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Witt pitaban Gamm. VUBLISHED KVCRV WCnNr.ODAY MORNING -?V JAYNE8, 8HRLOR, 8IVIITH & STECK J? W\JHHKLOR, j1 Vvmt' { J.'A."STECK! SUBSCRIPTION, 911.00 PK* ANNUM. AOVKRTISINO RATKS RCASONABLC. t ty ' Communications of a personal aharaotor charged for as advertisements. 2& ' Obituary notioos ami tributos of respeot, of not over one huudred words, will be printod free of charge. All over that number must be paid for at the rate of one oent a word. Cash to accompany jnannsoript. WALHALLA, 8. C. t WBnNKNDAV, JAN. II. IDO.t. REDUCE THE ACREAGE. The prico cf cotton is still hovering around U cents, and it will continue to do so for from 30 to SK) days, according to tho st?-iugonoy of tho cotton market. The farmers aro holding tkoir cotton with a greator unanimity than evor be fore, aud if it can ho kept up a victory in tho mattor of price is suro to bo won by the producor. In tho light of tho past soason's experience, now is tho pro per timo to "hodgo" against a condition that will bring about a similar roHtilt for thc crop of 10O."). There is no better way of <loing this than by s systematic ami gone ral reduction of acroago for cotton and an increased acreago for corn or other products. This, as wo soo it, is tho solo .salvation for the cotton grower this year. Tho various authorities and interests .differ in their estimates of tho surplus of the 1004 crop, estimates ranging from 1,000,000 to 2,500,000Otore than is actually needed to supply tho demands of trade and manufacture. Hut the fact that there is a surplus, and a heavy one, is ad mitted on all sides, lt seems to us, tbereforo, that the thing to do is to cut thc cotton acreage and devoto a part of last year's cotton land to other products. There have been many suggestions by largo corporations for assistance to tho farmers in bringing shout such a re sult, as well as encouraging tho holding of cotton. The Virginia-Carolina Chemi cal Company, of Richmond, Va., has re cently issued a circular to it? division ?ales agencies, as follows: Any farmer or merchants who may bo ?owing your division money, ami who bas cotton which ho desires to hold, you are at liberty to extend his noto for six months, from January 1, with interest at the raio of 0 per cent por Annum, pro vided ho will deposit suffloieut cotton to pay the note in any reliable warehouse, and w ill turn over to you warehouso re ceipts for same. You aro authorized to pay tho insurance ou said cotton and make no charge against your customer for this item. Wo do not pretend to offer advico to our customers to hold cotton, hut wc do intend to offer thom overy facility and accommodation in our power to hold their cotton, if in their good judgment, it is best. Whatever inures to tho bene fit of tho agricultural classes in tho South is lo our benefit; our intorest is identical with theirs. W-J aro more closely and intimatoly connected with be cotton glower of tho South than any dozen other concerns combined. They aro our customers in tho purchase of fer tiliz?la and ne aie their customers in tho purohaso of cotton seed. We both sell and buy of them and deal in overy cotton glowing county from Texas to Virginia. Therefore anything that will \mprovo tho agricultural conditions or help the fanner must necessarily Oenetit us, and if holding their cotton will bu a benefit to them, it is our desire to aid then) in this as far as wo can. Itt her tarni producta, aside from cotton, appear to us to be selling Kt very full values, and we believe it. would he wise in t ho fannel s to sell any of their other surplus farm products, which would ma lei lally aid (hem in holding their cotton. We also aie of the opinion thai thu act cage last y ear devoted to cot ton was too large, and thal it never could have berni cultivated in a normal season. The good weather during the spring enabled the farmers lo cultivate every acre they planted; consequently (he tremendous big crop of this year. As ordinarily it would be impossible to cultivate such au enormous acreage, wo believe it would bo wise thom this year ti? materially decrease it. If it was decreased lo per cont lt would mean a reduction of more than a million hales next year, oven if tho crop yioldcd as muon per acre as it did in 100-1. It strikes us that what the farmer ..vants is to make his cotton at the lowest possible cost. Tho ptoflt derived from growing cotton is not so much the pi ?co Ol cotton as the cost al which the crop bas been grown. Mules and boises are high-miioh higher than a few years ago; tho price of farm labor is high and -e.nee. Tboroforo, every acre cultivated means a large expenditure. It costs inure to cultivate au acre of lain! growing n quarter ol s baie of colton than ono {rowing a balo. !:: tho latter instance tho plaut sonn grows up and shades the and and consequently tho grass does not ?.row so rapid or luxuriantly. Tho cheapest item that can bo used in ..he product 1 m of codon is commercial fertilizers, u<ed liberally. Willi a liberal tpplioation of fertilizers tho tanner can row a bale of colton where be has here '.of oro grown a half bale, and do it with ' ho same cost, of mules anil labor, and .tho additional quantity of seed will more than pay for the extra amount of fort!lizers used. The South must continue to produce .t round (deven million bales of cotton, or they will find in a year or two the bal ance of tiie world competing with thom 11 grow ng this staple, and our foreign narke', largely supplied from sources ?hat now prodnCO but a limited quantity. I bis, of course, is tho advice of an in forested party-tho manufacturer Of com mercial fertilizers; yet it seems to us fa r w\ plain. However tho farmer may be '.E-rliuod to look upon the prop . dtlon to Storo Cotton as security /or carrying a debt, tho advico in moga rd to reduction of acreage is ;>. sound, thoroughly logical, and, in tfacft, tho only means of accomplishing tho desired result-the raising of tho present "starvation price" of ootton to a living and profitable price. for the re mainder of the 1904 crop, and tho reten tion of such a prioe for the orop of 1906. Suoh a condition le |the desire, not only of the farmer himself, but of all tho in terests concerned, inoludiog the mills, the genoral buyor, tho manufaoturor of fertilisers and tho business world iu genoral. They aro all dopendont upon tho prosperity of tho producer for their own prosperity. The singlo interest that hopes to hold down the prico of cotton is thu gambler on tho boar si e of the market, who dosires to forco tho farmer to soil his cotton at present low prices in order that ho may reap tho benefit of tho riso that must oome, sooner or lator. Hold your cotton, and reap this bonoflt for yourself. Roduoo tho aoreago and prevent a repe tition of the prosout condition next year. Remember that a 10,600,000 balo orop of cotton is worth more monoy than a 12,000,000 bale crop. WORK OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Tho General Assembly of South Caro lina mot in Columbia yesterday in annual session and ovory oyo is turned towards that city in auxious expectation. Tho body is composed of mombors, many of whom aro fresh from tho people, and, thorofore, should bo woll cognizant of thoir wishes and noods. Will tho body moot tho expectations of thoir constitu ency ? Hore lies tho rub. Many now measures will doubtless bo proposed, looking to changes of old laws and tho enact ment of HOW OI108, but whether for the boueflt of the many remains to be seen. Wo need much now law, but that law* should look well to the needs of tho people1. Wo need no new laws for tho sake of change, but every law should be enacted solely for tho best interests of thu great mass of the people, both mor ally and materially. Wo care not for a new law for tho sake of change, but that OUr interests maybe enhanced; that wo may be made better anti nan o prosperous. Tho chango of tho constitution, allow ing special legislation in reference to county government, opens wide tho door to enactment of special laws for the various counties, and will doubtless bring forth much and varied legislation. Wo trust Buch may bo wiso and whole some. Tho question ot compulsory education will probably eau.-" much discussion and patriotic thought. Wo are not proparcd to present any views on this subject, but wo trust that it may lind proper solution. Tho dispensary law, too, will como in for its shat e of consideration, lt calls for much earnest thought. Moro has been said and more difference of Opinion exists on this subject than any other measure likely to como up before tho General Assembly, indeed, the baleful inllucnco of the dispensary is felt all over tho Stato. Tho history of tho country shows that the handling of alco holic liquors has manifested its corrupt ing inlluouco upon all who have dealt in it. The Stato has not escaped this hurt ful effect. Wo can ill afford to soo a private citizen fall; much loss can wo allon! to seo our public mon and rulers ruined by this corrupting inlluouco. Let us have tho Hryco bill, as origi nally introduced, and wo will seo no moro kicking. Refuse to pass it. and wo will seo tho matter fought out in tho next campaign. WOULD PAY EX-PRESIDENTS FOR LIFE. Representative Maynard, of Virginia, it is announced, has introduced a bill proposing to increase the salary of tho President to $75,000 a year, tho Vico 1* resident to *l">,0o, and to give the Presi dent after bis retirement from ollicc an annual salary of $25,000 por annum for j lifo. In au interview relating to his bill Mr. Maynard is reported as saying: "1 do not believe in putting Presidents to work to earn their living, after they have retired from thc highest elective ofHoo in this world. Our former Chief Magistrates should not have to practice law, or teach school, or do other work. My bill makes the salary of tho Presi dent the same as tho bill that Senator Gallluger introduced last session, but it adds the provision for ox-Presidents. As a rule men who retire from tho Presi dency are well advanced In years. There are never mort! than two or throe of them living at one time. The expense of the government in tho provision would be comparatively Bin al I. I think wo owo it to ourselves to protect tho dignity of the station of ex-Presidents by some such a law." 'There is, in our opinion, too great a tendency in this country at present toward a monarchical form ot govern ment. This, of course, will never gain sufficient support to booome a reality, but such propositions as set forth by Mr. Maynard are bocomiog disgustingly frequent, v\ ?.-, should an ex President receive a salary of M'?.noo a year for lifo? Or why should be not "work to cai n bis living after occupying tho highest eloc tive Offlce lu tho World?" Thc Presi dent of tho United States is simply pro moted from tlx! rank of a private citizen to that of Chief Executive for a term of yeats, is well paid for his service., highly honored during and after his term of ofllco, and when hts period of public ser vice is ended he should go back to tho ranks ir m whonce ho came and resume the thread Of business lifo at tin point where his fellow-citizens severed it in order to honor him. A salary of $75,000 per annum during the Presidential term is amply suiheient without tacking on a pension of $25,000 a year for life. Such propositions as Mr. Maynard's aro di rectly opposed to the principles which have governed tho policy of tim Hinted States so well in years past, and wc do not think the p-. sent or futuro venera tions will readily take thom up. NEXT Wednesday, January 18tb, will be the anniversary of the birthday ol Qen. Robert E. Lee. It should bo Utting ly observed in all the publlo schools ol tho South by the use of Impressive and appropriate exercises, iu which the lif< and oharaoter of tho South's greatest soldier and Christiau gentleman should bo vividly brought to tho attention of th? pupils. His was a lifo worthy of emula tion by tho present and future genera tiona. ________________ "Eiijah" Dowlo. of Chicago, passer through tho city Thursday night ou th< Seaboard, having taken the train m Washington. He was on route to Miami Fla., with about tweuty of his followers and it is said that his object is to open u| a orusade to convert Florida.-Columbi; Record. Now, what's tho matter with Florida' If that Commonwealth has boen guilt] of any conduct deserving of such din puniBhmem as au invasion by "Elijah' Dow ie, wo unve not hoard of it. SKNATOU H A I t,KY, of Tozas, has sub mitted a proposed amendment to tin Federal Constitution, calling for a chang? in President lal tenure of ofllco from foul to six years, and specifying that aftet serving ono term a man shall forovor b< ineligible to hold tho office of Presidon of the Unitod States. This is well. Du just at present rho Republican part] seems to havo a ?dnety-nino-yoar leas? OU tho Whito l?ense joh, and WO bardi} expect Mr. Bailey's proposed amondinon will moot with tho majority's favor. Domestic Troubles. It is exceptional to thu] a tamil; whore there aro no domestic rupture; occasionally, but theso eau bo lessenei by having Dr. King's New Lifo Pill; around. Much trouble they savo b; their great work in stomach an?! live troubles. They not only roliovo you but cure. 2?0. at all druggists THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Items of News ol tho Past Week Gatherer (rom Various Sources. During the year 1001 tho Secretary o State roceivod charter fees amounting ti ?14,577.70. Of 270 officers of the Russian navy a Port Arthur at the beginning of tho sioge 180 have boon killed or wounded. Japanese colonists in Texas colobrnto? tho fall of Port Arthur at Houston las Wednesday with speech-making aud fire works. Carland McMakin, who lives nea Wollford, in Spartanhurg county, killoe a hog several days ago that woighe? 1,075 pounds. Tho blizzard, accompanied by intens? cold, which struck Now York city Tues day night of last week, caused sevei deaths from exposure in that city. Senator Clay, of Georgia, introducer in the Senate last week a bill grant in?, fifteen ?lays' leave of absence annually tt rural free delivery mail carriers. After remaining out thirty minutes th? jury in the caso of J. L E. Jones, trie?i at Spartanburg last Friday for the mur der of J. M. P, Young, returned a vor?lici of not guilty. lt was definitely decided in tho con feronce bot?eau President R< osovcltnnt] tho loaders of Congress last Saturday afternoon that no extra session of Con gress will bo called this spring. Eight of tho crow of tho towboat De fender lost their lives and moro Iban twonty were injured hy tho explosion ol tho boilers of tho heat, at tho ?lock at Huntington, W. Va., last Wednesday night. Last week a bill was introduced in tht North Carolina Legislature repealing all divorce laws and rc-onacting tho law ol twonty-ono years ago, which made thc Biblical reason thc only ground for abso Into divorce. J. Walter Gray, Jr., of Greenville, bat brought suit against the Southern Rail way asking damages in tho sum of $20, (MK) for injuries received in tho wreck ol No. i>7, the fast mail train, on Decemboi 17, 1008. The case will bo trieil in thc courts of Atlanta. At Owensboro, Ky., last Saturday Rev, W. W. Armer was found guilty of thc murder of his son and sentence?! to 21 years in tho penitentiary. Tho fat bm nun 1 red tho son, who was 21 years old, bec .te ho had gone to work for a farmer and had refused to return homo. At Butler, Tenn., last Saturday morn ing, (/lanton Donnelly and bis 17-year-old brother wore preparing a dynamite charge to kill tish in tlio river when a premature explosion ooo ur red. destroy ing both eyes of the foi HUM and blowing both hands of tho latter off at tho wrist. George H. Williams, age?l 88 years, formerly United States Senator from Oregon, nod Attorney General under President (?rant, and now mayor of Port land, Dre, has been indic ted hy the grand jury of Multuomah county on a oh argo of malfeasance in office In refusing to en force the statutes of Oregon against nambling. A hoop on the Richland Dist illing Com pany's 6,000-gallon tank broke last Wednesday and all the contents, worth over $3,000, were lost. Employees ?cooped in buckets a small quantity from the lloor, which was Hooded to the depth of mote than a foot. In tho deluge of booze one mali narrowly escaped drown ing. Business to tho amount of $88,000,001 is shown by the shoe shipments from Brookton, Mass., for 1004, a total of 622, 085 eases. This is within 7,424 eases ol tho record held hythe year 1001. Tin gain this year over 1003 is 84,086 cases. The best month in biol was October. With 07,450 cases, and the lowest June, with 34,331 cases. Tho Atlanta Cotton Mills, one of th? oldest mills in (Icorgia, was last weok placed in the hands of a receiver by ordei i?f tho Superior Court. The action wai t-.Ueii In order to protect n mortgage holli by tho United States Mortgage and Trust Co., of New Yolk, for $230,000, witl accrued interest amounting to over $10, OOO. Tho mill had been idlo for som? months. Tho Rosiness Men's Club, of Waco Toxas, has called a COnferenoO of mer chants of tho cotton growing States tc meet in New Orleans, January 2">, at thc samo time the Inter-Stato Cotton Associa tion moots in that city. Tho merchant* aro oxpoctod to act in conjunction with a committee of the Cotton Growers'Con vention, nod a committee Of bankers at tending tho convention and rteviso a definite plan for tho warehousing of cot ton in thc ontiro cotton-growing aroa. Bishop Ellison Capers is reportad being quite sick. Editor John Temple Orares, of At lanta, is backing Tom Watson. $60.000 Las been eubsoribed in York ville for a new ootton mill. Joseph W. Folk, Missouri's anti-boodle Exeoutive, was formally sworn in as Governor of that State at noon Monday. Last Monday the Presidential Elootors met in Columbia and olootod T. J. Cun ningham, of Cheater, as messenger to carry the offloial vote to Walkington. The effects of a heavy rain, driven by a (ill-mile gale are in evidence in all sect ions of Philadelphia and environs as a result of Sunday night's storm. The Schuyl kill river is swolleu 17 feet above normal. Fourteen mills are closed as a result of the flood and 4,000 hands are idle. Calhoun County Wini. Unofficial returns on vote for Cal houn County give: ..For' Edgefiold. 237 Abbeville. 200 Greenwood. 60 'Against" 04 41 ll Total. 527 146 If formed tho now county will out Edgefiold bolow constitutional aroa, and a survey of this county will be mado to morrow, in order to place this faot before tho Legislature Extra Session Next Ootober. Washington, January 10-As a result of tho confereuco hold at the White House Saturday and Monday tho Presi dent has docided to call an oxtra session of Congress to begin on October 8, two months before the first regular session of tho fifty-ninth Congress begins. Tho matter of tariff rovision will ho tho principal one to bo considered at this session, according to tho information, but it is possible that railroad legislation aud ono or two other matters may bo taken up. Expolled 24 Students (rom Davidson. Tho faculty or Davidson College, N. C., which is controlled by thc Presbyte rian churches in North and South Caro lina, have expelled 21 studouts, four of them seinen s. Among the charges were chicken stealing and drunkenness. The faculty acted promptly and sternly. Tho looting of a railway car loaded with to bacco was also ouo of tho offenses? NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED ITORS.-All persons indebted to tho estate of A. L. Mason, doccasod, aro hereby notified to mnko payment to tho undersigned, and all persons having claims against said estate will present tho same, duly attested, within thu timo prescribed by law, or bo barred. H. B. MASON", Administrator of tho Personal Estate of A. L. Mason, deceased. January 4, 1005. 1-4 BUD SUMMONS FOR RELIEFT STATE OK SOUTH CAROLINA, I COUNTY OK OCONKB. J In tho Court of Common Pleas. Mary McGuffin, Isabella Jaynes, Wil burn P. MoGuffln, and Filie J. King, Plaintiffs, against J. S. King, as Administrator of tho Per sonal Estate of ,;ohn H. McGuflln, de ceased, tieraco G. MoGuffln, B. Prue McGuffin, ('arrio Stone and Elsie Mc Guffln, Defendants.-Amondod Sum mons for Belief.-(Complaint not Served.) To tho Defendants above named: YOU aro hereby summoned and re quired to answer tho complaint in this action, which will hu tiled in tho oflico of tho Clerk of the Court of Com mon Pleas of Oconeo county. South Carolina, and to servo a copy of your answer to the said complaint on tho subscribers at their oflico, on the Public Square, at Walhalla Court House, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of tho day of such service; and if you fail to an swer tho complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to the Court for the relief de manded in the complaint. Dated January 10, A. I). 100."). [L. S.J C. H. D. BUHNS, C. C. P. R. T. JAYNES, J. VV. SHELOR, Plaintiffs' Attornoys. To tho Absent Defendants. Horace G. MoGuffln. B. Prue MoGuffln, Carrie me and Klzio MoGuffln: Tako notice that the Amended Sum mons and.Complaint in the above enti tied action will be filed in the offioo of the Clerk of the ('oort of Common Pleas for Oconee county, South Carolina; that thepurposoof this action is the parti tion of the real estate and sottlomout of tho personal estate of John H. MoGuffln, doooasod, among his hoirs-at-law, ac cording to tlteir respective legal rights. H. T. J AYN KS, J. W. SHELOR, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. January 10, 1005, 1-7 mm************ Harper J Boyd AND Hunt. If you must buy goods you should buy where you can get the best goods for the least money. We are the Place. The following goods, marked in plain figures, with extremely low prices, are now marked still lo wer with other plain figures, so you can tell : Children's Jackets, Ladies', Children's and Men's Underwear. Men's Suits, Pants and Hats. Heavy Knit Overshirts. A few pieces of Outings and Calicos. We have a complete stock of Dry G-oods, Notions, Men's Furnishings and Groceries, all new and all marked at prices you will know are cheap when you see the goods. Harper, Boyd & Hunt ar*\VE ARE DOWN ON THE CORNER IN NEW HOTEL BUILDING, SENECA, S. C. [MENDED SUMMONS FOR RELIEF. .'ho Stato of South Carolina, I County of Ooonee. t Court of Common Picas. John D. Vernor, Plaintiff, against ,rasa E. Stoibrand, Mrs. Harcourt Bull, Mrs. E. M. Stoobor, Mrs. Gortrudo S. Gibson, Edward Stoibrand and Corita A. Nopport, Defendants.-Amended Summons for Relief.-(Complaint not Served.) Ao tho Defendants Above Named: You aro hereby summoned and re hired to answor tho complaint in this dion, which will bc tiled in the oftico of bo Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas f Oeonco county. South Carolina, and 0 servo a copy of your answor to tho aid complaint on tho subscribers at their (bee, on tho Public Square, at Walhalla 'curt House, South Carolina, within 20 ays after tho sorvieo hereof, exclusivo f the day of such sorvieo; s.'ud if you ?iii to answer tho complaint within tho imo aforesaid, tho Plaintiff in this action till apply to tho Court for the relief emandea in tho complaint. Dated Decembor 28th, A. D. 1004. 0. R. D. I1URNS, C. C. P. ISeal.] J A YNES & SHELOR, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 'o tho Defendants Abovo Named: Please take uotico that tho Amended ominous and Complaint in tho above ntitled action will bo filed in the oflico f tho Clerk of Court of Common Pleas f Oconeo county, South Carolina; that he purpose of this action is tho foro hisuro of a mortgage given to tho Plain iff !>v tho lato Carlos J. Stoibrand on bo first clay of Mov, 188(1. JAYNES & SHKLOR, Plaintiff's Attorneys, Walhalla, S. 0. December 28, 1004*. 52 o Splendid Farm.^ 55 Acres. Well stocked. Best tools. 6?H. P. engine. One horse. One mule. Buggy and wagon. 150 bushels, corn. 25 bushels peas. 50 bushels cotton seecL - 22 shotes, etc,- - Firiit trees. EVERYTHING READY FOR YOU LESS TH A N TWO MILES OP GREENVILLE, S. C. EUNICE COTTAOE."g$ Owner leaving! Bargain! Como quick or write us. ThacKston (Si Son. Greenville, S. C. Finds us ready with a big line of f seasonable goods. Hardware- I the best that money can buy. We ? are selling Hardware Supplies at 1 Ivery low prices. In Cutlery you 1 will save money on every pur- I chase if you buy it from us. f