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EQUITY CORRESPONDENCE. FSY LETTERS FROM OUR SPE? CIAL CORRESPONDENTS. |MM of Interest Prom oil Part? of samtrr aad Adjoining Counties. NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Moll your Isttsrs so that they will this office not later than Mon when Intended for Wednesday's and not later than Thursday iturdar's lasus. This, of course, only to regular oorreepond In oaas of item? of unusual ralos, ssnd In Immediately by telephone or telegraph. Sueh stories ats acceptable up to the Of going to prose. Wednesday's Is printsd Tuesday afternoon sjsji Saturday's paper Friday efier ST .VTEBURG. Stateburg. Feb. 21.?Prof. J. F. Williams spent Monday and Tuesday la Columbia, attending a meeting of the agents of ths Demonstration Farm Work In South Carolina. On last Friday afternoon little Miss Henrietta Dargan celebrated hsr 11th birthday by having her school-mates spend the hours from four to six with her. After many Interesting games had been participated In by the little boys and girls, delightful refreshments wsTf served. Mr. 8. Oliver Plowden spent the week-end at Ms home In Clarendon. 1 Mr. R. M. Cantey has rsturned teams after a business trip to Qreeley rille. Prof. Eduard Dufour spent Tuesday atu* Wednesday at Hagood with Mr. T. P. Sanders, and Friday and Saturday at the home of Dr. F. M. Dwlght near Wedge field. SMITH V ILLS. Smtthvllle, Feb. It.?-Mr. L. S. Vln aon <s quite sick. . Mr. and Mrs. T. C. Robertson spent last Friday with relatives at Herrlots. Mr. J. L. Shiver and Mr. J. W. Rob? ertson went to Blshopvillo one day last k. Mr. D. J. Robertson went to Sumter Wednesday afternoon to attend a ting of the W. O. W. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shiver, Misses Letha McLeod and Tessle Hatfleld. Messrs. J. L and Charlie Shiver visit? ed at Mr. J. W. Robertson's on laat Sunday. WEDGEFIELD. ffr edge field. Feb. It.?Washington's birthday was observed by the school here yesterday, all recitations being suspended and teachers and scholars spent the day preparing for the exer? cises In the auditorium which began at four o'clock. Ths following Pro? gramms, which was very appropriate for the occasion was enjoyed by quite a large number of patrons and frlenda of ths school: gong?"America Responsive Roll Call. Quotations?High School Depart? ment. Washington's Rules of Conduct? Intermedlste Department. Quotations--Primary Department. Recitations-?"Oreenway Court"? Marshall Brloe. Recitation?"A Olrl'a Point of View" ??Annie Htrange. Recitation?"Tribute to Washing? ton" Jen-ni. Weinberg. Composition?George Washington? Leeste Strang?. Flag Play?Five Qlrls from Inter? mediate Department. Recitation?"Oeorge Washington"? Wade Ramsey. Recitation?"Mt. Vernon"?Galpln Jackson. Recitation?"Mt. Vernon Bells"? Thelma Harvln. Music?S?lectlon?Janette Thomm. Tableaux?Primary Department. Address?Mr. F. Ellott Thomaa. Song?"Red. White and Blue." At ths conclusion of the exercises refreshments were served by the School Improvement Society which netted quite a nice little ?um. Tbl? was the first time the auditor? ium has been uaed aince the opera chairs were put In. The chairs add so much to Its comfort and looks. The committee Is Indebted to the local School Improvement Association, coupled with the untiring efforts of the present corps of teachers, Prof. Mc? Millan and Misses Harrington and Plckens for many Improvemenst In ths school building during the past year. Mr. A. E. Aycock returned from a business trip to Haltlmore on Sunday He was accompanied by his son, Al? bert. Jr. The ?torm of la?t Friday night was quite severe here. Several large oaks on the Ststeburg road were blown across the road. The residence of Mrs. Carrie Brohun which hasn't been completed was dsmaged considerably by* one of the chimneys being blown over on ths roc and breaking through. Mr. A. E. Aycock, Jr., will return to Columbia tomorrow where he will resume his studies at the South Caro? lina University. Messrs. M. M. MslUtt and Alex TreubUfleld, who wars on the sick list during the holidays and since, are able to be out again. Mr. H. C. Strange has returned from the Sumter Hospital where he underwent a successful operation for appendicitis. Dr. M. L. Parier has purchased a new two-seated Ford automobile and is better prepared now to practice his profession more than ever. EGYPT. Egypt. Feb. 23.?For several days farm work has been at a standstill, and It is yet too wet for any work. Oats are slowly improving from the effects of the cold. Messrs. Lawrence White and Reg? gie McCutchen spent yesterday in Camden. Misses Luc He and Eva Britton and Annie Blake Fletcher of Westvil'e spent several days of last week with the former's father, Dr. C. S. Britton of this place. Mr. J. W. Weldon spent Monday In Btahopville. Miss Julia Schroder has returned to Camden after a week's visit with friends here. Messrs. John K. McLeod and Char? lie Young, of Rembert, spent yester? day in Egypt. Miss Irene Weldon is visiting friends in Blshopvllle. On last Thursday afternoon Mr. Sumter Boykin, of Antloch and Miss Ines Boseman, of Darlington, were married at Antloch church, Rev. Carnes officiating. Mr. C. P. Chewnlng, accompanied by a few friends and Rev. R. E. Sharp went to Blaney yesterday to claim as his bride, Miss Ruth Sessions, the charming and attractive young daugh? ter of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. C. Sessions, of that place. The bride who is very popular among her many friends at her home will be at welcome addition to our community. We extend our heartiest congratulations. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Weldon and Miss Dot Napier were in Camden Tuesday. Mrs. A. B. White Is very sick at this writing. Mr. J. R. McLeod spent last Sat? urday In Camden. Mr. J. K. Richbourg spent last Fri? day in Blshopvllle. Rev. Sharp filled his regular ap? pointment at St. John's Sunday after? noon. Mr. Sharp Is much liked by hi* p/oplf and one can hear many com? pliments paid him on every side. Only a few days and our bird hun? ters will have to take a rest or let the birds rest, Mr. W. T. McLeod Is preparing to put up a saw mill. When put In or? der it will make the fourth one in a square of two miles. Mrs. M. C. Brown and Mrs. J. E. Wilson, of Smithvllle, spent last Thursday In Egypt. Miss Ethel Anderson after several days visit to her sister, Mrs. J. T. Munnerlyn has returned to her home In Sumter. Perputuatlon of the Coal Supply. Until recently there has been little thought of economy In coal product Ion or utilization. For every ton mined another ton or more has been waste*] either in the shape ofy coal dust or slack, or coal left In the ground. Mining methods have, however, Improved, and the loss nov amou its to 40 per cent., as against 60 pe:* cent., a short time ago. In many mines as high as 75 per cent., of tho coal is recovered. Likewise much higher efficiency is being se? cured in the utilization of the coal. A single example will serve to show the p)slhilltles In this line. In extensive experiments made by ?he Technologic branch of the United States Geological' Survey Is has been found that by first converting the coal into gus and then using it in a gas engine double and in some in? stances over three times the efficiency can be secured that is achieved under the ordinary steam boiler. For in? dustrial purposes, therefore, we at one step practically double, if not trebl?, the coal area of the country. Moreover, the sensational discovery was made by the Survey test that the low-grade lignite of the North? west and Texas, underlying an area of sime 100,000,000 acres, when used in gas engines, developed more powe" than the best Pocahontaa coal under ordinary steam methods. From the Pocahontas coal the Geological Survey steam plant produced .28 horse power per pound, while the gas producer generated .96 horse-power per pound, or 3.3?i times the efficiency for the gas-producer plant over the steam plant. These llgnitic coal3 have been looked upon as of little if any commercial value; now the re? gions where they are found are con? sidered as possible great industrial cent! es.?Review of Reviews. The bill Introduced into Congress for Federal control of automobiles Is the latest example of the Intolerable Itch for enacting laws?Philadelphia Recrrd. Iset the Republican State committee of New York cheer up. It isn't the first that has got into trouble by playing bridge for money.?Indlana opolls News. THE PHICE OF COTTON. Frank 1). Haytic Shows That Mills Continue to Take Proportionately More Than Han Been Produced? Says Dot lines Are Not Justified. New Orleans, F*eb. 24.?Frank B. Hayne, who during a period of years past, has consistently fought for high? er cotton price levels, issued a sicned statement today which evidences a keen insight into cotton supply and requirement conditions, and, In the opinion of local cotton men, should go a long way toward reassuring the owners of the remnant In the belief that every bale of the available supply and more will be needed by the mills before the next crop begins to move. Mr. Hayne says: "On Friday, Feruary 10th, Mr. Has? ter posted 213,000 baes of cotton as the spinners takings for the week end? ing on that date which, being consid? erably less than the spinners takings for the same week last year, and the year previous, immediately caused a sharp decline in the market on Fri? day of 19 points and a still further de? cline on Saturday of 37 points. I con? sider this decline entirely unwarrant? ed, In fact I consider last Friday's fig? ures extrei ely bullish, and I submit the following figures to prove that I have some right to be of that opinion: Visible supply, Sept. 1, 1909 1,472,000 Estimated crop, Including Unters, re-packs and 150, 000 to 200,000 bales of new crop cotton.10,500,000 Total supply.'.11,972,000 Mill takings to Feb. 18, 1910 6,517,000 Supply available to Aug. 31, 1910. 5,455,000 "As there are 28 weeks more until August 31, 1910, this means that if the mills only were to take 194,000 bales per week during that time, there woiild not be a bale of cotton left in the visible supply, and the three great future markets, Liverpool, New Or? leans and New York would be without a pound of cotton to fulfill their out? standing contracts. If the mills were to continue to take what they did last week, there would not be a bale of cotton left after August 10th, 1910, but as a voluminous circular writer has recently stated: 4 A minus quantity is, in reality, unthinkable, and exists only as a mathematical abstraction,' therefore, it is a mater of impossibili? ty for the mills to take even as small a quantity as 194,000 bales per week, and as, during the first 24 weeks of this season they have taken an aver? age of 270,000 bales per week, I con? fess that I am one of those who, ac? cording to another circular writer: 'is hypnotized into the belief in a cotton famine.' " Rotation of Crops. Prof. D. N. Barrow, is making ex? cellent talks to the farmers which are full of practical suggestions. Yesterday he talked about rotation of crops, which Is an Important step In soli Improvement. We propose to exhort a little on that subject, so that our readers, who did not hear him, may be Jolted a little just to set them to thinking. Seventy-five years ago, before the day of commercial fertilizer, farm? ers would often let a field rest a year, as though It was tired or had lost its producing power. But they have learned a better way to renew the productivity of land. They know how, but many of them are too care? less and negligent to do as well as they know. These remarks apply to upland. Take a two-horse farm of 40 acres for example. Put 12 acres in corn, 12 in small grain and 12 in cotton. Four acres wiy be left for potatoes, sorgum and hog food. These farmers who have been workmg 30 to 25 acres with one mule will be ready to say that 40 acres is not a two-horse farm. See how it will work. When the land is improved by rotation and deep plowing, the yield will be 60 bushels of corn to the acre, 12 500 pound bales of cotton, 250 bushels of oats and 100 bushels of wheat. Thatj Is no idle dream. It can be done, and it is going to be done on many farms before 1920. Besides that, there will be sorghum and pine vine hay enough to carry the stock through the winter, while the fodder and straw will be valuable feed. Fat hogs and fine milch cows will surely come with the rest. That is Just what a wise rotation of crops wll lead up to. Get the plan in your head at once and keep it there. A corn crop with peas plant? ed or sown at laylng-by time; small grain, followed by peas; cotton, with a cover crop sown In September or October. The four acre lot for po? tatoes, sorghum and truck should be so managed and manured that some? thing should be growing on it all the time. In the fall every little corner of land about the lot or house should be sown in crimson clover, rye or barley, so that calves, pigs and chick? ens may have a green pasture all the winter. We farmers think we are getting pretty smart, but we have not half done our best. We are Just begln 1 DISPENSARY BOARD TO MEET. ! - I Winding-Dp Commission Not Yet Through Its Work. Columbia, February 22.?That the winding-up commission may probe alleged irregularities in certain whis? key houses that have not yet come under the ban of legls'ation is the statement made in connection with 1 i the announcement that the dispen? sary commission is called to meet tomorrow. The investigation may en take the range of an examina on into the affairs of firms that have not even any claims aaginst county dispensaries. The powers given un? der the enactment of the General As mbly just passed makes the in estlgation possible, as there is a clause that ten days' notice is all that 111 be necessary in the case of these hiskey firms, after which notice the commission would be free to render judgments. WHY DENMARK ACCEPTED COOK. Maurice E. Kgan Explains Why Ills Statements Were \ocepted. Why Denmark in general and Co enhagen in particular accepted the statements of Dr. Frederick A. Cook that he had discovered the north pole, was explained by Maurice E. Egan, United States minister to that country, who Is making a brief visit in St. Paul. "The North Pole is looked upon as standing in the front yard of Den? mark," Mr. Egan said. "Little Dan? ish children are brought up i lies of exploration. To them the si.idy of the arctic Is like the study of fairy tales to the children of America, or f the study of the Ii e of George Washington. "Americans are the most popular of foreign people In Denmark, and when a reputable explorer, as Dr. Cook was believed to be, arrived on the Danish shore and announced he had found the pole, the people met him with acclaim and gloried in his conquest. His announcement touched the subject nearest their hearts. He was banqueted and feasted. Proofs of his discovery were not asked for because it is not customery to ask for them. His statements were ac? cepted without question. "Because of these conditions Dr. Cook's statements were accepted un? til the scientists made their report on his records. And, mind you the scientists had not attempted to dis? credit his statements. They merely have said, 'We do not find proof that he has reached the pole.' "If more data were brought, if Dr. Cook should go to Etah and return with the Eskimos, they would reopen the case and give him further hear? ing. The Danish people are gentle? manly and unless the fact that Dr. Cook had not reached the pole was glaringly apparent, the scientists would not accuse him of lying." Mr. Egan said the report that the King of Denmark was angered with him for Inducing him to decorate Dr. Cook was untrue. "A New "York paper printed a dis? patch," he said, "which stated that King Christian was incensed because I had foisted Dr. Cook upon them. The truth of the matter is that King Christi in has ben dead for three and t, half years and that King Fred erich, who now rules the nation, did not decorate Dr. Cook at all."?.St. Paul Dispatch. A "Hot Dog" Lunch. While G. E. Sewright was eating a weinerwurst, Commonly known as a "hot dog," he bit something metallic. It proved to be dog license No. 4, 413. Sewright then denounced the beef trust, that raised prices to such a height that a restaurant keeper can't afford to serve anything but dog, and tried to thrash the waiter who served the wiener and the cook who prepared it. The police quelled the riot, whereupon Sewright went to the city hall and asked the license clerk whose dog was numbered 1, 413. The clerk looked through his records, and replied: "Miss Anna Bell, 300 1-2 South Angeles street; a female Scotch terrier. Why?" Se? wright said: "I've eaten her. Better cancel the record." Miss Bell said she lost her dog three weeks ago. The restaurant keeper that served the Wienerwurst with dog license trimmings avers that the food was bought in the regular way. Sewright has foresworn wieners, and Miss Hell has cancelled the reward she offered for her dog. Ride not a free horse to death.? Cervantes. There is no chance for a quarrel with Explorer Charcot. He says himself that he did not reach the Pole.?Rochester Union and Adver? tiser. nlng. We are on the high hills look ing over into the promised land. Tre we brave enough to cross the river and take possession??Spartan burg Journal. CHEAT MEXICAN RANCHMAN. Estate of General Luis Terrazas Em? ploys 10,000 Men. (From the Kansas City Star.) Gen. Luis Terrazas is 70 years oldr the same age as President Diaz. Th? lives of both men have been full o| stirring adventure. It was In reward "or daring military service that Gun? s' al Terrazas obtained from the gov? ernment large gifts of land which placed him on the road to the great fortune which he now possesses. It is conservatively estimated that General Terrazas is worth not less than $200,000,000. His property hold? ings are chiefly in the State of Chihua? hua, but he also has large invest? ments In other parts of the republic. General Terrazas is | the greatest land and live stock baron in the world, it is said. He owns 15 ranches in the State of Chihuahua. The ranches em? brace an aggregate art a of more than 5,000,000 acres. For many years spe? cial attention has been given to rais? ing horses upon these ranches. More than 5,000.000 head of horses are grazing upon the Terrazas land. The mule supply for most of Mexico comes from the Terrazas ranches. These animals now number more than 1,000,000 head and are scattered over the different properties. General Ter? razas' cattle holdings number more than 1,000,000 head. Several hundred thousand head of goats and sheep graze upon his land. It is said that the choicest grass lands in Northern Mexico are embraced in the Terrazas estate. Streams of running water pass through them and the grass grows luxuriantly the greater part of the year. Some idea of the vastness of these landed possessions may be had when it is known that more than 10,000 men are kept constantly looking after the stock. The services of 1,000 men are required to "ride the fences.' It i? the duty of these fence-riders to see that the wires are kept intact, so ?h\t the live stock cannot escape from the pastures. Many thousand miles of wire were used in constructing the boundary fences. More than a score of towns, some of them of considera? ble size, are upon the ranches. Mr. Haley Flske, vice president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, told many interesting facts about the great company, in his ad? dresses here yesterday afternoon, and particularly striking was his descrip? tion of the fight which the insurance corporation has made in New Y -k State to have such a construction placed upon the law that the com? pany might be permitted to own lands and build upon a selected site a great sanitarium, at which its agents and its policy holders could find relief and cure from the dread ravages of the white plague. This broad philanthropic project of the Metropolitan company is now well known by the general public, but for some monthe little has been said of it, because of the fact that the in? surance laws of New York, as inter I reted by the superintendent of in? surance, would not permit the frui? tion of the company's plans. But no? wise daunted by such a position on the part of the insurance authorities, the Metropolitan took the whole question to the highest courts, and as result, it was clearly established recently that not only was a great in? surance company, with millions of individual policy holders, entitled to build a sanitarium for the benefit of its thousands of agents, and possibly for its policy holders, but that such an act was its plain and imperative duty. And so the company will go ahead with the benevolent plans, and set a pace for other great corporations to follow, Just as the International Typ? ographical Union has entered the lists against the white plague, by creating splendid hospital buildings intelligently devised homes for con? sumptives at Colorado Springs. So far as the insurance company is concerned, it is largely a matter of business, this sanitarium project, for eighteen per cent, of its policy hold? ers die annually of tuberculosis in some form or other. But with semi public corporations taking such a step, what excuse have the municipal corporations from holding back. Surely not on the grounds of econo? my? It is all the more a matter of duty for the cities to build proper sanitariums.?Charleston Pest. Ma>or Gaynor has provided for hut one of Tammany's 35 district leaders. Another victory like the the last and the Tiger will have noth? ing left but a pelt.?St. Louis Globe Democrat. The rew gold fields of Alaska are not expected to occasion the excite? ment that was produced a few years ago. Gold Is cheap, you know.? Boston Tronscrlpt. W. J. Bryan Is quoted as calling the saloon the ally of vice. Is he going to try the Prohibition ticket this time??Boston Globe. A Matter of Duty. FIREMEN WILL NOT STRIKE. Som No Likelihood of Another Labor War on Georgia Railroad. Augusta, Ga., Feb. 23.?Fourth Vice President A. P. Kelley of the Brother? hood of Locomotive Firemen stated to the Associated Press tonight that there is no likelihood at this time of another strike of the Georgia firemen, as reported in neighboring cities. Kel Iry hJ't; oeen in Augusta on union mat 1' ra, but leaves here tomorrow morn? ing. He says that the agreement made under the Erdman arbitration act last May is being lived up to by both parties. Kelley's trip here was of routine nature and had no signifi? cance whatever. Local Butcher Su< vui. hs to the Trust. "Jim" Black and John Hackett were rival butchers in the town of Fort Dodge, Iowa, twenty years ago. Each owned his own abtitolr on the outskirits of the town. They bought their cattle, hogs and sheep from the farmers and stock-raiser* of the out? lying agricultural districts. They butchered for meat. When Mr. Black or Mr. Hackett butchered a beef he figured his profit on the steaks and roasts, lard and tallow, tongue and hide, sausage-meat, and stews. The horns, hoofs, bones, casings, blood and fertilizer were consigned to a pile where now grows the greenest grass in Webster County. Out of the good? ness of their hearts Mr. Black and Mr. Hackett gave away the liver to fisher? men and dog owners. Oftentimes they they did the same with rich soup bones to such customers as owned chickens or dogs. One day a large yellow car with side-doors 8 inches thicx was set off or. a siding of the Illinois Central Railroad. Simultaneously a new meat market appeared on Central Avenue. The proprietor of the new meat mar? ket did not give away soup bones cr liver. But he did cut prices on meat that neither Hackett nor Black could equal and live. Hackett and B'ack were both astute men. They closed out their meat markets left the de? serted slaughter-houses as a source of interest solely to little boys afraid of si ooks, and went out of the meat bus? iness. Whereupon the price of meat in Fort Dodge began tc soar aga'.n. The instance marks the retreat of the small butcher before the invasion of the great packer, who butchers not only for meat but for by-product.? Review of Reviews. The Tariff Agreement With Germany. The threatened tariff war with Germany has been averted by an agreement reached early last month. The merchants of Germany and the United States will continue to trade upon the minimum tar ff basis. As we have already explained fully in these pages, the terms of our recip? rocity treaty with Germany concluded under the Dingley tariff law expired on the seventh of last month, ami if there had not been some specia' ar? rangement between the two countries the maximum provision of the new German tariff would at that date have been levied upon all Import? from the United .states. On the first of next month, also, the maximum provisions of the Payne-Aldrich tariff wouli have been enforced against German trade. Happily, however, for the continuance of our immense business with the German empire (amounting in value to more than 1400,000,000 In the year 1909), a bill ratifying the agreement made by the German For? eign Office with our own State Depart? ment was passed by the Reichstag, without change and without debate, on February 5. Two days later Presi? dent Taft issued a proclamation an? nouncing that, beginning with the first of next month, imports from Germany are to be entitled to admsision at the minimum rate of duty. The main point of commercial irritation be? tween Germany and the United States has always been in the meat business. The very strict inspection and regula? tion of American meats and cattle, amounting at times almost to a pro? hibition, are defended in Germany as necessary for sanitary reasons. It is generally believed, however, that these regulations were established and are now kept in force chiefly through the influence of the German agrarian party. The Prussian "Junker," who is first of all an agriculturist, of course desires to exclude all foreign food products for the benefit of his own holdings. In accordance with the agreement just reached between the two governments the question of these regulations regarding cattle and meats is set aside for separate treatment in the future.?Review of Reviews. The President, it is reported, is op? posed to the re-election of Senator Dick, of Ohio. The Senator, it is also reported, will make a contest, fjhfltty Ohio!?Hartford Times. Mr. Roosevelt, brave man though he may be, would be excused for trembling when he comes to face that crisis in a great man's career, the welcome-home ovation.?Washington Star. * t