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:.. - - '. ' ? i "i - i ? . -?II min M ?'?li EOBTHE SCHOOLS. A Concensus of Opinion on til? Sub ject of Libraries. ? ? ;;^?Tm BY J. PRANK t'OOSHE. Should Bc Kona hy All Parents, Guardians or Others Who Are Interested In the Wel fare ol' Children. The following is tho second part of an article written by Mr. J. Frank Fooshe, editor of the Winnsboro News and Herald, for The State. FOK SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS. With an increased interest in the study of the history of South Carolina there ought to be a denia?id for more books on the subject; ann'in the fol lowing suggestions there is opportuni ty to get the best that there is. With out a single exception the works'of Simms and the four volumes of Gen. McCradyls history were most heartily suggested. Next in favor to these came "Horseshoe Robinson" and .the "Life of Marion " by Weems. Tim rod's poems, Hayne's poems, "In Old St. Stephens'' were mentioned more than .one. time .each.. Others that were """"""mentioned were: "Shadows of the War," (publishedanonymously(, "The Earth Trembled," "Story of -Old Fort"Sumter," Craddock; "Cateechee of Keowee," "Mrs. Means' Story of South Carolina." Dr. Boldridge in this connection suggested a book that ought' to be within the reach of every teacher in the State. After mentioning several of the books already mentioned above/ he adds the following: "And in some respects better still .the . telling' of S thrilling incidents lu South Carolina history by the teacher. There are many such." Mr. McCants also makes a sugg?s? tion that the lives of promin?ht'Sout?? Carolinians be read and adds:?"lnsteacf of this we have them reading sketclV es of Franklin, the first man to set up, the dollar as the great American god." STICK TO HOOKS. In regard to the advisability of sub scribing a part of any library funds. ?hat might be in hand for current pe riodicals and magazines the unanimity . of opl?lSfnfal^galnst this in ajschool as limited in, ila resources as the one for which information was being ask ed. The stand taken by almost everyone was that where the funds are small decidedly better results can be had by the expenditure of the money for books. Where-the dibrary is al ready well established and where, thc resources will permit it is recom mended that there b,^ an effort In this The writer of this article trusts that he may be pardoned for adding to the suggestions contained in. the above answers some of bis own person al experienee in the matter of estab lishing and conducting a library. A few years ago he took-charge of a school of about 80 pupils and about 40 of those were in the classes above the usual fourth year. The school building was fairly good for the community, and the surroundings were about as fa\,ar able as those of most country towns. The furniture in the building, though home made, was very good. The one thing laking in the opinion Gt the "novTf?acher was a school lib rary. In much of their work the pupils from the very start showed many commendable characteristics, but it was very evident that thoh reading had been seriously issgi??t?d. To remedy this defe-i was the one work that he s?1- f?t to do. The Hist, step in th,J direction was not an effort to pujase some books, for in his Opjr..on this would not have been ad -.sable till some interest bad been aroused on the part of the children in this new feature. Fortunately he had in his possession quite a collection' of books that were suitable for the ch.ildren.to read. These be carried to ^__Jbh? School room with him, laid them :-: . on his desk, and invited the children to read them whenever they felt like so doing. From the very first they accepted this invitation, and found this a most valuable way to put in much of the time that would have otherwise been spent in idleness. Special attention was also given to reading them such selections as it was thought, would be stimulat ing in arousing in them an int erest in their reading. In visits to M he various homes books that were therein noted-, and from their owners a loan of the same was asked. There were a good number of real suitable books f?" be obtained in this way. which together with those to which the pupils had al ready been given access, made a very good little circulating library. All the while the matter of their reading was emphasized in every way possible. Nor were the efforts in this direct ion without results, as is evidenced by the fact that within six mont bs nun c t han 200 volumes were read. At thc close of the school an entertainment was given for securing funds with which, to purchase a library, and a nice little sum was secured. The books, about 40 in number, were soon purchased. In the light of the six years that have paassed. since that time he would say that lie "made some very serious blunders in the selection thereof. Ex perience has since taught the lesson . that in the purchase of-.any books, however small the amount therefor may be, that quality is of far more consideration than quantity. * When he came to the historic Mt. Zion he was very much surprised to lind but that little bad been done In . the matter of providing a library. The total number of volumes therein was about 100, all of which were good, but few of which were well adapted to be read by the children of the agi.' that is usual with pupils of secondary schools Unfortunately these were lu the lab ratory, where the pupils rarely ever went except for t heir recital ions in physics. Fortunately for him Hie number of books that he fwd that were suitable for children had been in creased to nearly a hundred. Follow ing out the thought that, he had for years entertained that it ls better for a book to be worn ont by use than for it to rust out, he placed these on the desks of the different teachers of the school with the request that 'They in vite the pupils of their rooms to read the same as freely as jf t hey belonged to the school, the privilege of taking the same home being extended in many instances. With a very few ex ceptions there was not a home repre sented whaje there were not. some good hooks :for them to read, but. in 'every instance there were found in this miscellaneous list some book of books that (w?re not on the table at home. The result was that the same wore freely used. The teachers all found that the interest, that tfie" pu pils took in this reading increased the interest in their other work, and they - ? IM?..? i?.'- rm ?? ."?H therefore readily cooperated in the matter of getting them more Interest ed In reading the books that had been placed at their disposal. The next step'was to get books for the library. Before this was undertaken a nice case was secured <by; meaus of .small contributions on the part of a dozen Interested friends. The funds for the. first purchase were secured by private contrlbutloiis which were supplement ed by a doil????fii'for a similar amount by the Mt.' J?ib'h* society. Since then a part of the - money that hus been used for purchasing the books that have been added has been raised by means of entertahiments. ' The practical working of this library has been most satisf actory to teachers, pupils and patrons. It might be add ed here that one thing that has add ed to the successful vconduct) theirebf has been the faot that each pupil lias all the whfie been provided with a Hst of the books therein. This list gives eaoh ono an opportunity to be come acquainted/wi th the books in the library, and ae-.is suggested by one of tho number whose answers are quoted above and mere opportunity'of looking upon and learning the names of tfi? best books ls oftentimes of itself a stimulus to reading. ... In. the..distribu tion of the books the plat),pf having each child make out, a listo'f. the three numbers that .were'?. .perter red and handing the same in the day. before the books were let out has been fol lowed; and there Ls no thought at this time df changing this method that; has proven so successful. A special advan tage -that th is.method has is . that it not only assiste'the child in getting ac quainted with the booka of thelibrary, but it also makes it possible for the chIldren?*to make a more intelligent comparison of the books that have been reodui And with all due respect to all the'toachers of the whole teach ing professrbn the one that is likely to have the -gteatest influence upon this or tliat'ciilld as to the books read is the pupil who sitsnextb.v-. The teach er's greatest opportunity, ..therefore, is in getting the first -pupils started right in this matter of reading. There is possibly no other phase of school work in which the cooperation of the parents can be so easily secured. Without any feeling of egotism whatever the writer from the experi ences mentioned above .most heartily endoVses all that has been said in re gard to arousing the.1 interest of the children as the first step that is neces sary .in'estabiiahingTa librar.yraud.that .\7T? .rUveessjftt rm ai ntenance thereof. de. pends very largely upon the teacher. LIST OF HOOKS. Tlie following is the list of books ai it was sent out with the exception that a good large number of the book; are here presented in groups: Aunt Joe Bouka (?). Cooperas complete'works (12). Abbotf^"'Biographles (12). Miscellaneous collection of book: published by the Educational Publish lng company, containing quite a num ber of valuable books of scientific an< historical stories' (jfO>.'-' . ;> . Flaxie'Frizzle ser?es1 (?). Elsie books (9). Alcott books ?). PepperJjooks (4). Bollo books. Thackeray's complete books (15). Lii\en books, containing some ol child classics (12). '~:?'' ; * ; Warner's World's Library of Bes Literature (30); .. >f . Dicken?^Complete works (30). ' AlicVs^?dverit?ref'in Wonder laud. * Aunt Martha's' Corner Cupboard. , -, Alhambra, The. ' Arthur, Borinicastle. . Adam'Bede. Autobiography of Franklin. Aunt Polly's Shed Brigade. Arabian Nights. Boots and Saddles. Blue Fairey Book, The. Black-Beauty. Ben Hur. Beside the Bonny Brier Bush. Beautiful Joe. Being* a Boy. Bows of other Countries. Black Tulip. Barriers Burned Away. Boys of Old Monmouth, The Birds and Bees. Boys Froissart, The. Cathedral Courtship, A. Colonial Children. Children of the Cold. Cyclopedia of Quotations. Child World. Captain .January. Cavalier. Christie's Christmas, i Cly istJe?'s:01d Organ. CapTaih Bailey's Heir. Chambers1 Encyclopedia. Defense of Charleston. Days of Bruce. Dajsy Chain. Dens,low's Mother Goose. . Don Quixote. Eric. Eight Cousins. Each and All. Electrical Boy. Eight Hundred Leagues on UK Amazon. u Fables and Rhymes. Folk Story and Verse. . Four Girls at Chatauqua. Four-Foot?d Americans. Fifty Famous Stories Betold. Fables and Folk Stories. Father Goose. Flower of the Family. Gay Worthies. Golden Gossip. ( J reece. Grimm's German Fairy Tales. .-Girls Who Became Famous. ( iulljver's Travels. Guardian Angel. [Guy Mannering, i Hans Bl inker. Heir of Redcliffe. . [lampton and His Cavalry, '(?4. Hoosier School Boy. ? Hawatha. Historic Boys. Historic Girls. Hidden Path. Hardy Norseman, A. Hilt to Hilt. Huckleberry Finn. House Boat on the Styx. I vanhoe. . In the Boyhood of Lincoln. lu Ole.Virginia. in Mirthland. In the Band of Cave and Clif Dwellers. 'Insect. World, The. '.lohn Halifax. Last Days of Pompeii. ?Landri?m's History of Upper Soutl Carolina. Lamplighter, The. Little Minister, The. Legends of Norseland. Little Susie's Stories. .Loyal Little Bed Coat, A. Lovable Crank, A. ' Lillie Colonel, The. Lena Rivers. . . . ? Lorna Doone. ; M a l ooners' Island., tMcCrady's History of South Caro I ?kia, ?Vol. 2.. - < Mot her Goose (complete.) i Night's With Uncle Remus. . i NijfhL Before Christmas. . Northern Europa. Noble Life, A. Out .Doors. Old Gentleman of the Blackst?ok. Pink Fairy Book, The. Prophet of. the Great Smoky Moult, tains, The. Polly. I .Poor Boys Who Became Famous. ' Pilgrim's Progresa. Plant World, The. . Pioneers of the Revolution. Pillars or the House, 1 and 2. Pioneer History of the Mississippi Valley. /, :.; Reminiscences of South Carolina (Perry). . Rome. Robinson Crusoe. Peasant Prince. Poems of Henry Timrod. Red Rock. . Richard Carvel. Rose in Bloom. 1 Rab and His Friends. Rienzl. Romola, t*l Robert E. Lee (Trent). Robinhood. \t. Royal Children'Of English' History. Shakespear?'s Works. Stories from Virgil. Stories from Homer. ^ . St. Winifred. ..j ' -". :. Schonberg .Family,. Stories of Great Americans. Stories for Little Americans. Sev^n^Littlo Caters. .'Settlers In Canada, The. Swiss Family Robinson, The. Scottish Chiefs. Story-Qf Patsy, The. Sonny;;. ,. Sortie of Our Flower Friends. 'tY? . St. E?mo. Sarah Carew. Story of the Thirteen Colonies. Stepping Heavenward. , , Surry . of Eagle's Nest. . StonewallJackson. - Shakespeare, The Poet. Timothy's Quest. ..Two Little.Confederates. .TanglewoodjtBale^y i, . " , The Twin Cousins'.' ' ^ Tom Brown at Rugby. y Tom: Brown at Oxford. ".v.. Treasure Island. Thaddeus of Warsaw. , -; ,? To Have and,to Hold. . Town Geology. " ?j .Thelma. .s.v Three Musketeers. Tales of Chivalry. Tom Sawyer. . Universe, T'ne. ., Uncle Remus. Uncle Tom's Cabin. Uncle Max. ' Under Two Flags. Under the Lilacs. Vicar of Waketield. WestwarrLHor ' 1. ' Washington and His Generals, i When Knighthood was In Flower. Wide, Wide World. . With Trumpet and Drum. Whittier's Snow-Bouud and other poems. < - Wonder Book. Wise and Otherwise. We Two. When I Was a Little Girl. Water Babies. Young Marooners. . Year With Birds, A. . Young Astronomer, The. COTTON GINNED. Thc Census Bureau Issued Its tn ; t terestine Report Linst Week. * ? The census bureau last week issued a report showing that there had been ginned up to and including Saturday, Dec. 12, -8,848,747 commercial bales compared with 9,311,835 bales up to and including Dec, 13 of last year. The census found that 29,971 ginner ies had been operated this season, against 30 194 up to Dec. 13 bf last year. Counting round bales as half bales, the number of bales ginned is 8, 526,244 this season, against 8,905, 503 last season. This report will be followed by two others showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1903 up to and including .Jan. Kl. 1904, and a iinal report at tlie end of the ginning season, about March 15, which will distribute the crop by counties, segregate upland and sea island cotton and give weights of bales. Of the total of 8,848,747 commercial bales for the United States 8,144,493 were square bales, (?45,OOo round bales and 59,248 sea island crop bales. The report by states follows: Alabama' 046,556 commercial bales, against, 896,994 last season; 3,850 active ginneries, against 3,889 last season. Arkansas 544,(180 bales, against 763,8(11 last season; 2,509 active gin neries, against 2,510 last season. Florida 50,084 bales, against 54,443 last, season; 209 active ginneries, against 284 last season. Georgia 1,208,815 bales, againt 1, 370,850 last; season; .4,978 ; active gin neries, against 5,040 last season. Iridian Territory^ ' 238.732 bales, against 372,042 last season;" 485 act ive ginneries, against 428 hist season. Kansas, no crop reported. Kentucky 428 bales, against 1,027 last season,; 2 active ginneries, against 3 last season. . ' v * Louisiana 686,600 bales, against (>70,854 last season"; 2,Kn active gin neries, against, 2,143 last season. Mississippi 1,211,744 bales, against. 1,135,557 last season; 4,192 active gin neries, against, 4,270 last season. Missouri 28,811 bales, against, 39, 185 last season; 74 active ginneries, against 59 last season. North Carolina 502,591 bales against 517,008 hist season; 2,715 active gin neries,- against, 2,083 last, season. Oklahoma 155,242 bales, against 163,190 last season; 232 active gin neries, against, 218 last, season. South Carolina 747,828* bales, against 803,989 last season; 3,173 ac tive ginneries, against 3,187 last sea son. Tennessee 210,008 bales, against 272,135 last season; 778 active gin neries, against, 815 last season. Texas 2,310,725. bales, against 2, 107,472 last season; 4,431 active gin neries, against 4,542 last, season. Virginia 11,143 bales, against 12, 537 last, season; lld active ginneries, against, 10 last season. Engineering in Montana. Henry -IJ> McDaniel, ex-City, En gineer pf Atlanta, now.in charge of Government engineering lh Montana says that he contracted a terrible cough which no physician could re lieve, but was cure'd by Taylor's Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and Mullein. At Druggist 25 & 50 cents per bottle. TriE debate on bathing'is broaden lng. out, ^Therp >aro-those who zeah;, ously advocate the warm bath and those- who. :advocate the . cold -bath. . But a new factor lias now to be heard -those who advocate ; no..bath at.aU.y. alleging all sort?of dire[hazardsIn the. practice. ' ' - M IL j A GOOD SHOWING., > ' - i The Ney. Enterprises Started in T; his | " ?tate Laut Year. \ f ? ' i . INCREASE IN CAPITALISATION. Quite a Number of Uank? ?ud Oil Mills wore Incorporated ? ?I ' " Vt . I bout h Carolina' During I the Past fear. Thc Columbia State says South f ro. lina has seen during the year just. rss ed an unusual amount of Industria., ac tivity. From the statistics no' i' in the office of/the "secretary of stu ? it may "be ascertained that Ute totalj um invested last year in new enterprises amounted to over ten million dollars. From the complete list of these enter prises a list of the banking institu tions has been compiled and is sub mitted: I Donalds 825,000; Farmers' of jJ3el ton $50,000; Honea Path $25,OO0i/Bel ton Savings and Trust Co. $25;000; Gaffney Savings bank $30,000; Rank of Chesterfield $15,000; Bank of Sum merton $25,000; Bank of Hartville 850,000r'>(2illzehs; bank of Timmons ville $30,000; Fountain Inn $15?000; Piedmont Trust Co. of Greenwood $50,000; Loan and Exchange bank of Greenwood' $50,000; Bank of Korry $25,000; Peoples' bank of Bishopville $25,000; Home bank of Lexington $30,000; Bank of Latta $25,000; Far mers and.-Mechanics' bank o? Marion 8100,000; Bank of Walhalla $30,000; Bank of Springfield $20,000; Easley Loan and Trust Co. $50,000; Colurrf bja- ?rust Co. .8100,000; Bank of Sa luda* $2"5"j?TO0; Sumter Banking and Mercantile Co. 850,000;.Bank of Car* lisle 810,000: Bank of Lake City. $25.* 000; Bank of Rock II llb 875,000; Con verse Savings bank 810,000; total 81c 035,000; Bank of'Clarendon $25,00 Bank of Piedmohk\$i3)000. ,Tiie ponton milis which obtained ch'aH?rs^arj? alsojflt?t?d below: Toxaway $22*5,000; Gluck $500,000; Pendleton $65,000; Bamberg $140,000; Allendale $25,000 McGee $100,000; Wufcts $300,000; Banna" $100,000; Ha mer, $100,000; Maple 8100,000; Marl boro $1,500,000; Issaqueena $200,000? Arcadia $200.000; total 83,555,000 OIL MILLS AND GINS. Thc oil mill industry is perhaps one of the most prominent in South Caro lina. The oif* mills and ginneries which received charters are ts follows: Donald's $15,000; Donald's ginnery $4,000; Bushy Creek ginnery 82,000; Towiivillc .$25,000; Pendleton 305,000; Allendale $25,000; Wilkinville $10, 000; Clarendon $25,000; WalterbOro $10,000; Independent Cotton Oil Co. of Charleston*$1,000,000; Lydia gin $3,000; Timmonsville 850,000; Coro naco OH mill $15,000; Liberty Hill Gin Co. $3,000; Cameron Oil mill $20, 00*0; Westminster $20,000; Fort Motte $15,000; Rowesville 820,000; Piekens $18,000; Pauline (Spartanburgcounty) $13,000; Nora ginnery $3,000; Eagle ginnery, Sumter, $3,0Q0,..Williams burg 820,000; Dargan"'Ginning "CO. $3,000; total $1,127,000; Prosperity $20,000. ' \ MISCELLANEOUS, 1JY COUNTIES. A list has also been made of the en terprises of an industrial nature be gun in each county. 'Necessarily this list does not enumerate ' large number of mercantile, live,,?-.' -; ??**.-A ?ational and 'other buslm ..on during the year. The investment by counties ,in mis cellaneous enterprises is as follows: Aiken-Hankinson Brick Co., $30, 000. Anderson-The Granolithic Roofing Manufacturing Co. $5,000; Williams ton Carbonating Co. $2,000; Domestic Manufacturing Co. $5,000; total $12, 000. Beaufort-Bluffton Lime Co., $1, 000. Charleston-P?nknin Neutral Co. $1,000; Charleston Canning Co. $10, 000; Southern Hydraulic Brick Co. $25,000; Platen Press Roller Adjuster Co. 815,000; Charleston Lithograph ing Co. 820,000; Kentucky Bridge Mining Co. 825,000; Consumer's Beer Bottling establishment 830,000; Stan dard Truck and Package Co. 8;iO,000; National Sand Lime Brick Co. $15, 0?0; Simmons-Mayrant Construction Co. $25,000; Unique Drum and Pack age Co. $00,000; total $28(5,000. Cherokee-Cherokee Publishing Co. $5,000: Gaffney Brick Co. $5,000; to tal $10,000. ^ . Chester-Neely Compress Co. $100, 000. Chesterfield - Chesterfield Naval Stores Co. $15,000; Clement-Ross M?mlfacturing Co. $21*000; Cberaw Foundry and Machine Co. $0,000; to tal $42,000.. Clarendon-Naval Stores Manufac turing Co. $50,000; Manning Tele phone Co. $5,000; total $55,000. Colleton-Cummings Iron Works and Supply Co. $10,000; Colleton To bacco Co. 81,500; total $11,500. Darlington -Hallsville Publishing Co. $5,000; Williams & McKeitban Lumber Co. $300,000; Hurtsville Wood Manufacturing Co. $20,000; New Era ?Printing Co. $3,000; total $3?8,000. Dorchester-Summerville Ice ..' and Cold Storage Co. $30,000; St. George 'Telephone Exchange $5,000',independ ent Publishing .Co. $500; total $35,500. Fairfield-winnsboro Granite Com pany $200,000. Florence-Enterprise Tobacco Com pany $15,000; Phoenix Icc Company $10,000; total $25,000. Georgetown-The Enterprise Steam Laundry $2 500: Black Mingo and Black River Steamboat Company $5,000; Mab Lumber Company $20,000; total $27, 500. Greenville-Harris Manufacturing Company $12,000; Greenville Medicine Company $5,000; Oregon Lumber Co. $5.000; total $22,000. Greenwood-Index Publishing Com pany $0,000. Hampton-Carolina Cement Gravel Company $5,000. Horry-People's Tobacco Warehouse company 81,000* Shingle Manufactur ing company $10,000; Horry Publishing company $3,000; total $14,000. Kershaw-Vulcan Supply Works $5,000. Lancaster-Excelsior Granite coin pan', $25,000. Lau rons-Laurens Milang Co. $10,000. Lee County Mfg. Company $25,000. Lexington-Lexington Water Power company $50,000. Marion-Marion Water, Light and Power company $100,000; Star Publish ing company 82,000; Kemper Tobacco warehouse $2,000; the Rogers company 85,000; total $100,000. Marlboro-Marlboro Tobacco Ware house company $4,000. Orangeburg - Rowesville Tic and 'Timber company $3,000. Richland-Columbia Metallic Roll company $100,000; Tannopiline compa ny 825,000; Carolina Fire Brick compa ny$27,000: Carolina Clay company $50, 000; Acid Iron Mineral company $50, 000; L. B. Dozier company 325,?O?; 'Keenan;Yam Mill $00,000;.total $337, 000. ?... .-t <;->.?;.' Spartanburg-Enorec Bell Tele phone company $625; Morgan Wood and Iron works M0.0jW^r?f? , Thomson company $20,000; Herald ? Publishing company 115,000; Pied mont Builders Supply company $20, 000; Roebuck Gin company (saw mill) $2,600; total $08,125. Sumter-Sumter loe, Ligltjt and Power company $70,000;.Sumter Lum ber company $12,000; John H. Sizer Lumber company $20,000; total $102, 000. i+jtri Union-Buffalo Lick Springs com-1 pa ny $10,000; A ?man Manufacturing! company $5,000; total $15,00 York-Carolina Furniture company I $10,000, ? - ? i Nen KAB aa. Another . remarkable fact is the amount of the capital Invested In the increased capitalization of South Caro llna'concerns. The Bank of Dilllon increased from $25,000 to $50,000; Bank of Marlon $25,000 to 350,000. - Ct:' Tho textile establishment which In-, creased their capitalization as follows: Anderson1-Mattress and Spring Bed company 810,000 to $35,000.. Orr Cotton mills $400,000 to $800,000. Monaghan mill $200,000 to 8700,000. Gainesville cotton mill $000,000 to $850 OOO Clearwater bleachery $100,000 to $400,000. Brandon mills $150,000 to $450,000. Liberty cotton mills $75,000 to $175,000. Alpha mills (Jonesville) $150,000 to 8250 000 H! Norrfc-nrill Cateechee) $50,000 to 8250,000. Newberry Knitting mill $15,000 to $40.000. Woodruff $250,000 to $500,0001?*N Lvdia mills (Clinton) - $100,000 to $100,000.-..} .. A--j Ilartsvllle $250,000 to $500,000. Easley $200,000 to $500,000! Clifton (.July 18th) $500,000 to $1,750, 000. . _ Pacolet (July 18th) $550,000 to $2,000,000. Brogan-. (Anderson) $500,000 to $1,000,000. RnyaKBag and Yarn (Charleston) $225,OOO.to $475,000. This gives a total increase from $4 ?325,000 to $10,825,000. MISCELLANEOUS INCUBASES. Kershaw oil mill $25,000 to $35,000; Anderson Spool and Bobbin Manufac turing company (Charleston) $4,000 to $20,000; Rock Hill Water, Light and Power company $150,000 to $050,000; B\ort Motte oil mill $15,000 to $20,000; Brooks Improved Steam Valve com pany $12,000 to $60,000; Mullins Lum ber and Brick company $15,000 to $30, 000; S.tono; mines $15,000 to $50,000; Charleston' Door, Sash and Lumber company $20,000 to ?504000; Cow pens Cotton Oil company $4,000 to ?20,000; Bamberg Cotton Oil company $35,000 to $75,000; Johnston Cotton Oil com pany $15,000 to $35,000; Merchants' and Farmers' Bank of Cheraw $30,000 to ?50,000; Williamsburg oil mill $20, 000 to $30.000; Cheraw Door and Sash cjOmpany $12,000 to $20,000: Carolina Fire Brick company $27,000 to $50,000. j : CRUELTY IN SCHOOLS. Teachers should be Very ConBider ate of Children Under Them. Miss Mary B. Shelor, of Oconee county, bas been visiting the county schools in Oconee andPlckens, finding out what must be done' to Improve the common schools. In a communi cation to the Keowee Courier, publi shed in the issue of December 23d," she tells of what she saw during her canvass of ?he counties. She says;.*--. "I visited a school where su 'born teacher' was teaching. A little child who was of a nervous temperament bad a nervous chill. The teacher commanded her to be still. She could not and was whipped by that teacher. Another 'baby t??ch'er' asked a weak eyed boyt'to take bis book down from his eyes.'^ . In commenting on the above the Abbeville Medium very truly says such cruel teachers should never have been employed. To whip a nervous little child as described above was an outrage of the most odious kind and to make no allowance for weak eyes in a little boy was inexcusable. Such heartless cases are of frequent Occur rence all over the state. The little children at school certainly lead a mo3t miserable life, being imposed up on in so many ways that, their condi tion is pitiable in the extreme. Im possible tasks are given them and they are subjected to unjust and ex cessive punishment for the most trival of childish faults. They aro required to submit to the most unreasonable rules and regulations and if they suc ceed in not violating any of these they are worried to death by all sorts of contradictory whims of a lot of nervous and dyspeptic teachers. The average thacher has no love for the work and takes up the time in fussing and quarreling with the children. No assistance is given the child and no explanation is made of the hard lessons. The unhappy lit tle children are constantly told that they have no raising and don't know how to behave themselves/ " They are all takenA\o be liars, for no confidence ls placed in anything they say. This folly is carried so far that if a child's mother should die and he stayed at home to attend the funeral and gave that as an excuse for absences his word would not be taken as true, but he would have to bring a written ex cuse ? rin his father or guardian. If you will look closely at a lot of children coming from school you will not see the buoyance and life that ought to animate youngsters. The majority appear to be fagged out and move as If they had "that tired feel ing." They have a wild, restless look about their eye. Eight or ten years of such tension lits a person for suicide and it is the modern method of teach ing that ls really the cause of so many cases of self-destruction. Furality ot Lightning. As near as may be determined, 713 persons were killed by lightning in the United States in 1900, and be tween 700 and 800 are probably killed each year, says an exchange. East of the 100th Meridian thunderstorms occur all over tbe country, but west of it, except in the Rocky. Mountains, the frequency of stormi 'diminishes until on the Pacific coast there-are practically norie. Thc greatest 'num ber of storms occur lo Florida, In the middle Mississippi Valley and the middle Missouri Valley. The aver age number of storms in each In 1900 was forty-five, thirty-five and thirty? respectively. The greatest number of deaths in any single state was 180-in Pennsylvania. Ohio came next with 135, Indiana, Illinois and New York 124 each. As to city and country, the more dense the population tho small er thc rate to the 1,000,000 of poula tlon, due, of course, to the fact, that the territory of the country jg far greater than that of the city. Besides this, the metal roofs, telegraph wires, etc., of the cities serve as conductors. Lightning rods, as usually put up, are.of no use. A tin roof with gutter spouts leading into tho ground is much moro effective. Barns with green hay seem to invite lightning. Maple and cotton-wood trees are struck much moro frequently than oaks, these much more than beeches. Trees arc surely a poor place for shelter, and feather beds are disliked by thc stroke. . TEDS COTTON SITUATION Is the South's Great Staple Menaced by Poor Seed. . According to Daniel J. Sully, the New York cotton . dealer, the present serious condition in the cotton markets of the world, and the danger threaten ing tho textile Industry -bf the United States', of England, France, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and Spain can be traced to only one cause-the steriliza tion or impoverishment of thef cotton seed. He says: "Serious as 'ls the situation to-day and high tis-prices are, the situation will be more.serlous arid the prices higher each j6? until .measures-aro taken by which proper" Seed can be planted for the growth of tpe cotton crop. Paradoxical as lt rniay seem, the curtailment of the cotton crop ls a natural result of the growth of the cotton seed industry. A quarter of a century ago the cotton seed was the bane of the cotton plant er. He had great difficulty in getting rid-of bis surplus seed. It was burned, cast into the rivers, used to hil gullies and hollows and hauled away at rio little expense. But. since the dis covery of the uses of cotton seed oil; cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal the demand fortrie s?e'd has grown to great proportions'.1 The South ls dot ted with cotton seed oil mills, and what was once regarded as refuse now brings nearly 8100,000,000 a year to the South. "This would be a magnifiaient as set were it not for the fact that the oil j. mills demand the heaviest and richest of the seed, leaving only''tire.j poorest for tba planter t o put back In the. ground for the planting of his next crop. The il?rcenessof competi tion ls such and the prices for seed are so-- l?fge.tli?t?1'within the lust live. or sixyears the planters have Impoverish ed their seed supply to the utmost limit. Poorseed brings a poor cotton yield. Increased acct age is no remedy, even if lt were .possible under presentr conditions to extend the ace rage muc.b. beyond its present limits. Thought! ful men of the South see no project of a change In the Immediate fut ur:-. Surely none can be expected as long as the spinners have to scramble.for cotton to keep their mills going and the cotton seed mills pay top-notch prices for their r.uppiis. "'Thc statistics . of the last six or seven years show ?more conclusively than anything I could Say how im portant a part this Impoverishment of the cottonseed ls playing in cotton affairs. Since 1897 the acerage plant ed to cotton io the United States has been increased . from 24,000,000 to approximately 28,000,000 acres. Y.et, the yield has steadily decreased, 'iii 1?97 the South raised 11.200,000 bales of cotton on an acieage of 24,000,000. This Beasun with an acreage of 28,000, 000, the government's estimate is 0, 902,000 bales. Take the average yield an acre year hy year and the detorlatlbn is shown more convincing ly.:. In 1897-98 the yield of lint-per acre planted was 224 pounds. In .1898-90, it wa? 232, in 1899-00,210; lo 1900-01. ?11; in 1001-02, 188; in 1903-04, K ti. "But even these figures do not show the real decrease lo the yield per acre. In 1897 and 1898 cotton was extremely cheap, and what re presented hundreds of thousands of bales of lint were left unpicked in the field, because the planters did not think lt would pay for the picking. This season, however, there isn't a cotton plant In the South that hasn't been picked of every ounce of its pro duct. The world absolutely requires 10,700,000 bales cotton this season, lt could use 12,000,000 bales and there would be no surplus. Cotton is the most valuable money crop of the world to-day. It is used in more of the world staples than any other of the earth's products. Its uses are constantly widening, and yet we are face to face with the condition of a constantly shortening crop. It-is Idle to charge the big advance in prices to manipulation of the market, to weath er conditions in the cotton belt, to lack of moisture, lateness of planting or to any other of the stock causes. Every student of the cotton world who gives serious consideration to the subject will come 6ack to the basic trouble of the impoverishment of the seed. "This subject is of far greater im portance than the average man realiz es. It is of as great Importance to North as to the South; not only be cause of the manufacturing industries of the North that are dependent upon the cotton crop, but because every body wears cotton goods an"d because the financial world depends upon the cotton crop to maintain thc financial parity between this country and Eu rop.' Without our cotton the "money mtu-kef of the United States would be In a sad way. Cotton bills are pay able In gold; and it is through the payment for cotton exported to Europe that we maintain the gold balance with the rest of the world. You can not look for any change in the South until the danger from the impoverish ment of the cotton seed is brought home to the planter. At present he is blind to this menace. The present crop wi.'.' bring, to him ab least $150, 000,000 more than any other crup he ever raised. That would seem to prove that he j s favored by fortune. The crop of next year perhaps will bring even much greater returns. But there is an end to all things, and soon er or later lt will be realized that what is now a godsend may bring about disaster. ."The world must have cotton. If it cannot get enough from the South it will get lt elsewhere. It ls true ?ill efforts to find cotton land equal to that of the South having failed, some by reason of transportation difficulties and some from other causes, climale and otherwise. Man ls Ingenious and persevering, however, and should ft cotton famine extend over a period of ten qr more years we lind a rival of the South developing in 's?roo other land. In thc Interim Americtomantt facturing iii'growing and.flty.jfi confi dently expected that before other, countries pam be' made to pfdfluco'cot ton, American mills will require'pf-aV tically all thc new material this obum try can produce under . present meth ods. .. .t Today the A mcrican cotton makes up nearly'85 per cent of the cotton that ls grown. Egypt grows a long staple cotton that Isuscd in the finest of good t. India grows a short staple cotton that is used In the coarsest of goods. America grows the staple crop that ls the medium between the Indian and the Egyptian, and is the great commercial necessity of thc tex tile world. There is a distinct rela tionship between the American- and tho Othor crops, each having a bearing upon the other and the Egyptian and thc Indian planter shaT rcratlvely in whatever condition -affects each dla-1 tlnt&growth. The curtailment of the American crop will stimulate'the East Indian to raising all thc cotton possf BENINS WORK Wlth ^ ^ ^ cleansing tho blood of -tU.tha poisonous Acids that produce RHE?MA^SM^drivmg out sdi the dangsrous germs 'thst^mie?' tfcc1-^] body-th^t ic thc way cures arc ?2ccti4 hv Other medicines treat symptaps; Rhtum?cidt temovtt tb9 taust, and, therefore, its . ,r h-. CURES ARE PERMA^CWt?^^J ?Help's thc digestion, tones up thfc system.' ' Sample bottle tfree on application- to BOBBITT CHBMICAL Co., Pro* prictors, "31?5 West Lombard St., Baltimore,.Md*-?"4Jt" m ?l>? :i i ?r Geo A Wagen?r, Pres. Geo Y Coleman.: VicePres. I G Ball, Sec'y .&aTreaa? Golem?ti-Wagen?p Hardwa??K Comp?iijti i; Successor to ?. P? Poppenheim. ^v". .' $ ....-.-it?.fci 383 KING STREET, . 1 - -'.. - - - CHARLESTON., S'O* $850.000 ' . ' GITES POURPIER SEAROHMCNT ? '?'??i aOHMOT?T AUTOMOBILE, j&\ 5M fr m?.>?i .' ?April ist, 1904.. . i i-'.-v^i ^ v, 's atore 22'Broad St., ano ticket wili bo'jjivon friw'with csch"50o' antiflcatioii of tickets will* be by name, heuce nil tickera roust .bo signod and e noon. April 1, l?H)^.'t^li?B,|najtner "f awarding ?fa?utQmpbllo.wiil.bo tuft to >rs ai, the place,of drawing. , ', ' '' * ' '.^S/. "t?'^ is'on exhibit at our store- and wo will hg lao d to hare you inspo'ctit. "*? ?." I; ' -j v_ ' '.*"... f -i--'..<.tM.*...>? digest! skin an d ii) OTTOMAN FEMALE clear-np,'tbs. o omplexion, - Sterling Silver, Cut"gla.s3 .Towiry.^Vittclios^h^^^ humorous articles suitable for,presenta of all kinds;'.\Va?pW^^vtS?-'^ illustrated by..photographs direct frqm.Uio article/fin our ottlaltt gue, of ovor 100 puyos, di which wo will>bg; pleased.tp.seb^-yo? i-or all goods treeby tnair/?xpross, or freight bii all ordere with coohj ' P. H. L-?CHICOTTE ^q?^mmth ^'4P^>#fe 24 Main St , . .;?*^t%Bl?;^ 0*'-*^ .V,'-1 UK AU Dr?'g ah^ToD?coo ; >i Habits. I^i?ixe; y fO-Git?&Tip; ; plaster, ; Terra Cotta Pipe,tP^.fin^^??D|r, Carlota,small'l^^t?^.'^;:'^^^ Carolina, PortJ?ndVc?meht'Oo., ^harleslon^'?i^c7-' r;\? g"Iiiskey I Morphine I Cigarette ab lt, j Habit |- Habit Cured by ' Keel?^iJ?e!H*iitef ?o*-. ?.;"_<Q.. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia^li^*?ConfldenthalvCorre3pOnd once solicited. _ ... ^.p ; ,. *;^?. ;' '/ r-'^^f^: TfflEJ?3NR^ -.. coLimRm;-?S:^Q??i; . r. <T??Uv4:*??--"'.'. . .'- ; ?v' '<?? V/'->. ??i.v.w?ioit^t; Building and Rer-Pressed* Brick. - SpeetaJ shapes to ord?r. Fire Proof T?t-^-r'? ra Cutta*Flue Linings. Premed" to ?ll^raersr./or tb-ousaqd^or for railHona ^ G. A. GUIGNARD, Pres. . A?%im0^,'^7^t^1^!l' THE OOLitok^^ Will be glad to answer and correspondence of ??y'p'efsd?'usfng Machinery, "!Wo-' carry 3 grades of Rubber Belting, 3 grades of Leather any Gandy Belt. AUte' Wood Pulleys, Pipe Fittingr' Valves, Shaftingl Hangers, Ro?llng and every , thing else In the supply line.. You sav&m?r?ev by wr?tinjc^Or callirigoh us.'? '?'} .'- * , ' .: COLUMBIA SUPPLX^O.r$pli>mbia, S. ?. -; . ' s unido when you purchase pim?os or brgnris of : ?i. * ? ?.-. . - M. A. MALONE, e?L?MBIA-Si ?. ? As manufacturer's agent tor many o'f the- best factories, his prices are as low as the lowest. -' His largo business la built np on the strength of' hjs roliabili.ty np, a cJhscientouB expert in musical instrumenta. Got his udvico before purchaildgY theri'yoti will'kn?w what yo?^u? - buying. .... ?riy & ?'S>lt#??.'?{ fi I ble, but tt?a? c?nnot affect the sltua I ?lon to any material degree. Neither can any possible Increase in the -Egyp-. tian output alter the situation. The whole world depends upon the South. ".We haye been quoted as predict ing that within the next four or five years cotton would sell at 25 cents a pound. This, may seem'-extrav?ga?t to those who do hotrj^reartzt*t*l??-e?tent to which the sterilization of th^seed in the South has been tiarricd*k?r tdr' the extent to which the gr&ytjfrttifil the textile industry-, and the--.use pi cotton has. developed. No 9u,ejC^ii ag?? curately measure the demand "for. cotr ton who does not take into considera* tlon the steady widening of Its uses and the hundred or more industit?s nto which cotton enters in one form or another. If there is anyone, who. doubts that to the seed the curtail-., ment of the cotton crop is due'prinra' rily and chiefly, need only refer him to the annual report -'?ot Georg?j.Ar.; Morrison, president of the American Cotton Oil Company; which'was pub;-, lished less than brie* -month ago-. ??: it he says: 'The decrease *Ifc< surplon earnings of the .American Cotton Oil Company ls attributed to, extreme competition for cotton seed and prov ing to be of poor quality, producing oil of inferior grade and less thad nor mal quantities to the ton.' So you see that even the cotton seed mills are feeling the effect. When the best of the seed ls of poor qualltyi^hat can be said ot that which .is.left-for the planter and for Mother ?arX^to bring forth another cotton crop?" ' *' lt. Oliphant Dodge, owner of a flat building in Omaha, was granted it writ of Injunction restraining Mrs. E. Berge, a tenan t, frqm talking to other occupants bf the .flaute'.' TDDD BOTANJft.. ?.Di?.BLOOD B?LfW |$ TheJG?iiTje???>dRepedy ipr the.ipeedy and p?rbianei?t'c?r? of Scrofula-, Khentni tistn. Catarrh, Ulbert, Ecxemm, Sore;. Ktup Al tians^^ejS^iiesj^Nervousqti?, and jul -51 .-' BLOOD ?Mw Sltt??r??Stilft??:?:" . *. It is hy ?fa the bc/t buiUing up Tonic and Blood Purifie* <<er offered to th*? worhT- Tr paid, by -/CO,,'AUfjnft?? ?L. li ? yiirrtt; tnd w?nt to kr.ni-,- tiiv BJ?V. - "truth ?bom your trouble, sena tor my free booklet" ?r.d seit ?:We can f^ake'yOtf bi?ae pf?ob&^oB^r? Newell Spjtoill^^ej^,^, pj i-i ?? - ist;.: .615 Plain St ' Columb?ai, 8 0 IB CHARLES/C.; D?SL?Eu\ ' ''^-^"y^jiol?sale T^e?ler?in-:^-- l? it'Sr ??''\V?,*.lrrtV 'Bt- ? '#"1h'rtv"l/?,V/\V.' u?ri oxaniluatlon '>!,*-??y', 4 No. J,'i"Orvo"i,8 Dflbini?' tv (Sdxi?aTWeakfrtM),'* No. 3, Vaxlcocele, No. i 8,8trlotuii; Nb.t.-Kld- ' neyand ICaUJrrOom plaints, No. 6, Disease of Women, No. 0, The Poison King (Blood Poldon i; No. 7, Oa Urrh. These booka bhon'.vl bein the liando of avery person afflict ed, "va Dr. Hathaway, thfe author, la recog nised as the beat au thority and expert tn the United Btatea on I tliese4tiea.aeB. Write or send for the book you want to-Hay, abd lt will be sent you free, ??jaled. Addrosm/J. New ton ilathaway, M D 28 Inman Rullding, 221 S. Broad St. Atlanta WU HATHAWAY Eggs, Ac Fish pamted in barrels and boxes for Country trade a specialty. GRAND Rapids is maintaining Ita reputation of being a- rapid clty-^for Doodlers. ; ,r ??'":f .. ^^^i^lfjottcr Test. ( "I've just learned,^ new charin td tell whether or nat a a??n. loves you", said the girl with the bufglng pompa? dour. "What ls it"? asks the girl with the new diamonriMtig. - -'. "Why,-you takeAf??ror five appia Roim^VLn? name a*oh.?f Wuwai. ??ir ,a. particular man, and place them-the apple seeds, I. mean-on the stove, and the first one pops ia the one th?t... loves you." 1 . J'IRtm.?h!' mused the ?-?Irl with,-the ne^dl&m^n(?>ftn{|i?a^ei.c ml?dodly twisting that plec? of jewelry about her linger. "I kUAivj-a surer way than, that.*' ' ' - U- ?}\ ?i'Yes, indeed.;, You take iOtt'd? par^.ular man and. place him .on. tha i sora in. ihd- parlor,.and sit- close io ' h'm, with the light a little lowr'and ? lo?k-up.to him vcry atteutWely, anil If Tte 'rW?sn't pdp yon khbv^^t's tlw" to put Another man on the Sof?." ~ ^