The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1901-1982, November 15, 1905, Image 2

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n Company to Dinner By Kate Thorn. r. . + A + USBANDS have a faculty of bringing home friends to dinner, +:-ithout i.ing notice to their wives, and if any remonstranc es are offered on the part of the priestesse's of the kitchen. *(* these husbands assume a highly dignified tnd very much in + * jured air. and propose the conundrum: Haven't I right to invite an old friend to my own + +++++*+ house, I wonder?" + , If you are a woman, and have "kept house." of course you are well aware that when your husband prings home an old friend at dinner time, he invariably selects a day when there is nothing new for dinner. and when that meal is to be made up from the odds and ends of yesteray. There will be cold greens, and a bread pudding, and potatoes warmed over, and a pie so small that it was a mathematical problem in your mind all the forenoon how it could be cut into eight pieces. and still leave enough to each piece so that it might conscientiously be called a piece. The "old friend" will enter, bland and smiling, and beg you not to make any change on his account. Be sure and not put yourself out in the least. He isn't particular, .not he! He came to see your husdand, and talk over old tim(-. not to get his dinner. Certainly not. An( you, in your soiled calico wrapper, which you neglected to change af ter breakfast, stand 'there and listen to him, and your face is crimson hot, and you feel sure that you never looked worse, and you wished the "old friend" at the antipodes. For you are painfully conscious that those cold greens are a little tough, and there isn't enough bread on the plate to look decent. And these "old friends" are generally men with prodigious appetites. No dyspepsia for them. You wonder if he will see that spot of gravy on the tablecloth. got on yes terday by the youngest boy, and you are in agony lest some of your hungry Bock of youngsters may clamor for two pieces of pie each, as they frequently do, You beg your guest to "make a dinner," and apologize by telling him that it is your ironing day, and you did not expect company to dinner. And he will doubtless assure you that your dinner is excellent, and tell you that he doesn't know when he has eaten such a meal. And after he gets home he will tell his wife that he took dinner at Brown's, and he guesses Brown's wife must be a "poor sozzle"-for such a dinner, for company, he never saw! Cold greens and bread pudding! and there was a spot of gravy on the tablecloth as big as his hand. If your family be a large one, your means abundant, and you have plenty of help, of course company at dinner is no trouble; but if we were a man, and our wife kept no sern at, and our larder was not always filled with luxuries, we sho- I think twice before we took home old friends to feed, without giving our wife due notice.-New York Weekly. .Advice on How to Sleep? qi 4 By Dr. J. Madison Taylor. eim.Jw URING .childhood and exhaustive states too much sleep is rarely possible. For those in full tide of vigor too much sleep is 6ften distinctly hurtful. The action of narcotics presents none of the character D istics of normal sleep except the temporary arrest of con b sciousness; hence narcosis is not true sleep. The best .position to assume in sleep to invite the least disturbance of the functions of the great organs is on the abdomen or nearly so. Many obscure forms of digestive or circulatory disorders may have been initiated in infancy through lying too long. upon the back. To secure the most perfect repose the temperature of all parts should be equalized before retiring. Cold feet induce delay in securing sleep, and It is then shallow .when attained. It is most unwise to overfill the stomach before retiring; this disturbs .sleep almost as much as hunger, but moderate eating before sleeping is not hurtful, and Is often salutary. Body clothing at night should be loose, not dense, permitting the ready passage of air, never of wool next to the skin. Bed clothing should not be too. close of texture, blankets being prefer able to dense "comfortables" and not "tucked In" too closely. Air should be allowed to pass occasionally under the sides, at least as one turns about more or less freely. Early rising is a salutary custom, especially when the day comes early, not otherwise. More sleep is required' in winter than in summer. The best sleep is had <during the hours of darkness. The sleeping room should be cool, abundant air being always admitted. This should not be interpreted to mean that the room may safely remain in tensely cold. In the Inodern treatment of tuberculosis fresh air is recognized to be im -' peratively needed all day and all night. Artificial heat can, and should, be supplied along with the fresh air, till the temperature of the room be at or near 50 or 55 degrees Fahrenheit, for some even 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Popular Science Monthly. '" Life Insurance *% IAssets Doubled Since . .1896 .. t LBy Dice-President IKingsley, of the New York Life. +. +++++ T is the fashion in these days to decry the great extent of ~ American life insurance, to point to its size and success as in some way a menace and a danger. As a matter of fact, T :life insurance has barely kept pace with other branches ot *modern business; it is not singular in its enormous devel * * opment. Let me give you some instructive comparisons: ~ The assets of the life companies reporting to New York **. state doubled between the close of 1896 and the close of 1904. They sprang from $1.228,000,000 to $2,454,000,000. Insurance in force went from $5,000,000,000 to $10,000,000. At the close of the Spanish war the total national bank circulation was $240,000,000. In seven years this has expanded 110 percent. In the same time the resources of national banks have increased from $4,000,000,000 to $7,300,000,000. The resources of other banks increased from $4,500,000,000 to $9,000,000,000, while the cash holdings of all banks increased during that time $570,000C00. In eight years from 1896 to 1904 dividends by railroads went from $81, 000,000 to $190,000,000. Earnings of national banks went from $50,000,000 to $113,000,000 annually. The annual transactions of the New York Clearing House increased from $29,000,000,000 to $60,000,000. Exports of mining pro' ducts doubled. The revenues of the United States incraesed over 60 per cent. ImmigratiOn increased over 150 percent. SThe Moon Uninhabited & By Simon Newcomb. c HE moon being much the nearest to us of all the heavenly bodies, we can pronounce more definitely in its case than in any other. We know that neither air nor water exists on T the moon in quantities. sufficient to be perceived by the most delicate tests at our command. -It is certain that the moon's atmosphere, if any exists, is less than the thousandth part of the density of that around us. The vacuum is greater than any ordinary air-pump is capable of producing. We can hardly suppose that so small a Quantity of air could be of any benefit whatever in sustaining life; an animal that 'could get along on Sso little could get along on none at all. But the proof of the absence of life isyet stronger when we consider the results of actual telescopic observation. An object such as an ordinary city block could be detected on the-moon. If anything like vegetation were pres ent on its surface we should see the changes which it would undergo in the course of a month. rhuring one portion of which it would be exposed to the rays of the unciouded sun and during another to the intense cold of space.--Har per's Ma;:azaine. Monstrosities of Goldfish. 1 CtCuh up rmBy The goldfish, zoologically speaking, Afwwesaoteltl -er appears to be an exceptionally "plas- rs eti eorug h tic" animal. By skilled breeding al- i:sothVreGovraaou nmos: anything can be clone whm it,.ioa'sxhe )tfo on a anda one variety recently evolved inj e'reaeothmup.nlv'me Chi:- a has huge eyeballs. which pro- f;' ehg oku nhsam trudce sideways from the head. Thisa e(tn:pyimyblwhsrah v'ariey, called the "telescope fish." is im t otis surrassed in point of queerness, how- i esta w ek h a a eve:. by another. likewise of Chineseawlldvoedceof erin erigin whose eyes have not only start- mms ihjw nitra wle ed out of its head, but ha;-- turned up- s ~c:'i ol crcl a.I u ward ninary degrees, so that tihe pu-,cr-etm iesewr f n n pils look directly skyward. It is noth-|a eoee n i o a n le ing ss tan amonsrosiys ener.inct ovnewadsaou TlE SOUTHEIRN GROWERS Annual Election of Officers For the Southern Cotton Association. For tihe )lrlpoSe of re-electing civil Sub-divi.io. Militia District andii Tovns.ip officers for the en suiin- Vea r meetins ae c(alled t1(o e behl at ezch votin;:Vprecinet. cr thae central prici. oL the above named sub-divii 1hricl!121!olbIt the cottoll states o the first Saturday in December 1903 The olliers Shall1 consist of Civil Sub-division. Militia District or Townishiip. President. Secretary and Treasurer. Also. froim two to ive representatives shall be elected, or ehoseni. at this meeting for the pur pose of attending the county or par ish meeting which will be called at the County Court House. or their regular place of meeting. on the see ond Saturday in December, 1905, which will be the 9th day, for the purpose of electing county, or parish officers for the ensuing year. These county officeis shall, also. consist of President, Secretary and Treasurer. At these county or parish meetings. which will be held on the 9th day of December, representatives or delegates to the State or Territor ial Convention will be chosen, for the purpose of meeting at their respect ive capitols on the first Wednesday in January, 1906. Each county or par ish will elect one or three delegates to attend the annual state meetings called to meet at the State Capitols on the first Wednesday in January. 1906, which is the third day. These State meetings will be held for the purpose of electing State ofli cers for the ensuing year and mem bers of the Executive Committee of the Southern Cotton Association as follows: For the State of Alabama three. Arkansas two. Florida" one, Georgia three. Louisiana three. Miss issippi three, Missouri one, Norti Caro lina two. South Carolina two, Teinles see one. Texas tive. Virginia one. Ken tucky one. Oklahoma one, Indian Territory one. TO COTTON GROWER AND BUSI NESS MEN OF THE SOUTH. 'With only partial :ind crude organi za!ion hurridely p'erfected last Febru arv. the Southern C(atton Association has saved millions of dollars for the South in maintaininz the price of cot at good figures. broughit to the bar of Justice certain officials in the United States Department of Agriculture at Wa'l-ington for manipulating the cot ton reports. started a tidal wave of research and investigation into the uses and value of the South's great stalle to the spinner,; and consumers of 'the world and built up an organi zation which is today feared and res pected throughout the cott6n trade of Europe and America. If all these things could be accom plished ini a few monlths und~er well nigh insurmount able dliflicul ties, much more canl be done in the interest of the growers of the South through systematic organizat ion in every cottonl growing country anld the loyalty and support of the cotton p)roducers and business interests of the South. Each inividiual is an important factor in the creation of an organization pow erful enough to mnaitain tile suprem aev of the South in tile future control ot the tlreat mnanopoly whlich she pos sesses. Each individual should feel inspiredl to contribute his support and iluencee to this great movement. Ech mudividual should feel it a per sonal andl~ patriotic (duty to stand shoulder to shoulder with his neig bors5 in an effort to maitainl the price of cotton at profitable figures and conl tiuite to the success of his individual interests and~ the prosperity of his country. The world's cotton tradle is com bined against the prodlucers of cotton. The values ot their staple whieh the entire civilized world depends upon01 for clothing is made a daily football to be kicked about at will in the spec ulative exchanges of. the country. No oroduelt from tile soil is more useful to mankind, none receives harsher reat ment at the hands of tile buying vand sp)eculative world. The farmers o the South have solved the pr'oblem of its prosductioni through individual effort. They can likewise solve the prolemi of its market~ing by full and systematic organization through thle Southern Cotton Association. For the Association to be effective it must have the active support and co-opera tion of tile growers in every cotton prdcing county. It has received the the entire press of the country, the business interests and all other Far mer's Organizations in the South. The specific object of the Associa tion is to regulate the supply of raw otton to meet the legitimate demands of consumption anid maintain thle price of the staple at profitable fig res to the grower: to encourage pr~o per facilities for handli. the staple both as to finance and storage: to seek and open up wider markets for the consumptionl of our cotton: to bring about direct trade regulations with the spinners of the world ; to furnish the growvers correct informa tion as to acreage in cotton each year, onditionl of plant during growing sea sons, tile yield of each crop and its dist ributiotin: tihe cost of handling, I ost of manufacture. price of cotton goods and e'very phase and detail of tle cottonl industry. Tile association wvill advise each planter tihe mlnium x alet of his staple each year and ad vise and aissist him in getting its true wot h. Thie alssociltionl will place all his inltfrmatlonl in the hanl~ds of its members~~l' so as to keep them i~te as to all intelligrent utndersi andiing of the vle of tl:e st aide and the best ways an mea(nsf to secure' pr1acticail and prof iitablie results. Thie past work of enrmu alue t the farmers of thle Soth. It piierced. withl- ay of sun shiie and hope, the dark clouds that hungli so threaitenintg over the South last spring. Through its efforis the silver linling is broadening across the horizon eat-h day and lhe futmin now ht'oAs bript. and happy. No mn should be a laggard ini the great move met. The consuming world is waiting and watching for an opportunity to Ipierce a vital spot though the protect ing armour which the Association has thrown around tie farmers of the South. In the coming elections to be held inl all the sub-divisions ot the cotton growing counties and parishes in the South on the first Saturday in Decerm ber, let every ian respond to the call of duty and be present to enroll the name and elect men, good and true, to represent you at the county or parish maeetinzis called on the second Satur day in December at your county site. Pay your annual dues and let the world understand and know that you, as each individual, will give your sup port and influence to a cause organiz edto protect your interest from the dominating hands of those who would willingly keep you as slaves and serfs to multiply their own wealth. Stand up for your firesides and your homes. Protect the great monopoly you pos sess from the rapacious grasp of for eigners and grafters. Join the South ern Cotton Association and become a factor in the cause of progress, pros perity and freedom which is now within our grasp. The immediate co operation and support of every man is vital to the success of the associA tion. Do not delay, but act promptly with your neighbors. In all civil sub divisions or counties that have not or ganized, bring them into line at the coming annual election the first Sat urday in December. Literature, Con stitutions and by-Laws will be prom ptly furnished on application to the President or Secretary of your State Divisions or the headquarters, South ern Cotton Association, Atlanta. Ga. Yours truly, HARVIE JORDAN, Pres. Southern Cotton Association. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Emperor Francis Joseph is seventy two years old. "Hamlet" was the first play Sir Henry Irving saw as a boy. Emperor William recently received an antelope horn from German East Africa. Marquis Ito, whom the Tokio mob stoned the other day, is the son of a rustic gardener. Maxim Gorky, who was arrested In St. Petersbur as a revolutionist, owes his liberty to Count Witte. President Loubet says he will prob ably withdraw from p.>litLs altogether whlen his present term expires. European royalty is excited now be cause Kin'g Edward, while at Mariei bad. flatly refused to visit the Kaiser. Baron Komura, Japan's chief envoy to the recent Peace Conference, has an insuperable aversion to the silk hat. The Czar has no civil list. All the money in the imperial treasury is re garded as the Emperor's personal. property. The Rajah of Kaprthala has been on a visit to Vienna to see his sons. .who are studying at the military academy there. The King of England has granted ito Henry de Teissier, of Denton Court, Kent, the right to use the title of Baron de Teissier.. Among Lord Roberts' countless claims to d'istinction it is little known that he is one of the best -and hardest riders in,.tlae British army. Ex-Seera ary of the Navy John D. Long has a conviction that speeches are as mtuch of a bore to the audience as they are to the speechmakers. King Victor Emmanuel. by decree dated September 13, 1905. has con ferred upon Mr. E. Cunliffe-Owen. of .New York. the talented foreign editor of the Tribune, the dignity and in signia of a Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. LABOR NOTES. A State convention of machinists' lodges met at Boston. Mass. An apprentice boys' society is being organized at Boston, Mass. Kansas City. Mo.. is going to have its Labor Temple erected next spring. A inumber of gricvances of the stage enmployes of Lynn, Mass., have been settled. Automiobile glasses are being used quite extensively by enginemen as a protect ion to the eyes. At Buffalo, N. Y., the strike of the riveters at the Empire Shipbuilding Company's yards is still on. Los Angeles, Cal., Labor Temple sells enough union -igars to keep twven ty union ciga rmakers employed. The old jurisdiction dispute between the woodiworkers and the carpenters has broken out again in Milwaukee. The Shipping Trades Federation, a defens',e alliance of union freight handlers and teamsters, has been launched at Chicago. Eighty miners at the Alta mines, Telluride, Col., went on strike when requested to take out cards in the Mine Owners' Association. The Supreme Court of Michigan has held that the law requiring that a clause be inserted in contracts for pub lic works to employ union men is con stitutionalI. Union painters of Pittston, Scran ton, Carbondale, W ilkesbarre, Pa., and vicinity organized a district coun cii to be known as the Painters' Dis trict Council. mignatures of every job printer in San Diego, Cal.. have been secured by the representative of the Typographi cal Union to an eight-hour day, begin ning next January Wages of firemen, oilers, water ten ders, seamen, second cooks and por ters were advanced October 1. when the hake carriers' fall schedule of wages went into effect. E!ephants Destroy Telegraph Line. Elephants have lately destroyed a portion of the transcontinental tele graph line at a point eighty-five miles north of Bismarcksburg, in German East Africa, consequently communica tion is temporarily interhupted with Udjidji, northern Tanganyika. The telegraph line traverses a country teeming with large game. which is a source of immense annoyance to those engaged ir maintaining through ser vice with :he eastern shores of Tan ganyika and the regions beyond. There has been an invasion of elephants in to that portion of northeastern Rho desia adjacent to Lake Bangewelo. These animals have devastated native crops and frequently enter the settle ment, when they destroy large quan tities of graig that the natives have storedI for their usd during the dry 'IN THE STATE Occurrences of Interest from All Over South Carolina General Cottozn Market. Galveston, firm .. .. .. .. ....11 5-16 New Orleans. firm .... .. ....111-2 Mobile. firm................11 Savannah, steadv.... .. .. ..10 15-16 Charleston. firm. .. ........10 7-S Wilmington, firm.. .. .. .......10 7 Norfolk, firm.... .. .. .... ..111-4 Baltimore, nominal.... .. .. ..115-S New York, quiet.... .. .. ....11.SO Boston, quiet...... .. ...... ..11.80 Philadelphia, firm.. .. .. .......12.05 Houston, steady.. .. .. .......11516 Augusta, steady .... .. .... ..111-4 M'emphis,.. ..............111-2 St. Louis, steady.. .. .... ....111-2 Louisville, firm.. .. .. .....1111-16 Charlotte Cotton. Market. These figures represent prices to wagons: Good middling... .. .. .. ...111-S Strict middling.. ........111-16 Middling..... .. .. .. .. .. ... Meeting of the Synod. Pomaria, Special.-The Evangelical Lutheran Synod of South Carolina met in its Slst annual Convention at St. Paul's church, near Pomaria, New berry county, Wednesday at 10 o'clock. The attendance was unusually large and this was a most pleasant and profitable convention. At the morning service the opening liturgy was led by Rev. Jas. D. Kinard the secretary of the Synod. The an nual synodical sermon was delivered by the president, Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps. The sermon was a strong, practical application of the text to the synod in its present session and in the work before it for the year. lection of Officers. The election of officers for the next year resulted as follows: President, Rev. M. 0. J. Kreps, Prosperity; vice president, Rev. W. L. Seabrook. New berry; secretary. Rev. J. D. Kinard, Cameron. Rev. Dr. R. C. Holland of the North Carolina synod, and presi dent of the mission board of the United synod, Rev. J. P. Stirewalt, missionary elect to Japan, Rev. W. L. Dorr, and Rev. E. L. Lybrand of the Tennessee synod were received as ad visory members. Rev. E. L. Lybran presented the official greetings of the Tennessee synod which was a strong appeal for unity and cooperation. An appropriate response was made by the vice president of the synod, Rev. W. L. Seabrook. True Bills Against Dispensers. Spartanburg. Special.-The grand jury in sessions court returned true bills as to J. P. Thackston, J. J. Bish op, L. Riedling, H. T. Ferguson and J. W. Husemann, charged with violat ing the dispensary law. Each of these defendants is a dispenser. four con ducting beer dispensaries and one Ferusoneperating liquor dispen sary No. 1. No action has yet been taken as to Chas. Smith, former chair man of the county board of control, Z. H. Lanford. member of the board. J. W. Harmon, liquor dispenser, and W. N. Avant of the board of control. Their eoses will probably be passed on by the grand jury later. A Negro Commits Suicide. Walhalla. Special.-William Lov inood, colored, was found dead near his home last Saturday marning. The cause of death was suicide. He left his. home about midnight and when found he was dead. He had tied a string to one of his feet and to both triggers of his gun. Only one barrel, however. wvas discharged and death must have been instaneous. Lovin good was a hard working, peaceful negro, but had shown signs of insan it two or more weeks ago. Has Arm Amputated. Spartanburg. Special.-Mr. Ralph Baer of the city while operating a corn shredding machine on the farm of J. H. Gosnell at Campton last week met with an accident which cost him his right arm. In some manner his arm was caught in the machinery and terribly lacerated. which resulted in the aputation of the member. Dr. H. R. Black of the city performed the operation. rom Anderson to Greenville. Anderson, Special--A meeting of the .stockholders of the Anderson Trac tion company has been called for the th of December for the purpose of a reasing the capital stock to $2S0. 000. When this is done the company will extend its lines to Belton and from that point to Greenville by way of Wiliamston, Pelzer and Piedmont. The interurban line between this city and Greenville has been quietly work ed for some time and now definite as surances are given that it will be con structed. A Pardon Asked For. Gov. Heyward has been asked to pardon John Martin, a negro who was convicted of murder in Beaufort coun ty in 1995 and was sent to the peniten tiar for life on the jury's recommen lation to mercy. Martin was accu.sed of killing a man for the purpose of robbery and with having burned the body. The petition to the governor rcites that the evidlence was circumn santial and that there is grave doubt of the negro's guilt. Shot Accidentally. Gaffey, Special.-Irene Manning, a nro girl o fthis city was accidenlt nl shot and~ slightly wounded while soom bos, also niezroes, were engzaged1 i shooting at a bottle with a rifle. The shoot ing occurred in the easter~n part of the city near the Victor Cotton and Oil company. The neg-ro boys say t::t tey did( not see the girl. The ullk :L e r~d the shoulder but wa~s loated very easilyhyneighiboring p;hy : ician.wh as qnuikv on the scene. WILL GET NO PROFITS Law Does Not Allow Dry Counties to Participate. The counties of Union, Newberry, Marion, Oconee, Pickens, Darlington, Horry. Lancaster and York wiJl get none of the surulus fund of the dis pensary this year- according to an opinion from the office of the attorney general. It was not to be expected that Cherokee would be a beneficiary, as the dispensary was voted out of that county last year, and it was not supposed that Marlboro and Green wood would receive any of the fund, for they had had no dispensiaries at any time. Following is the case as stated by the comproller general in his letter: 'I have received several communi rations in reference to the distribution >f the profits from the State dispen iary belonging to the State school fund, under the provisions of section L235 of the code of 1902, as amended is the Brice bill, 24 stats., 487, Several .n 1899, 23 stats., 112, and as fur :her amended by the act commonly nown as the Brice bill, 24, stats., 487. Several counties in the State have, ;ince the passage of the last mention !d act, voted that no dispensary shall be located within them, and the act provides any county voting out a dis pensary shall not thereafter receive Any part of the surplus that may re :nain of the dispensary school funds, ifter the deficiencies in the varipus 2ounty school funds have been made ap as previously provided by law. "It seems clear that my duty is, arst, to apply so much of the net in come derived by the State from the sale of liquors under the dispensary law as may be necessary to .equalize the deficiencies existing in the various counties in the State after the appli cation of the three mill tax and the poll tax to run the public schools for the time fixed by law. "I desire to be advised, first, wheth er the counties which have voted out the dispensaries within their borders are now entitled to receive any part of the surplus that may remain of the dispensary school fund after these de ficiencies above mentioned have been equalized. - "Second, are such counties entirely excluded from participating in the dis tribution now to. be made, or are they to be allowed a pro rata share of such surplus in proportion to the time dur ing which said profits were earned and dispensaries were located in such counties. "There is another class of counties embracing Greenwood and Marlboro which have no dispensary and never have had any. For this reason they have never voted out a dispensary as specified in the Brice act above refer red to. Are those counties deprived of the benefit of sharing in these sur plus school funds, or should they con tinue to share in the distribution of such funds as they have done prior to this time t' Mr. Youmans on behalf ofothe at torney general ,expressed the opinion of the office in the following language: "Answering your letter of Novem ber 4th to the attorney general asking to be advised in reference to the dis tribution of the surplus that may re main of the dispensary funds after the deficiencies in the .various county school funds have been equalized, as provided by the act of 1899, I beg to say. first: "That in my opinion the Brice act is clear in directing that any county voting out a dispensary shall not re ceive any part of this surplus. The statutes providing for-the distribution by the comptroller general refer to the distribution of these funds as they come into the State treasury, sub ject to his order. It does not contem plate his undertaking to ascertain when or where there profits were earn ed. As soon as the funds reach the State treasury, subject to his order, it is his duty to distribute them under the existing state of facts. "If, when you undertake to make this distribution, you find that certain counties have voted out the dispensar ies within their borders, you cannot pay over any part of these surplus funds to such counties in fag~e of the prohibition of the statute that they shall not receive any part of such surplus. S'uch counties are entirely excluded from particiuating in the surplus. "As to the counties of Greenwood and Marlboro, mentioned by you, they do not come within the terms of the act, 'counties voting out a dispensary' and are'therefore entitled to a share with the other counties of the Stte in the general distribution of the sur plus. These are the views of thie at torney general.'' After all there is very little so far to quarrel over, as but two payments of profits have been made since Jlan ury 1st. One of these svas $65,075.77 on the 10th of January and the other was $25.000 on the 7th of October. 'he total amount of surplus divided last year was $376,456.55. of which the now prohibition counties receive a fourth, acording to the following figures: Oonee..-. .. .---......$ 5.636.91 Pickens.... .. .......--.4.414.663 Cherokee........----... 4,439.38 York... .. - 9.347.6S8 Lancaster.. ...... ..... 9.347.68I Lancaster.......-.-- -5.661.78 Union.. .... ........ ....5.451.16 Nwerry.... .... ......6,37.24 Maron.......... ...--..7,214.24 Darlington.... .. .... .. 5.S53.48 Horry.... .. .. .........8,699.88 Total. ..... .........$63,095.41 The above is from the "surplus'' fund. From the "deficiency fund'' the following payments were made: Cherokee. nothing; Greenwood. noth ing: Darlington. nothing; Horry, $3506; Lancaster. $739.80; Marlboro, $1550: Marion. $661: Newberry. nothl~in': O)conce. $670.22: Pickens'. $96.00: Union, nothing; York, noth ing. The total deficienecy fund in 1904 TEITILE NIffS OF INTERE8T1 ? Notes of Southern Cotton Mills and Other Manufacturing Enterprises Charlotte, N. C. The South Atlan tie Waste Company, which was organ ied in Charlotte several weeks ago, has purchased land near the Highland Park Mill. north of the city. and will begin the construction of their plant there at once. A two-story building will be erected for actual manufac turing operations and an extensive series of warehouses be added for the storing of waste- pior to its treat ment. The plant will be fitted with the most improved machinery and be of the very latest design in every de partment. An up-town office has been secured at No. 23, South Tryon street, in the building occupied by the Ameri can Cotton Manufacturer, and; zhe business of the new concern will be pushed from the outset. The ineoroo rators are: George Stephens, A. H. Wsshburn and J. W. Todd. Denison, Texas. By November 15 the Denison Cotton Mills will be ready for operation.. Announcement was made in August that the property of the American Cotton Spinning Co., had been secured for remodeling into a modern ectton manufacturing estab lishment. There will be 10,000 spin dles in position for manufacturing varns, and later the company may install looms for weaving cloth. W. B. Munson is president of the com pany. The latter has a capital stock of $150,000. Asheville, N. C. Some time ago the Asheville Cotton Mills were referred to as contracting for changing. its steam power to electrie power. This work has been progressing, and the company has erected a transformer station 14x20 feet, wherein has been installed transformers to reduce the voltage of the current supplied by the local power company. The**6ilt has also made a small addition to its picker building(16x62 feet), in order. to accommodate one new line of picker machinery, and will at the same time install 1664 additional spindles, which will give the mill a total of 10,112 spindles. Contracts 'for the electric and textile machinery have been awar ded, and the equipment is now being received. Iva, S. C. The incorporation of the Jackson Mills was reported some months ago. The inorporators met recently to affect organization and elected D. P. MeBrayer of Anderson, S. C., president; T. C. Jackson of Iva, manager and assistant treasurer, and J. F. McDonald, seeretary. The diree tors chosen are Messrs. McBrayer and Jackson, W. P. Cook, J, E. Watson and W. T. A. Sherard of Iva, D. A. Ledbetter and N. B. Sullivan of An derson, and C. N. Mitchell of Philadel phia, Pa. The company is capitalized at $200,000, and will at once give con sideration to the plans for the cotton, mill to be built. It is stated that the capital stock will probably be increas ed to $325,000. .. Laurens, S. C. A meeting of the diretors of both the Laurens and Watts cotton mills, of this city was held last week. Both mills were shown to be in fine condition and making money. The directors of Laurens mills deleared the usual six per cent. semi eared the usual six per cent. seine annual dividend, payable thie last of December. Augusta, Ga. The plan announced by the Fall Riv.er Cotton Mill Manu ifacturing Association, whereby the operatives are to figure in the profits has attracted attention at the Augusta Cotton Mills, and information is being sought with a view to inaugurating the same scheme here. Lexington, N. C. High Point and Lexington interests are combined in the erection of a cotton mill here. The company will commence business at once with a capital of $10,000, which will be increased as necessary. Aong those interested are Mr. F. N. Patterson, of High Point, and Messrs C. M. Thompson, W. H. Penry and J. D. Glimes, of Lexington. Columbus, Ga. Continued prog grass is reported on the work of erect ing the new plant of the Georgia Mfg. Co. Details as to this plant were given several months ago. It will be ealled that the company decided to eret a two-story, 48140- foot struc ture, into which their knitting machin ery will be removed. Then the old building will be used as a dye-house Contracts have also been signed for 1,600 spindles to be added to' the present installation of 40,000 spindles. About $40.000 is being expended for the improvements in progress. Spray, N. C. The B. Frank Mebane interests of this city have launched nother textile enterprise. having in orporated the Imperial Company dur ing the past week. The company has nominal capital stock of $60,000 and its incorporators are Thomas J. Mc Allister, J. Worth McAllister, and B. . Terry. They and associates are authorized by tile new charter to deal in and maufacture textile fabrics. * Portsmouth, Va. When the present lease of the Portsmouth Cotton Manu facturing Company expires, that com pany will operate its plant. Hereto fore the mill has been leased to other peole. A committee has been named to formulate thle best plan for obtain ing the $30.000 needed for operating expenses. S. B. Oats, Joseph A. Par ker, W. G. Parker and John L. Wat son compose the committee. . The new building erected by the Georgia Manufacturing Co., at a cost of $4000 isa being prepared for use.