The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 20, 1916, Page 8, Image 8
STATE USING MORE
COTTON THAN RAISES
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FACTORIES IN STATE BUYING Da
FOR CASH THE INLAND be<
COTTON TOWNS. Pf
to
Producers Are Receiving Fifty Per
Cent More as a Result of Short- *rc
age, it is Said. ,
of
Charleston, Oct. 16.?The consumption
of cotton in South Carolina this on
year will far exceed the production. ?
While cotton planters are complain- .g
ing that the production is painfully ..
short cotton dealers are giving them
the consolation that the difference in m,
prices prevailing for the staple this (
year will more than offset the de- .
crease in production so far as the ,
financial returns are concerned. ^
At this time last year cotton was r..L
selling at 12 cents. Today it is .
bringing 17 and 17 Vi cents per pound. ^
This means a difference of $25 per ^ t
bale, to say nothing of what the plant- .
er is receiving for the seed, which is
selling at record-breaking prices.
Exports from Charleston and other ^.a
South Atlantic ports.are. below normal
on account of the interior cotton te,
being immediately snapped up for
cash in the inland cotton towns by ^
buyers for cotton manufacturers. Ev- js^
ery cotton mill in South Carolina is jg,
said to be operating at capacity and .)ri
making big money with margins of
profit greater than have been known j
for years. ! j-e,
"The crop is reported to me as jjc
being shorter in South Carolina than I uf
the low estimate made by the gov- j |y
eminent," said a cotton man to a re-! SU(
porter, "but if the cotton should be | *a
available and the crop larger than p|(
estimated at the moment the con- J
sumption will increase to tlv extent
of the production."
Small Visible Supply. j?
This cotton man gave the reporter
interesting figures regarding the present
situation, lie said that the consumption
of cotton in the Southern
States last year was 3,933,000, as ?|?y
compared with a consumption by the |
Northern States of 3,085,00, which
proves that the South now leads the ' ^
New England States and the entire j
North in cotton manufacturing. The
total consumption in the South and
the North last year was 7,018,000
bales and the total exports amounted J
to 0.051,000 bales, showing that the !
country disposed of by manufacture i k
and export last year a total of 13,-Ll.'
0(50.000 bales. | *"j
"Now." this cotton man continued, r.
"the visible supply from last year, j i
which was brought into the present j
crop, is estimated at 2,235,000 bales. pj
and the entire crop for this year is
estimated by the government at ll,-i,.i,:
100.000 bales, which makes a total i
visible supply of 13,(533,000 bales. De- Ln
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ducting last year s consumption, t
which amounted to 13,0(59,000, we
have remaining for the present vis- ?Ui
ible surplus only 30(5.000 bales. njp
"To reduce a visible supply under g^,
1.000.000 bales, regardless of price,
is neyt to impossible. <
"The Southern mills are grabbing rec
all the cotton that comes in sight in we
the inland towns and there will be se(
mighty little left to export even after on)
the mills have all they need, and I
am inclined to think that their needs |ge']
will never he fully satisfied this season.
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HARVEST JUBILEE ?s
AND STATE FAIR JJ*
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Columbia, Oct. 10.?Everything is j OC(
in readiness for the big Harvest Jub-I
ilee and State Fair, which opens here i
one week from today. Concensus of | saj
opinion coming from all sections is i
that the enormous crowds of one year vjc
ago are to be exceeded next week.
With cotton selling at and above 17
cents a nound and seed more than
$50 a ton little- complaint of shortage j
of money is heard among the farmers, j
who annually make a journev to the j
capital city to view the exhibits from we
all sections of the State and to be
entertained by the special features of ' r(
the occasion.
The queen of the Jubilee will be ^j
crowned Monday evening, the coronation
ceremonies taking place at the State
capitol. A ball in her honor will
follow immediately thereafter at the ^U|
Jefferson hotel, and throughout the a^,
week many social entertainments are|a
to be given for her and her maids o f fai
honor. Beauty Supplements to |
many of the county papers have been I j
sent out and the voting by coupons is pjc
well under way. The balloting is to j
be concluded Wednesday night. O.-tober
13. The crown is to be bestowed
again this year by Gov. Manoi
!' ( at. on the siteets of Coluri
bi will 1 an attractive feature this . *
yeai . l-'o .c troupes of aerial aero- ( (><
bats and pecialties have been engaged
and a free performance will be
*ivvu ii.v earn in tne afternoon and
evening during the week of the fair, j^i
These will 0:1 Main street and half,,
hour intervals will lapse between the jaj}'
different acts, that the audience may ?
see all four in one evening.
The horse show and races this year
promise to he 'he be?t ever held in
Columbia. An effort is now being j_n
made to bring two large units of
show and races horses from Atlanta. | a
The grand circuit racing aggregation r?s
will finish their season in Atlanta this
week. Also a big show of Tennessee *or
horses will be given in Atlanta simul- (lai
taneously. The management of the wa
fair is urging that both units he
brought to Columbia.
Football earnes will draw many to . *
Columbia the latter portion of the inF
week. The big game between Caro- *r,i
lina and Clemson will be played na(
Thursday noon. This alone brings -j/10
hundreds to the fair, who follow the "v<
fortunes of their respective alma J!ea
mater and cheer the team on toward 'ro
its triumph of the season. A big show ^en
is planned and the slightest details j
ar.d getting much attention in ad- arp
vance that there may be no tie up 'PX(
when the sbpw opens. (j|0
SERMON TO RED MEN.
There will be a sermon preached to j
Red Men at New Hope church on Sun- -j
day afternoon, Nov. r>th. at 3 o'clock. r
by Rev. W. It. Justus of Jonesville. ' .
Everybody is invited to come. a
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NO ILLITERACY IN 1920.
The South Carolina School Imovement
association has appointed
>vember 15th as "No Illiteracy
iy" in the State, and letters havo
en sent to county officials, college
esidents, etc., throughout the State
this effect, but it is impossible for
y movement to succeed without help
>m the press.
In 1910 one-fourth of the population
South Carolina could noc write
jir names. By 1920 we want r.ot
e illiterate in the State.
Kentucky taught 40,000 men and
men to read and write in two years;
other States have started a simr
fight against ignorance. Shall
t South Carolina keep up with other
ates?
Of our 166 mills, 98 had night
iooIs last year, with over 6,000 enllment.
Besides these were a numr
of city and rural night schools,
lis was a good start, but if we are
have no illiterates by 1920, when
s next census is taken, we must do
tter.
The press in other States has been
nerous and faithful in its assistee.
Wih you do the same for South
rolina? Urge teachers, advanced
pils, and all educated people to
ach at least one illiterate, poliians
to vote an additional tax for
i maintenance of night schools, miners
to preach on the subject Nov.
th, jailors to start school for their
isoners, and arouse the public in
neral.
Will you for the next three years
ep this subject so before the pubthat
we need no longer be ashamed
our State? Success depends largeon
your cooperation. When we
cceed in 1920, will your paper have
right to claim its just share of the
>ry? E. Julia Selden,
uth Carolina School Improvement
Association.
ARTH TREMBLES
IN THREE STATES
TO SHOCKS IN GEORGIA, ALABAMA
AND TENNESSEE.
me Chimneys Wrecked Around
Birmingham and Montgomery But
Not Much Else Harmed.
\tlanta, Oct. 18.?Two distinct
thquake shocks that in some ininces
shook frame buildings and
ocked chimneys down were felt
ough Western Georgia and Easti
Alabama and Tennessee shortly
er 4 o'clock this afternoon.
From all points damage was rerted
as negligible except around
mingham and Montgomery, where
annparod tn unnoiut ? ?
r r-M. wu WW vui lOlOb VSJL UdMlct^f IU
mneys. Many persons, however,
i from their homes here and ;n
ler Southern cities,
rhe tremor was not felt at points
the East except a suburb of Austa,
Ga., according to reports to:ht,
some of which said the first
sck was heavier than the second,
ile others reversed the description.
Z. F. von Herrmann, section ditor
of the local United States
ather bureau, who described the
ond shock as feeling "like some
e had dropped a big safe outside
r office," said there generally was
ieved to be a connection between
thquakes similar to the one today
1 low barometric pressure such
existed along the Gulf coast durf
today's hurricane there. Mr. Von
rrmann said that today's tremors
re more severe than that which
:urred about the same hour Februr
21, last, and which he did not
>1 in his office. The shocks, he
d, came about 4:04 and 4:06 p. m.
ere is po seiemoraph in this
inity.
Worst in Birmingham,
Birmingham, Ala., Oct 18.?Birngham
had the severest earthquake
her history this afternoon at 2
nutes past four o'clock. There
re three sharp and distinct shocks
)arated by brief intervals. Dittle
^perty damage was caused other
in broken windows and toppled
mneys, but the quakes caused
sat excitement.
Thousands of people poured from
ice buildings and downtown struc es.
A matinee audience at a the
e rusned for the exits. A lady at
card party on South Highlands
nted. All the county courts adirned
in alarm.
Many wild rumors regarding exisions
of mines and plants were eirated
following the quake.
Only Slight Quake.
Augusta. Ga., Oct. 18.?Residents
the Hill, the Augusta suburb, felt
dight earthquake tremor at 5 p. m.
lay.
Shock in Alabama.
Talladega, Ala., Oct. 18.?A severe
rthquake shock was felt here at
.0 p. m. today. Large buildings
tl dwellings trembled and hundreds
persons ran from their homes.
Stops Murder Trial.
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 18.? A murder
al in session in the county court
use here was abruptly halted this
ernoon for a few minutes as the
?ult of two distinct earthquake
>cks. Judge, jurymen and spectas
rushed from the building. No
mage was reported. The shock
s felt in all towns in this vicinity.
n!u?in?< !?..* ?3 !
...ou..vt out. inn nrrmiiH.
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 18.?Build's
were shaken and residents were
ghtened here at 4 o'clock this after>n
when a distinct earthquake
>ck was registered, lasting about
i seconds. The local weather buiu
announced that the shock came
m the Northwest, and was of "insity
5." No damage was reported.
^eople who enjoy light literature
apt to draw the line at gas bills,
scuted 72,000 cats because it was
light they might be spreading the
antile paralysis germ.?El Paso
?x.) Times.
f he lives to a ripe old age, he is
ng beyond his time. (
'hat Pennsylvania girl who kissed
egiment of departing soldiers made '
r?old defi to the microbites.?Pine i
iff (Ark.) Commercial.
GERMANS DYING LIKE FLIES
IN CAMPS OF THE RUSSIANS
New York, Oct. 16 ? Cruelties
which stagger belief, which it is
charged were inflicted upon prisoners
of war in Russian prison camps are
described in a report made public today
by the prsioners of war relief
committee. It was gathered through
official channels in Berlin and Vienna
and also by investigators employed
by t)ie North German Gazette.
In the single prisoner camp at
Orenburg eastern Russia, where Austro-Hungarian
captives are confined,
17,000 men out of 80,000 confined
there, have died from privation,
according to a Vienna repo/t.
Information alleged to have been
gathered by the United States embassy
in Petrograd and forwarded
to Vienna gave such a tragic impression
that a high official of the Austrian
government declared that his
country could not expect the return
of any prisoners taken by the Russians.
Prisoners, the report states, art.
compelled to sleep on wooden
benches without even straw. Their
bodies are covered with vermin. The
camps are swept by epidemics of
every kind of sickness.
German prisoners, it is declared,
are compelled to work upon railroad
construction from 4:30 o'clock in the
morning until 8 o'clock at night,
seven days a week. They receive
neither clothing nor shoes and very
little food of the poorest equality.
Of the 15,000 prisoners sent to the
camp at Kisha, many thousands have
perished from hunger, disease or
punishment inflicted with the gnout,
it is declareed.
In Kanisely prisoners thinly clad
were kept at work in the bitter Siberian
weather until they froze to
death in their tracks.
The report made by the North German
Gazette on prison atrocities in
Russia says that in one camp 240
insane prisoners were confined in
one room big enough to accommodate
only 50 men comfortably.
Cruelties inflicted upon the 5,000
prisoners in the camp at Yshow are
said by the report to rival the tortures
of the Dark Ages.
In many instances, according to the
North German Gazette, the death
rate in Russian hospitals approaches
00 per cent. _
A SONG OF PRAISE AT SUNSET.
As the sun was sinking low in the
west,
And the woodland aisles grew dim,
A little bird sat on a slender bough
And sang his vesper hymn.
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'Twas a song of thanks for the gentle
breeze,
And the shade of a friendly tree,
For all the joys of the day just past,
And those of the day to be.
He flew away?and the slender bough
For a moment lightly swayed,
Anrl thpri in tHn cilonf I
...... ... vtiv utiviiV) mob-gauiCillllg
night
A fervent prayer I prayed.
I prayed for a thankful and trusting
heart,
That will sing, like this minstrel
brown,
Of the bright day past, and the
brighter to dawn,
When life's sun, at eve, goes down.
?A. M. G., in The Christian Herald.
RASTUS MOVED ON.
"What's your name?" asked the
manager of the new powder plant at
Mount Union, Pa., upon receiving an
applicant for a job.
"Rastus Johnsing" replied the man.
"Where is your home?"
"Ain't go tno home."
"Have you any relatives, and, if so,
where do they live?"
"What fo' you want to know dat?"
"We must know, so that in the
event of anything happening to you,
we will know what disposition to make
of your remains."
"Dat being the case, I guess the remains
will keep on steppin.' I don't
want my ole head b' nved off."
And Rastus departed.
HIS PRODUCTION.
Judge?"And you still claim to be
innocent, although six witnesses say
they saw you commit the crime?"
Prisoner?"Your Honor, I can produce
6,000 who didn't see me."
A "PAT" REPLY.
An Englishman, an Irishman and a
Scotsman went forth together to burtrie
a farmhouse. The Sassenach appropriated
a horse, the Gael a cow,
while the representative from Erin
commandeered a cart.
As they were making their way into
a town a policeman approached and
asked the Englishman where he got
the horse.
"Ah!" was the reply. "I've had it
since it was a foal!"
"And where did you get that cow?"
he asked Scotty, who responded:
"Ah, I've had her since she was a
calf!"
Turning to Pat, the constable next
asked, "Where did you get that cart?"
"Ah, begorra," quickly retorted Pat,
"I've had it since it was a wheelbarrow!"
_
It is the rankest kind of folly for a
man to expect the world to grow better
until he begins to notice improvement
in himself.
An examining optician is an eyewitness.
A great many men make their mark,
in this world because of their inability
to write.
There is less wear and tear on ?
woman's mind than on a man's?probably
because she changes it oftener.
Gold is said to be so malleable that
it can be beaten as thin as the ham
in a railway sandwich.
All man's best deeds and all of his
worst may be attributed to a woman's
influence.
Don't think for a minute that actors
and actresses kiss every time they
make up.
After a girl marries she loses interest
in curl papers and fairy stories.
Now Germany is talking about a
Zeppelin 700 feet long. It won't be
a Zeppelin then. It will be a bridge.
?Memphis Commercial Appeal.
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Wednesday, Thursday, Oct. 25-26, 1916
?Account?
STATE AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL
FAIR
October 23rd to 27th, Inc.
From Schedule Return Fares
Lv. Spartanburg _ 7:00am $3.70
White Stone _ 7:20am 3.45
Pacolet 7:27am 3.35
Jonesville _ . 7:43am 3.15
Lockhart Jet. 7:48am 3.10
Union - - _ _ 8:08am 2.90
3antuc 8:27am 2.60
Carlisle - _ _ 8:40am 2.50
Ar. Columbia _ _10:30am
Special train will leave Columbia,
S. C? 9:00 p. m., October 25th and
20th. '
In addition to the above special
train on October 25th and 26th the
above rates will apply on all regular
trains October 21st to 26th, inc., and
for trains scheduled to arrive Columbia
before noon of 27th, with a
final limit returning prior to midnight
October 80th, 1916.
For detail information apply to
Ticket Agents Southern Ry., or address
R. C. Cotner, T. P. A.,
Spartanburg, S. C.
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We ordered over fifty of the
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have to do is to take it up and s
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have reduced them as follows:
Style No. 16-A sold for $22.5(
Style No. 17-A sold for $30.0(
Style No. 18-A sold for $20.0(
Style No. 11-A sold for $ 9.0J
Style No. 12-A sold for $16.5(
Style No. 15-A sold for $19.0(
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