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THE ENTERPRISE. WIUIAHSTOI, N. C. The Joy rid* is generally 1U o*l Nemesis. Dlamobds are one thing that In ereue In value after decreasing ta ■lae. Last winter was a rery severe one. bat we bear no grudge against It now. Laughing may make people fat. but that Is not what stout people car* to know. In his modest, unobtrusive way the cricket la advising you to lay In your Winter coal. Tobacco crop short and revolutions la Cuba again. There ain't going to be no "butts." Will Thomas A. Edison please In vent something to geep ice from melt ing in summer? People who predict that this was to be a hot summer are around men tioning the fact When New Yofk gets to selling bread by weight, maybe the young bride will make a fortune. Having had her eyes Insured for $16,000, a New York chorus girl is pre pared to make eyes at all comera. Were you ever so tired that after lifting one foot up you dreaded to put it down again to complete the atepT Another $20,000 diamond haa been found in South Africa. All they have to do there la to pick up the wealth. If your socks, your tie and your hatband do not match in color you can still elude the critical by going awimmlng. Bread is to be sold in New York by weight. Then the Inconsistent cus tomers will complain if it is light and If it isn't Now thai an aeroplane has been ■truck by lightning we discover that wina ™n't the only thing the aviators have to combat A homing pigeon has just flown 1,000 miles in about five days. That will keep the flying ... machine tnuty.ior some time to come. A Chicago professor says that ■kunks are good to eat, but until we •ee the meat trust try to corner them we'll refuse to believe It Those billions of bacteria reported found In frozen eggs are not so im pressive since we dallied with the fig ures about Halley's comet * London reports the presence of 130,- 000 foreign waiters. Class in men tal arithmetic, how much does this amount to, at one average tip apiece? No man can sleep soundly after giv ing away a million dollars, says a New York preacher. all get to gether and disprove this statement A New York couple got married the other day because, they said, they bo».h loved the same bull pup. - The ■lily season is showing results alf right New York druggist thinks rattle nnako poieon Is a cure tor consump tion. Consumption is also a cure for rattlesnake poison. But who gets the first bite? American tourists are reported to be the most eager patrons of dirigible balloons In Europe. Their experiences vlth the tip-custom in their travels ■eems to ir.ake them careless of life. The only doubt to be thrown on the ■tory of those quadrillions of microbes In frozen eggs is that it is almost be yond belief that any self-respecting microbe would relish that sort ( of food. Tlie man for whom the law should provide particularly severe penalty when caught is the chauffeur who •trlkes ,1 person down and then runs away from his victim. We have got to have a copy of that new department of agriculture bul letin on "The Life History and Con trol of the Hop Flea-Beetle," even If the government does charge 10 cent* for it- A New York man shook pepper into his soup and then was seized with a fit of sneezing that killed him. Now the question is, did the restaurant keeper make his heirs pay for the •oupt The alfalfa cure for snake bite Is Tlewed with infidelity, but the snake bite cure for tuberculosis is Touched (or in a recent case. Cautious peeple will prefer to have neither ailment and use neither remedy. Lady Dockrell has been instructing ' the young women of England that hus bands must be healthy. Undoubtedly t '\ It is annoying to hare a modern home cluttered up with an Invalid husband. Husbands should agree to the reform % ' with a corresponding stipulation op WW the part of the wirea. THE COTTON CROP IS BELOW AVERAGE Outlook Is Brighter Than Ttl3 Time Last Tear. AVERAGE CONDITION IS 70.7 Jearaal tt Connerce Reports Shew Modi latter Condition of tke Crop Thla Tcai Than a Tear New York City.—The Journal of Commerce says; Replies from 1,800 special corre sponednts of the Journal of Com merce and Commercial Bulletin, of an average date August 24, make the condition of cotton 70.7 per cent., again 74.9 last month, a deteriora tion of 4 2 points. This compares with a condition of 66 per cent, a year ago, 78.1 in 1908, 73.9 in 1907, 77.6 in 1906 and 72.4 in 1905. According to the reports of this paper, the ten-year av erage is 74.7 per cent., with a confll tion of 4.7 points better -lhan a year ago, and an estimated incYease of 2.S per cent, in acreage. The present outlook is considerably brig.iter than last year. The situation in Texas Is serious, where a decline of 16.9 points occurred, owing almost entirely to severe drouth and high temperatures. Louisiana descended from the al ready low condition of 66.3 per cent, last month to 57.6 per cent, a decline of 8.7 points. Alabama lost only 2 per cent. All other important states showed advances from 2 to nearly 5 pel- cent. The condition by states compared r/ith last month follows: Sept. Aug. North Carolina . . . .79.0 74.3 South Carolina . . . .74.0 71.2 Georgia 71.0 68.4 Florida 68.6 66.2 Alabama ....... .72.2 72.4 ( Mississippi 71.0 69.2' Louisiana .. . . /C"V\57.6 66.3 Texas . . . T . . .64.0 80.9 Arkansas 78.3 74.5 Tennessee 75.9 73.7 Missouri 72.9 78.2 Oklahoma 87.7 87.7 Average 70.7 74.9 Favorable weather was general in practically all states except Texas, vt£ere-drought and high temperatures have caused heavy deterioration. Pre mature opening will soon be univer sal unless the much-needed' rain ap pears. Growth has progressed satis factorily TBTStfier""states, tfee plan* though small, being fruited. Fields are well cultivated, complaints of scarcity of labor are comparatively rare and the crop Is unusually tree from insect, except for (he boll wee vil in Louisiana and Texas. In the former state they have swept nearly everything before them in many sec tions, so that little more tiian half a crop is expected, in Texas the drought and heat have prevented the spread of the weevil and damage Is slight; shedding has been general, but not more than usual for this time of year. The great danger to the crop lies in an esrly frost, since the season is fully two to three weeks backward, except In Texas and Oklahoma. On the other hand, a late frost would ma terially improve prospects and prob ably insure an average crop. Oklaho ma promises a better crop than for years past. ' ASHEVILLE FLOODED. North Carolina City Vioited by a De strictive Flood. Asheville, N. C.—Asheville was vis ited by a destructive flood. The French Ilroad was higer than during the flood of 1901. The Transylvania - Murphy and Asheville Spartanburg lines of the Southern railway are out of fcommis sion. The Southern worked to keep the line from Knoxville to Salisbury open, but trains on this line were operated under difficulties. The flood backed water into the auxiliary plant of the Asheville Elec tric company, cutting off all power. There were no llghU and no street car service. The newspaper plants were with out power and they Issued handbills by the old method. Cloakmakers Strike Settled, New York City.—The cloakmakers' strike, one of the most stupendous In dustrial disturbances In the history of American latur. has just been settled. The industrial loss to employers and employees has run high into the mil lions. In loss of wages alone the to tal has been estimated at more than >IO,OOO, while the loss tsi*" manufac turers, jobbers and retailers the coun try over has been computed at ten times tliat amount. thousand employees returned to work when the new agreement was signed. 20-Cent Cottcn Pleased Savannah. Savannah, Oa.—When cotton went to 20 cents a pound there were scenes of wild hilarity on the floor of the Savannah Cotton exchange. This was the highest price most, of the mem bers ef the exchange had ever seen the staple reach, and they proceeded to celebrate the event by throw lug up their hats and cheering to their hearts' content. It was the highest price reached in Savannah since IS6S The only trouble with the 20-cent cot ton is that there is so little of the staple here to be delivered? CENSUS STATISTICS. IcUhsSlmv Kim Suictft frevatest—Birth lacreaf* Only Suftr Cot Washington.— Startling conclusions spring, from an examination of the returns of the cenaua of 1010, as far as the returns have come in, % waeo compared with atatlstics of national growth la former decades. The com ing race suicide casts its shadow be fore, for the natural Increase of the native-born American la falling off to an alarming extent and another dec ade would put ua In the ciaaa with France whoae decreasing population haa been the burning question of the government. With all our national reaourcea and all atate and national aid to encourage an Increase keeping step with former years, the algna point to a dropping away of 50 per cent. In Internal increase of popula tion from tae recorda of former dec ades. , The increase of our whole popula tion, Including lmmigranta, from 1120 to 1900, waa an average of 28 per cent, for each decade, varying from 35 per cent, in 1850-1860 to 23 pet cent. in 1890-1900. The average In crease, exclusive of lmmigranta, dur ing that period was about 21 per cent. In the decade of 1890-1900 thla in crease waa a trifle over 20 per cent., there belni about 63,000,000 other thau immigrants' In the former and about 72,000,000 In the latter cenaus. This was an internal Increase of about 14,- 000,00 Inhabitants. Now the best experts, including those in the census bureau, place the total, as will be shown by the census of 1910, at 90,000,000. But from this must be deducted the extraordinary Influx of immigrants In the past ten years which, according to the returns of the bureau of immigration up to last month show that within a few thousand of 9,000,000 have come in since 1900. As the total gross popula tlon of 1900 was 76,000,000, this means that the estimate places the total in crease at 14,000,000. Deducting from tills the 9,000,000 lmmlgr&nts, there remains only 5,000,000 natural in crease for 1900-1910 as against 14.- 000,000 for 1890-1900, which is about 6 per cent, natural Increase as agalrot the former decade average of 21 per cent. In addition to this is to be consid ered the marvelous growth of the cit ies so far reported. Not to mention the smaller ones, a score of those of more than 50,000 show an Increase running well over 60 per cent. Atlan ta has 72 per cent., (Cast St. Louis 97 per cent., Akron 62 per cent., while Detroit forges up with 63 per cent The only conclusions to be reached from these figures are: First, that our home increase in population is rapid ly falling away. Second; That the -cities are absorbing not~onty~ the Im mlgrant population, but drawing very heavily from the rural districts. That at the present rapid decline In Internal increase, it wtll be but another decade before, except with the aid of immigration, we will show a positive decrease in population. Atlanta's Cotton Receipts. cotton receipts for the Wason ending August 31, 1910, amounted tV 140,666 bales, some 4,000 bales less than the previous season. The decrease is due to laat year's short crop. The price paid, however, made up for the decrease in receipts, the aver age being about 14 l-4c, bringing the value of the 140,660 bales up to $9,- 500,000. The season opened with the price quoted at 12c, and ended with a sale of a bales at 19.80. Tennessee Central Not Sold, Nashville, Tenn.—Regarding the persistent rumors that have been in circulation here for some time that the Tennessee Central railroad would be taken over by the Illinois Central, on September 15. President A. B. New ell of the former road said: "I hove heard the report, but there is absolutely nothing in it. We are do ing excellently as an Independent line. Our relations with the Illinois Central are entirely friendly and on a basin that is mutually satisfactory," Whlcky Advances. Cincinnati. Announcement was made at the chamber of commtvcj that the price of spirits has been ad vanced 3 cents on the gallon, making the basis price for the future $1.33. Tae new price will affect other whis key markets, where distillers' flnlshel goods are handled. Maine to Be Raised, Beverly, Mass —lf plans which Pres ident Taft regards favorably are adopt ed the battleship Maine, sunk in Ha vana harbor, twelve years ago, which since then has concealed the Becret of the" disaster whica overwhelmed her, may be sailing homeward on or be fore Christmas, bearing a long-delayed verdict to the nation. John P. O'Rourke of New York submitted the plans to President Taft. The plan provides for raising the Maine by the means of pneumatic caissons and steel cables. Illicit Distilleries Increase. Atlanta.—The government began the trial during the fiscal year that ended June 30 of almost twice s* many cases in which the Internal rev enue laws had been violated as it did in the fiscal year of 1907. The pro hibition law was enacted In 1907 and became ■ effective In 1908. Figure) ■how that there has been a steady and pronounced increase In violations of the internal revenue laws, which prohibit the illicit distil lery of liquor, since the Georgia pro hibition law effective. NEW fORK'S POPULATION IS NOW 4,766,883 Census Bnrean Makes Report on American Metropolis. SECOND LARGEST df HI WORLD LoadHCAlMt Outranks firut Amaricin City ta RunNr of lakaMtuU— lbomm U. 7 For Caat Shewn. Washington.—Greater New York has a population of 4,766,881 under the thirteenth decennial cenaus, ac cording to flgurea issued by Director of the Cedsus Durand. This makes New York the second largeat city In the world, and aa large as any two foreign cities, excepting London. Since 1900 tae population of the me tropolla has Increased by 1,329,681, or 38.7 per cent., as compared with 3,437»- 202 under the last census. The borough of Bronx showed the greatest increase in the greater city, Queens, Brooklyn, Richmond and Man hattan following next in order. The Agures for these borough, together with the increases, are as follows : Bronx, 430,980, an Increase of 230,473, or 114.9 per cent.; Queens, 284,041, an increase of 130,042, or 85.6 per cent.; Brooklyn, 1,634,351, an increase of 467,769, or 41 per cent.; Richmond borough, 85,969, an increase of 18,- 948, or 28.2 per cent.; 'Manhattan boJ ougii, 2,331,442, an increase of 481,449, or 26 per cent. The cenßus of 1909 showed Greater London's population to be 7,429,740, again 6,581,372 in 1901. That New York is slowly catching London is shown by the fact that jn eight years London's increase was 848,368, while thai of New York for ten years was 1.329,681. Paris, according to the census of 1906, was the third largest city in the world, with a population of 2,763,- 393, while Tokio, under the census' of 1908, was fourth, with 2,186,079. Ber !in In 1905 had a population of 2,040,- 148. New York City contains only 164,- 648 fewer people than the combined fourteen cities of more than 200,000, the population of which already has been announced, namely; Pittsburg, St. Louis, Detroit, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Newark, Milwaukee, Washington, In dianapolis, Jersey City, Kansas City, Pi ovldeaeeHStr Pnni and Denrer. The aggregate population of the cities named is given as 4,731,532. The city of New York, as consti tuted prior to the act of consolidation, effective January 1, 1898, had a pop ulation in 1890 of 1,515,301, as* com pared with 3,437,202 in 1900, showing an apparent increase of 1,921,901, or 126.8 per cent for the greater city. The population of Brooklyn, N. Y„ IK 1.634,351, an Increase of 467,769, 6r 40.1 per ceut., as compared wita 1,166,- 582 In 1900. SOCIALISTS CONVENTION. Socialists Want Compulsory Law Agalnat Unemployment. Copenhagen, Denmark.—The Inter national social congress adopted a resolution demanding the establish ment of a system of universal and compulsory laws against unemploy mt nt, tl.e coat of which is to be borne by thp owners of the rat-am. ci pro duction Among other thing the resolution sets forth that the condition of un employment is inseparable from the preseut capitalistic mode of produc tion, and that ajs long as capitalism holds cway only paHi&tive measures •re possible of success. The resolution on unemployment was carried despite the refusal of the American, French and British dele gates to vote. Cotton Crop Damaged. Shreveport, La.—Local experts aS bounced that the cotton crop in this Btction had been at leaat 25 per cent, damaged during the last three woeks, to the boll weevil and shedding as the result of the heavy rains. The production will be no greater than last season. Cotton Reaching Macon. Macon, Qa. —September Is bringing the opening of cotton business in Ma con in such manner as to please the cotton merchants. Most of them be lieve that the season means a great deal to the cotton merchants here. The summer had been devoted to a thorough and systematic arrange ment (or handling a great portion of the cotton of central Georgia. The new staple la now coming in and will rapidly Increase, although the season Is already two or three weeks behind. Crueade Against Hobble Bkirts. Newark, N. J.—A crusade against the hoble skirt has been started by the Rev. Peter Henry, pastor of the Firat' Reformed church of Greenville. Among other thlnga he has issued an edict that no woman wearing such a dress shall be admitted to hla church, i JHe declares that "any woman 'who would so debaae herself and sex as to , wear such a sartorial travesty should i be spanked." Mr. Henry character ize* the women wearing hobble skirt* aa "walking balloons," "lunatics," and "godless ones." ISE . , v. »„ EMERGENCY MONEY RULING. la Cut FT Financial Stringency tanks MMJ lost $500,000,000. Washington.—Secretary MacVeagb'i ruling on the term "commercial pa per," in the Treasury Department'* interpretation of the emergency cur rency law, became known in its full Import here. Business mea and banka throughout the country have been anxiously waiting for It. the Chica go banks, which raised the question, and banks all through the west fslt that if It wers adverse they would be unable to form effective currency as sociations. The way now is made clear for the banks of the United States to put into circulation 1500,000,- 000 in emergency money at the first sign of a financial stringency. The law provides that commercial paper upon which emergency curren cy may be Issued shall include only notea representing actual commercial transactions, which ahall bear the names of at least two reaponaible per sons and have not more than four months to run. A large proportion of the banks hold the notea of reputable individuals and corporations which they have bought from note-brokers. These notes bear only the name of the maker. Secre tary MacVeagh haa decided that the endorsement of the holding bank upon such notes will constitute the second endorsement which the law calls for. Mr. MacVeagh aleo holds that notes issued by reputable persons for the carrying on of bona fide business and which they discounted at banka ren resent actual commercial transactions 1 and are distinct from what is known as accommodation paper. The latter Is strictly barred from being used as the basis of an issue of emergency currency. BABIES DRUGGED. Authority Says Babies Are Dcped With Paregoric. New York City.—That babies in their cradles contract drug habits through being doped promiscuously with paregoric, laundanum and other household remedies, is the assertion of President Lederle of the New York board of health. An effort will be made by the board to procure local legislation- prohibiting the sale of the cbjectionable drugs except upon pre scription. A statement by Preaident Lederle says; "Notwithstanding their dangerous nature, the sale of these drugs for the relief of minor troubels is enor mous. Mothers keeps the paregoric on tap, and are more careful to have it In their homes than they are to see that their sugar bowls are filled. At the first sign of an ache or pain, often ttve moffienT TEFTjaTSy cries, the moth er dashes for the paregoric bottle. PAPAL LEGATE WELCOMED. City of Montreal Welcomes Cardinal Vannutelli. Montreal, Quebec. —Business was suspended here and all the city turn ed cut Into the streets, undeterred by a pouring rain, to welcome Cardinal Vannutelli, papal legate to the Eucha ristlc congress, which met here. In his drive from the dock to the city hall he rode between solid walls of cheering French and Irish Cana dians, standing in his carriage for most of the way, scattering blessings right and left. The cardinal's reply to the mayor was a warm tribute to Canada and to the Catholic immigrants who had brought with them the faith of their fathers and had clung to it as tbelr rich heirloom! He realized that the legal reception accorded him was not for himself, but the holy father, whom he represented. POSTAL CLERKS PRAISED. DeGraw Says Millions Have Been Saved by Clerk's Co-Operation. Saratoga, N. Y.—Through the ener gy and co-operation pf the postofflce employees throughout the country, a saving of $11,0»0,000 became possible in the postofflce department this year, according to a statement made by P. V. DeGraw, fourth assistant Postmas ter General, in an address before the United National Association of Post office Clerks, which held its elevexth annual convention here. Mr. DeGraw assured the clerks that the depart ment favored organization among Its different classes of employees, as long as the objects were confined to the uplifting of the postal service 10,609,868 Bales of Cotton Sold. Atlanta.—Secretary Hester of the New Orleans cotton exchange an nounced that the commercial crop for the year ending August 31, 1910, amounted to 10,609,668 bales, a de crease under last year of 3,215,789, a decrease under year before last of 986,298 and a decrease under 1907-08 of 2,901,324. The consumption of the Southern mills is 218,670 bales behind last year. Last year the consumption of cotton was the largest ever record ed, while in 1907-08 the business of the mills waa restricted by the panic. Naval Stores Trade Prosperous. Savannah, Ga.—The year just ed has been the most prosperous in the recent history of the naval stores trade. This prosperity is in the face of a steady decrease in supply, not only in the year Just ended, but in the preceding year, and is due to the high price of turpentine and rosin. For these higher prices there are two causea—the small production and the general apprehension that the ten dency of naval stores production henceforth will be to decrease. Sur plus stocks have been much depleted. ' Ji- J r •, \ LABOR MY OBSERVED THROUGHOUT COUNTRY I 3,100 Women March In New York City Parade. JOHN NTCHQi MAKES ADDRESS Lite Latter Plata tor LagUUtton U De cttui laiutrUl loriorx—XeMcvelt Called a Llai. New York City.—The labor day P* rade here brought out more union marchers this year than have ever be fore been seen oa Fifth avenue. Con spicuous among tiiem were 3,100 wom en, most of them garment workers, ( wearing dark blue and yellow liberty caps and saabes. The leaders esti mated that there were 71,000 in line For the first time in fifteen years the parade bore no appeal for aid in any pending strike. The cloakmak era' strike, one of the largest the country has ever known, has just been concluded, and cloak and gar ment workers turned out in force to prove their joy and to demonstrate their hate of Justice Uoff of the stats supreme court, wuo granted an in junction against the strike, and ruled that any strike called to demand the closed shop Is a conspiracy in re straint of trade. f Terre Haute, Ind- —John Mitchell, former president of the United Mine Workers, in a labor day address here, spoke in favor of better lawa for the protection of worklngmen. "A well known writer," said Mr. Mitchell, "asserts that 600,000 good worklngmen are killed or maimed an nually in the United States. "That means that more lives are sacrificed and m6re workmen are In Jured each year in the peaceful con duct of our industries than were sac rificed in any one year during the period of the Civil war. It means that more men have been killed and maimed In the coal mines of the Unit ed Statea alone during the last seven years than were killed or died as a result of wounds in the Continental army during the seven years of the American revolution." Referring to measures for the pro tection of worklnginen in this con nection, Mr. Mitchell Bald: "Our unions have done much In this direction. They have rendered ypo- earners, but, without the aid of the utats, they cannot carry on to full fruition their objects and Ideals in this respect." Fargo, N. D. —A man who fought his way to ex-Fresldent Roosevelt and called him a liar gave a bad scare labor day to the crowd at Island Park, In this city. Colonel Roosevelt seiz ed the man and helped to-eject him from the platform. The colonel had just finished hia la bor day address before one of the largest crowds of his western trip. Atlanta.—Atlanta had a labor day parade over three miles long. State, county and city officials marched in line with the labor organizations. 46 COTTON MILLS CLOSED. 25,000 Operatives Idle in New Eng land State*. Fall River, Mass.—Forty-si* cotton mills, owned by 18 corporations, shut down until September 12, throwing out 18,000 operatives. The renewed curtailment here will keep 2,500,000 spindles idle and shut off 175,000 pieces of print cloth. Blddeford, Maine.—Seven thousand operatives began an enforced vacation by the closing of the Pepperell and Latonla cotton mills of Biddeford, the Yock mills of Saco and the Saco and Pattee machine shops. Qaynor Walks Bix Miles. St. James, L. I.—Mayor Gaynot walked six miles in a broiling sun with the thermometer at 79 and tht humidity at the same mark. He re turned home dusty and heated, but seemingly fresh. Neighbors with whom he talked thing it will be only a few weeks before he is fully recov ered from the bullet wound inflicted: by James J. Gallagher. * I Lieut. James Barrett Dead. Augusta, Ga. —Lieut. James Barrett, an officer under Major Wirz, in com mand of Andersonville prison, and later commandant of a Confederate prison at Florence, S. C., died here aged 75 years. Lieutenant Barretl fled to Germany to escape arrest af lei the war. He married abroad and returned tc Augusta in 1870 and has been here since then. He has been a. stock, raiser and was an authority on agri y cultural matters, being regarded as ar expert on farm topics. i v Confederate Flag at Wedding. Chicago.—The star, and bars wer* draped above the wedding cake at th reception following a wedding at a. downtown hotel. Beneath its folds the bride and groom received the congrat ligations of their frieada. Mrs. Violet P. Huntington, now of New York p but a daughter of the Sotith, was the bride, and Prof. Frank Smith Blair who holds the chair at mathematics ftt Guilford college, North Carolina „ was the bridegroom. She is sixty years old and the broom Is neat. . seventy. •
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