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rjp , ' - % / ' '' ''v ' . ... .*yy.-z.?** ??. . _ ^.., ij, . Tam) .-frivt* -r '- - 'rr-?y. '1"T'r*.<? *'' '? ?***^-'?' * ***" ^r^xrmr^rrtYMmusjhzxrms<c?x:tv-v***-.-*^vri.rvxir,-rr^r^-wvv.v^:vj, tv**?^.^sg^^:^j^ayiuor?^^;.m<TTiWww 11 inTm n? "' ' ^frW? T he Abbeville Press and Banner. | ^ BY HUGH WILSON. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1903. ESTABLISHED 1844 ]M _ True Itpiinty. What matter, though enshrined in plainest casket. If a pure gem within that casket llfk ! fWhat matter, though a faco is plain and homely, If a pure soul is shi Jing from theeyes? ' We never give a thought unto the casket, If but the gem within Is pure and fair: never gaze as critics on the features Of those we love, if the true heart is there. We grieve not though the ge?n has plainest setting. If hut the llle with dfpflwor love hdihiuu , (W? cure not for the lading earthly beauty, If but Mod's linage In the heart Is found. ^ ? Klleu Ling. TARE ON COTTON. ^ Home Tilings the Farmer Oiitcht l<> P Know. Tare on cotton Is an Important Item for consideration by producers. It presents a distinct Item of charge on every bale of cotton wnich is prepared for market, and in order that we nrwy fully understand Just what this tare 1?, and how to reduce ita. co?t to the minimum of expense, it Is well at this time to go Into the details of the subject somewhat. Oo all products that have to be baled, boxed or barreled for market there are three Items which have to be considered by the) buyer In pricing such articles, and thoae are the gross welgbt Including the covering, the tare which is the weight of the covering and the net weight, less the covering. In all products except cuituu wooc Items figure In the account sales rendered, but with cotton tbe price made to tbe producer Is appareutly based on the gross weight of the bale no matter whether the covering I* 20 pounds on one bale and 80 pounds on the other. The tare Is nothing more nor less than the difference between the gross and aet weight of an article, hence the bagging and ties on a bale of cotton represents the tare, and its weight must be deducted from the gross ?lght of the bale In order to determine and arrive at tbe net weight of tbe lint. The same Is true of a wago-load of ' ootton seed. The wagon loaded Is first weighed, and then weighed again after being un, loaded, the difference giving the net weight of tbi seed, and the weight of tbe wagon bel the tare. The tare or covering of an article is always furnished free by the seller and is never paid for by tbe buyer. It itk ? well that every farmer should fully underkA stand this. The cotton buyer or spinner does not pay for a single ouuoe of thi< bagging and ties that cover our cotton any more than a ^ merchant would pay for tbetbox that eggs are shipped to him In, or tbe crate that contains chickens, pigs or auythlng else. If we ship a merchant a crate of chickens and sell them at 10 cents per pound, the merchant would deduct the weight 01 me crmu m settlement and pay only for the net weight of the chickens. On the other hand, the railroad would charge freight on the gross weight of the crate and chickens comblned. Ah to Cotton. The method of handling our cotton Is different from the rule applied to ull other products on this subject and while It Is done on the i hauls of a uniform weight, and that weight Is f figured off In the price, making the deduction of tare on cotton operate indirectly and not openly as In the case of other articles. Now the amount ot tare which has always been allowed by spinners, or the amount in weight lor bagging and ties which has been uniformly deducted by them from the gross weight of the bale has been 6 per cent. This 1b usually equivalent to 9 yards of two pound bagging and six bands weighing two pound" each. In other words, when a Dale ol cotton reaches the spinner weighing gross 500 pounds, the spinner knocks off 30 pounds lot covering, and pays the exporter lor 470 pounds Of lint. In all the account sales rendered to the spinners by our exporters the tare of 3(1 pounds to each bale Is deducted and payment is received for the^lfference. If an exporter ships 50,000 pounds of cotton that is, 100 bales each weighing 500 pounds, to a manufacturer his account will read as ^ follows: f "Too 100 bales middling ootton, I lbs 50,00(i Less tare, ti per cent 8,000 Leaving net lint 47,<XjO And the spinner pays only for the net lint Of 47,000 pounds, throwing the covering aside as useless and of no value for spinning purposes. Now the buyer knowing that he will get nothing for the covering as a matter ol course so arranges his prices as to make the BSag^^ Joss fall upon the farmer who has to bear tne burden ot putting the products into marketSfnw^Bable condition. nf&E^Hayjyblle the buyers apparently pay for the EjfH^^^ba&glng and tires, as a matter ol fact, the |Bb prrV^lbso arranged as to cover only tbe nei value*of the lint, and eech farmer who puts 30 pouhds of bagging and ties on his cotton looses the cost ot the bugging and ties. Those who put on only six yards of bagging and six ties, reducing the weight to 20 pounds, * lose not only what tuey paid for the covering, : but they give away ten pounds of lint Id ) each bale so covered. The deduction fo; tare Is 30 pouod to each oOO pound bale, or 6 t percent of any weight bate, that Is, on a t_i. nnnnHo thw lintlrtn fnv uaio weifcuiut, -iw ? ? ? ? tare would be 27 pounds, and on a COO pound \ bale, 36 pounds. Farmers should therefore pack their cotton Into bales weiguing 500 1 pounds gross as near as possible, and put on ->i 80 pounds of bagging and ties. Cotton Bayer*' Xew Rale. Last year the Southern Cotton Buyers' association undertook to enforce a new rule adopted by themselves to force farmers to use only Blx yards of bagging and six ties, bringing the weight of the covering down to about 20 pounds per bale. They provided in that ruling for a cnarge of 50 cents per bale on all cotton that had more covering than prescribed in their rule. I understand that similar efforts will be made the coming season to enforce the same ruling. Now, It is perfectly clear to the buyers and to every other man who has studied the situation that If 80 pounds of tare ib cbargea oy ioe spinners against a 500 pouad bale of cotton, and the farmer is Induced or forced by buyers to put 6 on only 20 .or 22 pounds, tbus falling short elgbt or ten pounds of tbe tare deduoied, that he loses tbe difference in lint, and any W scheme which promulgates such a condition f Of affairs is a olear case of cheating and k swindling. Therefore, any cotton buyer, ft wbo charges a farmer 50 cents for putting 0 more than 2) or pounds ot bagging auu B ties on a 500 pound bale ol cotton Is guilty ol SB ' cheating and swindling, aud can be prosecuKM outed under the laws of the state. No farPP mer should submit to such a rule, and those who undertake to enforce it ought to be presented to the grand Juries of the counties where tbe transactions occur. ' When cotton bales have ouly C yards ot bagging and six ties are bought and shipped to the compress, and order goes with each shlpmeu t to "patch," and tbe additional allowance of elgbt and ten pounds of tare Is patched on at the compress, and the buyers make what thev h:ive robbed tbe farmer out of, an amount quite sufficient to net 50 or CO cents per bale. If tbe splnnors will agree upon a straight deduction of ill or 22 pounds per. bale as tare, then it would be right to restrict the weight of covering to that amoant, but so long as the tare stands as it does at present every rarmer is lusuneu ju putting nine yards of bagging and six ties on each 500 pound bale, and no buyer has the the legal right to demand that It be less. One reason why the farmers are treated so i badly by the public Is because they do not post themselves and demand fair treatment. Remember that we get nothing for our bagging aud ties, and we always lose fust what It cost when we put on every pound that is deducted, or 6 percent of the gross weight of the bale, and when we put on less we lose as many pounds of lint as the difTerenoe amonnts to between the actual weight pot on and the total amount deducted. Until we take a positive stand about this matter the producers will anuually lose many thous ands of dollars on that feature ol the cotton crop. Hakrv Jordan. r Don't*. Don't argue with a fool about religion. Uon't discuss dancing with a vulgarian. TVmM renpiw ? vultrar story. If you wouic oomtrmnd the respect of yarboos who gutliiv at the joke. Don't aNHall the character or repeat a dara aging insinuation against any woman. Tht rule with gentlemen is not to repent sue! Ik stories. and even it they ever heard them Bn they affect Ignoranoe. Doa't believe evil reports until verllled bj circumstantial evidence. Two bottles of Our New Discovery curei SKB36 eczema when l'J bottles of other blood medl oines failed. Write to Mr. s. L. Davis, Lau wH rene, S. C? about It. Sold by C. A. Mllford. I I?i3v. 1 i Makers Jri o^Fine Glotong jfea* ' sion of the tailoring art eral effect being chosei put?dress, ' clerical or 1 The picture is inte THE the new three button, collar, and the latest p fellows are wearing. We Have Them at A merchant tailor would charge much style, and keep you waiting a | We have other styles for other in and let us talk it over. MAZv O This is On ml. W Jt?as noz xcm Although it is now mid-s the time when business pected to be quiet, all ha kept busy at his establishment, ar hours of the day you will find hi filled with liberal buyers. The r< this is not far to seek. His stock allowed to run down, and even n about as full and attractive as it 1 at any time during the year. If vou wi&h to reaL compare the pi of C( L. t } Bmln LeahN. ir you do not believe i . . . .. . , ? make others believe it, Love lightens the heaviest load. ' The fool says, "I d f i Hypocrisy Is the tribute evil pays to truth, says, "I believe." God | Building castles in the air is better thau n/Hny younK men I : Beveling in the mire. trying to~keep~a|. with I A high Ideal unreached Is better thau a ! low success achieved. Thank goodness, the 1 1 form a trust and coatr | Satan in always satisfied when he sees a *: sinner "stand pat." Some men keep thur the corners of their ey< s - . ?| HALI Outfitter j J WISE ,51 5 who buys his COLD WEATHER m) SEPTEMBER. He has a larger from,' and he gets longer wear for flip. added satisfaction of bcin^ th up-to-date apparel. It's the old bird's feast. How much wiser then, is the his September selection to | 5chIoss=Handr /- I At domes A SCHLOSS-MADE SUIT i The design, the materials, the honest woi i with the specific view of adaptability to business. nded to show the very latest favorite in F \l RELIANCE SACK double breasted cut, with square effect shot eg-top trousers. This is the natty suit the $10, 12.50, 15 a you more and give you no better fit or week or ten days, beside. men, at other prices, tfeiore you ouy your L, & ANDERSON, >utfitter& to Particular People. e of the Seasons W1 \ whi' -fcxxrn wfin^ TJiill HT^-nnri J .XJL JLXfcCV LAAA ummer, All THAT is sti is ex- Tv buyers, th jids are about the id at all been, although, big s stores made in many lines sason of bargains will be ofie is never of August, and all ti ow it is ty are cordially in las been what we can do for Ize how cheap Cotti "ices of them with t otton ruling now. ^onnnt Good humor 1r the best medicine, but some I Ityouraun jrou canaoi people reject It because it is not wold on pre-! Horlptlon. oubt." The Christian , , , . , jjnoWH Men pinch and save to meet life In surance premiums, and nevor give a thought to soul lave gone to the bad insurance. "good society. (Sometimes we wish we could be ?i? happy nnvnr he able to nH th.e.b?yJUHt "Wrtlug on a visit to his u\ baby laughter. (,'rHuuma H "OU8e The mau. wlio is bo busy taking < ?iro ol hla faoBH to the right, but money tl'.at bo has do time to e pjoy it dote upon tbe shorlll. norvea no Byinputby. f /. _ & ANDERSON, I s to Particular People. 3BEVILLE, S. C. i -# mr w m ^ m ar a m. yr mt: MAIN ! CLOTHING IN assortment to select the same price, with e first to appear in story of the ' 'early man who confines railored is a perfect expresrkmanship, the genthe use it is to be LL ATTIRE. ilders, close clinging best dressed young on .na aj\j, quality, and not as FALL SUIT drop ien rEn le is. 11 more interesting 1 e prices of Goods a] i same as they ha\ advances have bee . A great many goc sred during the.monl tie people of the Cou] vited to call and s( ' them. )12 Goods art he price ITE. Don.t think because a man is taking houh oh the harp that he doesn't expec live much longer. Occasionally when a man doesn't k lust what to say his silence la mistaken a superior brand or wisuorn. When n rich man marries nyoungr wife i expects ber to keep his memory green ] J on ho Is the victim of a homemade gr 1 goods game. J Occasionally women make fools of but they aro not responnlble for all the 1 FOR SALE, Fino rot of Second-Hand Plunk ShnttcrN, Suitable for liariiM, Stable* antl low Slifl(jN. The great wooden shutters on the Court House windows and the swinging Iron barR that hold them, are no doubt torsale at a great bargain to relic hunters or to persons desiring to put ugly plank doors on their baroB, saw mills or cow sheds. Considering the thirty years of service, and tbe wear and tear Incident to being opened and shui dally fortblrty years, they are In good condition, and would last for a time on a mule shed. Irrespective as to contact with the heels of these valuable servants. It is Intended that the Court House of Abbeville County shall keep pace with the progress of tbe time, and for this reason the valuable shutters may be removed from the hlngea on which they have so long hung, aud that they may henceforth protect cattle from the weather, and keep them In doors. The needless dally opening aud shutting of mese Rtiuners snail no longer remind uh oi the'fellow who wound his clock every night for twenty years before be discovered that it was an eight-day clock. Away back in the Middle Ages, some people imagined a wooden abutter made an office burglar-proof, but since burglars can go into great iron safes with about the aame ea?e tb?tyou could break into a cigar box, faith in w Kien shutters haB been somewhat shatter-' Court Houae officials, from force of hao. 11 cling to their old Job of opening and closing their great plank abutters every day. They fear robbers. Some of the offices, we know, ought to be safely locked by one of the most improved "time locks." We refer particularly to the Supervisor's office, where a lot of valuable irons are stored. The sort, for Instance, that are broken off of the road scrapes. If a less skilled burelar than an expert could get into that office, a ton of old ' Iron might be sold next day to Mr. M. F. Cromer, who has paid for scrap iron a price so uiku t?o iu aiuiuai. luuuve lueiron iounaers 10 make him a shipment. If It were not for the scrap lfon In the Supervisor's offioe, there can be no doobt that al I the shutters that give the Court House a barn-like appearance could be thrown on the market. The shutters on the Court House, however, are not quite as large, and are not near so heavy as the doors on the warehouse. It will beremembered tbatCapt. Lyon was Supervisor for a long time and ' ' bis office In tbe Court House, where It is slble that be Imbibed an Idea of tbe Importance of the plank shutter. At any rate, when he went to put up doors on the warehouse, "hesaw the Court House shutters, and went two better." Instead of one ply of plank as in the case of the Court House shutters, be made tbe doors of tbe warehouse three ply, and then drove perhaps a few thousand nails into them to bind them together as a solid mass. It is faii; to presume that tbe warehouse manager would refuse to sell the door shutters of that Institution, but we feel quite certain that a deal could be made for tbe Court House shutters. Intending purthasers ought to apply early, as tbe,supply is limited. These sniuterR are tbe only relics of the antedeluvlan age hereabout. For further particulars, apply to G. N. Nlcklee, Conn ty Supervisor. DRUMMERS' SAMPLES. We are still in position to supply Shirts, Hats, Underwear, Suspenders, Hosiery, Neckwear, Belts, &c., at New York wholesale prices. It will surely pay you to examine these goods. A. M. Smith & Co. FOR SALE. TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 150 Acres, known as the S. W. Cocbran place, situated three miles north of Abbeville Court Honse adjoining the Gordon and Noble lands. For terms apply to J. H. COCHRAN, Greenville, S. C. or C. M. Cocbran on place. j. W. Mc . / ? Buy your Groceries, Dry C ? Kee. We carry a full line ~ of Crockery, Glassware an ? have a full line of Canr Spices, Hams, Shoulders a Candies and Crackers. Fruits, Vegetables and P anything in our line be su = Yours to plea J. W. M :e re j % THE J3EST MEDIC \ AND THE BEST S Jl . iiv Is none too good loi i!c who is sick. We kt if: buy, and keep 011 di W best Prescription Cl< W your Prescriptions o WS Yours to plea: t C. A. rilLFO ABBEVILLE, S. = ? ?, ?? ?-? SHERW! for two t foot of ? n9w n.? Xh,.v?iin-Willinma ror ~| Abbeville ] men fools ' > ^CalflkiV 'Jhdi HA^ TTOURI .MEASURE TAKEN , !for your new Fall garments. It is the only proper and sat- jja isfactory way of buying your clothes, being1 that ''GOOP CLOTHES ARE ALWAYS if MADE TO ORDER." Make your selection from the tailoring line of - - STRAUSS BROS. Chicago, Est. 1877 Good tailora for over a quarter century You'll find a world of pleasure in wearing the clothes made by Strauss Bros.,? faultless in style, fit, finish J? and materials. They're so much better than the ordi- . jJ nary run of clothes, yet prices are astonishingly low, and your perfectly safe in ordering, because if garments are not satisfactory, you needn't take them. WE WILL BE PLEASED TO fQtfg SHOW YOU OUR GREAT LINE OF SAMPLES? . :>.k> CALL ON ' v~ v ^ RUBBER GOODS FOR HOUSEHOLD A?D MEDICINAL PURPOSES carried in stock by us fill all the requirements of the housekeeper, the nurse and the physician. In design and quality they are perfect. Many improvements are found in all these articles which increase their utility convenience and durability. We are showing a fine line of HOT WATER BAGS, SYRINGES, ETC., ETC., of the most approved style. ^ The prices will prove as attractive as the quality. P. B. SPEED'S. :KEE, Jr. " J roods and Shoes from Mcf. We also have a nice line id Lamps. In Groceries we led Goods, Teas, Coffees, nd Breakfast Bacon, Fine We handle at all times roduce. When in need of ,re to call and see us. " . v^JB cKEE, JR." I 3//VH | M ERVICE W ilk r any man, woman or child jj|% ?ep tlio best that money will nty all the time one of the JK irks in the State. Bring us W r tell your Doctor to do so. Mf II RD, The Druggist. \|jf C. Phone 107. w W ' % cent buys enough n-Williams Paint :oats on one square ;urface. . . ;|| Paints Cvucr the Earth < 'a hardware Co. : r