. mporauce. Al? tes looking info conditions throughout the ountry and talking the matte over with John 1\ Kramer, United Btates prohibition oommuwiione^, hi reports tlhat prohibition enforcement! I M risen in tt las: few mc -uhs from lo per cent t'? sr> per cant, To reach 100 per cm .'Ir. Picket!} recognizes, is u 'difficult niatter. tt can never be attained until the sen? timent of local communities i on to 'Sgrcc'with the pin 'pose of the eigh? teenth aimmdmcnt un.t the Vo,stead law, and public sentitnjent In many cities ahd some Hate* is sMli b'ostile to prohibition or else tolerant Of ev? s.on and infringernent. Time may remedy this. The whole Dation cannot be t/xpected to come around unanimously to a nt w view? point all at once. The Ktahmbnd, Va., \ew s itea'h r refers pertinently to original opposition of the south to tho. aatislavery amendment, and tin- fad thai now 'nil the southern stales have eonie to disbelieve in slavery. It may not take onywhere near so long for the nation to arrive at general rnd effective agreement about alcohol. When that time' comes, there will be little breaking -f the law, because fOWer people v\i'l want to break it; and when they <h>, 11,. rc will be no' tolerant or applauding public sciitl no nt to sustuin them'. ^ ? In tho meantime, everybody who Cipro*! eg an opinion on the sttb.lecl r??r publication a^CeOl ihat tin re is, only one thing to b?v doiye?enforce the law. Those whb r? glud the Vo'slcad I ? as unne:-? ssnrily and unwisely se vi ri argue thtA h should bo insisted on to the letter.- because only strict enforcement \\nl show now oppressive, it is. Friend* of strict prohibition nattiraUj support that lav, for its own sake. jfive'practical suggestions are given by Mr. Picket! fOl adoptiert ?laiing this; Immoral interval until "dry" sen? timent groWS unanimous, First, slop putting (enforcement Ln the hands itH "green" men, gecand, keep political patronage pul bf it. Third, establish more Hying squadrons responsible only to national headquarters. Fourth, gtop the forgeries of whisky /with? drawal c< rtiiu atvs. Filth, matte pat enl ntedk in'\s really uioh inkahie. He might have added another remedy of geperal application put more of the enforcement work Into the ha.ios of Local authorities, ever when .local s -n tlmcnt. Si 'tnf riemtly to prohibition, and hold them to llnar duty. Uncle gam can't do it all. r " ' ?? .? ? ??.' ????"'-? ? SOUTH COMIC? NOHTIl. Southerners, as a rule, have done less traveling around Ihe country than other Americans. Tic Rani has gone west; the Weal has gone cast; the North, to SOUK] extent ha* gone south; the South has kepi pretty, much to Itself. 'J hi . year it Is dlffer cnt. Tourists a; northern summer re? sorts have remarked on the large number of southern people they have met. One Oi the latter is quoted as explaining thus: "You nee, the southerner has Im on making money these last few years. He feels th-'U he would like to travel a bit and see something Of what is going on beyond his own home en? vironment. Pi" has the monej to take him to the better class of places in the North, where ho can meet the kind Of people he likes to meet. And 1 want to tell you that we are delight, ediwlth the northerners we are meet ir.g. They are quire different from what the old-time southerner thinks. I'm. glad we are becoming/ better nc ?pialnled. and l beli? v. that it' we bar\ been able to cOlue north ami k.? i ac iptnktted long ago. the enmity beiwi w \ North and South would hav? eud< <l 1 mm !? m .oner than n did." I !oh ab?edly he is rij,ht a??.ni? it 1 Tin i 1 nothing like travel to w? ar ? . ofl j.r? jm?ei s ! Th? intcrmingl i'iu; M: vor ??.?( only < nricll s ' he < % ,,. . ;, broadens Ihc ii \e oi ml, ? hut. It puys hl?; iK\'hl< I in ., ? ? > ? it> iin! pa I riot ;mm. iii:\i/ni habits i'ou < mi,i>.:i \ Tho public school is in bo us< I tliis year as IP Vfr before i?> spread ! In doctrine of good hialilt hoy; !<> g?d und keep it. The campaign la lo be pushed us vigorou.sly In lUc rural dis tricta oil in town'. One-state has already Organised allj Its counties for eo-epi ra I ion in il vork. Kdm-aiion In hygiene Is lo he carried to every rural district. Conn-' (y* medical officials and visiting nurses^ make regular tours of Inspection * ? each school,, however remote. The { cehcrs wdl aid, using drills, (harts a 1 games to interest and instruct ' tl children! and they will be oncour f., d to care far iheir Indies as reg? ularly as they perform t'hoir farm and sehool tasks. The care of the body, upon whicrij the health, decpuda, Is a matter of ed? ucation and habit. To give the child-! ren of tho nation this education, and inculcate In then) the corresponding habhs, is a w ork in w hich school and i health authorities, teachers and par- 1 cuts should embark with rare enthu? siasm. a colli :<;:: or industry A number of*big business corpora? tions which already have private] trade sciip?ls are planning 10 co' - bljUS tlu t'o into a irai n ttioi)al h to he kn'.wn os the Ahicricali institution of industry. Other eorpor-i ations apd business firma will be urg-i cd to co-operate in the movement.' The object v.il be to gi\e young men who have proved their steadiness and worth the benefit of higher genera!, technical and business Education, ? such, as Will fit then4, for speedy ad? vancement in Industry and- for high managerial n >sit urns. it is believed by many students o( * Je>^ Industrial problems Mia: the pro pos?: d plan offers the brightest hpjx for the solution of industrial" diseou * . i tent- which has appeared for years. Umbr the! 0 .1 apiu-ontie-e^hip a boy learned his trade and frequently that ..'us all. However much he desired to advance, he.found himself hamper? ed by insutfick ni knowledge along mapy linos, Willi all the urge to go J'criyard he was. -tailed the better JohpffVi'tg to thj man with bcttCP;'ed ucaton. it has heeome increasingly truh us business became more and t more a thing of high class spoejali/a ilicn. This sort of thing tends to bit lor jeglbuAy and unrest a.id is death to ambition. Under the new Idea, the young sjrmn anxious for advancement, and o1 prov?.d caliber, will be given a chapco at ah education which .will do away witft *he old unhappy comli ti us. While it is the price of-,America that many men have i isen from .the ranks to high positions In gr< at corp? orations without any tiuch aid,, this upward fighi Is I eotrung increasing? ly dlffcuit. In ninny ? - pracUcuiry impossible. Som? such agency a this proposed Industrial college is ?ro?itly ncedi d. to speed up competitfon for advancement, without which pro dtuition decreases, and to aci us a hol? der up which the ambitious youth may climb io the realisation of his drennts The French /.oademyof Science ha approved th< rocking chair.V Prob? ably never heard one in nation on a l<fu< a ky floor. * * it \ If the American people k<vp on using lf?,000,000 gallons of gasoline a day and producing 1^1,000,000, auto? mobile:-; will be running on less'n nothing, one of these, days. ? a e And now women will never be able to tell whether thej are loved for tla ir votes or fer themselves ahme. ? i * a Them'was plenty,ol sugar fo ? the en tilling season, drier all; and so lia i< is a reasonable hope r:o ,v thai iheiv may bo enough win tor <? 1 before in :.t summer. * S :k It's easy enonj h to i?t??p discuaslon^ ot tho r^eaguo Covenant when tiny grow wearisome, .lust ask tho dlapn t- uts it' ibey'yci read it. * * ? The mortgage business has l . booming since the automoia1 fry rpStimed quantity * * + 1 Having Invest;; :jed - ? i'U;c, the politician - at vN < - ? '"'? ! now going to ln\ i a.h'aie !? ? '.I a-s. < i i;i t ? irn; . N< ; rje.. Am a ica nor ;;"\ let Riia sin in :? any ot h ? cat ion or pi in iinllt sirgu'.ling i >? il\ o'iih li-??'.; prob hms is ?ei In* i i s hi track. ' mlj! Kninu in.ih r le ? i ,> . I ? v'nnun tie i< \& i"jr Peru > i 111 !? i\ <i ! y t ,.? i ; illg^ to do hoi n tu? it<.1 (plies Gabriel I couple of Ips scour the Adi 11< o 11: i ill .. :- 11 ia I ill ? ?I ro.\ ? i> lv tie, Inwiiiv tlfe first welMaimn vow Iba? moot. lim Ihe cargo is ( sbeVi, ? in mere vulgar piracy. Ii i.s i?;:T?i fo in paper money, printed u1 D'Anmm [zJo*B order in Flume. It Is a great life, Po lor-: ?. ill , Fed j Crbsu tnd thv printers don't weak Fut isn't it abopt time .Unit' an < world \. a '<? d up to t ho poo and the/greet sochviy \vh?s word is '"mr-i < N " I'M ?si h<?d philosophy anil tempere I that mercy with a little sjtern justice in I'im u \ antii . .< c .1. pah he. '?rof. JIanv ? <! .-1< p in corme Lion wu h ion oi int? r-< nitural i ., '"ii:t"d StalutI I?? ??(,. ? IT" : ; fit' this c lnoa.1. ; i ' ' :?;?' ?1 lo and Lave an 'u "'Ii' i' ; oiiih ;\nicricaii 1 '<?.].., id with ;.?? < i i *'dii \ ion moth !e I on t re y '"? ( :??? etc ' ?""a a i e A ?gi aft-, r. v itclj IMrt'a-i s s:ill rid ihi cm i n! .The South la?cs the llattb' of The Yearn'Hi < l-on Prices' This Fall. '(Man of act uivrs Kecord, Paltjmoro).* A director oi' one of the large cot? ton lnii's of N*cw England vva^ lalk ' inging recently to a southern friend. "We are getting a little bit anxlo.<" he said, "I ?cause It looks as, if the (south now had enough loom e to hohl her cotton until yve pay what it is i wort h." The' ?;. oil. man in qi. ?. \ci\ d'd nol i object lo lie fact. He hfm; If felt that it we ?, ^ood thing for cot? ton to V mg a fair pri'o. He wn.s ppeaking rather for men with whom ! he Is associated. J The persistent effort of the fed*-*r lal reserve hoard to drive down the price of all commodities, nvhh h m< ins' |oftall products of the farm, has been , as successful as might*"?! \ lii-ipatc 1. ? Th" pawnbrokers, have hod rather ban years, de ' r< further evident*? of the uighout the v.orid of the for Uk pn mctioyp of ? In -a i' ? '??.,. ? word that it. V. M< h, ??.' ?'i. is planning to make use of I s wc.ib'i I, providing cine ihmai iil !?t' iia-.i.i'? abroad loV youiu: men "l Iti.j nati\ land. Mr. M.0I1 v. ill pay il< cspen < ? the hi/h-r critical ion in the l nU? d States of live graduates ? ?f the l'.'i.i ig ge\i n m< at univ? reify 'I h benefactor of lie live ?'bim s?S ; ; ad. : f s who v. i'l conn, to tin States Is a ,cotton magnate^ and his act.on makes it plain, it is suggested, ho rcalifco^ ore shotil ! not slop, follow? ing tho acquisition < f wealth, with his own home circle in distributing the g"od which KU?, h wealth makes bos si Pie. Tlie .inu tii.Mi Tobacco Industry For 1:?".?. vTashlugton, H< i?t. 4." The*annual reporl ? a t*tie to'ear-i o industry in the t.ai'ed i'tst. .s for ((.Vmsus bulle? tin .\o. 1 \.".) will ixnbrtiy r*><? issued bj tho DirecLor%aln 1^. Rogers. The bul oi as;>inblcs the quarterly reports of stocks of leaf tobacco, as published l>y the l?inaau cf the Census. It asm ce.ntaiyfs data if.gurdlug th? acfeage been an- j *n and protluetior. of tobacco by stales vlin I and by types, the prices paid for to? bacco and .sal 5 of iol ar-'.? by the that business is picking up. St en en- p roweia as cumpUed by the bureaus^ gaged in legitimate production have j ?< '1 "P estimates, department of agp* been reporting that busine&s is slack- I ?'icUlture; the quantity of tobacco con? ing dovtn. The department of jus-jsubicd, the -^several 'tobacco products tice' hae been investigating the cfosing \ maniifaj t?Ve I. the number of register* 'down of wpolpn mills In Mew England. | ? '1 factories, and revenue c dlected op 'it need not havo waste l money .? 1 j'ebacco as published by the bureau of .ins its agents so far houh. it had Interaal lfvonue, treasury department; Only to drop ('.own to the treasury to jtno qnantitv of tobacco consumed a.id lind.tiut that'.quit buying" was a slo- j tobacco products manufactured in [;g<*l of an> Important otl >r manch ot 1 '<'nu?al manutacturlng warehouses as [the govern in out. The Ught against j rdtarhed'f^r the customs division, the high cost of living becomes strcn treasury "jepartmem; and tiie qunirli ; nous every year just as the crops are 1 tXPa of leaf robs lo?'un i W baccp .>ro eoming lo 'market. The speculator is ih*fs able To hey at a !i vv price. By the lime' hie gets' through with the public thereafter it is another sum Imer and tim< for an tht anti-lij;'.'n ? price campaign. It must fill the hearts j of certain olli< ;als in W'ashim-''on wjth I Joy to .^co the cotton quotations und , th(i w??o| qtiotalions and realise that j |?r<*sefl; them in they have been! able to force prices i feadj^referenc? I down b?.h w cpsl of m'odnction. ? But the south has. recebyej at least some share of her ??*.lined profit, on ilhe last few cotton crops. Had she not h en robbed for ti:"i\ y< irs, slio would long ago have had ample cap ducts bvported, e;^>oi;,-d. and storel in Fni. i i taten bonded warehouses as i?ub'.ish(.: by thio bureau of fcrelgn and ?mwestle commerce, department^ of conithefce. The object of the btrl lotlp biiS been to assemble in one pub licutlon the statistics for the v.irio? s pharos of the lemacco Industry a ad \*) convenient form few its I. Now she has ?om Sh< lias enough, unless the federal reserve board begins a nitec*. attack pn the. Commodity, to hol?] the present cvoji Until the price b fsir. The New Eng land diie. [or has viaualiZOd tho fact. TJ;? fe is enough monr-y in the south to prevent the ns??; ',i< .. plqih. ;i( n. Not only that but. the AriP rii Cotton association is fully oimvorSmit with the commodity situation, and in It the producers have a n ii'h* source of uformalt?oi to which l!i y ?an lain for inslriii ti??n. Tb?~v need tM.t foil for JJO c^nts ? '?' lor an. ??;! ? 1 nuic ?. r of rents unless tin priii* repros< ntr. 1 cos! of proi.n lion v. ii h pvbiit a?h!< -I. It ha < )">??? u, the Sta I is't'es seem to ij. \. the mos? expensive r?itton ?*r?p ? \? i- pro^i??-?.'. .Kyery factor of co'ii 1 |iihe? (l to",lu r iha 11 b< i'??r?e. iiivj'; luuler unusuttlly .favorab'e cir cuinstiiiaas, htiVj rp 1 I" n <i elds, :i id ?"'have redm ? (I c i r 11ml cost, b?t Mm average oakl h:c ? < Mainly* hern fgr p!r>nted o. tol.ucco \vt?i/?; the pre Lion from th?? crop of r?fs amot Tiie bulletin contains statistics whiCh may be surprising It) those not fuily c??nversant vvith thq industry. i?i 11P, according to the bun an of crop - Mpoalvs Inert wore l,9?l,*200 acres odltc prop of r?fs amounted to 1,4 :::i/t7i,eii0 pounds. There were Ipxporicd during'tDl) leaf t??bacco ami tobacco products td tho value of $Sf?, fgS,0S5, While the exports of leaf to? bacco wi re valued at more than ?^"n, 000,000. The combined prodacti m of Hgurs in registered facueto^ aa?l in U>nded-mantifacturlqj: watvhooes v.. h 7.C2'J.(?00,O3??, of cigarettes ap proxima.' ly F'.rslM)3,00<k,0'?<f, and of chewing ittid smoking tobaCc?i and snuff iiT.S'dt.oou 1?eunds. There Were ft . : I 1,7gt}.M<i ? dg.tr? ii?.. ? p a ted dur? ing the year, leaving :>t?,000,000,000 fftcl?/ry made eigarett.? < for conaump li(>n in III" i'nitcd Stabs. The ?x poris of h af tebaei'o .during f.'ia amount .0 7?f,,s 1 :{,!?;; poands giearly t?ceeding .flioiie f??r any prior year. The revenqc Odhctcd Uitritig the y ar aniouiticil 'o $io'?.0eii.nt?a. di ihi. total North Carolina contributed g? i7. Me,( ?'tt. :.-w Vort. t.:.:*?; 000, Yii ginla s 1 : .c>r> l.uO'i. IVmisyIva 1114 ft 5 2.? ai'j.oo??. Mimouri * 1?? s?. en, ) up. A low estlm tie wotfld b- .'.?? ??> nts ti<- pound. 11 e.i g!d |m a ? " rid dls- j *.l O.^tt.POO', and .\? , .1? ? , ? I ??.-"?*'>, Iast?*r if ?'??!ton sold at tO'Sr tn^it ?igtire. I ''iOO, It Would Uienn that what Fhor Ihcrv _'._ j has bCeil in t he In I' W??tH ! I< even fttilher curbiih'd. M would mvari the al andoniiicnl ?*f :rd?lit?ei:al acreage, j n< 1 for onp season, hat for;\cr. Tin ! Frit : a kp??\v this, and that is \.'hy they were a?lvlHf?| last ,'*?'?r to ,for; sake Iho policy ?d' drivlngi 'down ; pi 1''? S. Oi 1 ' ^1 ! I I. I ! . ? ? ,t I.at I IT' if Iol' I tin du? la. t??n .1 ; I'm ! I. < 1 h hi <p 11 ! ,,l ? .n; is ilrlving ( 1 h : vo the a<*i '^jil ? Tin i. they , : Vh?! mark? I, if th. s I si h 'is \\ in I is a every fa run ?? * h? ! that pi j??". 11 v ; the money -l r-o i fight far I fit ? I 11 V ' Truck rnniL<. 1 wiii stibtiKitb* sell my Chan? dler plac?, about :i mih- and a-halt from town, into ran..II farms soon. This land v. i'l Wille; \ unbN; truck farms. I?. t'. Shaw.? Vh t.' ,t> kepi at . iitlrcv than !?.?:? pro 11 11. no 'l !.< v v .:nt I Im i! I hoy < a re io?'S 11 it 1 il < h ?y 1 tin ir ha n?is. ; >ae \ 10 b til Tin- Sumter Fats pnd l^cans will play a basid^ad g:.m?' i <y sometime next week. Prm'oeds from the gann wi 11 Iven U? lh?? Foliar I >emo? raey fund. It Is not certain what day tiro '.ran g will he played l?ut the i-.'.is liuvc asked tl.aJ i: nol he played ??:i u hot tlay. 1 1 er s c '.,1 ir p .1 I)" I; oll?' S|>>: loo n as o? i ? : hi . ha Us for i. .1 |nt 1 id it ion . I oil. t hau 1 bis ss. T1: F? * ;>: FA It MS l will eubdividc, ;>i il .'-i :i m\ ' handler plucp, ab? ut a i.'.l. ami a half from town, inl?? tmall farms soon. Tliis land Will r.iak< valuable truck farms. 1 ?' Shaw. t' 1" 1 rit leal year. A . I'nulandcr said, the south ? lioircji money 1.mp? 1 ?h 11mi.*nt. The' 11 no h < s pa * ? 1 . . v ? s co'.ton cm 1 ?? 1I?. prices. Tru? k I arm ton; Ins the !: ' ST ITC 111 NFr and piceting nt ta l.nienl, works ?>n a'l >\ ..inir ma 1 ' un s. Fri v?; ?:?.?m. Fers?.n il eh? ? ks 10 centsi extra. Fight's Mail order House, |;?>x FJ7. Farminghain. A'a. 'I i'K KAFMS I will ? !?? u<] :o ha'.f fiwt p small fill-iris on. Thl 1 .sul>ibvidc wn.* int.* land will v\ ra qg t'VUKl . , on il.?-< lin-p ? has ?a amI uj v \ ' 1 I ' 1 o .rd. and. if oossiblo 1 ?? . 4^...Ail