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The Abbeville Press and Banner,! BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, S. 0., WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844fjA Our Friends The Microbe*. Sing ? song of microbes, Dalniy little ibings, Ears and eyes and horns and tails, Ciuwh Htid tangs and slings. ?. M'crobes lu the carpet. Microbes in lUe wall. Microbes in the vestibule, : Microbes in the bai I. M lcrobes ou my money, Microbes in my hair," Microbes on my meat and bread, , , Microbes everywhere. ' \1 lAPMhau I., t hnllur Microbes In the cheese, Microbes on -the knives and forts, Microbe* in tbe breeze, J Microbes id .lie whiskey, Microbes iu the beer, Microbe.- iu llie inilk and tea, i Micfobtx by iue year. Microbes iu iiie kitchen, Microbes lti (be bed, Microbes on the brush aud comb, Microbes Iu my bead, Microbes Iu th?- laucel. Microbes in tbe dralus. Microbes Io my shoes aud boots, Microbes In my bruins. Krie ds are Utile microbes, Enemies are big, Lite among the microbes is? Nothing "Infra dig." ' Fussy little microbes, Billions at a birth, Make our tlesb and blood and bones, Keep us on tbe earth. i EAST END. 4 r Whnt "Jl" Sees anil Hears on Hin Rounds in Country and in Town. CLOSING KXEK ISES OF ABBEVILLE'S GRADED SCHOOL. On last Thursday evening an unusually lame audleuoe assembled in the Court House to witness tbe closing exercise* of Abbeville's . Graded School wfiich were both interesting and entertaining. Tbe young ladles of the graduating class will never loot prettier, unless it is when they are led to Hymen* Altar by some chivalrous Knight. Each of ' them were gowned in soft wblte silk, while ( the young inen of tbe class looked tlielr best. Tbe appreciation of tbe et-says and recitations were shown to a marked u?gree b> tbe , profusion ol oeautlful flowers aud exquisite -J bouquets literally showered upon each one ot tbe graduates, as well as tbe sounds of applause that greeted tbeni. The class reflected great credit upon Prof. ( L, W. Dick and his efficient eorps of teachers, each and all of whom have been painstaking and zealous In tbe training of the scholars in every department, sfr that tbe greatest satisfaction is expressed by trustees and patrons, and the School hasjusi closed a most nucces*ful term, and is in a most flourishing condition. j. Abbeville, and especially the patrons are to ' be congratulated upon their splendid graded cbool. Mrs. Lambert Caldwell will leave next week for a protracted visit to friends in Greenville. Prof. J. Q. Clinkscaies, of Spartanburg, nent last Sunday In the ctty the gue<t ol his kinsmsn, Mr. John M. Gambrell. ' There were do services in the Methodist ? church last Sunday, owing to the absence ul the pastor, Rev. P. B. Weils, who went to St. George to deliver an address before the High School ot that place, and on his return was to deliver last Monday night a Literary address in the town of Ninety Six. Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Brown accompanied by ihelr friend MtssLUlle Tempieton win leave tomorrow. Thursday, for a trip to New York and other cities of Interest. ( Mr. C. E Sharp, of Donaids Is In the city atn tending court. ' Mr. and Mrs. Brogdon, of this city wlii make their home In Atlanta, as Mr. Broedon has secured an office position in the Gate City. Mr. A. E. Taylor, of Salisbury, Is in the city the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Moore. Mlse Sallle Roche Is off on a pleasure trip among the mountains ol New York State. Conductor J. C. Marshall, of Andersoo, with two of his children arrived In the city lasi Thursday. Mr. Marshall hns returned but toe chlloren will remain with their grandmother, Mrs. Fannie i. Marshall, for a while. The many IrlendH oi Mrs. Mary DuPree will be glad to learn of her improved condition, as at this writing t>he is at>l? to sit up a little, tls hoped she will soon be quite weil again. ENGLAND IN AMMtH'A! Where? Why at L. T. & T. M. Miller's cltj grocery w here "hot and lee tea" were drawn from the same pitcher. This Arm is up to date, always on the "lookout" for everyihinj: * new which they 'catch on the fly" aDd present to their patrous In the most tempting 1 and attractive style. Iced and hot tea were < served yesieruay "iree 10 an uy a liuuuun expert. There Is nothing more refreshing 1 than <t cup ot well flavored and nicely drawn < tea, and such tea cau always be found at tbe s city grocery." ' It would seem from the amounts found bj i the Jurors this week that the clieuts through i tbeir attorneys are drawing ou tbe treasurj ' of tbe Seaboard Air blue Company. Who ^ can estimate tbe love of a fona wife, and he> 5 gentle Influence In the hom*^ of a loving < mother? Such Is Indeed prlcele?H. Or who can jndge of tbe example and managemen t o? a kind and thoughtful husband and loving I father Id the home circle? Such is beyoun any pecuniary consideration, for money cat,not purchase these tor anv home berelt of ltrbead?father and husband. ' % * MARK1AGK NOTICES. InvitatioaB are issued announcing tb< 1 marriage of Frof. Arthur Mason Dul're u ' Mit-s Caroltne Elizabeth Chambers of Gainesville, On., which happy event w t > 1 take plac> od Thursday evening, June 15. 19?>5, at j o'clock at th home of the bride. Invitations are issued announcing th? marriage of Mr. Foster Barnwell to Misk Kispan Thompson, of Abbeville, on Wednehdaj, ( June 7,1905, at the home of tbe bride. Miss Antoinette Hammond Is borne aeau; | to tbe deilgbkof many friend*. She has beei. i taking a thorough c.ur?e In rxiunic and volet r culture at shorter College, Home, Ga. e Mr. C. V. Hammond bos Just returned from < a pleasant visit to Ills daughter Mrs. Bat- i oombe Brogdon at Sewauee, Ga., also t< < t relatives and friend-* in Atlanta. We notice the bicycle track linn recently , heen graded and rolled, what's up? Are we i to have another flue bicycle tournament? It i not, why Dot? As the flrst and on'y one | Abbeville ever bad was a graud success and ! was an occasion of iDterest and pleasure to borne folks and visitors , HERE AND THEKE ON ROUTE NO 3. M168 Annie Gibert and Miss Mangle Kvans : of Lebanon lett last Monday to attend the Commencement exercises of Chicora College of Greenville, S. C. | Misses Lessle and Willie Riley two bright S little glrlB of Sharon arespeDding a while with tbelr parents Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Kiley ot Pledmoud. These are two pretty little girl* ; who always hall the weekly visits of the Press and Bunner with delgbt. Miss Annie Mary Evans one among the prettiest and most attractive young ladies on route No. 3 will graduate from Chicora College this week and 1? expected home tomorrow, where 6he will brighten the home and social arch ol Lebanon. Mr. and Mrs. Walter W11?ot were among tbe visitors In the city last Mondav. T /I 1 It,.* mx*. rxf I! o (or. mors has two large fields of fine corn, about f, six acres we judge. Shertfl Lyon and Super A. E. Thompson were rldiug out on route Xo. 3 last Monday afternoon. FARMINGS INTERESTS A good old adage Is "make hay while the nun shines" but alas, this order of eventH has been charged these modern days and It dow reads "Uestroy'jay wbiletbesun shines" and make cotton, at any rate this Is what the farmers all over this southland are doIng,everything big enough to lift a hoe is 2 Is now rushing for life against the grass; from the 10 years old boy to his great great aunties and uncles may be 6een In the field. gj Ou Monday we saw treasurer Bradley taklDg a round with the plow on his city plantation, and In the afternoou as we came Id he was watcblog a number of hands who were sllDgitig their hoes with a vim, Mr. haHnnna in that trlfp mfivi m I "He who by the piow would thrive. Must himself eltber?bold or guide." If the hot sunshine of last Mod day continues for a week many crops will be iu fl rstclass condition. Corn Is growing and looks green and fresh, wheat and oats are beginning to ripen and harvest time la near at hand wbeu the "big straw pens" will tn&ke cue of the prettiest pictures of rural life on the farm. Potatoes and melons are looking well and /tfnnrl r> cr futt IAli the farmer wants now 1b warm weather and sunshine and plenty of help. ABBEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ?i?. ( losing KxercNrN of Auolhrr Scliol iihlic Yfitr. The annual commencement of the Abbe vi:ie Graded School wan held on last Thun. day night In the Court Ili'Ui-e, which hat ? ?' r/iuilmouc fi?r lliin fi/rukldl "WU Kill, ... u ?i h11 occasion* in Abbeville. lu ioimer times our people mny have resiei too much on the shadow of the great inei who gave tone and pharacter to the citizen ship, but now, Instead of lo< k ii k backward htiu living In the halo ot distinguished neigh bors and kinsmen, the sensible and the .better part of our people look to their children as the hope and g ory of a country, as the pride of the State, nud a* the rulers of a great nation. Ln former times, under the pood old days only the rich and a tew favored sons of other* could obtain an fducatiou. Now, a fio? school house is iu tbe center of a live anc ambitious people. -Education like salvation, is free alike to rieb aDd poor. IVt no loiter have the aris tocracy of wtallb but we ha\e a better arJs tocracj? an arisu cracy ot biains,an aristoor,".' ey of character, an aristocracy of individual acquirements, au aristocracy of personal Intelligence, an ai islocracy ol will power In tbt best and truest manhood. Children's children are an old man's crown but our own children are the parents' jewelt and their greatest glory. Looking to tbf welfare of their children our people have pul up a splendid building wherein the blessing* HUdtbe benelits of mm eduratIon are Imparled to all the children with equal generosity. The race in life is now more even than ever belore, and the boy who chooses to be born ol urniuy (iMreiJIR, llimr t-iinionr. may hope to wlu out Id the great race which is belore him. While the weakling must have the countenance and the sustaining hup ol kindred, and while the nincompoop maj' try to live Id n superficial air, be must nevertbelet-s, sacrifice his own selNresptct Id depending upon the kindness and the partiality ol others. But Ihe boy that Is borD with (rue maDhood In bin}, II iqulpped with a good education, In more Independent and can command or conquer a success. As an Institution which rqulpK the manhood and the womanhood ol a pe?plf for the duties and responsibilities ol lite is t he headcenter ol a people, so in the minds and hearts of our people our school outstrips all other institutions. All bearts turn to our school, and at Ithe children go to it for that knowledge which Is most needlul. The Urmleri High School. hoaki) of trustees. ; O.D Brown. Chairman. F. B. Ciary, Secretary. Jno. A. Harris, J.C Ellis. J. Alien Smith, J. C. Thompson, P. B. Speed. C. A. Mllford, W. P. Green. TEACH KRR. L. W. Dick. Principal. W. tfc. Bradley, A-?!slant principal. Miss Wlnton Parks, Miss Emma Harris, Miss Mae Robertson, I Miss Sara White, Miss Mary Nance. Miss Bertha White, Miss Julia White, Miss Kale Harris. The Cotlou Mill School. TEAC1IKKS. ?Mrs. lizzie tason, Miss Rosa Maxwell. The Closini; Exercfoea. MAX 25,1905. Salutory?Clluto n Gr?ydon. Class History?Will lptn K.lugh. Essay?School Fri endships?Miss Irene Rosenberg. Essay?O ur Flag?Miss Fay Sellers. Essav?A Man's a Man lor a'Tbat? Mish Lortna Beachsm. Essay?Joan of Arc?Miss Irene Wilson Essay?No Excellence Without Labor ? Miss Giace Hemphill. Class Poem?Jack Hardin. E-say?The Age ol Chivalry?Miss Eliza Gary. Essay?Patriotism?MIrs Lucy Calvert Class Will?Miss Corne Graves. It citation-Jimmie Butler and the Owl ?Miss Mary Miller. Class Propbecv?Miss RuuetteT urner. Valedictory?Miss lone Smllh. Certificates of graduation were given to fach 01 the class a* above. The order of tbe exercises was perfect, and he harmony and good feeling pervaded *very heart. Tbe teachers were gratified it the success of their own work, and tbe wrents bad reasou to be proud qf their chIIlren. The teachers experience a degree of atisfactlon at the success of their children hat others seldom realize. Tbe acquirements ol tbelr pupils afford them great pieasjre. Tbe beautiful tableaux ol youth and jeauty on this occasion whs all that heart or oul could wish. The future lives of these ,'oung folk will be as diadems in the glorious :r"wu hi me gwu hhu jumuiui ihiiupib. In speaking to one of the patroDs of the chool the opinion was expressed ihat Mr. Dick h?d giveD entire satisfaction. The reply van, "Yea; and jou kuow. we all like Mr. Briulle>." Mr. Dirk, as principal of the school we he au?e has pleased this entire community and ?H f?'H gratified at his coming amongst ce. \lr. Bradley and the other teachers have giv n the hest and most acceptable service durng t he year, and all huve been rc-elecled lor mother j ear. ipeciul KiKcn Yin SrnbttAril Air Line Knllwny. ?25.;J5t to N'agara Falls and return, account it meeting M>?tic Shrine. Tickets on pale Iune 17, IS and 19, final return limit .1 une 24t By depositing and paying fee of SI 00, ticket may he ex'emled until July 15th. ?25 K5 to Buffalo. N. Y., and return, account mee'lng B. P. O. E'k?, Tickets on sale July 8, land 10; final limit July lo'h. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents same may be i-xi'-niifU until August 1th. 524 40 to Asburv Park. N. J., and return, account meeting National Kducational association. Tickets on sale June 29th to July 2nd; linal return ilmit Julv loth. Rv iii<nnRittni' tickets ard paying fee of 50 cents same may be extended until August ;>lKt. J15.75 to Baltimore. Md., and return, account Christian ?ndeavor convention. Tickets on sale July 1st to 4th, Inclusive: good returning to July J5th. By depositing ticket md .laying lee of 21 00 extension until July ilst m*y be obtained. ?5/J5 to Wilmington and return arcoun summer scbcol, v\ rlghtsvlile, N. C. Ticket on sale June 14,15 and 17:b ; final limit June 24? h 85.05 to Athens, Ga.. and return account "timuter school Tickets on sale June ?3 to ;2t>th, lucluslve, July 1, S. and 15th ; tit al limit tllteeu days from date ot sale. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents same will be extended nutll September 30th. S15 85 to Nashville. Tenn., and retutn, account Pea body summer school. Tickets on sale June 11,12,18.19, 20, and 21 and July 2, and rh ; good returning fifteen days from date ol sale. By depositing and paying fee ol 50 cents tickets will be extended until September 35th. ?ll 45 to Louisville, Ky? and return account Con I* derate Veterans reunion. Tickets on M?la June 10th to 13th, inclusive. By depositing ticket and paying fee of 50 cents same will be extended until July 10th. The rates quoted above apply from Columbia. Correspondingly low rates from all points. The Seaboard offers excellent s> rvict to all of these points. For further information call on or write J. C. Whitaker, C. P. A T. A., or W. L Burroughs, T. P. A., city tick VI UUiUO OU. I J-O .uaiu ouv.il, ^UUIIC OK, Putnam's Fadeless Dyes, all colors at Milford's Drug Store. Phone us your orders and let us show yot bow quick we will execute them. Phone 107. Mllford's Drug Store. Bring us your prescriptions and save time and money. Millord s Drug Store. Phone 107. On duly all the time so go to Miliord'i Drug Store and get what you want. L. T. & T. Miller has just received seventytive bushel* of sweet poialoes. Call aud supply yourself before the.v are out. S^e me before offering Abbeville Col tor Mill stock for sale. Robt. S. Link. W> fill perscriptions. and with Dr. C. H. McMurray a first honor gradual as pdrscrlptlon clerk you may rest assured they will be tilled right aud In good time.?Speed's Drug Store. <>?*ii?'rul ??s Xoich. Rodjestvensky's ships are reported . to have left Indo-Chinese waters, sailing northward. It is stated a special envoy will represent France at the wedding of the i German crown prince. 1 The. national association for the i study of prevention of tuberculosis i will uieet in Washington on Thurs day. I Yale University will get the larger part of the Hillhonse in New Haven, the value of the gift being about $500,! 000. Upon the counsel of close advisers it is said Emperor William did not de1 liver a speech seveiely arranging t France. The Aetna Trading Company papers secured by the beef investigators are said to reveal the secret ' methods of the beef trust. The chamber of deputies sustained > the French Government by postponing indefinitely interpretaiou upoc I the neutrality question. Secretary of WarTaft is couducting ; the inquiry into the charge made by I Minister Kowen and Assistant Sec> retary Loomis against each other. Th?- southern liantiats voted aerainst a change in name, but will be oflicial]y represented at the convention of northern Baptists for the first time. President (Jompeis has issued an appeal to the American Federation of Labor for funds to aid the striking teamsters in Chicago, -and a meeting of the executive hoard has been called. ' , A Pittsburg paper states that Joseph Ramsey, Jr., retiring president of the Wabash Kail road, and His associates control the rich coalfields of "West Virginia, which were supposed to be owned by George J. Gould. With a few scattered disturbances May Day passed in Russia without auy loss of lift1. Government experts have demontV.ot . l i. I.nw! rionrtomhorf Oil aiCU IUUI Mir Vifc \/UUJVUIMVtl cheese eau be umue in America. A Japanese official declares Russian hhipswerein Jndo-Chiuese waters as ' lat** as Friday las\ Nan Patterson has made an engagement with Hurting & Seamons to go on the stage at $I,S0O a week. L. P. Ohliger, an ex-congressman from Ohio, pit ad guilty to issuing a bogus draft and was sentenced to 1 eijiht years in the penitentiary. Charles Price of Reidaville, N. C., has beeu captured in East Radford, : Va, He killed Robert Odell at Reidaville May 2 and has confessed. Mrs. Jessie Barllett Davis, the well ' known opera singer and long time member of the Boatonians, died sud- ^ denly in Chicago of nephritis. Wreckers ditched a train on the \ Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad, east.of Emporia, Ivan., and six ! passengers were injured two of them 1 fatally. John D. Rockefeller, J., Sunday 1 addressed his bible class at the Fifth 1 Avenue Baptist Church in New York, j after five months'abtence in Europe, ] which has caused ntue improvement ' in his physical condition. A woman who said she was Carlot- ' ta, the wife of Maximillian, former ! emperor of Mexico, is said to have se j cured S40.00U from the members of the Italian colony in Boston on the ' pretense that she is the rightful claimant to the Austrian throne. The time limit of residence of Jew-' ish merchants in the larger cities of 1 Russia is to be removed. The bronze equestrian statue of j General Natham B. Forrest was un- j veiled at Memphis, TenD. Governor-General Sokolovsky of Ufa province was probably fatally shot in a public square at Ufa. J. P. Morgan is interested in a $20- 5 0,000.000 company, which is promot- 1 ing electric light and pneumatic tube 1 system for London. . Minister Bowen denies that he ever 1 filed any "charges" against Assistant \ Secretary Loomis. A new York magistrate decidtd J that marriage under the Mosaic law i without the civil ceremony required j in Austria were not binding. ! Kirke La Shelle, a well known play wright and theatrical manager, 1 died at Belleport, L. I aged 41 years. ! . The Congregational ministers who 1 favored acceptance of the Rockefeller : gilt for missions issued a statements J and the committee of protestants, ' .made a reply. * One of the most important crimi- ' nal cases that has been tried in any ' of the criminal courts for years past ' will come up next week when August , W. Machen, former superintendent of ' frte delivery of the postoffice depart- 1 ment will be brought from Mounds- 1 ville prisou to stand trial on the additional indictments recently found against him. Mr. J. Allen Sa itb, president of the Bank of Abbeville, is one of-the most welcome visitors to the city and one who enjoys coming to the city as much as anyone. Already well known in business life, lie proved himself, socially, a most delightful gentleman on the occasion of liis recent visit to Anderson for the annual banquet of the Chamber of Commerce. His happy text?a closer friendship between the sister counties, Abbeville and AuderHon?met with hearty responte.?Daily Mail. DR. J. R. NICKLES, Surgeon Dentist. Office over C. A. Milford's Drug Store.' DENTAL NOTICE. Dr. S. G. Thomson, OFFICE CP-STAIRS ON Mo.lLWAIN Corner, Abbeville. 8. 0. , DR. J. A. DICKSON, SURGEON DENTIST. i GOLD KILLINGS; CHOWN AND BRIDGE WORK A SPECIALTY. A GOOD PLATE $8.00 AMALGAM FILLINGS?oo and. 1.00 I I OFFICE OVER BARKSDaLE'S STORE. J. M. N1CKLES, j .Attorney at Law, j Al)oovillo, S. C. Office with VV. N. Graydon. ' BONDED WAREHOUSES. Address of Mr. IiewiH W. Parker B< fore Bank^i'N' A?M?riaii<-ii. Following is the address on the sul ject of "Bonded Warehouses," delivei ed by Mr. L. W, Parker on Wed net day before the bankers' convention: i have been asked to address you tc day upon a subject in which I as much interested and upon a subjec ...U T in 4 wiiiuu l ucjicvc is wi luuru luicitrot V you as bankers. Thoueh I am my self a banker, in a small way, my ad dresH to you may mc|re properly b the views of a manufacturer. I do not think there is any subjec which should appeal to you wit! greater interest than that of t)onde( warehouses. Cotton is the orie staple upon whicl we here in the South depend and upot which our whole interest is centered In the summer and fall we think o cotton, dream of it, and if we do no feed upon it, we are conscious of th< fact that it is the source througl which we will obtain our daily bread If this is the case, then it is a sub ject with regard to which it is well t( consider what is the best way to pre serve it and bow to give such value tc that product that the producer ina^ get a full return. From the standpoint of a manufac turer, which, as I have said, I am in i larger way than a banker, we hav< gone through most peculiar condition! within the past two years. We hav< seen cotton rise from 8 cents to 17 l-l cents and fall to 6 1-2 cents, condition! which have been hard upon the man facturer, hard upon the producer ant hard upon the community at large If such a condition can be guarded against in the future it is certainly U the interest of the whole country tc take every possible step iu this direc tion. Today, with the variations which are attending the value of cotton, tbf manufacturer has almost ceased to bf a legitimate manufacturer and has become in oue sense of the word a gambler, in so much as his profits are dependent upon the success with which he has purchased his raw material. As I said in the outlet we are all more or less dependent upon the success of the cotton crop and its marketing. If the farmer is successful, if he has made good crops and has gotten a fair price for his staple, the community at once feels the elFect of the prosperity. He trades freely with the merchant and pays his bills promptly: the merchant is thus stimulated tc buy more freely, anticipating active sales, aDd is enabled to meet his obli eations to ihe satisfaction of the tmiik with which he dea's; the bank haa it* r>bligations met at maturitv and see* its deposits steadily increase; the manufacturer ha- the assurance that he san sell his product to good advantage and is enabled to figure Lis margin ol profit, while today he is confronted by the uncertain question of the price ol bis raw cotton. ? The cotton crop of 1903-1904 was jnly teu million bales, while in the season of 1904-1905 we had an astonishing increase to fourteen million bales, making an aggregate for the two years of twenty four million bales. The world's consumption at ?i maximum of ten million eight hundred thousand bales, or putting it at eleven ind a half million bales, as some have ?stimated for the presentyear, makine i total for the two years of twenty three million bales, was ample for the world's seeds and sufficient to prevent ;he unparalleled fluctuations which we have seen within the past two years, could we arrive at and carry out somp jolution of the problem of handling and marketing our crops with more jniformity. The solution 1 think can be found n the development of a proper system >f warehouses throughout the South. Fhe warehousing of agricultural proiucts is nothing new in the world. 'I am probably not so well up on the Bible as some of my Presbyterian ^rethern present, but 1 believe it was Joseph who stored the excess of seven prosperous years to mpet the needs of the seven years of famine which he had prophesied and foretold. As Joseph provided for the years of famine in the years of plenty, so we should in good crop years store our excess product for the years of shortage titVtinW rvinof fnllAllf nmfrwn fm*v? ? UiVti UiUOb iv/liun , A Uv>l vlwiV| 1IWUJ that view the warehouse is important. But there is no view from which it is so important as that of the waste attendant upon tbe holding of cotton, as it is to a very large extent ht Id by the farmers of the present day. I do not think the people of the South realize the extent of the waste which is due the improper care of our staple product. At this season of the year we find practically every bale of cotton mulched to the extent of forty pounds of damage. In this section ol tbe cotton belt we know that in many cases the damage exceeds forty pounds to the bale. A few days since I purchased 27 bales of cot ton and refused to pay for-it until il had been picked and weighed. Whec this was done the damaged cotton wat found to weigh li.215 pounds, or aboul six and a half bales. Now when tin number of bales held bv tho South is considered the loss to us through ini proper cure rurs up into the millions? Are we to impress this fact upon oui people and give them the opportuniij to make this saving? Are we nol hound in justice to us all to make pro visions to prevent such a waste? Th? only practicable system, of course, is the erection of warehouses. By whom should these warehouses he constructed, I th ink the Southern Cotton Growers association has givei wise advice to the South and has sav> ed them many millions of dollars, bul with all deference to them, they hav< made a mistake in the methods advo cated. The as-oeiation has advisee the farmers to erect small warehouses in each town where there could bt had for storage two thousand bales 01 more. That will not meet the needs of the question for half a dozen rea sons. In the first place a warehouse is not needed in every small commun ity. What is needed is a warehouse so situated as to serve as a distributing point. When the storer in the ware' liouse situated in a small community conies to sell his product, he is limited as to his market and is unable to obtain tompetitive bids, thereby receiving the highest price. If he lias ahipped bis cotton to a central community it ii then ready for distribution aud at th< best prices. To illustrate, a warehouse ?-established here in Anderson, autl there has.been one I am told that oper ! ated successrully for quite a while, it ]' in a central position because when a mati comes to sell he has not one or two, '* but several mills to whom to sell. II the warehouse is so located as to be convenient to dift'frent lerritoriep, as fj Anderson, Greenville, and Spartan1 burg. Then when the producer comes 0 to sell he has further advantages. The railroads of the South have done much to encouracfi this storinc in npn B tral communities through the use of what is known an the privilege of "Concentration and Substitution," that is the privilege of shipping to a central warehouse where ihe cotton may be stored until its final destination is decided, and then forwarded on the same bill of lading and at practically the same expense, as would have been the case bad the shipment gone from its original place of shipment. The next point is the construction of the warehouse itself. If it is constructed of small capacity, it is not apt to be of standard character. In hardly anything has there been so marked a decrease in the expense of insurance as in the standard warehouses. When I begau business nearly twenty years ago, it was nothing unusual for the insurance to pay two and a half per cent. What i9 it touruu ~ 1 1 uay. yy iiLi a luuiwu^ui)1 SLailuaiU 3 warehouse, a rate of fifteen cents per j hundred can be obtained and I know J of rates now being secured from the ? heat old line companies even less than " this, while in the best of the mutual ' companies a rate can be secured of four to five cents per hundred, or ' about one twentieth of one per cent. > The difference between the coat of ) storage, consequent upon this, is " about six cents per bale per month, or about one quarter of one per cent 1 per month. The small community, i however, cannot be prepared to pro5 perly protect warehouses against " fire. Next, in a small community it is ' not a business. Warehousing today 1 ought to be a business and followed with more care, and it requires the ' same tact and ability that is required " by any other busiuess. We all Know ' the charucter of the men in- charge of ! the warehouse in small towns. They 1 give the warehouse a short time each " day, probably receiving or turning out " some cotton, but they are not impress( ed with relations with which they I stand as regards the storer and the 1 parties with whom he deals and from ! whom he borrows money upon the cotton stored. I have no doubt many ; of you have had experiences similar 1 to what 1 myself have had, having ac1 cepted receipts from local warehouse ' companies in the belief that the cot! ton would stay there until the surren der of the receipt, and then find when : the note falls due that the storer has obtained possession of the cotton some : time since, upon his assurance to the warehouseman that he would make it 1 all right with the bank when the note : came due. Whac you need is to have a company of such a capital of such size and in charge of such men that 1 its receipts will be given full credence in the whole community, and uot on' ly it) South Caaolina but throughout the United States and even abroad. How is that to be accomplished? I : do not think there is any business which cannot be accomplished in the South, and 1 do not beleive there is 1 any great enterprise needed in the South but when the South has the ' private capital which can be found and enlisted for its establishment. Today in South Carolina, capital of : | $500,000 or more could be most proplorlv ovnanrlcH in t.lio r>rwinf.riif>t.inn nf warehouses and if such warehouses were put iDto one large corporation with a capital which would be sufficient to show that the banks might accept its receipts with perfect security, then you would have the advantage of beiug able to borrow at much lower rates of interest than can now bt had and the banks would have a security which they would feel was absolutely secure. There is probably no collateral in this country which is better than cotton. If the system of warehousing is properly understood and carried out I do not believe any security will be accepted with more readiness than cotton. We can only get the full use of such collateral by the establishment of such warehouses with such capital and in charge of such officers. This would then give us the following benefits: 1st. Lower rates of interest. 2nd. Saving iu waste and country ' dumage. 3rd. The fact that we can regulate i the trend of cotton market from sea! son to season at a normal expense, which the producer can well afford to stand. lean remember in my earlier days F when the rates of storage were as i much as fifty centsjper bale per month i and that in a warehouse with little ' safety. Today with a properly con structed warehouse and the best rates t of insurance you can store at a profit t at from eight to ten cents per bale per i month including insurance. Theret fore, under such circumstances the ; planter can carry his cotton over from i season to season in the hope of getting - a more satisfactory price. Now these . are the questions which would interr est vou as a banker. r I do not think it i9 necessary to go t out of tbe state of South Carolina to - 'organize and construct such a system i ofjwarehouses. If business men havi ing tbe confidence of the whole state would lake up tbe question I do not i think there is any business which is i open to more profit than is warehouse 1 ing in South Carolina. As I have - said I am interested in it as a manut facturer, because it will save him the i trouble of having to carry this cotton himself. If he waits until late in tbe 1 season to buy be is afraid of the quali ity of tbe cotton, or in many cases he j is uuable to get his cotton at home r and is forced to go out of tbe commuui ity to purchase. If tbe planter could be enabled to carry his cotton, it > uuvo Mio mo n iifnntn ror thia trouble and at the same time the planter would be enabled to get the advantage of the higher price, which he would not otherwise get did he not carry his cotton. The producer is the I proper man to carry his product and . I uTltAn Hi/1 lluu nrviilrl hottor niolro VV liCU UC U |U UJ1C UC WUIU WV> HVI UiUUb ; bis calculations for .the next season. The question has just been asked as to 3 what is my opinion of bonding these .. warf>hniisPH. j I take the position, which I am f sure is correct, that if a company is or. ganized with sufficient capital and in , charge of competent men, no bond L will be necessary. Each cotton mill with a capital of, pay $500,000, is able i- to float its paper for a much greater j amount, so it would be with the ware, house company. It would have no liability and would find no trouble in floating its receipts, provided it had the sufficient capital. CHINA BOYCOTT'S GOODS, In Ketarb fur American Boycott on Chinese Knbject. Washington, D. C., May 18.?China will oppose to Chinese exclusion its boycott of American goods. This was announced officially today by the Chinese legislature here. Asked what was meant by the action of China in deciding not to purchase American eoods. the*Chinese minister said: ' "It means business. China will not buy a yard of American goods while America violates het treaty obligations by excluding or deporting Chinese." The Chinese diplomat explained that the treaty of 1868 between China and America gave full freedom of intercourse Chinese under that treaty, could come to America, and America , could rade with Chiua. This treaty was modified by the treaty of 1880* which provided that the United ; States and China might make an agreement excluding Chinese laborers. This was done in 1894 by a treaty lim- , ited to 10years, which treaty expired! last year. The expiration of this treaty, the Chinese diplomat asserts, places the two countries in the position in which they were placfed by the treaty of 1880. Every Chinaman excluded or deported is excluded or deported in violation of the treaty obligations of the United States to China. The only way in which there can be 1 no such exclusion, tbe Chinese bold, ( is by a treaty providing for it. No such treaty is now in' force. Among other interests which will j suiter severely from the boycott, are the cotton growers anci millers or the sOuth, China being a large consumer j of American cotton and cotton goods, i . Boll Weevil's Fou Found. A new and unknown worm has appeared in' the Louisiana sugar district. It is brown, about an inch long, and like a caterpillar, but free from fuzz. The worm has done great harm to both cane and corn, and has retard- , ed the growth of the cane for two or three weeks, but it is thought that the recent heavy rains will tend to kill , the insect. At the same time, a beetle has been , discovered in Texas on which the , farmers are counting to rid them of | the boll weevil. Samples have been f?ent to the department of agriculture, j The beetle will, in captivity, attack , weevils which are pilaced in the bottle j with it, and will afterward devour , them. Whether it will do so in the field has not been definitely determin- | ed. i Dr. F. E. Harrison of Abbeville is ] onnihar mon whn ha? cnnA tn another town and shown what Anderson men can do. He is a brother of Mr. W. H. * Harrison and Mrs. J. G. Cunningham of this city.?Daily Mail. 1 . - ] Glassware at Dargan's In abundance. The floest candy you ever saw for only 10 cents a pound at Dargan's. Abbeville Lum Deale Lumber, Sash, Doors, B Best Portland Cement, full ba Just received three cars Shing best. Car of Doors, Sash and Bli Lumber on hand. Flooring, Ceiling Get our prices and we will do ABBEVILLE I The same old stand, p rrrrTe. to I. -IISI KJLklJ VUC KJk UUVUit II w otlier paint on tho other house. ? Mastic Ml: " The Kind 1 and the otlier with any other pain' some mixed paint or Lead and 01 lot of paint this time; next Paint for both houses?in fact w the other house before the M " T1IE TEST PROVEi Manufacti FOR SAL C. A. Milford,. Appendicitis Dne to Bad Teeth. ' '>aaBI London Mail. i Appendicitis is often due to bad .'!$ ,-fi teeth, said Dt. E. fl. Thompson, lec- . 1 turing at Greshan college, London. The 9ame organisms, be said were -'^ij 1 present both in defective teeth and in ' | the diseased appendix, which proved j that the dental decay was capable of . '$1 j causing appendicitis. . ' 11 "I see no evidence to show that our I tooth arc Hot?rlnrsHnor tn An ?1armtno> '-j9H extent with the growth of oiviliza- Ms tion," he declared, and he pointed out that an even larger proportion of die* J eased teeth had been fouDd among /.Ji I Egyptian and Roman than existed at 1 "Tobacco has an injurious effect on ? the digestion," he went on, "but I do | not think that nicotine has any more - ^ J effect on the teeth than alcohol." Bat | tobacco certainly blackens the teeth, and so causes many persons who are ; ^ I careful of their personal appearance to , v > g brush their teeth more often than they I would otherwise do." a He had found cod liver oil amazing- '^nf ly successful in promoting the growth | of teeth in children, and he reco- y.'M 1 mm ended the toothbrush drill as a ' "M 1 i .r it - t l ? _ # l ? T\_ VTflH part 01 me cumcuium ui huuooiv. ur. v.js j Thompson also urged the practice of | washing the teeth after meals, and | rubbing them twice a day, and partic- .. 1 ularly the last thing at night. I The grand jury at New Orleans has -!M j charged that the police of that city V-i ! are in the pay of tne gamblers. j Dominic J. Murphy, of Washington j has been appointed conenl to Bor- . \ 1 rileaux, to succeed the late Albion W. ^ j Esta'. 3f William S. Penney, Dec -mk Notice of Settlement and Appli- | j cation for Final Disoharge. j T'AKE NOTICE that on the 18th day of >?| -L Jodo, 190B, I will render a final aoooont . 'flfl of my actings and doings as Administraioror . the Estate of William 8. Penney, deceased, In . the office of Judge of Probate Sr Abbeville . Connty at 10 o'clock a. m., an ontbesame day will apply for a final discbarge from my 'ta?wl trust as such Administrator. All pefaons having demands against said estate will present tbem for payment on or ?*? before tbat day, proven and authenticated or " be forever barred. George Penney, < JmBM May 12,1906. Administrator. ' Master's Sale. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, ''%3t County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. Joseph F. Lee against T. V. Cresswell and others.?Foreclosure. By authority of a Decree of Sale by the Court of Common Pleas for Abbe- r^$9 ville County, in said State, made in the above stated case, I will offer for sale, i at Public Outcry, at Abbeville C. H., 3. C.. on Salesdav in June (5th). A. D. 1905, within the legal hours of sale the ' j following described land, to wit: All > that tract or parcel of land situate, ly- 1 ing and being in Abbeville County, in the State aforesaid, containing Eighty- 39 Three Acres, more or less, and bounded by lands of T. V, Cresswell, G. B. McCaslin'sEstate, Y. P. Reagan, A. W. Browd and others, and being a portion of the land formerly ownedby the late T. C. McBride, deceased, and descending to the late Margaret McBride, daughter of the said T. C. McBride of whom Jane B. Cresswell is the only ' ^ surviving heir. v si Terms of Sale?Cash. Purchaser to pay for title and recording title. L. W. Perrin, Master A. C., S. U. May 12, 1905. her fJnmnanv MVA y rs in linds, Shingles, Lime. , .rrel, $2.50. ? les, from the cheapest to the very s nds just in. Two cars Dressed r and Siding. the rest?viz: Sell You?] ^UMBER CO. ear S. A. L. Depot. etl. Y/e want to sell you Mastic |i vould rather you would use some |*g Paint the two at once?one with |m xed Paint I j hat Lasts" || t, it matters not what brand? M I. "We will only sell you one n| time we will sell you Mastic gg re expect to sell you paint for Sj8 asiic house needs repainting. H / WHICH IS ZEST" M .ired by , Inc.. LOUISVILLE. KY. * .E BY A.bbeville,S.C ' 1 > . . : ->*