University of South Carolina Libraries
? ^ 1 nil >i i T1 n.-.n |V, 7 ^ Good Work for Democracy I Some time ago Congressman } Aiken had printed in the Con- 1 ^gressional Record, letters written 1 by Zack McGee from Europe ' on industrial conditions there. ( ? * ? * * L-- HI- ] bpecial study was given uy im. McGhee to the tariff question, ' and his letters on this subject throw a flood of light on the 5 falsehood and misrepresentation 1 with which the Republican Party 1 has kept the people fooled. Mr. Aiken has had these let- ( ters with his introductory re- : marks printed in pamphlet form, 1 and they will soon be distributed * to individuals. It would be well if they could be distributed 1 throughout the United Mates. In proposing the printing of the letters in the Congressional Record Mr. Aiken said: Mr. Chairman: The now notorious Aldrich tariff act has created such unrest in the public s mind that it must undergo material revision by the next Congress to be elected. The people asked for bread and they have been c given a stone. j fWhile the Democratic party [ . does not share responsibility for this monstrosity of legislation, j while it is not accountable for vio- t lated pledges to the people, there c is a duty that we owe to the whole { people of this great country which \ is not bounded by party lines. c Believing that an indignant peo- t pie will wipe out the trust-made v schedules of the recent tariff act, v if in no other way then by retir- c 1 ing from office those false serv- v u/Vir?c? nrps^nrp herp has ** auu ?? Itvww ^ * www.vw ? ? - J made such legislation possible, I '] believe it is the duty of every man <] who would serve his constituency, or rather who would serve the v masses of the people honestly, to s begin now to seek such light as \ will enable framers of a new tar- \ iff law to -meet the public demand s for equality of taxation and relief j from the burdensome exactions t of the protected interests. There \ can be no settlement of this ques- \ tion so long as only the profit of t the manufacturer is the governing ] principle.. ' For many years the Republican ] par^ was kept in power by the bare unsupported statement on ] the eve of elections that high pro- ( tection enabled employers to pay ; ' higher wages to employees. This looked plausible, and the em- ] ployee who did not stop to think ( that the same tariff advanced the ( price of all articles of consump- r tion, for which he spent about 90 per cent of his earnings, would be easily duped by such statements. . But light has begun to dawn on the laboring man. In no instance has wages advanced permanently j as promised. In this unrest we find explanation for the strikes, f bread riots, meat boycotts, and j all such outward expressions of j subdued bitterness. I do not hes- ( itate to say, too, that in my hum- ^ ble judgment the people are right. ? The trend of all legislation in this t body has been to enrich trusts and ( corporations at the cost of the very existence of the producer. In the great mass of falsehood and fabrication which has been t broi^ht to bear on this tariff sub- c '-4?^ in order to fool the men who I are really suffering by its opera- j tioa, there is so much that is un- 2 reliable that it must be refreshing * to come into possession of facts ? which may not be questioned. During the year 1909 the Washington correspondent of the 1 Columbia, (S. C.) State, one of 1 the best newspapers in this coun- 1 try, without reference to locolity, ^ made a personal tour of inspec~ ill PO/>finnC + I L1U11 LUiUUgll 111C 111111 ?v.uuiig VI ; England and the Continent. This t correspondent was Mr. Zach Mc- [ Ghee. I have known him from ! >.*?. -?? ?- -s* ? ' * ; :hildhood. There is no man ?vho is capable of making a more :horough and intelligent study of hp sif-nation there, and I know of .io' living man whose statements >vould have greater weight with ne. Mr. McGhee is honest, ;onscientious, and careful, and .iis statements can be relied upon ibsolutely. I have not risen here to make i set speech. I am anxious to , 'eceive light on this subject of ' ndustrial conditions in countries which have low tariff 'and in :ountries which have no tariff, * i ind I wish to place certain facts n the Record that will best speak or themselves. I have written Mr. McGhee i equesting him to furnish me with ' ? u.. :ertain letters written uy 111111 I vhile on his tour, which I believe vill prove to be profitable readng not only to the members of his body, but to the millions of Vrrjerican people besides, who are ,o vitally interested. Price of Raising Cotton. That in the averaged year :otton costs more than ten cents * >er pound to produce it is capa- ? >le of mathematical calculation. " A recent report by the De- I >artment of Agriculture shows hat in 1909, the average yield V >f lint cotton per acre, over the jntire cotton belt, was 154.3 bs. per acre. The averaged / :otton farm is 25 acres. This nultiplied by tne yield per acre vould indicate that 3857.5 lbs. vere raised on the averaged farm ? >r seven and seven tenths bales, 3 veighing five hundred lbs. ' rhen 3857.5 lbs. of cotton at ^ .5 cts. per pound will bring c >578.62. a Now the producer is the man c vho actually plows the ground J md makes the crop; and to de- F ermine the cost of the crop to r rim, it must be supposed that he r itarts out without anything but 3 lis health and strength. In * rinety cases out of one hundred I ;his is not a violent assumption, v >ut the literal fact. Then let c is see what it costs him. Rent of land i horse farm iooo c lbs., 15c per lb $150.00 * Rent of muje by the 1 year 20.00 2 .7eed of mule 80.00 * juano 2 tons 60.00 * Provisions for laborer and s family 125.00 N Aire of hoeing 30.00 c "ost of seed.. 12.50 3 gathering cotton and ginling balanced by seed r v Total $477.50 e '.7 bales of cotton or 3857.5 lbs. at I5cts ,$578.62 r s ^aborers profit $101.12 * If the laborer gets only ${Oi. 12 c or an averaged crop at 15 cents e )er pound what must be his c )light when he receives say eight 3 Dr ten cents per pounds. And f /et 15 cents per pound is coniidered very high for cotton by hose who know nothing of the a :onditions. t Miss Quartlebaum. 1 Miss Alma Quartlebaum the pop- e liar young singer of Atlanta is s Irawing large audiences at each f Derformance at the Grand Theatre j notion picture show. Miss Qutlebaum has made many friends imong our people who appreciate c ler sweet voice and ^charming perionality. New Schedule for Seaboard. ? In May 15,1910. < tfo. 33 due 12 25 p. m. Southbound. *?o. 53 due 3.57 p. m. Southbound 'Jo. 41 due 2.58 a. m. Southbound. ' >Io. 32 due 4.32 p. m. Northbound. *o. 52 due 1.02 p. m. JNormoouna. i tfo. 38 due 2.08 a. m. Northbound. . I 3ures Rheumatism to Stay Cured, 1 Rheumacide (liquid or tablets) removes he cause and stops the pain quickly. An 1 nternal (blood) remedy, which has cured housands of bad cases. At all druggists. ] Crial bottle tablets by mail 25c. Send coin >r lc stamps. Booklet free. Address Bob- j jitt Chemical Company, 81(i W. Lombard St., Baltimore, Md. Sold by C. A. Milford Co ' Cotto Li They have none < greasy taste, and th reason is that Coitol purity. It is made < contains not a trace ( Cottolene is unequa It is not only better th but more economical. Order a pail of yoi COTTOLENE is Gi not pleased, after having given Cottc Never Sold in Bulk from catching dust and absorbing disa Made only by THE N. tEADY TO SNAP COMET , ?! VANDERER COMES CLOSE TO THE ? EARTH WEDNESDAY. ' p Istronomer Naulty Declares the Comet is r Nearly a Celestial Searchlight. Anderson Daily Mail. Halley's comet which will bej6 greeted Wednesday at the closest v ipproach to the earth by a bristing battery of telescopes flanked a >y rapid fire lenses in the celestial d :ameras of the naval observatory s it Washington, the only national a ibservatorv in the Uiiited States. 11 rhe goverriment observers are 1 >repared for the great star that is d ushing through space and elabo- * ate calculations have been made ^ is to the minute and second the c lying comet will be at given r >laces in the heavens, where it * vill be observed and photograph- 1 :d. e Among the scientists is some 1 lifference of opinion as to the efect the wandering star will have lpon the earth, but the difference t ire minor. Prof. Asaph Hall of j he Naval Observatory would not >e surprised at all if there were a j ihower of meteorites. He ad'anced his theory with the same :almness that he would prophesy j( l shower of rain. Others, and they appear in the najority, expect no disturbances vill mark the passing: of the com ' * w t it. Edwin Naulty, of New York, vho has been at the observatory naking telescopic and spectrocopic observations of the issue, akes issue with Prof. Hall ^nd g :ontends that the tail of the comc :t is composed neither of gas nor ^ >f meteoric bodies, and that such e l shower as Prof. Hall deems ^ >ossible could not follow. a A CELESTIAL SEARCHLIGHT. ^ "The tail of Halley's comet to d ill intents and purposes is a celes- <j ial searchlight," said Mr.Naulty. a 'It is nothing more than sunight condensed from radiant solar mergy and processed through the ^ iolar system, precisely as a lens jj ocuses, condenses and transmits c ight." J He asserts that the tail of the v a :omet is not composed of gas or c )f minute particles of matter, or * )f meteoric bodies. The entire 8 g ;olar system, Mr. Naulty says, is c illed with gases of var}ing states ? md density. All these gases, f poisonous and nonpoisonous, are ? present in the earth's atmosphere ? n dense form. ^ The changing spectrum of Hal- j ~ / - r\ m?f a or nr/1 inor fr> Air. tJ' O uv^vviuiii^ k>w N'aulty's theory, is due to the c act that as the comet's great J"tail" of light sweeps through l vVW wMnjiB I tjJIJMfll'ilfeli* y|!) i n / lene Biscuit: ght and Flal that heavy-as-le at after-heaviness o ene is a vegetablev )f choice, refined, cc )f hog-fat. led as a shortening an lard or cooking bi t lr grocer and try it t< lafanfAPri lour 18 nere?y l<U alimuu refund your money in ilene a fair test. \ Cottolene is packed in pails with an ait keep it clean, fresh and wholesome, at igreeable odors, such as fish, oil, etc. . K. FAIRBAlfo COMPA arious parts of the solar system t lights up different layers of :ases and conveying the impresson that the tail itself is gaseous. Ar. Naulty says the spectrum of effected sunlight is always pres:nt in heads and tail of the com:t, thus proving that both parts >s it are but sunlight alone made isible. "The sweeping of this cometry cone of solar force does cause isturbance in the solar system," aid Mr. Naulty. "The earth nd all the planets are affected, ;Ot only when they come within he actual cone, as the earth will [O on Wednesday, but also by he ethereal waves set in motion >y the comet's tail. It is the . \ onstant attempt of the earth's nass and its atmosphere to adjust hemselves to this disturbance hat has caused the prevalent :arth's tremors, storms and simlar phenomena. CLIMAX THIS WEEK. "The climax will be reached his week. There will be no colision of the earth and comet, ior will the earth be enveloped n poisonous gases. The effect >f the passage may be to cause ;reat condensation of atmospherc vapors, so that automatically he earth will be provided with a ort of shield whiclj will act like . lead screen use to protect X-ray iperators." At the Naval Observatory scintists have been watching the omet through the powertul telecopes every morning just before unrise when it is brightest. The bservers each day can note the iroadening of the tail and the nlargement of the head. The leavenly body will increase in ,pj>arent size and brilliancy until Vednesday, when it will begin t<? lecrease, and in a few weeks will lisappear in space not to be seen gain for nearly a century. To buve respect of prsons lnjud nent is a sin witn wnicn tne ?siaie leals^severely and by which there is oo much reason to believe that our idministration of justice is vitiatrd. In >ne way or another the possesion of wealth too often meaans immuuity rom punishment. We note that the warden of the Western Penitentary it Pittsburg has decided practically to liscard the stripes out of deference to he many" gentlemen drisouers" iu he institution. To just such views ma treatmeutof crime and criminals ire in deu no small measure the conlitions which disgrace Pittsburg and ither cities today. So long as one does lot forfeit the title and treatment of a jentleman by bribery and graft and >ther crimes, so long will ,'gentlemen" criminals be numerous in prison and ut. The way of the transgressor is ustly hard ?let it be made so. He vho would make it easy is an enemy if the public good and of the divine .lawgiver. ?It is our business not only to keep lurselves from things plainly sinful >ut to keep our souls from cleaving to he dust. A man may be honest and yet lave hia heart set on wordly things. ,.-.jv.. < i 2 5 Are :ad suggestion, that f lard biscuit. The product of absolute >tton seed oil, and it and frying medium. Out of the Ginger Jar. There is a diffrence between a boodo and a who don't. A level-headed man avoids many upe aDd downs in life. The skunk can not be called penniless since he always has a scent. The shirt waists a great deal of starch in the course of a year. A runabout wagon is greatly to be preferred to a runaway wife. The evils of riches are seldom manifest to those who possess them. No. The milky way was not caused by the cow jumping over the moon. Many stories are like ashes when thoroughly sifted there is not much left. ^ , There is this to be said about the apple tree?it never hides its fruit in its trunk. Sheep are most persistent gambolen*, though they are constantly being fleeced. It keeps the society doctors busy nowadays hunting up new diseases that the common people do not have. The chanticleer hat proves that not only must the city folks look to the farmyard for their living, but also for their styles. W?nv a woman as sham as a briar at tbe bargain counter, has been oblige ed to confess that she was fooled fn the selection of a husband.?May Farm Journal. IT'S YOUR KIDNEYS , Don't Mistake the Caase of You Troubles-An Abbeville CUlitn Shows Hew to Care Them. Many people never suspect their kidneys. If suffering from a lame, weak or aching back they think that it if only a muscular weakness: when urinary trouble sets in they think it will soon correct itself. Ana so it is with all the other erymptoms of kidney disorders. That is just where the danger lie?. You must cure these troubles or they may lead to diabetes or Brlght's disease.. The best remedy to use is Doan's Kidney Pills. It cures all ills which are caused by weak or diseased kidneys. Abbeville people testify to permanent cures. J. C. Black, Main St, Abbeville, 8. C., says : "I have used Doan's Kidney Pills and must say that I am well pleased with the results. I was feeling miserable for some time as tbe result of backache and pains across my kidneys. I was also lame and sore and irregular passages of the kidney secretions caused meannoyanoe. I had heard Doan's Kidney Pills highly recommended for such troubles and ; going to P. B. Speed's drug store, I procured a box. They helped me a great deal and I have bad out little pain or distress since." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. A writer in recent number o; the Independent discusses The Negro in Cincinatti taking conditions there as "typical of all cities of Ohio" Among other grievances he mentions that the "Bartenders' Union has passed a resolution forbidding its members to wait on a colored person, and they live up to it On Fifth street, between Dentral avenue and Broadway, a distant of a dozen blocks, a colored man can not enter a single saloon and buy a drink." One can but wish that the same were true of white people as well. In fact we of the South are eodeauoring, with a good degree of success, to mase all our cities for deople of all races suchas Fifth stieet, bet wee n Central ave and Broad' Cincinnati, is to the negro. The address has not been made an incident in a religious service, put the evening has been frankly given to the topic in hand' and the brief davotinal service, which introduces it, Bnd the briefer prayer and benidiction, which close the final discussion in the ? ?ro r*r\r\rv? houa aiinnlv rvpnM JCVXUIO AWfc^?| UM ? V "? J' 'J WJ' ? note that the was in a church and take helb on Sunday eveniBg. if you will give some earnest thought to trying to understand the troubles of others you will have less reason to complain that others do not understand yours. \. . \ ' H+mr- . . * * *?' ? *' ' '^ - fc"" v " s 0 / ^ttSTEID. i What "M" Sees and Hears on His Rounds About tire City and Along I Jtoute No.' 3. ?0 i Abbeville, S. C., May 18,1910. This is the night itwill pay you to set up * (if necessary) to see the oomet. Look out for it and oe repaid for a little loes of sleep. On Saturday morning, May the 7th. at 11 o'clock. Mrs. James Jones gave a moist delightful informal luncheon to a number of her friends. Dainty and delicious refreshmerits were served. Mrs. Jones is a charming hostess and always gives her guests a hearty welcome and pleasant time. Miss Ellen Gambrell spent last Sunday in Anderson with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Cason. . -.\ . Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rogers have returned after a most delightful trip to Florida, and are at home to their many friends at the old home in Fort Pickens. Mr. B. G. Philson spent last Sunday at Clinton with his home people. Col. E. A. Thompson, of Pell City, Alabama, spent last Sunday in the city as the Suest of his son and daughter, Mr. and [re. Foster Barnwell. Mrs. L. R. Vose after spending several weeks In Atlanta with her daughter. Mrs. Robert Hill, returned home last Monday. NEWS ON BOUTE 3. There will be communion services at Lebanon church next Sunday morning at 11 o'clock. Birth?At Sharon, April 11th, 1910, to Mrs. B. P. McNeill, a daughter. Mr. Eugene Link spent last Sunday with his home people, returning to business in the city early Monday morning accompa. nied by his brother Lamar. Bev. L. W. Brown, principal/Of the Female Seminary of Marion, Alabama,-Is now with Mrs. Brown and children enjoying the company of their, home people at 1 Lebanon. -J. . > Bev. George Gary-Lee, assisted by Mr. Egley, an evangelist, of Los Angeloe, California, is conducting a series of services at Sharon church this week. The grain crops look well, but cotton and corn snow the effects of blasting winds and cool nights, but a little warm rain and sunshine will bring them out all right. Farmers are busy cnopplng out cotton. WEST END. 9 S ' Personal Paragraphs and News Items Contributed by Miss Lily Templetoa. ' Mav I6th.l910. : Miss Belle Vlsanskl is in Atlanta spend* V ing some time with her brother Dr. Sam ; Visanski. s I ' i Mrs- G. A. Neuffer is at home again after apleesant weeks stay at Mrs. Ludie Jones Washington In Laurens. ... Miss Mary Johnson of Chester has been in the city for several days the guest of her aunts Mrs. Laura B. Love and Miss Mary Baskin. Dr. and Mrs. Lewis Russell of Greenwood were in the city last week the guests of relatlves.l Miss Wlnton Taggart Is at home after a delightful visit to friends In Monroe. Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Sogers are at home again after a pleasant trip through Florida, Georgia and Alabama. Miss Grace Smith entertained the Ladles , Bridge Club Friday afternoon at a very enjoyable meeting. Mrs. Lawrence Parker Will be the hostess at the next meet1 ihg. i , Miss Mary J. Cater and Miss Bebecca ' Cater went to Montery Sunday to see Mrs. 8. C. Cater who Is quite sick. Mr. Clyde Morgan spent Sunday with , friends in Anderson. Mr. Alex Cheek returned to his home 1 In Seneca {Monday after spending awhile with his brother Mr. John A. Cheek. Mrs. J. H. Latimer and Mrs. Maggie L. Bullock are at home again after an ex? tended visit In Atlanta and Gainsville. Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Skinner and their i children of Columbia were in the city last week the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Clinckscale. r"> Mrs. Fred Cason Is expected home Wed nesday from Columtua wnere sno nae ueea the guest of her sister Mrs. i Arthur Gage. Mrs. J. C. Ellis entertained the Muslo Gab Monday afternoon at a very pleasant meeting. v Mrs. J. M. Wilkinson has returned to Atlanta after a short stay with her home people here. Mrs. Wilkinson's friends will be glad to know that she Is being greatly benefitted by the treatment she is taking. Mr. Emmett Thompson; of Baltimore, ur In the dty.spendlng a while with his aunt, Mrs. Henry H.Hill. Dr. Herbert Eoeenberg, of Greenwood, was in the city several days last week the guest of Mr. Sol Bosenberg. . . _ ? Mrs. W. A. Templeton is in Monterey at the bedside of mother, Mrs. S. C. Cater, who is extremely ill. Mr. Julius DuPre is home from Atlanta, after a two week's stay in that city. Miss Ellen Gambrell spent Sunday in Anderson with her sister, Mrs. W. E. Cason Teachers Elimination. The examination for teachers was held as scheduled on the 6th Instant. The examinations were in charge of Messrs. J. F. Hammond and Howard Moore, Esq. The examination was a most reasonable one and one which the teachers finished I without difficulty in the time required. Those who stood for examination were; Miss Ethel Patterson, Cave. Mi88 Bessie Ashley, Level Land. Miss Elizabeth Bell, Lowndesville. Miss El Louise Harper, Lowndesville. Miss Pet Ashley, Level Land. Miss Jessie Wilson, Iva. Miss Belle Nlckles. Abbeville. Ml88 M. E. Vermillion, Donalds. Miss Winton Agnew, Donalds. Miss Bessie Winn, Due West. Miss Ida Lee Wren, McCormick. Charles E. Vermillion, Donalds. E. W. Bradley, Abbeville. H. D. Brown, Abbeville. Geo. A. C'rowther, UniveVslty, Columbia* S. M. Pennal, Level Land. Arnold Boyd, Mt Carmel. Bobt. H. Coleman, Abbeville. Sabbath School Convention. The Abbeville County Interdenominational Sabbath School Convention will meet In Abbeville on June 21st and 22d with the Methodist church. There will be four services, at each of which some phase of Sabbath school work will be discussed by able speakers. Mr. Cox and Miss Vandiver, of tne State committee on Sabbath school work, will be present to make addresses, as will several other well known speakers. The superintendents of the various Sabbath schools in'the county are urged to begin now to make plans to have their schools well represented. For further information address the president of the county association, Mr. J. S. Morse, Abbebeville, S. C., or Rev. Henry Stokes, pastor of the Methodist church, Abbeville, S. 0. FARMERS NOTICE. The Farmer's Co. Union will meet the i cf Kntiirrlav in June the 4 th day at 11, o'clock sharp. All Local Unions are requested to have a full Delegation, as business of importance to be transacted. J. B. Wilson, Pxes, ?There be many who can do something where everything is favorable; the call is for those who can do some*' thing where thioga are not favorable,