MARKET REPORT
New York Cotton
*?e?r york, Sept. 24.-Fjoports Ult
offering of spot cotton were a aha*
easier from certain sections'ot tin
belt. ; were confirmed tc ?oms TOM!
today by the showing of the market
which ore now publishing dally quo
tattoos, nnd created an Jmpreseioj
here tbat the demand from spo
snorts for September shipments ha?
been! pretty .yell .supplied. Expbiti
ar? Increasing slightly, however, am
Pearly all Southern advices lndicat<
that farmers- Are atilt holding th?
greater pa?* i? their crops.
Rather heavy rain's were report?
10 ?entrai sections of th? belt UM
.further precipitation was predicted
east ol the river, but it ueems roos
generally expected that the govern
ment report on October 2 will reflect
generally favorable conditions during
the monti).
The conference committee reported
tlie liquidation of 200 bales of Dccem.
ber through the "ballot late yesterdsj
at 9.50 for that position.
Liverpool Cotton
Liverpool. Sept. 24.-Cotton spot
j In moderate demand/ 25 points lower.
4 American middling fair 659; good
=f ?iddlis? 611; middling 555; lo - mk?
P dllBK 507: Rood ordinary 411: ordi
?4 nary: 347.
Sales 3,600 huies, Including 2,700
' American oar th? ba?!H of ??.f>5d 'for
middling. - Ifewsrth 107 bulo?.- aK
American. ' IVi
Cotton Seed Oil
New York, Sept 21.-potion seed
011 waa..Waher early pr. bull tapport,
but prie?a Saetea lajer. un
\ sure af big local stolen, scattoret?
liquidation by tired longs- and lack ol
outside ipterest; September closed
Uve polhto net lower,, and other
months net unchanged.
The market clortoft steady: Spot
\) 5.60 to ^75?' September: 5.60 to 7.".;
aber, 5.CS
to 5.6; December, Jsnu
6.05; March, 6.16 to Cl8; April, 6.E0
5 to 6.20. Total sales, T>,700.
Dry Goods
.New York, Sept. 24.--Cotton goods
markets were irregular to?*?, Y?rne
wer* firm. Dress goods for. skiing
were active. Urarra Weather ba?cur
talled trade in heavy .weigh; woolens
for immediate delivery. Silk contin
ued easy. .
Chicago Grain
Chicago, 0*p? ?4.rrAeeerHon? thad
.-nia. Wnnlrf ha. ?fenlv tri urti!?
United E; on In the
wheat trade with Europe, had a
* iar|sh effect today on prices here.
?rgely in consequence, the market
closed heavy at ? 3-8 to 1 3-4 net de
cline. Corn 1ral3bed 7-9 to ic last j
night, and provisions, Irregular, yary
j lng from a setback of 55c t?Jet?tio
? vance of 2 l-2c b?t?k.
Call Money
.t-??'JS^i Sept- ^-Exchanges
51g;766,782,: Balances', tS,76?,S3?*r^'
. Merca&ll?e. 7. Stetflng exchange
easy; for cables, 497.25; for demand.
?,S6. Bar silver, 5J. ,
FINA??cfAh ?^D^riisrwRttiTiT.
New York. Sept. 1
bonds. under tho mei
ttojts^ recently ancour
exchange wer? isrgt
*uy time sloe* tho
la
ila-1
short term
aoderate c
I from 1 to
'I
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The rarmers
Daughter
By JOHN Y. LARMEO
I %\a* peddling tindara on tho aihs
~ saclmsctLs ccaot, drlvlog a ^alr of
t horses* Attacked to a wagoo on which
1 I carried raf merchandise, I Btonped
i at a farmhouse at noontime and ex
1 changed mme kitchen utensils .tot a
I dinner. Tho farmors wife
cooking, and hi? daughter' wslteff' on
j tho table. Another stranger beeide?
II myself partook of the tneal-?$, aljort,
[ thic&set ?nan with a bushy heard.
?J We peddlers are usually gifted with
a good deal of talk, which we find es
sential in selling our gooda. 1 rattled
on at the rarfoer, and, be appearing to
oe taciturn. 1 let iiy ut tbs stranger,
who sat opposite me, asking where be
bad come from, where he was going,
what business he followed and other
"auostlona usually attributed totheonri
ons Mew Englanders. But this idiosyn
crasy was esau raed, Z having been born
and bred In Maryland. Tba truth ts
! began by asking bim which way be
was going, thinking ?bat it his direc
tion and .mine were the same ? would
ai?? ?il?ii a V'ti tur CT?5??>??jr*w ??kc. He
?sensed +?% >J? .?*-#?....? t(y tching - nie
p^^^ movements, und 1 noticed that
lng behind bira. On her account 1 pur
sued my questions till the man abrupt
ly arose and. {eft the table. A few
minutes after ibis, looking, through a
window, i saw him riding on horse
back thc aama way I intended to go.
Having ti ol shed my dinner and turn
ed over In payment lo fha. farmei'i
wff? a washboard and a dozen tin pi?
pl?tes, i t?oi ?uiu t?Sf "i*u^?n finft drow
ou. About a half hour lifter starting
I beard the sound of a hoW'? hoof* b*.
hind me and, looking back, saw the
farmer's. daughter coming- Hh? wa?
so latent.- op/ her own thoughts ns she
passed me t>nt she was not conscious
that I had dmod nt ber home- Her galt
being faster 'tftah mine, 1. Jogging along
behind a polefof horses drawing a
heavy load, was aeon loft lu ber rear.
Aa I drove on X was thinking about
ihb man I had questioned and the girl's
Interest In his answers, or want of
answers, and 'wondered if her coming
had anything to do with him. Tho
nnslous look on her face botli in the
farmhouse an? on tho road causad me
to think that he might be bent on
something abe wished h? wouldn't do.
I saw nothing more of either of them
during the afternoou. I stopped at
Oeveral houses, . plying my tradet|??
tab?n t dark, reach ing-& point where Ahe"
re*a &?SS-S& within a hundred feet of
the, ocean, I esma upon a house JP.
which I thought ? wocid Ask for lodg
ing during tho night But, unfortu
nately. I found it closed. I waa about
ta drive .on when it occurred to me
to see if I could effect an entrance
to tho barn, i pulled ont a rusty, sta
pie, thereby opening the barn doo?, and.
driving my beam In. unhitched the
horses, fed them and went to the
i' house. -,
* I bad rno more difficulty in getting
into the bona? than the bara,
' ? was ?ws?sss^? in tbs ??ronie of
the night by a shot I listened and
beard another and another, tbs sec
ond and third seeming to come from
directly above mt Then there wa?
4>?<?ih?r froiij ibe outside. Next I
Vieard the sound of a pair of" heavy
boots, followed ny ? pair of light onus,
rapidly ?eacor.dlng u staircase frost !
bow i
tiered
CONFESSIONS
OF A FOOL
B7 Kt .QUAD
Copyright, ?J?, by Associated Lit
erary I'ness.
AB ? boy. born tu tho town of Col
ville, of parents In moderate circaUJ
stancr*, John - Williams was called dull.
When be bad reached his majority be
sra? accoouied "light in the hend" Be
wig a butt of rtdlcuja for yeera und
yeo ra, and no one conk!, crer remember
that he resented it. When he waa told,
a? wac often tho case, tiwi bo was "uty
bair witted'be laughed in a, good na
tuivd way. If people laughed ut U.JU
be laughed bach, and If tbs joke was
on bim it seemed io pleura iii io ns
much aa If some one else had boen bit
There was only one thing about the
town fool which 'was not bs piala ns
day. From the tune he was eighteen
year? old be kept a diary, lt WUK
often wondered what *e wrote down,
but no one ever bad a chance' to see.
The diary didn't take in dally eve.its,
ns was one day discovered? but in the
course of twelve, years an abundance
of things were Jotted down. At tbe
oge it thirty J. u Williams was fatal
ly injured by the kick of a horse.
When lt was given ont that be bad
en?y three oj .?our dnyij io ii? ? tua pub
lic had no ?ympatby to waste. Pet
baps, f&e trAvn fool didn't expect any.
ifrom thur to time tho doctors told bim
he wad a doomed mun, and bo tiega u to
set hin huuj/e tn order-that la, he .had
his diaries brought to his bed and sent
for n Justice of tho peace and a-worthy
witness, fie bad a few deathbed con
fessions to make. No. 1 went beck
twelve.years, A sawmill in the town
'md bcea destroyed by fire. Tnwtujtf
after tho fire a. than hamed Thompson
hod put a rcdb?t cent on ute sidewalk
for tbe town fool to pick up. Tho
dinfjr /ecviued bsih prenti. The con
fession wau tc the effect tbat john
William* bad Been Thompson set Aro
to the mill. It was written out and
sworn to and witnessed, and thun came
cor/esslon No. 2. In that same year
some one bad stolen three smoked
barns from the cellar of * villager.
Following close upon tho bsa of tho
bama, ns duly, recorded in tbe diary,
tho village blacksmith had docked the
town fool In his witter tub for-e. Joke.
The confesnlon was to th* effect that
Williams and the blacksmith Stole the
bama arid that the latter wes toe only
ono to profit by the thaft. The. two
confessions implicated mo who bsd
i always been considered upright, mid
. the justice felt lt bis duty to ?tay :
"John.. this "ls serious, nirsinbss*. Von
know j oil have only' three clays to
live."
. 'V'o^. I trnA\Vi" IWjli?rt J?>h.!l, "hut
wa lu;vc fc?rdly begua' yet- i'v
to get ; a -whoiecartoad- pf thi.^^att.
my nitT'd before I go,"
No. 3 dated buck eleven yciys. A
horse had been stolen fruni a^nenrby
former, hod about the same.date u
village painter'' named 8Wayne liad
painted the town fool's bouts n nri^bt
red by way.ol'0 Joke. The wnfiHwrton
solemnly confessed that the painter
and Williams hod Stolen the homing
turned him ow* to a stranger to ho
run out oi' iowa nnd soi?. Mnny i??e
dc?ailfl-were put down. and. ns it was
sotemrJy ? worn to, the justice bea ved
a sigh over the deceit und wickedness
of a tuan who had al ways beeb lobbed
up to ns full" of integrity.
Confession >,'o. 4 went 'bflek ten
years. "A. church edifice belo?gfnjr tu
the Methodists bad been sst! en fire
? of trnrapi
no one ha<'
Persona)
y
:.-i
Mrs. C. F. Roa* ?nd children hu*
iuvned from a n?oiith'i at?y wit
friends ?nd reliai?*? In Virginia.
i'. Flckling, Columbia,
among tiie .visitor? to spend ycsier
day In the tfty.
W. Ii. Edgar, oj .Colupililn, waa
Anderson yesterday loria few hour
on buB'nca.
. W. A. Roberta, of Ca aeavli
is spending a few tfaya hi the city.
_
?, V. Hammond, of Spartanburg,
WA.. I rx jkn^fiiwnn In ?.^ * *U?i!* Of
tba n?tel Choguola.
LeRoy Campbell lett yesterday for
Chicago, whore he will ro?ume hi?
duties St the University of Chi
.Hs was accompanied hy Miou Jalla
Campbell, who wtll also study in Ghi*
Henry Harper han rei urned from
Augusta, Qa., whare he ?pent s vaca
tion or two "weeks.
j W. H. Cochran h&s rei urned to t
t city-niter s fortnight^ vacation whtoi
ho spent in Bristol.. Tenn. ?aSa*
-4' jjflHHH
E C. Evnnn, of pendleton, spent a
part f f yesterday m. the city on busi
ness.
T. ll. 'Curtis, i-oitiuocrcinl agent
thc ;0. tc W. C. railroad, hos gone
Augusf?, Ga., on a buelneri trip.
lohn A. Horton, of Bolton. Wt
i among the "isitors v
Mn the-city.
rs A. Abrams,' of S??rr, sp?Ai n Tv w
? hours In the city yesterday bri bt?tf j
, ness.
J. M. Lonrc mid Vy/?. ifauldln, well
known planters ot the Brushy Creek
section, were !? the city yesterday. |
Jesao T. Drake, Of Martin Township,
spent a few hours ia the city yfester .
?day on.bfisiness. :
f^^S^' .Watson, of Hunter's Spring,,
?vi asl ta.'the cit> yesterday ior a few j
hourn.
Suss? Elisabeth < Harrison has .e-j
tarried from Savannah, wh ero sh o has]
been visiting frioncln.
R<4 Mr. McCall, of Clemson' cob
legn. ?pent a few hours in ths city]
rda* on business.
w. temw'St chicago, is!
$t*v w?^?rft-iB?ir."J?>?vo<
?aar^hnrct?'&fo?t. I
the gnost: O^ Mrs Ji
Booth 0Waln " fitreet,
will return to her
ri
bal
Mr?. Llislc Sullivan, who luis been
siting Mr. and Mra. Wm. B. Sullivan,.
, 'Asheville. hSs' v returned tc her j
?nfa on.OPRwt Franklin Btreet.
?ACING R&SL'l/TS
Crand Rapids, Mich.. Sept, 21.-Tly
defeating Dl'^ctum I., In threfc
straight heats today. William -became
the world's champion paeor. Each
heat oi tbe match race, which wa?
.;. e of $6,000,-wan a real eon
test
Directum broke at tho start of Cue
. .and William . too1
rrauT morning, Sept. 25, 1914 f
No Wise Woman Will Fit Her
. Because styles are different. The Basque, Redingate and Moy
enage styles make for new lines and a new foundation must be pro- I
vided. I
GOSS ARD CORSETS J
Provide this foundation. |
The Gossard designer spent the early summer in Paris watching (|
j the developrhent of the new fashions. These Corsets are the result i
I - the fit hand in glove with the new fashions. s I
fir5 Go?sar? Week j
m WS/r This is Gossard. week all over the United States. 1
if] r^^N. Come, select your model while stocks are complete I
' \\ JL>* \ be sure to have our Expert fit you with the exact jg
\V(X5^^"^ model which your figure ?j^s? ^^^^^^^ jg
i |^ nii^ ?o^ and ^ ^
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?fei^^j^ to M?? hzzvLvz&-z* Its?
not fis?isy? nor fair. You rnuat die, and *
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CW.Web^
J. J. Trowbridge*
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'jv ^e?*h Kg^^^'rt?.'lt?e;iSwfe* Cheese is shot fui? of hole*. Jh
di. t.ie Russian Caviar ?ee? ihe French Pastry, it may otar?a Swiss mo/cr
tfori? for a rnix?p,; and rf the Home Preserve? are called out rind sr
"j tho Germern .Noodle?, they may Ke'?? L ;
I Qy the Brtiaacl? kproot?. fiftt?ft tlnttf
wrackst t?tTMiamtftf?
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