The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, June 05, 1907, Image 4

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..? -ii i .11 ..... The Press and Banner ?? b Bv W. W, and W. R, Bradley. * HUGH WILSON, Editor. " - fc r< ABBEVILLE, S. C. a c ^-Published every Wedne?dp at 82 a .] year In advanoe. ^ Wednesday, June 5, 1907. _ A a IntereHtlug Week. | Th)8 is a memorable week In Due WeBt. e Many old friends and other distinguished t guests are present in honor of the occasion, * Commencement week Is always the most In- t terestlng week of the year, and Is especially c so for various reasons. The Colleges bave t been more prosperous than ever before. Hat* mony and good^feellDg prevails. t Among lbe interesting ceremonies was the installation of Rev. J. S. Moffatt as president t of Ersklno College, and his acceptance of the ], position is ominous of a splendid future for t 4U" /^anAnnJnaHrtnol /VtllAPA 111 th6 8 LUO UiUCBl UQUUiuiuatiVMHi w..V0. State. His acquirements and blB executive 0 ability eminently qualify blm for tbe posl- 1 tlon of president of tbeErsklne faculty. This ? newspaper believes that a better man for tbe j place could not be found, and we predict good I things for tbe College under Ms control. His ? genius anb bis magnetism will draw to blm 0 tbe strength of tbe cburcb, and be will be, t bo to speak, a central figure around wblcb all c may assemble to consult on business matter* t connected wltb eltber tbe college or the s church. His zeal will be an Inspiration for j! unity of aotlon for the common good. ( In a former copy of the PresB and Banner 0 , we have referred to tbe low salaries which are f paid to Ersklne's professors. Tbe aalarieB are t bo low that many members of tbe faculty c hold their plaoes at personal loss. Except for c their loyalty to the cburcb, they would ac- t oept positions In other oollegea wblcb pay 1 better salaries. A man ought not to be ex- 3 pected to serve at a personal Iofs. The t cburch ought to pay good salaries. It Is hu- ? mutating for a professor in Erskine to say v that be receives less pay than the average su- t N parlntendent of village schools, The idea ol ' Inadequate salaries does not make a good im- e presslon upon either the church or tbe gen- < nnol nnkliA J The Installation of Dr. F. Y. Prepsly an president of the Theological Seminary was an event of the week. Dr. Pressly Is a man of ability, possessing scholarly attainments, t He Is a worthy successor of his predeces Bora, and his influence in the Seminary Is already felt, as 1b evidenced by the large class ol students. The president of the Theollglcal Seminary ought to have his salary raised, too. ? n ... t The Warehouse. 11 The stockholders and tte directors ol the A \bbevllle Warehouse met last Friday. Re- p ports of the financial status of the oompany t| ' . were made, which proved the condition ol the ^ warehouse to be in a most satisfactory oondltlOD. Besides spending thousands of dollars g on Improvements and a new building, the f( company waa able to pay a dividend ol seven y per cent. In cash to the shareholders. y All the old officers were re-elected wltbont solicitation on tbelr part, and In the instances of Manager Maglll and President a Cox, an Inorease of tbelr salary was made. Mr. Cox always makes bis enterprises pay fl 1 1".AitM nAt hnro hoan tnn hlirh ?I1U ItJJJf Mini J rruuiu ?- w ~ -T_ gJ for blm. Manager Maglll 1b tbe man for the w plaoe. Id applioatioD to boslness and In sa- Q gaclty to manage tbe warehouse he Is at the fl top roand, and deserves tbe best of pay. He and Mr. Cox make a strong team. With their i . united efforts we do not see how it Is possible for tbe warebouse to stand any where below flrstola&s. But tbey are modest men, and w eemed to think that tbe outlook is not quite jj' as good as it was year before last. But wltb 5, Insurance reduced from 70 cent* a bale down w to five cents a bale, tbe business Is obliged to ^ be good. Tbe old line companies have re- p< - duced their rates from 81.40 to 15 cents per w hundred. Tbe mutual mill companies take ^ Insurance at a rate whlcb makes 6 cents a bi bale for the year. a? Year before last the compeny paid 82,400 in ^ premiums. Last year, for about the same Id- |0 so ranee, tbe company paid only 8200. M This advantageous arrangement was obtalued solely by tbe efforts of President Cox. Id this saving be stands at tbe bead Id sdcoeasful management. <f? When Mr. Cox takes hold of a business enterprise you can set it down as aa assured T< ... Id in / mmmm d< * M ProcrMHlTe Mayor and Conncllmeu. b{ Abbeville has just reason to be prond of ber fo city council. It is progressive and fearless in cl t be discbarge of Its duty, especially In look be ing after tbe health of the people. Water tb mains are being extended to different streets and tbe sewerage system should follow, and te does follow. w The health of the olty is of first Importance, e, and fo^this reason the Mayor and Aldermen w are extending the territory to which tbe or- KU dlnance^in reference to tbe surface water ,<6 closets applies. As fast as possible such closets are abollBbed or torn down. An elegant city bait Is In contemplation, b1 and tbe contract for Us oonBtraotlon will bt soon be let. * Vigilant policemen keep good order. ON Dt fenders agslnBt any of tbe laws are generally b< caught, and tbe fines wblch are collected of se D( violators of the ordinances pay the expense m of keeping them straight, d^i m ? m bi Value of Real Estate. r# nxwrn lonrf In or urnnnd Abbeville you can grit your teeth on the end of a twen. ty-flve cent cigar, bant up Croesus and Midas and John D. and "shake" with the old sports and tell them tbey are not in it a little blta Mr. Frank Nickles was offered fifty "per" for a piece of land out of town and he reluied I the offer with as much sany frovl as 1b possi- A bie to exhibit, Just as if such a proposition at was not to be considered at all. "Cousin ft' Frank" knows that some day the tract is going to be worth a hundred "per," and conse- L vuentiy be is freezing to it "like grim death O to a defunct Senegamblan," or barnacles to U the bottom of a bark. g ? ' / 0 Tbe Abbeville Building and Loan. D I The subscriptions to the Abbeville Building d / and Loan Soolety have so far exoeeded what D / the officers of the society expected that they ? / will ask for a charter coverlDg twice tbe B amount they bad at first counted on asking. L J Tbe Building and Loan Society la some- ^ tblng Abbeville bas needed for a long time, r A man of small means or income can buy a borne tbrougb it almost as cbeap as be can rent. Many men are renting to-day, wbo, bad tbey Joined a building and loan years ago, w~uld by this time own tbeir own Ci homes. Just a fraction more per month tban ~ the rent buys tbe bouse in a few years. U Mr. Wilson is getting ready to build on bis L) lot opposite tbe Southern depot, a brick bouse B tor tbe storage of cotton seed and bulls, or other goods,wblch be Intends to offer for rent. The floor is to be on a level with tbe car floors, and & new side-track will run paBt tbe door, so tbat seed and bulls may be most cheaply bandied. There Is at Abbeville a demand lor more storage room, and tbeir seems V to be a general Impression tbat the cotton * seed and hall business would be a profitable "t k one. ai dt DaughterM of the Confederacy. Tbe Daughters of tbe Confederacy will meet at the borne of Mrs. W. C. Sherard on Tuee* day evening, June 11 at 5:30o'olock. i ^ i Try as and we will abow you tbe beet < values in Tooth Brushes in town. The Mo- i*c .Murray Drag Co. 10, Correcting tbe Reeord. In nearly all accounts of the engagement Btween the Virginia (Merrlmac) and tbe ionltor ofl Newport News, the Monitor Is iid to have gotten the beet ot the engagetent forcing the Virginia to retire badly orated. The reason for this statement Is >uad In the fact that the engagement was so eported to the Federal Navy Department d publication has cot been given to the orrected statement of the facts. We copy below an editorial clipping from tie Virginia Pilot. Norfolk, Va. that will be iterestlng to those who would see history orrectly written. The bhttle between the "Merrlmao and lonltcr" was fought Just off Newport Newg iot far from the location of the Chamber aln Hotel at Old Point Comfort. Ibe loatlonof the engagement is in full view from be exposition grounds. Visitors looking toward the big grain elevatorsat Newport News rom the exposition grouuds look dlreotly iver tbe section of Hampton Roads wbere he famous seaflght took place. Tbe following piece will be of peculiar inerest to any who may visit tbe exposition: Our attention baB been called to tbe fact bat since writing a notice of Mr. Fiveasb'tnteroNtlng and valuable story of the Virginia >nd Monitor, that Capt. H. P. Llttlepage, ormerly of the Confederate Navy and a midblpman on tbe Virginia from start to flnlsn if her career, has also deemed thin "gathering >f tbe fleets" an appropriate season for gainng the publlo ear for a truthful version of vents which have been long grievously misen rasen ted. OaDtaln Lltlleoage's aocount b more leDgtby, bat does Dot differ as to jalDftaklng accuracy and impartialy marballing of all reliable and relevant testimony 10m tb?> treatment of tbe subject In tbe work >f Mr. Fiveasb. Tbe olaims pot forward by toib writers may be synopslzed as follows: (I) Tbat tbe Virginia wa? tbe first Ironclad nan of war, tbe first steam battery proteoted ty armor and It was conceived and contracted by tbe Confederate secretary of navy ind tbree assistants; (2) tbat tbe Virginia evolutlonlznd tbe naval warfare of tbe world 3) tbat the Monitor, in form and Idea, was loncelved from the Virginia; (4) tbat the Va. .dually debated tbe Monitor in tbe battle of lampion Roads. Marob 9. 1862, and forced be Monitor to withdraw and retreat nader over of tbe guns of Fortress Mod roe; (5) that iftertbe retreat of tbe Monitor the Virginia iffered battle repeatedly, and tbe Monitor reused to renrw tbe engagement; (9) tbat on Iprll 11 tbe Virginia "teamed wlibln range >r tbe gnns of the Rip Raps and Fortress donroe and In full range of tbe Monitor and ter attending sqaadron, and dispatched two >f her wooden consortR to capture tbree fedeal vessels and tow '.hem, with their colors reeraed, under tbe bows of foreign men or war hen present, to Norfolk as prizes of war; (7) hat tbe Confederate ship was destroyed by irderofber commander ween Norfolk was vaouated by tbe Southern troops beoause she >oold not be taken up tbe James river. Tbe trengtb of tbe case made oat by each author s that tbelr contention is abundantly and ncontestably proven, If every scrap of evi lenoe they adduce should be rejected except bat furnisher by tbe official reports of tbe nderal officers to the navy department of tbe J. 8. A New Lawyer. Mr. Ernest L. Vlsanska, tbe yonngest son of ir. G. A. Vlsanska of this city, has returned rom Columbia where he went to be admitted o the Bar. He la now Uoensed to practice *w in South Carolina and also Virginia. After graduating at tbe Graded a6bool of UUnntl In KM m T7" t?n m c>rn r?n<A. A I lUUO v wio, iui. t loauDAa. ncui w JUActoi f a reparatory school for the Universities. Upon tie completion of the course here entered ale, graduating there In 1905. For the past ivo years be has been a student at the Law ohool of the University of Virginia, and om this Institution comes to as a* a L. L. B. Lr. Vlsanska le one of the best educated oung men In the State, and the record of his ireer as student Id College and University la vldence enough of his energy, grit and blllty. We are not Informed as to where our yonng lend and lawyer will locate, but whether he ^ys with us or goes elsewhere, he oarrles lth him our best wishes. We have our eyes pon blm and expect to hear from blm in the lture. Tbe Mayors Monday Hntluee. Rosy Qoosby la a good gardener. Hbe orks In her gardens at night?In the wee ours of tbe morning. On last Saturday Ightjust after the roosters bad crowed tbe Aif way mark. Roxy sauntered forth to ork In one of her gardens, (Roxy bates sun line like tbe devil bates holy water) which irdeo It seems bad a prior claimant In tbe Brson of policeman 8cbroeder. While Roxy as diligently collecting various legumen* ad cole worts and "engons" and things for er Sunday dinner roundsman Snbroeder appened up In a most mal-apro-pos manner i Is bis custom with suob as Roxy. Of >urse Roxy's lower maxilla "drapt."?she as caught with lbe goods?and It "drapt >wer tban tbat Monday morning wben tbe ayor wrote on tbe olty Doom Book, oppo* te her name, $25.00 or thirty days. Monk Morbeck being eager to beat up bis istronomlc machinery with fire'water enred tbe dispensary on Saturday eveninir id stationed himself before the wicket. doi McKlnney, another gent of color, came i with the same thing In his bead that was i Monk'* bead. Buxlness not being ?gpacbed fast enough for Tom he asked onk to pass his money up for blm and pasf> > "hot stuff" back, that which Monk faltbilly performed except, as Tom alleged, be d not band Tom oerialn ineigniqcant tange that was due him. Tom immediately gan to chide $fonk, in fact Tom considered ie affair of such importance as to be a isus belli and so tbe two went at It, at first nploylng only finger-nails aod fists and etb and such weapons with which they ere naturally endowed, This tame method did not suit Monk, how* rer, and as he didn't have a stinger be blpped out bis cortaplnma* and began a irgical operation on McKlnneys neck. It ems tbat Monk wanted to sever tbe big tuger vein'* in Tom's neck. Bob saw bis friend Tom hard pressed and >gan to expostulate and finally to lake a tod. At this turn of affairs Monk obanged tacCloa and began to nse bis barlow and lokborn on Bob. Now Bob Is not a buck ltbout resources. Bob had on his person me half dozen quarts of oerveca and iturally having a violent antipathy to ?lng whacked up with a rusty barlow, be Ized one of the bottles by tbe nape ol tbe sck and gently (?) tapped tbe pugnacious onk on the bead. Monk took the bint and opped dead for some desultory aeconds. e was able to attend tbe Mayor's Monday atlnep, however, where the Mayor fined I en 150 00. Tom McKtnney was fined 82-50. Bob was fined also but for another matter. 3421. Report of the Condition of 'he National Bail of AMle ; Abbeville, In tbe 8tate ofSontb Carolina, ; tbe close of baBlness, May 20,1907. RESOURCES. oanB and discounts 8210 638 52 verd rafts, secured and uusecured.... 10,097 39 . S. Bonds to secure circulation 18.760 00 onds, securities, etc 500 00 anklng bouse, furniture and fixtures 5,000 00 tber real estate owned 4,383 84 ue lrom National Banks (not Reserve Agents) 15,762 07 ue from State Banks and Bankers.. 3.874 86 ue from approved reserve agents... 18,799 68 otes of otber National Banks 4,580 00 ractlonal paper ourrency, nickels, and oents 406 87 awful Money Reserve in Bank, viz; pecle t 7,184 00 ei(al-teuder notes 7,610 00? 14,764 00 edemDtlon fund with U. S. Treas'r (5 per cent, of circulation) 937 60 Total 8303 519 73 LIABILITIES. ipltal stock paid In 8 75,000 00 iirplus fund 15,000 00 ndlvlded profits, less expenses and taxes paid 13,840 40 atlonal BanK notes outstanding 18,750 00 idlvldual deposits subject to check 131,059 35 emand certificates of deposit 29,809 98 Ills payable, Including certificates ot deposit lor money borrowed... 20,000 00 Total 8303,519 73 ate of South Carolina, I _ _ , County of Abbeville, f " I, J. Allen Smith, President, of tbe abovanned bank,do solemnly swearthat tbe above atement is true to tbe best of my knowledge id belief. J. Allen Smith, President, j Subscribed and sworn to before me this iKSth i ?y of May, 1907. Julius H. DuPre, , Notary Public. Correct?Attest: BENJ. S. BARNWELL. ) T u ar.WVN v TIlrantnrH. WM. N~~GRAYDON, j i 'Palmer" bammocit; are the very bt?t and ^ i tbls kind we are showing, Dargan'a 5 and s store* s T-T:r TARMERS 111 BUREAU.' e *" n Conducted by S. 0. Farmers' Union f, Notice, Farmers' Union. ^ Clemson College Institute car will start out , od tbelr canvass over the upper half of n South Carolina about the first or July, and o we want the Farmers' Union to make ar- k rangements to meet tbelr ooportunltles at every step and have a good Farmers' Union meetlne at the wind up of every Clemson L meeting. Where tbe counties have been or- v ganlzed you should get up a good roll of new members ai these meetings, and where there c Is no Unions alrendy at tb-se places, *1*> get a up some real good men and organize a Union e at the close of every Institute . About all tbe effort* of Clemson College and C the average farm papers, too, are directed towards produolng good crops. Tbe Farmers' ( Uolon should come along behind them and tell tbe farmers bow to turn tbe profits of 8 these good crops Into the pocfcet of tbe men f that grow tbe crops, for there Is no gain to tbe ? grower on tbece good crops of cotton that Clemson teaches you bow to grow Ifthenon- 8 producers continue to get tbe profits. 8 We want tbe Farmers' Uolon to get a bustle on her feet and prepare to drive down her stakes and mark a place at or near every touob down that Cleroson's car makes and finish up her good worRs by planting a farmers' organlzatlsn there to protect the farmers' Interests In the profits on tbe?e good : crops. We are tired out and disgusted with ' this p-aotlce of agricultural colleges, farmers' C Institutes and farm papers teaching farmers [ bow to grow good crops all tbe while and t never once give the farmer a helping band 1 along tbe selling end of his crops, tbe lack of t wbloh usually oauses tbe farmer to get less ( money for Rood big crops than he gets for poor crops. Where is the use or sense In ' growing good crops If farmers get less for 1 good crops than he has been getting for small ? cropi? We want more backbone In these agricultural campaigns. ? We want to drive It Into tbe heads of far- 1 mers that there Is more profit In selling his t orop right than there Is in striving all the year to make good crops and then at tbe end 1 become alarmed and rattled over bis suocess li In growing good crops, which opens op op | portonlty for speculators to swoop down upon l ,h? "tHarl farmer and nnfltret the DrOfitS OH bard Tabor that be never performed.* c Oar State Business Agent's Plan. . j] Farmers, do you know you are paying an fc enormovi tribute every year lor tbe shabby 0 "scarecrow" way yon pack your oottoDT How many tlmea will you have to be told tbls to c make you thing and act? How long will It take you to find that you stand In your own waj? If you are going to be a sensible "business man" tbls coming year you have tbe opportunity to start out on the right road. Are yon going to make tbe effort? We are lace to faoe with the so-culled U "bagging trust1' and it Is up to you to pay or p flight. Which will vou do? If we put light H bagging on our cotton now, we lose tbe difference In welgbt. Therefore, we must know the exact weight of the bagging and ties on b each bale. There is but two places this can be determined; weigh each set at tbe gin be- t fore It goes on the bale and brand tbe weight on with Indelible Ink and stencil. Wben tbe g bale is opened at tbe mill this welgbt oan be f proveo. With tbe welgbtof bagging and ties known,at any and all timeB it can be deter- 8 mined bow much lint lain the bale. Tbls Is d tbe only plan wbereby we oan protect oar- * selves against tbe losses and robery of tare and dlsoonnt. Tbls loose banded way of 0 guessing at so valuable a prodnot us cotton Is o foolish and would not be tolerated even ou a n sack of salt. Why on ootton? ? Reduce tbe length of your bale to three feet,|wblcb should be made the Union, atand- q ard, and you will bate a bale small enough n thai you can handle with some convenience and will allow you to use any kind of old a bagging, even to common shieling, because tl you will not have to use books in handling. ? You caa have your glnner (do tbls at praotlcally do expense, for all he need do la to.line w his press box at eacb end to 86 Inches be- ? tween with 2x8 plank, out off tbe follow n block so that it will paas op betweeD, and you u need not disturb tbe frame work of the press C at all or tbe maoblnery. Four ties will be g< sufficient lor this bale, and you will be able a to get 400 pounds or Hot la iwltbout any ? trouble.' Five to ten dollars will cover tbe O expense at tbe gin and It will save thousands o ol dollars that is wasted now. Have tbe glnner brand tbe exact weight ot the bagging and ties used on tbe bale and tbe tl Farmers'Cotton Union will see that yon get t] paid for tbe difference In weight below tbe . 25 lbs. allowed on coarse bagglug* I recom- , mend this to you as the solution of tbe dli- U Acuity lu weights and In getting a practical tl pnckugp. The bagging sbould be lined uuderneatb n with olean paper so tbat every ounce ot cot- a ton In tbe bale would open as clean and nea> (] as a new dress. You will get better pay lor your work when you do It better, ai<d you ? should handle a bale ot cotton wltb the name l( cure aud deadlines you would tometblng h you Intend to eat. There is as much buslnvf sense in leaving your furniture out ln tbe a rain as cotton. Provide warehouses where it can be proteuled (torn every drop of rain and kept f. clean. Yours fraternally. L{ W. 0. Moore, tl Slate Business Agent, tl 1? ei c< Farmer Uuion Warehouse. y| Our Union warehouse* for tbe working si jarmer la bonnd to do good to every comma- cc nlty tbat will go at It Hi tbe right way. _ This co-operative way of laboring together |~ With both your banda and mlobs is Union b and materialised. In tbla work you learn g( the true value of cooperation In a small way tbat will lead tbe way to larger efforts 7' upon the same plan. tl This Union Warebouse building nits your b oiganlZitions together and will bring men into the worTlng plan tbat could not lake stork Id actual money. Tbls working man's warehouse takes In ever; man tbat has a spark of life and fight In him. There is room In this plan for at> solutely eveyrbpdy, rich or poor, and when n tbfs warehouse Is flnlthed It will be our warehouse and everybody will b? Interested In keeping bis ooiiou 6ut o( the weather and 61 insured against lire, where be can get money al on nls cotton whenever be pleases. r< The cement block system rnlts a coopera vtive warehouse building plan belter tbaD sc brick or woodbouse for the reason tbat the tl oement blocks can be made by the labor and sand contributed by farmers at a time a when tbey are not so busy In their farmB, tc wfilch afford*the opportunity to tnrn their vv idle time and teams Into a good Investment n that will pay back In actual money a good * profit besides protecllnp yonr cotton from lc the weatber as w?)l asoatloa bears. a It to<ik only a part of one day to stand a . one seotlon ware bottse In tbls way; one far ('j mer said ee would subaorlbe 100 oublc yards F of sand as soon as be got out of bis crop a Another said be would furnish all the lum ber needed from his mill as soon |as he got ** out of his orop. Another ttbld be would cub, i 11 scribe 8100 as be lived too far off to work, w Anotbor said thot be ana nis iwo sons wou la > put Id regular work all tbe way ebroDgb at e' regllar prices for snob labor. jTbe ibanks of tl tqe town took glOO. Another farmer 850. Another a lot of hauling while several more put In labor and money and tbe thing U now a>sured. ?. w Reform In Baling as Well as System ^ of Selling 1m Now Up Before c'oltou (j Growers. * 0! As several large gatherings of cotton farm- T ere are set to oomeoff soon for tbe purpose of getting together on the best system of storlDg ^ and marketing cotton, we are of opinion that bl tbe first step In reform Is to demand a more dense compact form and better covering for l bales. When we sell cotton the weight of tbe B[ net lint only should be considered. We 1 It should forget tbe bagging and ties end Fell fa lint cotton by taking tbe graft there Is in tbe question out of tbe way altogether. Cotton m yarn Is sold In bales tbe same as lint, but tbe gi acsual net yarn only in tbe bale enters into consideration. Cotton producers must pro- < teot their lint cotton from tbe weather, dirt, IE WBBle, grime and pllage tbe same as the manufacturer prnfecU tbe manufactured cotton fe goods from the ?ame Iobp. It is of little importance to the average cotton grower pi whether toe rouna oaie or me nuiHuer nuu iu more dense form of square bale takes tbe day ^ no that he rids the trade of its prpsept great * loss as before named, We advise you to make aide application of highest grade ammonlated fertilisers when U your corn or cotton stalks are about half q grown and Dttrate of soda later when giving __ the cropB tbe last plowing. This Bide appilca- cv tlpn of soluble fertilizers at tbe rate of 130 lbs. m to tbe acre has been known tolnorease tbe cc yield one-third. u. Under present conditions It is now out of the question to make an over-production of In cotton tbls sebson. Work tbe crops well, fer- m tlllze Judiciously and stand by tbe farmers' prices in selling and all will be well with you and your family this round. No doubt you are paying too much for ^ your lerwiizer cuujpuuuuB iuio ocbduu duu ? you vlUoontlDue doing that kind or a back m stunt until you get your chemicals in large shipments and do your own mixing at borne. In order to get your fertiliser materials at rook bottom figure* you ebonid band Id Four orders at once to your business agent In order to bave yourgooda at band on time for Qejcl J crop and at tbe very lowest figures, j?J ( ne "Casey" Is a railroad lantern and dandy. t vVo bave tbem. Dargan's 5 and lOo store. Post cards of the "olty" In beautiful pbotojrapb flnlsb?the most durable kind. Dar- I] ga n'a 5 and 10c store. y- - rp- . ,-'^ ,5: i Good Farmer Is a M?n of Calcnla. Hon and RenNOii. Some farmers dori't do figuring Dough while a few of them farm too ?i iUUU WIl/LI ll^uiCOi It is important to know when to aply figuring to farming, and it is equal pimportaut to know when to stop iguring and go to work. Very^many farmers come out beind at; the end of the year on account f not figuring the thing out properly efore beginning the crop. We have seen a few farmers that tad more figure? in their heads than fork in their hands, who generally ome out at the end of the year with good supply of figures in their pockts and no money to salt the figures lown with. A good all-round farmer is one that liversifies and rotates his crops; raises tock and mixes in the fabric of the arming operations the right proporion of reason and calculations and tiffens the whole fabric with the tock of good common horse sense. Cotlon School for Farmers. Steps are now being made to organ ze a COttOD SCIIOOI ID ijreeiiviiie HI onvene at some suitale time for furriers to attend; probably in July, fur ;he purpose of teaching farmers how o sample and grade cotton, the course >f the cotton trade, how to store, ship tnd handle cotton. We want lit 'east [00 cotton experts from the farms in South Carolina to htation over the tate for the purpose of protecting the interest of cotton growers in the mater of placing their cotton upon the narket. No doubt about it that tlx re 9 not One cotton grower in a thou.-uud jp to-date in clarifying the cotton le wises. Average cotton growers do iot know how to prepare their cot-on for market to the 1 est advantage; neiher do they know what graee they tave. W*. C. Moore of Greenville, C., will tell you all about terms ana ther information about this farmers' otton school. Cotton Seed Meal Killing Cows. Complaints are coming from far and iear about cows dying from the supressed effects of feeding on cotton eed meal. Borne of these complainers claim to iave the knowledge that in order to raise the grade of nitrogen in meal hat has too much bulls in meal to rade seven per cent nitrogen that nirate of soda has, in some cases been idded to raise the nitrogen tct the stanlard, and that this nitrate of soda in he m&il is the cause of death to the ows. But as nitrate of soda sells for ver $-50 per ton and cotton seed ieal for $30 or less, no business man rould do this kind of exchange busiess unless be found that .be had too inch hulls in his meal to'piss must- r nd was therefore compelled to raise be standard of nitrogen by screening be hulls out or with nitrate of soda rhlch no doubt will kill cows or bogs, tat there is another cause in old dark lusty meal" that perhaps kills more ows than any other cause. Cotton eed meal that has a canary color and lively fresh feeling about it is the nly class of meal fit to feed. Any ther is risky. 8harp practice 1n the cotton meal rade it seems is ripe in the land. For tie last few years it is utated that ^mething like fifty per cent more ulls has been added to the meal for se avowed purpose of opening u p the lass which gives a large increase mount of oil per ton of ?eed, which in ue, and we may add that the addition f hulls nell* in meal at about $30 per >n, while the hulls by themselves ells for about one third the price of leal. Some of the oil mill men that have een interviewed on thesuhjeot claim lat the South Carolina law lowering le standard from eight per ceut Di ogen to seven was done in order to oable the low grade seed of the low Hintpn tn nnmo in aa ivpII nq Inn St iaple cotton seed meal. But as the andard for long staple cotton peed iealiaonly four per cent aud this leal is generally sold to uususpeetine uyers at about the same price as other jven per cent meal, we fail to catch t this reason as we car. the reason ial i ulls tell higeer in the meal than y Itself. Broke Loose In ueargla. The Farmers'Union in Georgia Is ow up against the low grade cotton ;ed meal of that state too. The hot ;uff lb the thing it seems started bout this way; Some members of the ?rmprn' TTnion had the irrit to call on >me of tbeir stiff oil mill men about ae superabundance of bullB iu Ibe iealt wh one mill man bad tbe gall > say tbat be did not care a big darn bat tbe Farmers' Union said, /herefore, these Farmers' Union fel)ws got a little hot in the coilar and lade amove at the oil mills sendiDg lit adulterated meal just to see if tbe 'armors' Union of Georgia was worth little darn or not, which finally terlinated in a rigid enforcement of tbe iw on the eubject of cotton seed merl hich we are informed knocked out ighteen mills from selling meal In aat state. When yon throw a stick of stoveood among a pack of prowling curs i your back yard at night, you may now without seeing, tbat tbe bit i ogis tbe one doing tbe bowling ame about tbe farmers' organizer, be men tbat dread organized farmers tost are tbe ones hit hardest and keep { arkingatour iarmer organizers. i Where will you find a man that can | low up more gall to the cubit. inch lao the man who sneers at organized rmers because they have not as much ioney in their organizations as the ang. This same chap helps to rob le e same farmers of tbeir hard earnigs? This man of gall has helped to rob irmers of their profits in their cottoD ops and then be goes about laughig at the farmers for not having plen1 of money. Tbe man of sterling manhood is ne wearily a prave man iur iu? ichbuu lat that be must fight back all man; er of temptations of evil dollars and il mru of power and influence alost all tbe while- As the day's duty >me and go these temptations rise up .Tore him with brilliant glare of gold at calls down the coward and unanly men. Have you ever thought about the ct that there is something else of ore importance to your final welfare an to make money all the while? \n aflsortuaept of TOQth Rrushes. the pqual wbloh yop ?ei(Jorp see. prices 10.15,unci ceniu, at McMurray. 2all tU-LiDk'H new furniture store wben In ied of anytbloK lor your bouse jink will nave you money op flour and re you tbe best on eartb. ?? ?/s ? m.1 !C_ mnn Fr.nmy siiuvrLiicrms 5 The best In the world. 8 ... , . ... It almost always sometimes happens that the man that kicks against system and improved method* in handling Union business is interested more in his private affairs than the welfare of the Union. Some members seem to forget their obligation to cooperate to the interest and welfare of the other members of their .local. You are not a Union man if you do this; eithequit obstructing co-operativo principles or join tbe ranks outside among the speculators where you belong. You can't be a Union man and enjoy private advantages over your brother. Pretense won't excuse you. There is but one principle in the Farmers' Union, that is altogether for tbe good of all. All Farmers' Union men know of thegnod signsof the times ahead when we tell them of the fact that National President Barette and President Cal vin of the Texas State Union bave gone to tbe big cotton meeting in Vieuna. President Jordan of the Cotton association and Mississippi State President Clark, also of the cotton association, are off for the same meeting. This is the bravest move yet made by cotton growers. All local Unions that have been organized and bave not received their charters will please write to State Sec. Treas. B. F. Earle, Anderson, S. C. at once. He aluo wants 25 good organizers for different connties. Send your Dame and endorsement of your local union aDd go to work. The best plan to stop pigs from slipping in and out at cracks is to feed them well and they will soon get too big for the cracks. But work grafters the other way;,cut off their feed, let them shrink so that they may leakout at small places. For a standby in a farming community an uneducated farmer philosopher is a better stock in trade than an educated fool. 1 Wait until you hear from both sides before you condemn a good man's conduct in any business. Stevens Rifles are Famed for Accuracy Whether the Competitive Shoot be Indoor or outdoor, be the conditions of ibe Match what they may. II Is a perfect tribute to STEVENS RIFLES that they invarlaniy carry carry off all tbe leading prize*. Thai e Stevens Rifle Is Invincible In ltn unerring, bull's-eye Accuracy, Is proverbial. Tbe attachment of a Stevens Telescope to the bar rel o( a Stevens Rifle makes -'assurance doubly sure," and removes any possible doubt as to Inability to bit tbe mark. It Is no wonder that discriminating marksfiuen shoot tbe Stevens In preference to other makes. Experienced shooters know what the time boDored Rlflea branded Stevens are capable of?they know tbey can depend absoluely and unqualifiedly on thane peerlei-8 firearms. For small gamo and target shooting there In nothing to equal a Stevens. The latpstllnks added to tbe long chain of Stevens' Successes are the following; Every Firm Prize In Third Annual Tournament of indoor 22 Caliber Rifle League of tbe United States. Rochester, N. Y., January 28th to February 2d, 1907, was won by Stevens and Steven? Pope Rifle* and Stevens Telescopes; 28 of tbe 30 Telescope used were Stevens. At the Zettler Rifle Club Annual Open Tournament New York City, March, 1907, Stevens Rifles and Stevens Telescopes made practically a clean sweep. First Prize In every match was either won or tied with, ' Steveps and Stevens-Pope Rifles and Stevens THesiopes. Send four cents In stamps to the J. Stevens Arms A Tool Co., Cblcopee Falls, Mnex. lor 140 page complete, illusi rated. Firearm Ch'blog, describing their entire output This b( ok of readv reference Is replete with Stevenn information And contains nil you inny wish to know reunrdln* these celebreted R fl s Shot suus, Phtolc etc. Jui'c K. n <?*ry. * Ed.efleld News. jt was an unexpected oloasuae to ns to meet Associate Justice Etieene B Gaty <> ibf Supreme C-'urt In Ed^tiflelil on last FHday He came Into the opeia bouse durlnir the memorial exercises, ai d was lr.vl ed to aseat on the ?ta-.:e. Afterwards, he c-tmx to iur office where we hHd a long ta:k about o;d days Id Abbeville when we both were practicing attorneys there. The Judge Is oofelng remarkably well and ?ee me to be enJoying life. The sbahe of the bond ol a friend nas something pleasant about it tbat is indescribable, especially wb"D those frleDn* have not mot in a long time. Then It stir? the heart to pleasure to recall past events about which there has been do opportunity to uive expression tor a >odp lime To ask about and to hear of oM friends slvus the ruled a pleaeuie and what f>e?msto be rest, that It can get In no other way. Judge Gary came down for a day to see bin kin here, ' ke families of Mrs. General Evans a <d Capt In N. G. Evan?. It bes been ten yenrs since be ?u? hsrfl. Hia fl-at 'ff irts at the har were made Id Edgefield, many years since. LOWNDHSVILLE. Miss Eliza Kay who has bad charge of a flourishing tchool Dear Ninety Six lor neve rat months past, closed tbe term several days ago and came home to spend her summer vacation. Prof, and Mrs. E J. White gave a musical entertainment, In tbe eohool bulldlog Tuesday night. Those boys and girls who bad been receiving instruction in music from tbe first named each contributed bis or her share towards tbe success reached, In making tbe occasion a very pleasurable one. The two mentioned above left tbe next morniDe f>>r Atlanta Qa., where tliey enent weveral <iayn In atlendlng tbe M?y June Mnslc Festival tben on to tbelr bo ne at Cobbs, N. C., to spend the summer, An auto from somewhere passed through Ibis place a few days ago and from the reckless management of the driver,some chickens were run over and killed aod two children came very near meeting the same fate. He did not know perhaps that he was passing through a small town, or tblDk that (here ml?bt be danger of bis klil'ne such small th<ngs as chickens and children and the i wuer of tbe oblckeus and tbe fatbers of tbe children wHI be saved some annoyance to TTT/%r/l if fnlnra uufnrfrlUA TR uno uu luaiouui TTWIU II are more oarefui while here. Mrs. Add Moore, after upending sorai diiys ?moog friends at And- rson C. H. came back ? to ber borne here several days ago. Dr. J B. Brill of Bordeaux spent a day or two, at the home of bis brotherihlaw, Mr. T. B. Cllnkscales last week. Thursday being Memorial Day and one of tbe National holidays, tbe rural mall carriers j Irom Ibis place were relieved of tbetr duties ** *nca aud spent tbe day as pleased tbem l>est. An unusual sight, was presented to our people one day last week, one even the writer had never seen before I.e. a drove of sheep. Mr. John Hall of Anderson, C. H. came down and bought nearly all of those domestic animals, fn tbe township. He bad In bis drove Bbout one hundred sbeeq. two goals and one 30w?quite a mixture but all of tbe parts were quiet. Mr. J. Henry Bell has added much to tbe oeauly of bis borne, by tbe use of bis paint brush. Miss Frances Herring who has been teaching for months past near August*, (Ja., last Thursday evening wblle on ber way to ( ber home at tbe Natural Bridge In Virginia stopped over here apd stayed till Ibe next x lav. however meeting but few of ber many I friends In this place, as her stay wa? so short. _ IJ til r> U I. m 11 Vi I i?<m yjltic il 111 Ui nuuunuu VJ. u> . > mm | relatives here to take In tlie several days 1 jorpmencement exercises, which begun yets. Lerdsy, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hart UasklD of Iva spent yesterday, among IrlendH here, Mr. Arthur Speerof Monterey worshipped with a union of denominations here, Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists lu ProvU Jpnce oburch. The yesterday, to be held 11 a. m. nervice n the above named church, caused the comng together oi the most of the people for titles around, as at the above named hour the, sommoncementsermon of our High school1 ^as to have been preached, which was de-J C ivered by the Rev. O. M. Abuey in charge of j C ,hls, the Lowndesvllle station. He based his emarftsupon a pari of the l?th verae, of the T 2th chapter of Matthew, "How mufth |then v sa man better ihan a sheep" A little rejection, will show to the thinker thut the ubject Is one out of which a great deal can , )6 fnade. The preacher gave to his crowded | louse a well arranged good sermon one, lh?i Irew forih marked atteutton from beglmiiuigj o end, and doubtless o.ie tUul will be ra Iroupe. J . Atter smoking Speed's Clnco clgais for [ J 'ears I caD Hod no other 5c cigar tbat will j allhly nie. \ N ' HADDC THE STORE FOR Tt The increase in our busint months means something. Th< for it. We think there are seve] 1. Our long experience enabl* that please the public. 2. Our large sales require cc our stock, therefore, we always 1 to offer. 3. The immense volume of tr business with the smallest possil 4. Our customers appreciate behalf. THE R. M. HADDOI I Your attention is called we have completed < ments lor the fol ICE! ICE! ? in any quantity. Doesn't m< STAPLE ANI GROCER Good all the time and use \ week. We- have everythi ber pickle to a car load of COAL! COAL' Now is the time to buy bleak Winter days. Its ch and we sell the best Jellicc to Abbeville. Undertaking Dep Our Undertaking Busin our Mr. McDill, and every personal attention when pc Phones {% |S'e?ce. QIWOC Ilt's Wagon Wisdom that select a Weber Wagon. He fc experience in wagon building every wagon is a guarantee t Weber he buys the highest qu ~ j \~. |i of wagon building have resultec ' z - of today, which, for correct ill; material and conscientious con out a peer ? King of all farm w |L J. W.. Mel DARGAN'S 5 &! CUT GLj In this line we have four mtters represented, and on ;hat we be allowed to price De interested in both the goo Sterling Si We also have on displa* Sterling Silver. The prices vay under the usual. See our Wii DARGAN'S 5 and . ?-?' . ' .V 1 > ' 'fy. f >N'S IE PEOPLE! * . *88 for the past five V A rt AAV10A sic ixiuob uc a uftUDo ral: 3s us to select goods instant additions to rave the latest goods p ade enables us to do ble margin of profits. u our efforts m their ; v ^ ikm? ... . v ImB * COMPANY. ;? , i.*. . . to the fact that . )ur arrange- ^ lowing: , fmwzM : ICE! )lt in cold weathef.' ; y FANCY IES d seven days in a ng from a cueumgroceries. ! COAL! Coal for the cold eaper, you know, ) Coal that comes * '' - j' ar tment .ess is managed'by call will have his )ssible.. ... v id & McDill. \ ,.4 mt prompts a fanper to ' . v:' aows that the 61 years which stands behind , , , , hat when he buys a ality. Sixty-one years I in the Weber wagon design, excellence of s traction, stands withagons. [EE, Jr. "'I 11 1 'al ? 10cSTORE, . ": <i A.SS ! of America's best * * ly ask a call and 5 you. You will ds and the prices. / V liver! * \ r y a lovely line of oil our Silver are tidow. 10c STOEE. . t >- vy? J ^ '^| ? . . . >: