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8R0WING COTTON ?N AFRICA. Abstract of Report Made by Supt. Galloway of the German Expe? riment Station. Atlanta, Ga., March 28.-The Ger? man Colonial Economic society of Ber I lin has issned an elaborate report of the work of the experimental cotton plantation in Toge West Africa, man? aged by J. N. Cal lo way and three young negroes from Booker Washing? ton's school at Tnskeege, Ala. The following is an abstract from Superin? tendent (Galloway's statement to the society, which is included in the report : "Our planting coverved six months' "time, but can be divided into two periods-from March to June and from ,July!to August. The rainy season began in March, but was very light at k first. On March 27 we planted our "first American cotton, about one and a ? half acres. This sprouted quickly and grew nicely. After one month; it was a foot and a half high. April brought frequent, light rains. It was a good month for planting. During this month we planted twelve acres of American cotton. In May, twenty acres were planted. The rain during . May was very heavy but did not injure the growth of the plants. In the first days of July very damaging rains ?came. The bolls of the early crop were entirely destroyed. The plants rusted and the bolls rotted without opening. -Only two bales of cotton were harvest? ed from seed planted before July, much more perished in the field. * ' In the months of July and August "twenty acres were planted with Amer? ican and Egyptian cotton. September and October had less rain, but clouds and fog continued. By the end of October there was more sun and a higher temperature. Seed planted in .July and August produced in Decem? ber what wQuId in America be called half a crop. A small area was planted in October, but with little success, as rain ceased to fall soon after. In these experiments we used native, American (upland and sea island) and Egyptian seed. Next year Peru seed- will be tried. The large part of the seed sown was American. I believe that by plant? ing the seed in late summer, and thus avoiding the heavy rains, good results can be obtained with American cotton. It is probable too, that better results can be obtained by using cotton seed or artificial fertilizers. I am of the opinion that by crossing native with American cotton a variety adapted to the colony can be secured. "One hundred acres of land in all v, were cultivated. Up to the end of December 23 bales of cotton were in readiness to ship. Thirteen of these were from native seed, nine from American seed and one from Egyptian ?eed. The natives grow cotton as a k secondary product with yams. There is sufficient good cotton land. The ex? pedition intends to distribue good cot ion seed to the natives. In native cot ron the proportion between lint and seed was 1,800 pounds o ' seed cotton to a bale of 500 pounds The crop from American seed snowed the same pro? portion as in America, i. e., 1500 <? pounds of seed cotton to a bale. "The natives must be taught to cul? tivate more cotton on the same ground with the same labor. If possible, they must be furnished with draught animals. Although it was known that no animal could resist the climate, 20 horses and 20 oxen were brought from the interior. The tsetse fly soon began its fatal work, and by Septem? ber all the animals were dead. Experi? ments should be continued with na? tive horses. After our animals died it was necessary to depend on native labor ior everything, and natives drew the bales of cotton to the coast in lumber -wagons. Portable engines should be introduced to furnish power for gin? ning and baling, and a railway should be built from the coast inland. Our -experience has given us every reason to believe that in a few years it will be possible to export many thousand bales of cotton from the colony of Togo. This will not have any effect on the markets of the world, * but it will be of advantage to Germany, and -especially to the two and a half mil? lions of natives in the colony. Under present conditions the cost of a 500 pound bale of cotton delivered at Bremen, including ginning, press? ing and moving to the coast by native labor, shipping expenses, sundries, in? surance, is 225 mirks (about 863.00. ) If crossing native with American seeds makes it possible to get a bale from 1,500 pounds of seed cotton and the introduction of steam power for -gin? ning, ba?Dg and hauling lowers the cost to equivalent expenses in America, it should be possible to produce a bale ?of cotton of the same quality to be laid down in Bremen for 190 marks (about 847.00j." SHERMAN'S MARCH. It is none of our fight, but we wish -to go on record as indorsing everything the Nashville American has said about Gen. William T. Sherman and his march.to the sea. There is not in the whole annals of civilized warfare, if such an expression may be used, a record that for brutality, incendiar 'ism, slaughter, devastation and gene? ral barbarism that comes anywhere near the one that Sherman cut across the bosom of the South on that march. His path was strewn with ruin, cities were burned, women outraged, farm property ruthlessly destroyed, defense jess people robbed and, in fact, if there was any possible crime that Sherman's army did not commit we do not know what it was. Possibly it will do no good at the present time to discuss that black page in history, but the time will never come-it ought not to come-when self-respect? ing Southerners will quietly listen to defense of Sherman and his march to the sea. The men who are responsible for the discussion are the ones who are rushing to the defense of Sher? man. When a man's own brother would not defend him, others ought not to try it. There will be no recon? ciliation in this country if we are to indorse Sherman to bring i? _about. Chattanooga News. ? Jacksonville, Miss, March 27.- All tne motormen and conducors in the employ of the Jackson Street Railway company went on strike this afternoon because the manager of the system sent a negro out as motorman with one of the cars. It was an extra car but the employes ran their cars into the barn. The negro was discharged j an hour later and the men went back ? to work. BRADSTREET'S TRADE REVIEW. Activity Changes From Whole? salers to Retailers-Effect of the Holidays. New York. March 28.-Bradstreet's tomorrow wi ll say : Trade activities have shifted from first to second hands this week. Wholesale and jobbing distribution of dry goods, clothing, liats and caps, milinery and shoes has been rather quieter, as was only natural in view of the culmination of the spring demnad before Easter. Retail distribution, favored by spring weather, has been very active east and west, with a fair business at the south. Among the industries, new demand for iron and steel has on the whole been less active, but production and shipment have gone forward at undiminished speed. The b iilding trades have taken a decided spurt in activity. Lumber is active at all markets, at higher prices than ruled a year ago. The edge has rather been taken off cotton and cotton goods prices by the reaction in the raw material and the talk of further labor unsettlement, but values as a whole are steady. Aggressive strength in prices is chiefly manifested by hog products, which, it h? declared, have been manipulated by packers. A more reasonable explanation, however, is that the high prices_for beef and mut? ton have largely diverted consumption io hog products. 'Milder weather has relieved the strain on the coal trade somewhat, but strike talk ^as prevented weakness in prices. Rather less activity Tn iron and steel is noted, but no loss cf price firmness is observable. The , jnliar situation of the foundry pi. ?-^n market is shewn by the fact nat prices of that grade are SI higjujr per ton than Bessemer. Finished iron and steel has been active, implement and wagon rnanufacturers buying heav? ily of steel bais, which are nominally S2 per ton higher. Despite the fact t!rjat tin plate mills are booked for five months ahead, the leading interest continues to take orders at $4 per box. Testimony to the activity in hardware is well nigh unanimous. Chicago reports demand active beyond all pre? cedent. Jobbeis in cutlery and build- ' ere' hardware at New York report inability to secure supplies fast enough. ^ The analysis of the cotton market, given a week ago, to the effect that the market was on a dead centre and that the position appeared to be over? bought was comirmed this week by the sharp break of nearly one-third of a cent in futures and of one-fourth of one cent in spots, brought about by tired, long liquidation. A more cheer? ful tone developed at the decline, how? ever, and covering in anticipation of tho holidays recovered a portion of the loss. The leading cereals are irregularly lower after an apparently futile effort at bulling prices. Last week's decline brought in consi derable export busi? ness in wheat, and some revival was reported even in corn. Steady buying and talk of a squeeze in corn were reflected sympathetically in wheat. The taD: of a corner in July corn was aided by the small supplies of contract grades, bur, the tendency to take profits in anticipation of the holidays weak? ened prices, which generally closed lower than a week ago. Wheat crop advices have on the whole been very good, though insolated reports of. damage in Kansas and Oklahoma have been received. These, however, do not agree with Bradstreet's reports of liberal rains in ti e southwest and the improved feeling in business circles generally in that section. Business failures number 183, as against 189 in this week last year. Failures in Canada number 22, as against 28 a year ago. The Messaije of Easter. A living hope '"by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead," is the message which Easter morning brings to us. Not without reason therefore Christians celebiate Easter Sunday with thanksgiving and praise to Christ "who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to Hight through the gospel." lt ought to be a day of rejoicing. Indeed, if we could fully apprehend and rightly appreciate the glorious life beyond, which the resurrection of Christ an? nounces and demonstrates as an abso? lute certainty, we could not repress the emotions of gladness and joy which would thrill our hearts. The resur? rection of Christ is a monumental fact whose base rests on earth and whose top reaches into heaven. With grate? ful hearts, with simple faith, with fervent prayer, with holy love, let us, on Easter morning, unite with the thousands of Christians throughout the world in wearing around this monument a garland of praise. Christian Advocate. New York, March 27.- Mine work? ers and mine owners; of the anthracite fields debated their differences for four hours today in a conference ar? ranged by the conciliation committee of the National Civic Federation, but the meeting was without result save that the workes agreed not to strike on April 1 as decreed at the Shamokin convention. There is to be further friendly discussion between the two interests and Senator Hanna, as chair? man of the industrial department of the federation, was empowered to call another conference at any favorable time within the ne.*t 30 days. The workers asked for an increase in pay, a shortening of the working day and the adoption of a scale fer the entire dis? trict. The operators declined to grant the demands as to time and pay and refused to permit the complete union? ization of their properties. The opera? tors offered to meet employes with grievances at any time but insisted that there be no distinction ?between union and non-union men. .They also asserted that present market condi? tions did not warrant any incease in wages or decrease in v.-orking time. Washington. March 27.-Surgeon General of the Navy Rixey has gone to Charleston, S. C., to look over the grounds for the naval station at that city, with a view to the establishment of a naval hospital. He will also visit Port Royal to inspect tho naval hospital there and see what can be done in the way of ir creased accom? modation. VALUE OF COTTON SEED. Formerly Considered Waste, it is Now a Valuable Product. Compiled by the Boston News Burean. To a fuller understanding of the im? portance of the merger in process in the cotton industry the following relat? ing to cotton seed and its products and to fertilizers for cotton production, is necessary. Formerly cotton seed was thrown away. Stringent laws were in force in most cotton producing States requir? ing its destruction to avoid the poison? ing of streams, or the destruction of cattle or of agricultural lands. In 1870 practically all the cotton seed oil that was made was exported, and its total value was under 815,000. In 1880 there were 45 mills, exporting nearly 7,000,000 gallons of oil, valued at 83,225,000. In 1890 there were 357 mills, crush? ing 2,479,386 tons of seed, producing 93,325,729 gallons, valued at 821,390, 674, besides by-products, that brought up the value to 842,411,835. These are the value at point of production. Of the above, the exports of oil alone were 49,356,741 gallons, valued at $16,541,321. The amount of seed crush? ed was barely one half of the available supply and in a-" short-crop" year. The vast increase of the business has not kept pace with the increase in the demand for this pure vegetable oil, which is rapidly becoming as import? ant to mankind as has become the lint or "cotton," and there seems to be almost no limit to the uses of and needs for it. So, too, with the ever increasing by-products. Some figures will illustrate this. One ton (2,000 pounds) of cotton seed results in : Pounds. P. C. Cotton seed oil (37 6-10 gal. ) 2S2 14 Cake (and meal) 713 36 Hulls,' 943 47 Linters, . 23 1 Waste, . 39 2 Total, 2,000 100 The 93,000,000 gallons of oil are utilized as follows: Exported 49,000,000 gallons: To France, 300,000 barrels, for making soap and olive oil : Netherlands, 200, 000 barrels, for making butter: Bel? gium, 45,000 barrels: Great Britain, 65,0C^barrels: Austria, 75,000 barrels: Germany, 55,000 barrels: Italy, 60,000 barrels; Mexico, 40,000 barrels; South America, 30,000 barrels: South Africa, West Indies, etc. 100, COO barrels. The balance is consumed in the United States in the form of lard com? pound, soap, oleomargarine, salad oil, cooking oil, burning oil and sardine packing. Four hundred pounds of the cotton seed meal added to one ton of the hulls makes an ideal cattle food. Some ? hundreds of thousands of cattle are so fattened for the market and at great increase in value. Over 57,000,000 pounds of linters (the short lint) recovered are used as filling for cheap cotton fabric? and carpets, for wadding or batting, twines and mattress making. A United States agricultural bureau publication says that the meal and hulls, after the extraction of the oil, contain 100 per cent of all the original value of the seed as either a fertilizer or a cattle food; while if fed to cattle, the ground receives from 80 to 95 per cent of all the original value as a fertilizer. The claim is often made that cotton is the most useful to man of ?all the plants that nature produe.es. ?The Uni? ted States products two-thirds of the world's supply of cotton. Casper, Wyo., March 28.-Charles Francis Woodward, the condemned murderer of Sheriff Wm. C. Kicker, was hanged early today by 24 masked men. Washington, March 28.-The State department will take no steps to bring to the attention of the Danish govern? ment the charges against the integrity of American statesmen preferred by Capt. Christmas and yesterday brought to the attention of the house of representatives. The department regards the charges as unworthy its attention, by reason of insufficient evi? dence and obvious error in statement of alleged facts. The department is per fectly aware also that the Danish gov? ernment does not intend to pay one cent of the 850,000 claimed by Christ? mas as his commission, so that, of course, none of that money could be used to corrupt American statesmen and newspapers. -i - - Miss Mcclintock will succeed Dr. Pell as president of the Pres. College for Women in Columbia. Mr. James Campbell, the popular teasurer of Richland County, died Saturday, March 22, at his home in Columbia. The South Carolina State Medical Association will meet in convention at Spartan burg, April 17, 18. A New York man has invented a process of distillation and compression by which whiskey can be compressed into pills that can be carried in the vest pocket. ?II -- Williamson, the Greenwood County man who whipped a neighbor nearly to death a few months ago, was con? victed yesterday and sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Charley Snow the negro who assisted in the beating also received a five year sentence. m ::e~ ?*>o~ -<:^aB~ Frank Bernis, of Columbus, O., can? not keep warns, though he wears 5 suits of underclothing the year round and sleeps in an ulster and woolen cap. He usually carries about forty pounds of clothing, besides $30,000 life insur? ance, and says be can pass a Ibetter medical examination than mosf^men. Physicians do not know what is *the matter with him. Z^Z CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. Tile Kind You Have Always Bought Signature of Burden of Bad Roads. In a country as large as that in .which we live, with the greater part of its producing regions widely 'separate from the markets which they serve, the matter of transportation is one of vast importance, writes Hon. Martin Doge in Forum. This applies particu? larly to our agricultural products: for, while a great portion both of our manufacture output and of our farm growth must be moved long distances by rail or water before reaching a market, practically all of the latter must also be transported for greater or less distances over the public high? ways. The question of marketing these agricultural products, amounting in the United States to 81,000,000,000 annually, on terms that the dealer can afford to pay and the grower to accept, often reduces itself to a question of cheap and quick delivery; in other words, to a question of economical transportation. t As far as the railways and steamship lines are concerned, this problem has been dealt with very intelligently and satisfactorily. Skill and money have been applied without stint to the provision of enlarged means of con? veyance, improved ways and increased power. These influences, under the stress of strong competition, have re? duced long distance freight rates to a reasonable level. There is one phase of this transporta? tion problem, however, which has approached no satisfactory solution. That is the matter of wagon road haul. As has already been said, while the greater part of our farm products travel by steamship, canal or railway for a portion of the journey to market, virtually all of them are conveyed for some distance over the public high? ways. It is unfortunate that this is often the most expensive part of their journey. It has been shown by mathematical demonstration that it costs more to move a bushel of wheat or a ton of hay ten miles over the average country roads of the United States than to transport the some bur? den 500 miles by railway or 2,000 miles by steamship. It has happened many times in different parts of the country that farmers have let crops go to waste because the cost of hauling them to the nearest market or railway shipping point over wretched and ill kept roads amounted to more than could be real? ized for them afterwards: whereas, if good roads on which heavy loads could be hauled had been at hand, the same crops could have been marketed at a small profit to the producer, while the economic gain resulting from their application to useful purposes would have been very considerable. A terrible storm swept over South? ern Alabama and Mississippi Thursday and Friday. In some localities eleven inches of rain fell within forty-eight hours. Railroad travel is suspended, tracks bridges and public roads wash? ed away and an immense amount of property lost. DISTILLED WATER. It Is the Purest. Best and Only Ab? solutely Safe Water. Boil a gallon of water until there is but a quart left, and the quart will contain ali the impurities of the gal? lon and be nearly four times as im? pure as before. Continue the boiling, and all the impurities-animal, vege? table and mineral, except the gases thrown off-will be reduced to one sol? id mass. The water which is evapo? rated and passed off as steam is very nearly pure. But, you will say, it kills the dangerous germs. We will sup? pose it does, but their remains furnish material for bacterial life to feed up? on. Do you relish the idea of eating in food or drinking their dead and de? composing bodies, which poison the water by their decomposition? The fact is scientific investigation has prov ed that boiling only kills the feeblest, the least injurious, germs. Try a simple experiment Put un? boiled city water in one bottle and the same that has been boiled for half an hour or more in another, cork tightly and keep in the sun or in a warm place for a week or longer and note the dif? ference. The unboiled water will show a marked depreciation in looks, taste and smell, but that which has been boiled will be so much worse in these respects that no one would think of using it. In comparison with these you can submit a properly sealed bot? tle of pure distilled water to the same conditions, and at the end of a year it will be found to be as pure, sweet and perfect as when first bottled. The purest and best and the only ab? solutely safe water io use for drink? ing and fie preparation of all foods and artificial drinks is that produced by distillation, but the most imperfect one produces a water far superior in purity and healthfulness to the very best spring waters under their most favorable conditions. The nearest ap? proach to it in purity is rainwater, which is distilled water of nature's own production, when collected on clean surfaces, in uninhabited sections, where the air is pure and uncontami? nated by smoke, dust city and factory gases, etc.-Sanitarian. Wbnt Ile Saw. An Irish teamster went to his parish priest in a great fright and told him that be had seen a ghost on the church wall as he passed it in the night. "And what was it like?" asked the priest "lt was like nothing so much as a big ass." said Patrick, wild eyed. .M?O home. I'at. and be easy." replied the priest soothingly. "You've- only Been your own shadow." Snit Lake City YVnter. There is flowing water in all the streets of Salt Lake City, and little creeks and ri vu le? s run through many of the yards of private houses. At nearly every street corner there is a flowing fountain. The city's water sup? ply tumbles down from the snow cap? ped mountains into streams of crystal white, shining and cold as ice. Wealth does not make a home. It takes thoughtful, sympathetic com? rades to make a home.-Ladies' Home Journal SHAM DIAMONDS. Tiley Are Hore Common Thaa Is Generally Imagined. A point in favor of the diamond is that its imitation is more or less easy of detection. A real diamond cannot be touched with a hie. and a false one, though it can be made to scratch glass, will not cet quartz, its brillian? cy also faces, while the real diamond is absolutely permanent. It reflects all the light falling on its posterior sur? face at an angle of incidence greater than 24 degrees 13 minutes, but its counterfeit only reflects half this light. But the imitation of the diamond may be more common than is imag I ined. There is a good story of one of ? the famous M. Bourguignon's custom? ers. A lr.dy went into the well known Paris atelier of sham gems and asked the price of a parure in exact imitation of the one she produced. "Was M. Bourguignon sure that the imitation would he perfect? Had he observed the peculiar beauty and purity of the Stones?" The reply caine: **B? calm. madame. The same workman shall have the job. You may rely upon an exact counterpart cf bis former work.** Pulverized quartz is used for these stones, and it is supplied In the sand from the forests of Fontainebleau. Hundreds of men and numbers of wo men a::d girls are employed in the Bourguignon business, and they make not only diamonds, but pearls, emer? alds, rubies and sapphires. The girls line the false pearls with tish scales, and wax. polish and color with mineral the other '"stones."-Gentleman's Mag? azine. A Gloomy Outlook. . She could not forbear asking him aft i?r the refusal if he were of the belief that he would never love again. "I dunno." he said sadly. "It is an even chance that I will have another attack next spring." - Indianapolis Journal. A Reminder. "Yes," Mrs. Starvem was saying at the breakfast table, "it's a splendid book. It certainly is strong and" "Ah, that reminds me." remarked the absentminded boarder. "Please pass the butter."- Philadelphia Press. The specter of unpaid bills never haunts those who buy only what they can afford. The greatest of all pleasures is to give pleasure to one we love. THE SUMTER S BANK, SUMTER, S. C. ESTABLISHED SEPT. 26,1901. CAPITAL STOCK - $25,000. Does a Savings Bank business. De? posits received from 25 cents upwards. Interest computed quarterly on the first days of January, April, July and October, at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum. Deposits may be made by mail or ex? press and a bank book will be prompt? ly returned. Call in and see the Home Savings Bank. This is something new and will interest you. We lend it to you free of charge, the only condition being that you have a deposit of $1.00 with us. Try one of these Banks and the amount you can save will surprise von. HORACE HARBY, President, I. C. STRAUSS, Vice President, G. L. RICKER, Casnier. DIRECTORS: Horace Harby, I. C. Strauss, Marion Moise, J. M. Knight, D. J. Chandler, G. A. Lemon, B. G. Pierson. fyI2o ?tl&atie Coast Lise. ?>7 jr i^.. ??'!?<,'?.K pm ny pi ? ^ 2J7"i t GUSTA B&ILBGAD. Condensad Scbedcle Dated Dec 20, 1901 TRAINS GOING SOUTH. t?o. 05 fro. 33 No 21 p. m. a m ^?ftve Vira ngtcs ?3 45 $6 00 .eave Msrioo 6 40 8 45 .?rrive 7!c-recc? 7 25 9 25 p. m. ft. rr. .?aye Fleeces *8 00 *3 25 ..-rive Su ii. ter 9 15 4 28 Ko. 52 ^five Sanier 9 15 *9 42 \rr:ve C'J'-cobia 10 40 11 10 So. 5- mas ffcrocfih iron* Cbarlestci' vt .ec irai P. 3 , lei vin jj Cbarle?tor 6.40 a. ai vioee 8 15 a m. tfanr?ng 9 C6 a ra rftAlB8 ??fNG NO STB >eave Qvlomb'% \ rrj ve 8 ara ter .ea va SUE ter irrivo Flor?eos .eaco Florescc cavo Marion .rrive Wilmington 25c. 54 No. 52 No 50 ft. m. p. m. ?6 55 ?4 40 8 20 6 13 Nc 33 a. ra. p. rc. 8 20 *6 24 9 35 7 35 a, CD, pm 10 10, 4 7 40 10 53 8 54 1 40 ll 30 .Daily X - except Sr.u?? v. >'o S3 ru..3 tbroogli to Charleston, E. C la, C?r.tr?l R. H., arrivinz U^r.r.^ g te r ?j ,L 2r.ee 7 4? p to, Charleroi* 9.2 i.. Trains os Conway Brauck leave 'Jbsdboutx 2 01 a co. arrive Conway 2.20 p m, retain ng lea7?- i)ooway 2 55 p ro, *n ive C"<*v ;ouro ? 20 p m, leave Chad boa rn 5.3r> p u irrive Elrod 8.10 p io, returning leav.^Blrcc 3 40 a ru, arrive Ouadbonrn ll 2(, a m Dail ^icept Sos day. : R. KEN!?Y, Gen'! Manager. P. M EMERSON, Trace Macager " q v - nsov fjpn'i Pass. Agen SOUTHERN RY. SCHEDULE. Trains leave Sumter, S C. for Ring? ville, etc. daily except Sunday, No 80, 6 40 am ; No 82. IO 20 am : No 84, 3 30 pm. Trains arrive Sumter from Ringville, etc, daily except Sunday, No 81, 9 10 am ; No 83, ll 45 am ; No 8?, ? 00 pm. Close connection at Ringville for Co? lumbia and Charleston and intermediate points, trains carrying through sleepers Ringville to New York, via Columbia, Charlotte, etc, Ringville to St Louis, via Asheville, Rnoxville and Louisville. WANTED-Hickory, Dogwood and Persimmon Logs. SOUTHEEN HAEDWOOD COUPANT, Charleston, S. C. nov 20 4m Tie Largest ail Most Collete Estai?fient M Geo. S. Hacker & Son, -MANUFACTURERS OF ?00RS3 SASH3 BUNDS, Moulding & Building Material. office acd Warerooms, King, opposite Oas non Street, CHARLESTON? S.C Pnrcfea3f? oar make, which we gaaraate superior to any sold Sooth, and thereby pave money. Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty1 October 16-o ; THE STANDARD Warehouse Co. COLUMBIA, s. c Has a Storage capacity of 20,000 Bale? of Cotton Stores and insures Cotton for 15 cents per Bale per month or fractional month Lover rates on 500 Bales and above. Spe? cial rates for six months and season contracts All ? railroads running into Columbia permit Cotton to be stopped for storage and reshipped at "any time during the sea? son at the through rate from original start? ing point, with only a trifle charge for re-handling. Cotton consigned to Columbia has the advantage of active competition when sold, and loans can always be secured on our Warehouse receipts at minimum rates. No commission or other charges for selling cotton. Correspondence solicited. H. L. ELLIOTT, Manager. Nov 13 v 50 YEARS* EXPERIENCE TRADE MARKS DESIGNS COPYRIGHTS &C Anvone sending a sketch and description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether an invention is probably patentable. Communica? tions strictly confidential. Handbook on Patents sent free. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn & Co. receive special notice, without charge, in the Scientific American. A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest cir? culation of any scientific Journal. Terms. $3 a year : four months, $L Sold by all newsdealers. MUNN & Co.36,Broadwa^ New York Branch Office, C25 F St. Washington, D. C. ATLANTIC COAST UNI. TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT. Wilmington, N. C , Nov 1901 Fast ?line BETWEEN C?iarlestoa and CoWia aili Up Iii ut ?ND NORTH CAROLINA. CONDENSED 6CHRDULE f?oir.fT West. No 52 In Effect Nov 24tb, 1901 Going Baot No 63 ?D tl 6 40 8 50 9 42 11 10 a m 12 29 12 42 1 '??> t 47 3 25 3 30 Lv Charleston, S C Ar Lv Laces, SC Ar Lv Sumter, S C Ar Ar Coiambia, S C Lv Ar Ar Ar Ar Ar Pro3??f!?y; S C Newberry, Q C Clinton, 8 C Laurens, S C Greenville, S C i.rV Lv Lv Lv Lv Ar StMrtaobure, S C Lv .p tn 9 20 7 40 6 13 4 40 2 24 2 10 1 25 12 55 ll 10 ll 00 p tu : 13 9 20 a m Ar Wion?boro, SC Lv 10 ?8 Ar Charlotte, N C Lv 3 IQ pm am 6 11 Ar Hendereoville, N C Lv 9 02 7 15 Ar Asheville. NC Lv 8 60 *DAU?. Nos *2 and 53 solid trains between Coarte? ton and Greenville, S 0. H M Emerson, Gen'l Papwneer A cent. J R Keoiy, T M Emerson, ! et'i Mai??u? r Traffic Mauftj??r