The Lancaster ledger. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, September 30, 1899, Image 2
I'HE LEDGER.
Th'irlow S. Carter.
EDITOR AND MANAGER.
SATt'KDAV, NKITKMKKK 30, 1800.
After quoting our article in last
Saturday's issue, "In re the cotton
market," the Enterprise of
Wednesday, among other things
vi!l \*vi * 4 ? \\ it iirn unrv i* 11ii mi i*
esteemed contemporary advertise
ing Waxhaw and Monroe merchants
to the detriment of those
engaged in the same business in
Lancaster, and possibly to the
hurt of tnunv of those (farmers)
who might be induced by that
advertising to haul their cotton to
those markets."
How in the world The Enterprise
ever managed to construe
our remarks "in re the cotton
market" into an advertisement of
the Waxhaw and Monroe mer
chants to the detriment of Lancaster
merchants, we are at a
loss to comprehend. We are too
generous to think that the wish
suggested to the Enterprise such
a far-fetched construction. The
genuine sorrow expressed by our
contemporary at our supposed
bold and impolitic act precludes
such an idea.
The purport of our at tide was
to urge the buyers here to pay a?
much for cotton as was being paid
in the neighboring towns of Waxhaw
and Monroe. We quoted
he Monroe papers to show that
cotton was being hauled to that
market from right around Lancaster.
Wo added that trade is going
where the cotton goes unless
extra inducements are held out by
merchants here. This was said
in t ho interest of the town and in
the interest of our merchants. It
was a suggestion to them to place
such tempting bargains before the
people that if a man sold his cotton
in a neighboring town tha* ho
would stick the money down in
hisjpocket and come hack home to
trade. It seems foolish to make
such a suggestion to supposed
live, wide-awake, business men.
Now, while wo disclaim intending
our remarks to he detrimental
to the interests of Lancaster mer
chants we do admit that they were
made in the interest of the farmers
of the county who had cotton to
ell. We want them to pet all
for their cotton they can. Unless
they pet a pood price for this
short crop th?*y cannot meet all
their obligations and the average
farmer is unhappy who cannot
pay all his debts when the harvest
is past and his crop is marketed.
We have the farmers' interests at
heart as much as the merchants',
and if any of them were "hurt"
by our "advertising" of the Monroe
cotton market we have yet to
hoar them say so.
The business men of Greenville
are subscribing $1,000 to be offered
in prizes for wheat growinp
in the territory thirty miles
around the city. This is a good
move and will, it is thought, result
in 300,000 bushels of wheat
being produced in the territory
where the past year only about
40,000 bushels were raised.
Greenville has a roller Hour mill
which has ground 300,000 bushels
of wheat tho past year, 200,000
bushels of which was shipped in
from the West. Another year
the $225,000 which went to Chicago
for wheat the past year will be
kept and spent at home. If every
town in the Stuto had it roller
mill it would help the farmers in
their desire to diversify crops.
The cash is paid in Greenville in
.June, .July and August for wheat
just as it is paid for cotton during
the fall and winter months. The
? farmers of Greenville will now
have money all the year round.
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The Rock Hill Roller Mills, aL
though in operation only about
two months, has ground 4080
bushels of wheat for customers 1
and bought and ground 2,221 1
bushels. Of corn it has ground 1
4(>0 bushels for customers and 1
\
bought, ground and sold 2,600 '
bushels. The mill has been kept
busy since its establishment here
and its hum is heard from the
I rising of the sun to tho going
down thereof. ? Rock Ilill Herald.
Mr I") E Callendar, of one of
the leading Liverpool cotton firms,
was in the city Monday. He has
recently made quite an extended
tour of the cotton btlt and says,
with the exception of the crop in
Alabama and Mississippi, cotton
?s all stick and leaf. He does not
subscribe to Neill's cotton esti
mute, t?ut on the contrary ex
presses the confident belief that
the crop will not reach ten mill ion
bales* ? Rock Hill Herald.
HUBBARD'S COTTON LETTER.
What is Said of the Status of the
Cotton Market and Crop.
New York, Sept. 28. ? With
the approach of two holidays the
markets have been under the in
fluence of realizing sales. From
the opening large buying for continental
account in Liverpool
caused that market to open ex
cited at nearly 8 points advance.
This advance abroad is accepted
as indicating the opportunity for
realizing which immediately began
here on a large scale and the
traders have not hesitated to sell
heavily, believing the south will
weaken during the two holidays.
Under this liquidation the decline
was scarcely arrested at any time,
the exporters assisted in putting
out lines with the idea of cover- |
ing tomorrow in the southern
markets. We thin* the local
short interest is larger than at
any time since .January, it crossed
(>.4 cents. The close was steady
with the traders bearish and going
home short over the holidays, ex
pecting lower Liverpool tomorrow.
Hubbard Bros. & Co.
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Sure
Cure for
Cottle
When the children get their
feet wet and take cold give them
a hot foot hath, a bowl of hot
drink, a dose of Ayer's Cherry
Pectoral, and put them to bed.
The chances are they will be
i all right in the morning. Con:
tinue the Cherrv Pectoral a few !
days, until all cough has dis- |
' appeared.
Old coughs are also cured; i
we mean the coughs of bronchitis,
weak throats and irritable
lungs. Even the hard coughs
of consumption arc always
> made easy and frequently cured
by the continued use of
Ayer's :
Cherry :
r Pectoral!
Every doctor knows that wild
' cherry bark is the best remedy
, known to medical science for
soothing and healing inflamed
throats and lungs.
Put ono of
Dr. Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral
Plasters
I over your lunge
Thm Bmmt Mmtilaml
Advlom Frmm 1
W? now have tome of the moat ami- I
nant pliydclan* In the United Htater. I
Untirtial nppnrtunltlM and long expert- I
. ance eminently fit tiiein tor firing 70a V
medical advice Writ* freely all tha ft
particular* lit your care. t
Addree*. Dr J. C ATKIt. 9
The Warehouse Movement.
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1' rom the reports that ape being ^
published in the papers, it appears ^
that the cotton warehouse move- f \
inent recently inaugurated in this it#
section is extending to all parts ^1
of the south and financiers all over i V
the country arc beginning to give
j r> r- V i
the matter their serious attention,
The general plan of the ware- L
house business is quito simple. I?' ' ^
the first place it is necessary to y .
provide a suitable building. Then ^
there must be snflicient insurance
against fire, and next, satisfactory f
assurance of the safe keeping of Vt
the stored goods. Cotton always f
reprosehts a definite value, and <
consequently when stored in a I '
warehouse that is safeguarded as !
lllwt nllflinud it ,,11, rill fit 11. t at in itlit I
|UC1V VWVIUIVVI, IV uu^jiu VV? ?'U 4IIII|MV7 li
security fur reasonable loans at a j J
comparatively low rate of interest. ^ (
There is a convention of cotton | ^
growers in Atlanta next monthly
for the purpose of discussing the f
situation generally with a view to |ki
agreeing on some systematic plan i 4
of action with reference to the \j
matter. Such a convention is *
likely to he productive of good \
results rather than otherwise:
but at the same time it is doubtful
as to whether there is any real w
necessity for it. The matter is ^
fast regulating itself along proper ^
business lines, and a perfect sys- i
torn is now in a fair way of dovelopment.
The following from \4
the last issue of The Manufacturer's
Record outlines some of the'*
advantages that may he expected V'
to accrue:
"The cheapening of the rate jV
for money, as these warehouse J.
receipts would be accepted as good 2
collateral in New York, Baltimore L
and elsewhere, all money needed f
for handling and carrying cotton ^
could ho secured at from 4 to t> I 4
per cent, according to current
rates in New York. 4
"The farmers, thus being ahleiVl
to store cotton and carry it at at *
very low rate of interest, would >(
not he forced to sell as soon as|^
picked. Cotton would not he I >
crowded on the market in she fall,
thus breaking prices. | j
"Farmers and cotton buyers v,
would then have the same advan 4
tages in handling their cotton
which the west has had for many 4
years through its elevator system. ^ I
"Buyers for northern and for i '
eign mills, being able to store |V(
cotton in b inded warehouses, i
could carry it in the south and j
skip it out from month to month k
IVI
as needed, thus bcneliting the js
railroads and securing the lowest L..
ocean freight rates.
"Cotton warehouse receipts
would become recognized in all \4
money centers as (irstclass col- V
lateral, and the whole rotten crop' ^
would then ho n bankable ns.-?et, tr
revolutionizing the business to the \\
benefit of the entire south." ?
Yorkville Knquirer. Pi
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Georgia Cotton Cl op ()ne?Third j
Short.
Atlanta, (in., Sept. US.?Ofli Pt
cial returns to the State depart 1 **r
ment of agriculture show that the th
cotton crop in Georgia this year W
will be about one-third n!F. From | be
estimates based on the reports Pt
from 7"> counties the crop will j '
amount to about l,000,o?)0 Imlcs, j he
against l,53t?,00O last year. :
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in V
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Ine busiest and mightiest little!,
thin<; that ever mule is Dr Kind's
New Life Pills. Kvery pill is a
sugar-coated globule of liealth, ra
that changes weakness into tin
strength, listlessness into energy, jn
brain-fag into mental power.
They're wonderful in building
up the heath. Only 25c pe^ l?ox. co
Sold by Crawford Bros'. n"
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OA0TORZA,.
Batntfe _y?ltaKMTMNfff AhNhBonsM
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J Think of !l! *ti
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> 50 cents Jean I
\ lfave one hiin?lre<
\ $15 pants, woes
$ $1 50.
* ,$2 pants, norsl
r $1. About fifty n
} Mold 47 pairs in t
* $1 50 pants, al
* at 75 cents.
f
* Come "a runnin'
; I ny
* SHI RTS AT HA KG AINS ! Fori
f Good Cheviotte work Shirts, heavy i
^ Best Buckskin Twills at 25 cents
; Struck it Right i
' TKN TllOl'SAM) YARDS, and the
^ Percales on the market at 10 cents.
| 5 and
ALL THESE i
(V ?
Such us Orgnudies, Lawns, Mum
^ Real nice White Goods in plaids and
^ price 7S cents.
; - LITTLE GIA
( The best on earth for the money
^ sole agents for this great line of Chil
p Buy good Shoes and save money.
( * ST~ Many good values we cann
stores and you will find the greatest <
^ motto : "I'nderhuy, I'ndersell. ()
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TNN1E DAVIS MEMORIAL, j F<
roposed Home for Destitute i')e* Kan:
endants of Confederate Soldiers. Mrs .1
local pi
Luray, Va., Sept 27 ? "Winnie advices
ivis Cottage," which is to bo t? an ?
ected at the Whosoever Farm, Hnd, v
rough the efforts of Rev II M 'ier by
barton, D D, of Baltimore, will Mrs
i one of the finest buildings in Lucille
ige county. The cost is to bo *!l- ^
it less than $25,000, and the proven
III < 11II < r is i li'si imrx I ti? l.?> <> ?->
r- ? r^"~" v" w ""
vIuid for the orphans and dosti- 15 H
to children of ex *Con federate Victi
Idiers. kidney
Mrs Jefferson Davis has heen a|'
nsulted as to the project, and
s lent hor hearty endorsement ?n,j tjn
it. Dr Wharton proposes to ing. I
ise the bulk of the money for like tin
a building and its maintenance neJ/ '
the North. \ number of promi- 4l^'( (/
' thing f
nt architects throughout the njn (j0,
untry have been invited to sub- h0 |jVe!
t plans for the construction of give mi
3 cottage. appetit
^ - take.
have a ]
Macao Toor HowcU With CucarM*. oent
fcndy Cathartic, <mre cormttpatlon forever
Or If C. C. C fall. refund aaoney. Otore.
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INOT LAST LOl
HEY ARE TO'
aple Goods at H
Pants now at 25
I pairs now on lis
teds and cassime
ted and cassimcr
... ?i j. ft ^
lairs 01 iiit'se iwo
wo <lays.
1 wool and wool n
" If You Want
of These Good
nerly 50, 00 and 75 cents, all markc
ind strong, only 20 cents?the 35 ce
s, worth 4<> cents
Ao-ain ! 1>KI{CALKS th?
4 COIII tors sick all over.
i first shipment just in ? heaviest, pr
Wo sell them at
34 ceni
GOODS VERY C?
dins, Nainsooks, India Linens and i
stripes and plain. India Linens
NT SCHOOL SHI
Every pair warranted to give ge
dren's Shoes, and have now a coi?|
ot mention, hut call on us and gt
collection of bargains you have over
f the people, for the people, first, la
f ill lllTI'il!
ister,?
ills Heir to a Million. P|^|
sas City, Mo., Sept 27-I
T Van Smyth, wife of a
hysician, has, according to A Al
received today, fallen heir ?\ IA
state in Rotterdam, H?l- l||
alued at $1,000,000, left I
an aunt.
Van Smyth wuh Mis*' CH
Livingston of Richmond,
drs Win Smyth hiis already The CI
her title to the property. J*|?ratt A
1 1 J two p'ai
m . m i
: A V K M K N FALL ' iViiM .?
ims to stomach, liyer and |
troubles as well as women,
feel the results in loss of " ^
e, poisons in the blood,
tie, nervousness, headache
ed. listless, run-down feel- Y ^
hit thero's no need to feel HARI
it. Listen to J W Garddaville,
Ind. He says: 3EC0N
ric Hitters are just the
or a man whim ho is all Ht'?re It
ivn, and don't care whether y?"r w?
i or dies. It did more to re,urn u
9 now strength and good ntiCCT
b than anything I could
1 can now eat anything and
new lease on life." Only _
s, at Crawford Bros' Dhig I
Every bottle guaranteed. |
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Things!
?d down to 35 cents,
nts kind. Wa
t make our competi- Wa'
Placed one order for
ettiest and best dark y
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all Summer Goods. I
at 5 cents, former
Mil jj
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r>lete stock on hand. A
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seen. NVo stand by
st and all the time.
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ester"';;'
MACHINE
D LUMBER
OMPANY.
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ESTER, S. O.
o
lieeter Machine Co. and H. M.
Co , have consolidated the
>t*, and now ready to funnel)
K to the Machine and l.umlter
ill) m well equipped Foundry
ihilie Hhop, and Door, Haeh
id Factory cur facilitiea are
led In thin part of the 8tate.
:ks mowkrs,
kkshkrm, gins,
ENGINE* HA *V MILLS,
ND COTTON PRESSES,
*0 W8, CA81INQS, K TC
A T QA
id hantmachinery.
11 Ih complete for Dwelling*,
oomn, etc. Kenit ur list of
nit*, mii<1 we will annwtr by
ih|1
Re* pact fully,
er machine *
lumber company.