The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-12-07
COTTON Is KING.
Rapid Invasion Of Strange Trade
Fields by he Staple.

Fields by he Staple.
INCREASES DEMAND on CROP
Some Interesting Facts that viii
be Read With Interest by
the People OF the
South.
The worlds use Of cotton in com
nerce, the domestic field, the equip
Neats Of armies, in the arts-lt M ay
te said, in every sphere Of material
development, is practically in its in
fancy.
When We consider that cotton is
the cheapest material for clothing
known to man it appears more than
likely that the Gotten industry will
20 on e1psn1ing until the whole of
the inhabited earth Is cloth q with
the products OF its loc ms. up in
the frozen north the Klondike miner
slips at night into parafned sleep
Ing bag OF South Carolina ducks; away
in the east the doughty little Japs-
nsse soldiers shelter tel Is OF South
Carolina drilling, and the Samoan
belle as she strips for the surf bath
throws upon the shing sands gown
fashioned from a bit OF Carolina shirt
Ing"
Not alone do prints, cottoDades and
the ''linen," and silks" made from
cotton, clothe the peoples Of temper
ate climes; but the more impervious
garments with which the dwellers in
Arctic r,g'ors are habilimen nted are
made in part Of cotton; as Is the tar
paul:u. with which the sailor covers
bis merc' audise (his articles Of cot
ton cl othing,) which he transports
across track. IS waters to the further
z -ost parts OF earth; and cotton duck
wraps the underground cables which
connect the markets Of the world.
WOOL AND FLAX oUTDONE.
The consumption Of cotton today is
more than twice the amount Of wool
and fax; it stands at the head OF the
worlds textile products, first because
Of its superiority in point Of cheap
ness, and a cond, the improvement in
manufacture, better machinery and
more highly skilled labor. And so
successfully have cotton goods been
brought to initiate those made OF WOOL
and silks, an expert is required to tell
whether either Of these has entered
into the make up. While lint is so
perfectly inflated cotton table cloths
woven in handsome damssk patterns
are coming largely to take the place
Of the real thing.
formerly, especially In England,
the responsibility Of a house could
be measured to certain degree by it's
supply and quantity OF household
linen" and 10 gentleman could, IN
der any possible circumstances have
worn any other than linen shirt.
But today, so universal has become
the use OF cotton, the linen bosom ano
cuffs are considered al that is essen
tial for the wardrobe OF the most ex-
acting masculine exquisite; and as for
linen sheets, towels, etc, compare.
lively few are found, except such as
have been handed down out OF grand
mothers chests. The high grade,
less expensive Gotten goods has sup
planted them.
Cotton has taken the place OF WOOL
ir mems clothing till a small percent
age Of 'shoddy," mixed with the cot,
ton, will turn out suit the average
inexperienced buyer will accept for
wool, OF, atleast, mixed. !" "Shocdy"
Is the clips" from all wool factories
the scraps left in the cutting o.
garments. These are "byoken over, :"
By being passed through mscainery
which picks and shreds then into bits
Of wool; bit as with each such prCcass
the strength Of the wool is lesseneo;
it is an inferior article goes into the
goods-only good enough to pass for
wool, but with little OF its first quail
ty. The six-dollar suit OF clothes has
no part Of wool, and being very nearly
as good and coming cheaper than the
mixed" it is fast getting to take
the place OF the latter. The labor
ing man has found that the cotton
which makes the denim" Of his work
ing clothes is srfdcie Mt to his every
covering. The advance in the arts
Of coloring and designing cotton fab.
rics has had largely to do with this,
Of course.
SILK AND COTTON.
And take silk. Or can you really
tell silk? For it requires an exrest
to detect the extent to which ner-
cerized cotton enters into it. The
Innings in mems coats and in wonen's
clothing. the s,.called silk um
brsllas which come at such reasonable
figures, etc, you, Of course, recognise
for ''ne1csrized silk" but you per.
haps do not know that tha article you
viii accept for first class has its pro
portion Of cotton, so deftly concealed
that only one familiar with the trade
could discover it. Indeed, a good
percentage of tie so.called silks
are nothing more nor less than a very
Sno -oarcori7aS cotto0