The Abbeville Press and Banner, f
BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 3. C., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1905. ESTABLISHED 1844^
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in their styish
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in a roueh sketch like thi
stock next time you're in.
,fit; and the quality is sur<
.Everything else that'
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ASSOCIATION. I
^*operty Insured, $925,000 S
r January 1st, 1904.
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W^KIXE TO OB^GALL on Ute nodenlguer V
I"w or w ui iiumoi 01 your ivw uiuj>
tor any Information yon may dealre aboo
or plan of Inanranoe. f
Weinaura your property agalnat deatrn. a
tlon hjr ?
nu, 7UBST0U OS U6BIM, ,
and do bo cheaper than any Inanranoe Con 0
pany In exlatenoe. e
Remember wo arc prepared to prove to yen
tbal oura la ttae aafeat and oncapeat plan 1 ,
Inanranoe known.
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J. B. BLASE,Jr., Gen. Agent >
Abbeville, S. C. e
J. FBASBB LTON, Pres. [
Abbeville, 8. J3.
BOARD DIRECTORS. .'
8. G. Major ...Green wood t
J.T. Mabry - Cokeabnry t
W. B. Acker ....Donalds ,
n.- n flin^iMlu TtnnVut 1
T. L. Haddon Long Cane ]
I. A. Keller ?Bmltbville
A. K. WaUon Cedar Spring
A.M. Keld?....?..... .AbbevilleTownshlj 1
W. W. Bradley Abbeville City. . ]
Dr. J. A. Anderwjn Antrevllle
H. A. Tennent -.Lowndesvllle
A. O. Grant....... Magnolia S
J. R. Tarrant .....Calhoun Mills
H. L. Edmondi..... Bordeaux !
S. O. Harvey...- Walnut Grove I
W. a Martin -Hodgee |
J. D. Coleman ? Coronaoa
J.Add.Calhonii?.^...-H?nety^lx '
J. M. Payne .......Klnarde
J. B. Taylor Fellowship
1 T aWa Phranlt
Ksv. j. b. Udm Verdery
J. H. Chiles, Jr .Bradley
J. W. Lyon Troy
W. A. Cheatham .........Yeldell 1
P. B. Calliaon ......Calliaon
W. M. Oats ......Klrksess
Caleb Walton ...... Brook*
AbbovlHe. 8 0.. Jan. 18. 1904.
Remember jon can always fled school
books, tablets bEd pencils at Speid'B Drug
Store. <
We ba\e a nice lire rf hcHts hand bag
which we are telling at itduccd prices.?
Speed's Ding Store.
Do you need s< me visiting cards? If to go
to Speed's and s?e the very latest styles in
carda, Invltatlona and monogram stationery.
Tbla Is tbe very prettiest line that has ever
been shown here. If yon appreciate swell
* stationery yon can't slay away. Speed's
Dro| Store.
Speed's corn enre will sure remove yonr
corns. Money refunded If It lalla. Speed's
Prog Store.
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of a/1 Cuifc
mm mm
e Fashion; B
it here are the
smartness.
ow their unusual look of
s?'you will get a better
Slip on a coat or two ;
i from their make?"Sci
s smart for Fall, here.
I Overcoats $5
TDERSO]
South Carolina Holes.
The dispensary election will be held
a uconee \jci.
Three stores or. Main street in
freenviile sold for $18,000.
Dr. T. C. Doyle has been elected to a
tiird term as mayer of Orangeburg.
Oct. 10 has been Darned as the date
f the dispensary election in DarlingOD.
Mrs. J. W. Daniel, wife of the
aBtoroftbe Washington Sreet Methdist
Church in Columbia, is dead.
The trial of A. R. Sullivan, dispener
at Laurens charged with being
bort, will begin at Laurena next
reek.
A fine horse for which he has re
used $180 belonging to W. N. Carner
t Union, ran away in that city and
robe hia neck.
Balloon ascensions will never be enIreiy
safe until they can stretch nets
ver a large section of the face of the
artb.
The contract is said to have been let
or the construction of the Saluda Valey
R. R., leading from Greenville toward
tbe mountains.
A carload of matches in tbe Southm
freight yards in Greenville gave
he firemen a hard fight for two
jours. The loss is about $1,500.
Mayor Rhett of Charleston says he
s entirely willing to appear as a witless
before tbe dispensary investigating
committee at its next session.
The petition for a dispensary elecion
in Chebterfleld was;.refused, tbe
lupervisor claiming that sufficient signatures
bad not been secured. The
prohibitionists dispute this.
JeBBe Henderson who was ejected
from a street car in Greenville for alleged
misconduct, has brought suit
igainst tbe street railway company for
?5,000 damages.
It is not believed in Lancaster that
the alleged Heath Spring robbers will
t>e surrendered by North Carolina and
returned to this state for prosecution.
J. B. Summons has been arrested in
Rock Hill on a warrant of Magistrate
Harby of Sumter, charged with living
with Jjtila Sinclair, without being
married to her.
Fletcher Byrdand Palmer Cheswell
have been brought back,from Columbia
to Greenville and will be sentenced
to death during the present term of
court for the murder of Magistrate
Cox.
Judge Dantzler has signed an order
for the condemnation of certain land
belonging to the Mallard Lumber Co.,
in Greenville, which is necessary to
build a spur track to the Huguenot
Mills. The Mallard Company will
appeal. ,
Foul play is suspected in the case o1
J. D. Hawkins the Brandon Mill
far fitulfl "!
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tight again, as
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neatness and distinction !
idea from a glance at our i
and you'll see how they
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operative, who was found seriously injured
Dear the railroad track at Cal- '
houn station, near Clemson College. I
Hawkins is not yet able to talk 00- <
herently aod consequently cannot
give a clear story of his experiences. 1
In the Carolinas the cotton situa
tion is not materially changed. 1
In South Carolina slight Improve- j
ment is indicated in localities and
deterioration in others, the plant hav- '
Ine stopped growing on sandy lands, j
but continues green and is fruiting on
oiay soils. 1
T. P. Cothran and J A. McCullouigh j
appeared before Judge Pritchard on a ,
motion of the plaintiff to remand the ,
Cope .damage snit for $75,000 against (
the Southern Railway to the state ,
courts. This is the case resulting from J
tbe death of young Cope, brakeman. ,
on the Ogden special, in tbe wreck of '
that train in Greenville Id April. |
Hub Evans said at Columbia: "Ben 1
Tillman nor Frasier Lyon nor anybody ,
else better not say Hub Evans stole 1
anything. " He is quoted as replying j
| with an oath to the suggestion rroin
Tillman that the board resign : ' I (
I will not only not resign but I am going t
| to run for re-election and I will be reelected.
I'll show thefce bullies a
! thing or two. " (
Barkndale'a Locals.
Every livlDg creature baa to eat, we bare
Ju?t reoelved alx oar load* of feed for horses,
cowa, boge, chickens, boy* and gtrls a loo tba
old folks.
Over 100 cases of aboei open up and marked
during ibe past 30 days, wben In need of a
good aboe call on ua.
Flour ! Flour!! Flour!!! 1 have any grade
or patent from lbt> ebeapeat to tbe tlueit.
Wben tbe word "machine" la baerd tbe
flrat thought la, la It Wheeler aod Wilson.
W. D. Barfcsdale sella them.
Anything and Everything kept In General
Merchandise store well be found at tbe
atore of W. D. Barksdale.
A car load of wagons Just arrived.
McKEK'8 LOCALS.
We have bought 400 bbls of floor at tbe lowest
price and 11 is now advancing, fie sure to
ee us if you are ready to bay. .
Be sure to see us before yon buy yonr teed
oaU.
Our lice of shoes are second to none. Let
as show yon our line before yon bny.
Tea thousand gun shells at McKee's and
guns to aboot them.
Try our roaated ooffee.
We keep a fine line of canned good a
shrimp, craba, lobsters, salmon, French sardinea,
salad dreaalng, Helnts picklaa and
prepared muatard.
It will pay yon to aee me before you buy
your clothing, hats and underware,
" '-u " o "Inn lino Clf fflfUUi wftrn
II yOU W1IU lu loo a 1.IUV .... m
at prlceB ibai will interest you. See ours.
40 years of experience-The
Iron King.
Land lor Sale.
' 560 acres of the best land in the
Flatwoods. Apply to
J. S. Norwood, Dresden, S. C. 1
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Coitou la Aaatralla.
Special to The State.
Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 15. ?There
exists a strong probability tbat in the
near future cotton, like wool, may become
one of the staple products of the
Australian commonwealth. The suitability
of soil and climate for cotton
growing in the greater part of Queensland,
northern West Australia and the
vast northern territory of South A ustralia
has long become placed beyond
all dipute; but tbe paucity of popula- ,
tion, apart from other considerations, ,
has hitherto formed an obstacle in the
way of any extensive development of (
the industry.
In the northeru territory the cotton i
plant has (Jlissemiuaied itself without |
the assistance of man, and may almost
be regarded as a portion of the North
Australian flora, no less than seven out
of the eight known species being found f
In that couutry, Some years ago it (
looked as if cotton cultivation were (
destined to become geueral in Queensland,
and a cotton mill was established, 1
but low prices, insulHcieut capital,and (
want of experience led to heavy losses, ]
which discouraged cotton growers and
caused them to take to dairy farming (
and other rural industries. Things are (
changed now. Queensland farmers ^
believe in the possibilities of cotton
Bultivation, and are prepared to undertake
it on an extensive scale if assured t
a sufficient supply of labor during the j
pioking season. There is no need for
the employment of colored labor, but
the white labor is apt to weary of the 1
monotony of bis occupation. An aver- c
age farmer's family could readily work ,
au area of from five to ten acres, in adiition
to other farm work. The same '
remark applies also to northern Australia
generally. The cultivation of
sotton, we are told, seems to be the
t>eat complement of cane growing.
The cane is a shrub plant, thriving
best when close together, and is admirably
suited to be grown on the
heavy shrub lands, whilst the cotton is
essentially suited for being grown on
the lighter forest lapds. In the coming
time it will be found necessary to
irrigate ail cane lands; but the cotton
will not absolutely reouire irrigation,
[n the cane growing districts there is a
very large proportion of the land unfit
for growing cane, Even the richest
red soil forest lands, though they grow
splendid cane for a lew years, are
very quickly exhausted for that
;ultnre ; but these form the very best
joil for cotton growlDg. The table
lands of uorthern Queensland have
t)een proved to be admirably suited for
growing the high class cottons. The
possile returns, even at a low market price,
from an acre of cotton are estimated
at 15 pocnds.
A Queensland scientist, Dr. Thomatis,
who has devoted much time and
money to experimental cotton growing,
has evolved an apparently pro- ?
mining variety of cotton by hybridliation,
whbh he calls "Caravonica." ,
Thi? new sDecies is described as hav- J
Ing a " staple very long, Btrong. regular
aud of a wooly appearance, so that t
it can be used as a substitute for (
wool." The new cotton is now regarded
by American and otber growers as
the beet yet known. There are two
varieties of the new Caravoniea, one
forming, as above mentioned, a kind
3f substitute for wool; the other being
>f a silky texture and very superior.
What Dr. Thomatis has produced of it
from time to lime has been sold up to
is 6d per pound, and there are orders
for all that oan be grown at that price.
The first named kind has the advantige
that, instead of being an annual,
is are those varieties mostly raised in
America, it in, truth, a perennial tree.
The labor of annual planting is, therefore,
avoided, and all that is required
Is to keep the plantation clean in the
lame manner that orchards are. 9
it is a rapid grower, and in 12 months
reaches at height of seven feet, and then
yields a small crop; but it continues to 0
grow, and in a year or two more yields 1,
enormous crops. Commenting on
Lhese facts, we are told that they in. ,
iicate a splendid future for the great
northern areas of the commonwealth. *
Hie demand for cotton is ever increas
mg. It baa already more iaau uv?r-ii
taken thesunply, and it is still increasing,
and will coDtinue to year by year ,
is the great markets of Asia and Africa \
are opened up. Since 1887 the consumption
has increased by 200,000,QQQ j
pounds per annum, and yet tbe prioe
of tbe raw material has doubled in tbe <
past few years. There is, therefore, a
practically unlimited market for what- t
ever Australia may be.able to produce. 1
The climate of the Australian cotton i
growing districts has been found not )
only endurable, but healthful to Eu- !
ropeans who have lived there for various
periods up to 25 years. More- <
over, whatever may be the assertions 1
ss to the work in the sugar cane fields ,
not being suitable for Europeans, it cer- i
tainly does not apply to the cultivation ,
of Carvonica cotton. ,
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('heap Kb Us Tin Southern Railfur. |
To Washington, D.C.,and return account I
American Backers Association, October 10 13,
1806. i
One far* plus 96 cents for tbe round trip.
Tloksts on sal* October 8tb and 8ih, final
limit Ootober 16tb, with privilege of extension
for an additional ten dais on deposit of tick- I
et and payment of fee or50 oems. i
To Chicago, 111., and return, Acoount
National Baptist Convention, Col., October i
26-31 st, 1905.
One fare pins 50 oents tor the ronnd trip.
Tlokets on sale Ootober 23rd and 24th, limited
to retnrn leaving Chicago not later than
November 5tb, 1905.
For fnrtber Information as to rates,
schedules, etc., call on any agent of Southern
Railway, or address,
R W. Hunt, D. P. A. Brooks Morgan,
Charleston, 8. C. A. O. P, A. Atlanta, Qa.
The Law na lo Treapaaa.
"Every entry upon tbe lands of another,
after notloe from tbe owner or tenant prohibiting
tbe same, shall be a misdemeanor,
and to nepunlsbed by a fin* not to exceed
one hundred dollars or imprisonment with
bard labor on tbe public works of tbe
oounty not exoeeding thirty days. Provided
: That wherever any owner or tenant
of any lands shall post a notice 1b four conspicuous
places on the borders of any lands,
prohibiting entry thereon, and shall publlsb
once a week for four suooesslve weeks,
suob notice in any newspaper circulating
In the county where such lands are situated,
a proof of tbe posting and of publishing suob
notloe prior lo the entry, shall be deemed
and taken as notice conclusive against the
person making entry as aforesaid for hunting
and fishing."
D. ofC's.
The Daughters of the Confederacy, Abbeville
Chapter, will meet at the home of Mrs.
J. C. Ellis next Tuesday afternoon at five
o'clock, October 10th.
All member* will oome prepared to pay
> their due*.
"If
Darp's
Enterprise
Stoves.
Some manufacturers lay much
jtress upon the nickel display
>n their stoves, and the dealer
;alls attention to this feature
ibove all others, for the reason, ^6
loubtless, that this gaudy nickiner
pleases the eve and the
lustomer forgets to look for
quality. This is not the case
vith the Enterprise Stoves.
This nickel display cost somehing,
of course, and as Enter)rise
Stove quality cannot be
aised any higher, the too much
lickel display is left off and the
lifference is offered the custom- 0
lr. This is a saving for you.
Stove Prices beg
Fancy China.
We have received a big shipment
of odd pieces in China,
Vases, Plaques, Game Sets,
Fish Sets, Punch Bowls, C. &
S. in varied shapes, and we
are receiving fresh shipments
daily and we invite a close inRnpntion
bv the DeoDle of the
city and country.
Bassett open Stock China.
Don't forget t
?Gibson's Christi
Lots of bright and
3ibson's in the lo1
Dargan's
WEST END.
Tews Dots Picked IJp Here aod There
Abont the City.
Mlsa Kate Haddon of Due West was Id tbe
Ity last week for several days tbe guest of
Has Belle Haddon.
MIm Annie Hawthorne of Latimer baa
een in tbe olty for tbe paat teo daya stayQg
wltb ber aunt, Mrs. Jobn B Blake.
Mr. Courtney Wilson baa gone to Anderon
to accept a position wltb tbe firm of
loD Cater.
Mr. Willie Robinson baa a position wltb
be firm of J. F. Miller.
Mrs. A. E. Coxe came borne last Wedens
lay from Iva wbere ?be bas been spending
ome time wltb ber daughter Mrs. Samuel
V barton.
Mrs, H< A. Allen of Warrentou spent seviral
daya bere laat week wltb ber alster,
drs. M. H. Wilson.
Mlaa Corrle Graves of Latimer Is Id tbe
ilty spending some time wltb Miss Louise
JeBrubl.
Rev. J. Hagen Graves of Newberry was in
he olty last week tbe guest ol bis sister.
Ars. W. A. Nick lea.
Miss Mattle LReagan wbo bas been out
Vest spending tbie summer montbs. was
n tbe olty last week tbe guest of Mr. W. D.
Sarksdale before returning to ber bome In
["roy.
*"? A D'"*a y?aa haon ononfilnc
Mill A|iie> ni|(o nuu ?w. 0
tome time bere with Mr*. G. A. Neuffer ha*
aa? gone to ber borne la Orangeburg.
Miss Rlggs will return to Abbeville In a
ibort time to take charge of the Bethel
school la the Sharon nelgbood.
MIbs Lucy Henry ias gone to Hook Hill
where she will enter the Wlntbrop for a
Tour years course. Miss Henry la a special
fovorate In Abbeville and ber sunny presence
will be greatly missed.
Miss Marie Cromer wan In tbe olty last week
the guest of ber sister Mrs. Franklin .Nicklea.
Congressman Wyatt Aiken was In Pickens
leveral days last week on business.
MIsaLlla l'.Speerand Mr, a. W. Speer, of
Monterey were In tbe olty Friday.
Mr. W. A. Lee spent a lew days In Colombia
laat week, before going to resume bis
tudles at a Textile College In New Bead lord,
Mass. Mr. Lee bas been spending part or bis
nummer vacation bere wlib his mother, Mrs.
V. D. Lee.
Mrs. W. D. Barksdaleand ber oblldren are
In Oreanwood for a ten days stay with Mrs.
J. K. Durst.
Mr. Wallace Harris bas gone to Charleston
to resume bis studies at tbe Soutb Carolina
Mllltery Academy.
Master Jaok Harden came home from
Rome, tia., Thursday. He bas a position
with tbe firm of J. Allen Smith Jr. and began
bis duties Monday.
Miss Irene Rosenberg left Monday for Baltimore
wbere she expects to enter college.
It bas not been fully decldlned which College
Miss Rosenberg will attend but she hopes
to enter Madam Lefarere's School lor Young
Ladles,
Miss Adelaide Riggs has gone to Greenwood
where she will spend a while with her
sister Mrs. Edith Rlggs Holloway. Miss
Rlggs was tbe guest of Mrs. Neutfer while
here.
Mrs. R. F'. Hill Is home again alter a pleasant
viHit to her bome people In Cbatanooga,
Teon,
Mr. PblUlp Cromer has gone to Charleston
to reiume bin studies at tue Citadel.
Mrs. Morgan Baldwin and ber pretty little
daughter Mary Hamilton have returned to
their uome In Baltimore after spending some
time here with Judge R. E. Hill,
Mrs. J. S.Norwood of Dresden spent several
days in the oily last week the guest of Mrs.
James H. Perrin.
Miss Rosa Maxwell Is spending a week
with Miss Grace Smltb.
Rev. J. C. Sblve went to Columbia last
week to be present at the meeting of the
tr. itees of the Presbyterian College of Clinton.
Mr. W. D. Barksdale spent Sunday in
Greenwood.
Mrs. J. N. Wilson and hor children ol
5 and 10
Hole and Warming Closet.
[in at $8 and go slow!
CUT GLASS. :
We carry the justly celebrated
Quaker City line of Cut
; Glass, and we have received
a splendid collection very re.
j cently. Some swell new
shapes and a great many surprising
values.
We are showing some beautiful
Ramoquins in fine China
just in.
o see the Pictures
es?hand painted gi
attractive Pictures
t.
3 5 and 10
Lowndesville ware In the city several days 4
last week the guest of Mrs. W. D. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cowan of Boll view
were In town last week staying with Mrs. P.
A. Cheatham.
Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Wilson spent Sunday it
at Warrenton the guests of relatives. tl
Dr. J. lx>wrle Wilson went to Atiama Mon u
d?y to consult Dr. Calhonn about his eyes, sc
Ilia nopea inai ne may oe oenemieu 07 mm n
treatment. u
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nlcklea spent last
Tburfday In Hodges the guest of Mrs. James p.
McCord. ti
MIbs Lizzie Glbert of Lebanon Is In the city b<
spending sometime wltb her sister Mrs. Allen b
Glllebem. n
Mr. P. Rosenberg has gone to Baltimore 01
for a few days stay. Ic
Rev. L. W. Brown of Lebanon was Jn the u
olty Sunday and MoDday the guest ot friends, a
Miss Blanch Gary came over from Green- N|
wood Saturday and stayed until Monday u
wltb her homo people. t!
Mrs. M. u, BuliocS will enertaln the Evening
Card Club Thursday evening ai 1U fllrst t?
meeting. Tbe Club Ib composed of young e
ladles and men and will be continued through n
out the winter. tl
Mr. J. Alien Smllh was In Columbia several u
days last week on business. b
Mrs. A. L Garrison oame home Tuesday
from Peachland N. C. whore Bhe has been ^
spending tbe past two weefcs. 1
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Flint Glnuers' Report of tbe ceusna H
BlirrHU. c
Washington, Oot. 2?The census bureau J
today Issued a bulletin showing the quantity *
of cotton ginned from the growth of 1905 to fl
September 15 to be 2,358,081 bales. 11
These flgnres were compiled from teleg- t
raphlc reports of special sgents ofthebu- *>
reau who have canvassed the ginneries of r
th* varloua 8tates and territories of the varl- '
"A Krateu and n?rles which will be Issued 0
regularly hereafter, until the completion of F
the glnnng of tbe crop of 1905. The report Is S
earlier than any made In 1904, rendering 1
comparison Impossible. Tbe report by States 6
glveB the following results : f
State. Bales. 1
Alabama 380.30S a
Arkansas 9,352
Florida 1S.864 <
Georgia 600.212 P
Indian territory 14,095 *
Louisiana 44.794 0
Mississippi 98,617 0
Missouri 245 0
North Carolina 121,243 ?
Oklahoma 8,825 6
Houth Carolina...:. 329,862
Tennessee 3.25ft 11
Texas 777,446 n
Virginia !$8 8
In this report two round bales have been 11
oaunted as the equivalent of one square bale.
The number of round bales Included Is ^
72,196.
INDICTMENTS IN COTTON
LEAK.
Ntrongrr Chh?? Minle Out AicHiunt g
Tlioae Already Arreted. a
Washington, Oct. 2.?Tbe lederal grand Jury j
today reported new Indictments In tbe cotton
crop report leakage cases against Edwin r
8. Holmes, J., former assoslate statistician of :
tbe agricultural department: Frederick A. I
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feCKUttm BDQ jUUBCB uono ui xvs.a..
They cover the same ground as the old In- ?
dlcttneols, but are believed to be more sped- ?
flcand have been prepared with greater care. ,
The lndloimenta were prepared at the in- ,
staDce, and with the cooperation of Former g
District Attorney Beach now holding ihe *
position of Hpeclal attorney for tbe depart- c
, meat of justice In the cotton leakage ease*.
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i We always push onr own brands of goods, \
this la how we have made Speed's Clnco 2
I Cigar* so famous. <
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10 Store.
National i
Range. J
r We have been asked why we
put our name upon our stoves.
Our answer was that the great
confidence we had in the En- . ' 'si
| terprise made us do this, in .
j| fact we are proud to have our
|r name on such magnificently .'
? i made goods, and in 10 or 15
years hence we would like to 1
have those who chanced to see ;ijjj
our stoves still doing good
work know just where they
came from. The manufacturer
of Enterprise Stoves guaran- '
tees them for 15 years. We
think it a prvrwl advprtispment isw
to have our name on such
stoves.
y up to $42.50. |f|
Ladies Have Yon a Set of
Rosette Irons ? - 'M
We have received a shipment
of them, and while we have
been told that in Atlanta
they sold for 90cts per set, our
special price will be oOcts.
we are showing |l
irl heads, lots and ||
for lOets. . Some ; ;|j
c Store, m
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oeatolns as to Cotton Mill Manage- . jj
meat.
News and Courier.
The question li sometimes asked, Why ]
, in view of the splendid prosperity the telle
industry in tbe South bas enjoyed npon
le wbole during tbe last twenty >ears, tbat
> many mills are not now prosperous, as la
ldlacted by their shares being quoted at
res below par value?
A number of reasons might be given, bat
erhaps tbe best and chief Is tbat tbe lndnay
is yet In Its youth. It should be rememBred
that the mills of the South have been
ullt and managed, as a rule, not by spin
era, but by lawyers, doctors, bankers and
Lber men from every c&UIng wbo have
tamed tbe manufacturing business alter
ieir entrance Into It. Tbat in tbe establiahient
of tbe Industry numerous mistakes
bould occur, together wltb Individual lallres,
was to be expected, and tbe marvel la
aat tbese have been comparatively few. ' ^
If tbe men wbo bave been attracted to cotin
manufacturing bad not as a rule poeseaad
uucommon cleverneis and energy, It la
kely t bat tbe beginnings of tbe Industry la
be South would have been attended with 'a ?
such larger number ol failures than baa
een tbe aotual case.
We have heard It suggested frequently of
ate that the combination In one person of
be offices of tbe president and treasurer of a
alii Is not advisable. It Is held tbat fiscal
,nd administrative funotlons bave no neoeaary
connection, and tbat there Is danger of
lotblng one man with so much power that
be interests of tbe share-holders are not
troperly safeguarded. In disbursing the
nnds ol a corporation, the argument is not
ecessarny cuuuutu ? cunuu mum, jt jB mu
bat the treasurer and the president should
,e two men, an J, the signature of both being
equlrad for tbe expenditure-of company
aids, 'hey would be checks upon each
tber. Undoubtedly tbe power of a mill
iresldentand treasurer Is extraordinary In
ioutb Carolina. In Massachusetts, we are
n formed, not only are these officers not com>lned,
but no large pecuniary transactions
re permitted by the corporation unless with
he express consent In writing lu tbe form of
resolution of the directory.
The habit of one mill president becoming
be head ol a number of manufacturing oomanles
Is anotner thing sometimes criticised.
l third policy that bus been unfavorbty
ominented upon Is ihe under capitalisation
I ibe new mills, that Is to say, tbe building
f a half million dollar plant upon a quarter
famlillou dollars capital, tbe remainder
elng borrowed money. *
We only go so far now as to say that the
iiur reiiched tbat stane of develop
oent to'permit careful and comprehensive
tudy upon the broadest lines of all that eners
Into Its conduct.
laiciHtrafe M?riia Holds Preliminary
In Hie C'HNe or PnrtleN Charted
With the Killing of Allen Pendleton.
Bond Grnuted Before Justice
Gary.
The preliminary bearing In tbe case of the
Hate against sundry persons charged with
be killing of Allen Pendleton, was held here
Saturday before Magistrate Martin of Sonilds.
The accused parties bad been bound
iver and put In Jail but no commitments
lad been Issued.
Cross examination developed some te?tlnony
favorable to tbe defendants, but the
larties were all sent up for trial In tbe higher
oiirt*
Application for ball was made before Asboilate
Justice Gary whloh was granted In the ?
um of seven thousand dollars eacb. Jusice
Gary stated that the testimony was some(hut
conflicting, and without undertaking to
:rade the degiee of evidence against the several
defendants us slatt-d, he Axed tbe bond
>t each at tbe same amount. /
Defendants gave the bond and returned to
belr homes Saturday night.
Solicitor Cooper represented tbe State In
lerson ; tbe defendants were represented by
kleBsrs. Graydon, Gary and Green of tbe
jbbevllle bar.
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