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POSSIBILITIES OF INTRODUCING AMERICAN COTTON IN CHINA ANO SOUTH AMERICA. SPEECH Of SENATOR HT Mim. South is Capablo ot Producing Necessary Co? ton to Clothe tho World. (New Orl?ans Suuday States, j Tho New York Sun and Journal of Commerce have already heartily indorsed the views of the lion. John L. MoLaurin, of South Carolina, looking to an enlargement of our trade iu cotton products in foreign countries, which were expressed so ably by that gentleman and which were crystalled in the resolutions which were adopted by the Southern Inter-State Cotton Convention unani mously. These resolutions might truthfully be said lo offer the ouly permanent solution of the cotton problem. They were erolwdied in the following let ter which was sent to the President! of the Uuited States : New Orleans, Januar? 26, 1906. To His Excellency, ;no President ' of the United States : Dear Sir-I am instructed by tho convention of Cotton Growers, assembled in the city of New Orleans, La., to traosrait for your consideration tho following resolution : "Whereas, thc present markets for American cotton products aro not sufficient to dispose of the present crop ; and "Whereas, we believe the con sumption of cotton can bo greatly increased in the markets of thu world ; and "Whereas, such increase will re result in untold good to the cotton growing States, reduoing the surplus, thereby creating a greater demaud and necessarily higher prices for our cotton. Therefore, be it "Resolved, That a special commit tee be appointed by this convention to confer with the President of the United States, the Secretary of Ag riculture and the manufacturers of cotton goods to obtain suoh con ceited action as will enlarge our trade in cotton products in foreign countries." I have the honor to inform you that, pursuant to tho above resolu tion, the chairman of the convention appointed Hon. J. L. McLaurin, of the State of South Carolina ; Hon. John M. Parkor, of thc State of Louisiana, ind E. A. Ashcroft, of the State of Alabama, ou this committee, I have the honor to be, respectfully, (Signed) Harvio Jordan, President Southern Ioter-Slate Cot ton Convention. J. H. Whyte, Secretary. Senator McLaurin, in his speech before the cotton oonveution, timonga others, made these pertinent remarks concerning thc possibilities of intro* .hieing American cotton in China and South America : "It was my good fortune to sec a good deal of Minister Wu when he represented China. He was a won derfully intelligent man, a graduate of the English university, and tho more he saw of this country the more . he was impressed with the possibilities of the South in extending its cotton trade in China. I went with him once on a Southern trip and visited Nonie of our great cotton mills, and i explained to him thc method of tho culture and manufacture of cotton, i He seemed particularly struck with thc small profits to tho cotton grower. I took great pains to explain our overproduction theory, and he replied quick as a Hash : 'If my people wore cotton like they do here ami every Chinaman added one inch to tho length of his shirt tail, it would con sume the cotton crop of the South.' New Orleans is the natural center of tito cotton industry, if thc Am?n ent-Asiatic. Association of New York could in 1897 and 1898 relieve us of our surplus by finding markets in North Cliina, why couldn't a South cm Asiatic association in New Or leans in 1905 find a market in other portions of the Empire, that would be speedily felt in increased demand ;md higher prices iu 1906 and 1907 ? "The time was never more favora ble to make a beginning. Again we foav* cheap cotton, and with the ap proaching cud of the war, China will be opened up to trade as never be fore. The lack of railroad facilities wtil we speedily supplied. At the time of his death, Senator Calvin S. Brie? wa? at the head of a v&?v njuda cate for building a line aoross China, and some one elite will take charge of the work. With Alaska, Hawaii, Quam, and th? Philippines we have huge stepping stones to the Orient, fi ic tidly ports, bases of supply, depots, and if need bo for our pro t"etiou, arsenals. "Then, again, gentlemen, the mar ketti of South America aro undevel oped. ? * * ? ? Again tho Hon. Mr. McLaurin said : "God fashioned this country, with I its great rivers and mountains rub I ning north and south ; He made the '. great valleys that drain into the ' South Atlantic and Gulf, to feed and ; clothe the world ; He placed His gate ! ways at New Orleans, Mobile and Charleston. With ?he completion of j a great waterway between the j oceans, natural laws will control, freights will move north and south, and then with ships under the Stars and Stripes, manued by Araerioao seamen, I look for some point ou this great Gulf tc become the center of the commercial world. The South must play an important part in our country's future. She is the Ameri can end of America. Unhampered by partisan piejudices aud sectional I animosities, let us make the most oi I our opportunities, supporting broad nations.] policier-, lacking to the oreatiou of wider markets, expansion of trade and the upbuilding of a common country. "Differ as we may upon mere party questions, when it comes to utilizing national opportunities North, South, East aud West, should unite iu maintaining the supremaoj of tho United States in the groal struggle for the commerce of th? world. There is no decadence ii my outlook of the future for tin South, no problems that our intelli genoe can not solve or perils that ou courage can not subdue." Splendid as was the work of tin recent convention, it is not to bi denied that in its resolve to asl Southern planters to bind themselve to a reduction of acreage and i j pledge to hold surplus cotton th. convention could only have had ii I view a temporary solution of th? cotton problem. The aim and hopi of the South is that we may find i permanent solution that will stand a a bar to those violent fluctuations ii the price of the staple which bring great distress or great prosperity a the market leaps upward or tumble downward and which robs the indus try of that reasonable stability unde which we should have always fai prices and with good crops corre ponding uniformity of prosperity. It has been demonstrated that th South is capable of raising the bull of cotton necessary to clothe th world and there remains, therefor* one principal direction into which w should turn our activities in th? effort to bring about a permanon solution of the stable prices. Tba direction is thc expansion of tho de maud for our cotton through th development of new markets int which we may send the products o our fields, and for that reason w believe Senator Mel.turin's r?solu lion to have b*?en ono of the moe important which was passed by th convention. Pregnant as it is wit the possibilities of rieh returns to th South, all our cotton interests wi be concerned in tho outcom id" the interviews which it coi templates on the part of a cora mittee from the association wit the President, thc Secretary c Agriculture and the cotton manufa< Lurer.".. President Jordan was par lioularly fortunate in the selectio >f an able and representative com mittee and that committee, becausi ->f its high character ought to hav RYDALE'S TONK A New Scientific Discovery for the BLOOD and NERVES. It purifies tho blood by eliminating tl waste matter and other impurities and I destroying the germs or microbes th infest thc blood. It builds up the bloc by reconstructing and multiplying tho r? corpuscles, malting the blood rich and re It restores and stimulates the nut ve causing a Ld! free ?low of nerve for? throughout the entire nerve system, speedily litres unstrung nerves, nervou ness, nervous prostration, and all ott) diseases of the nervous system. RYDALE'S TONIC is sold under a po! live guarantee. Tris! ?lie SO cents. Family ?ixe $1.00 MANUFACTURED BY The Radical Remedy Com pa ii HICKORY, N. O. FOB SALK BY WALHALLA DRUG COMPANY. no difficulty in interesting the high government authorities and the man ufaoturers in a consideration of ways and maana by which the laudable object in view may have reasonable hope of attainment. The President's friends have beeu very persistent in their assurauce of Mr* Roosevelt's deep friendship fer the South and her material interests, Mid it may be thai he will seize this opportunity to give practical demonstration of his ! desire to forward interest* so bound u?> with her welfare, particularly when thc successful promotiou of those interests must have a marked j effeot upon thu prosperity of the whole country. Senator McLaurin laid great stress upon the practically undeveloped fields in the Orient for the exploita tion of our ootton producta. There, however, lie not the only opportuni ties for new markets, sud he direotod attention to sections nearer our doors, j in the Stales of South America, where a large trade might be bnilt un with little di (li cult y. Uuder Mr. Blaine's reciprocity treaties, it has beou shown, we were rapidly occupy ing South American markets, espec ially with iron and steel produots, losing this trade later by the aban donment of that polioy. Congress j has recently made an appropriation of ?125,000 in lue interest of the re covery of our lost prestige in these markets, and former Assistant Post master General Bristow has been named as the head of a com mission having this object in view. Also, tho other day, 95,000 was appropri ated to buy and send free our dairy products Into certain sections in the hopo of developing a demand for them. The time seems propitious, therefore, when wo are about to in orease our energies for foreign trade, j for a visit of the representatives of the greatest export crop in the United States to tho National Congress to interest the President and tho Con gress in a consideration of methods by which our trade in tho produots of this great staple may be enlarged and benefits thereby bestowed upon millions of our people. Enlarged foreign markets offer the truo and permauent solution of the cotton problem, and if the McLaurin resolution shall servo to provide thom, tho South will have reason for general ions to come to hold in grate ful memory the Southern Inter-State j Cotton Convention. Wiuter coughs are apt to result in con sumption if neglected. They can he Hoon broken up by uaing Foley's Honey and Tar. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Luuuey, Seneea. S. C. T. Dodd, who has reigned as ; general solicitor of the Standard Oil Company, probably drew the largest salary of any individual in the United States. Mr. Dodd has for years drawn an annual salary of 9250,000. The only other salary drawn hy a lawyer which can compare with this is that of Francis Lyudo Stetson, who receives an annual retainer of; 950,000 from J. P. Morgan & Co. This retainer is given simply for the purpose of allowing Mr. Morgan to have thc first call upon the services of Mr. Stetson. Whenever he is consulted he receives an extra fcc. For Coughs-at your druggists or direct from Murray Drug Co., Columbia, S. C.-"Murray's Horehound, Mullein and Tar." 25c. for large size bottlo. According to figures published by tho American Agriculturist thc value of the farm crops of thc country, at the farms, in 1904, was 98,278,000,000, while io 1896 it was only 91,820,000, 1)00. Tho remarkable feature of this showing is that thc production has increased in quality very little in tho past ten years, so far as tho staple crops are concerned, except in thc one item of cotton, yet thc value has almost doubled in that time. - ~? . ?~ . Foley's lb ney and Tar is best for Hoop and whooping cough; contains no ?plates and cures quickly. Careful mothers koop it in the house. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Reuben A. Torrey and Charles M. Alexander, American evangelists, have begun in London what is de scribed as thc greatest revival in the history of that city. The revival was opened in Royal Albert Hall, Bondon's largest theatre, the audi ence numbering about 11,000, in cluding many of London's most prominent people. A choir of 3,000 voices furnished the music. Last Sunday night a negro shanty, near the Okeetee Club, in Hampton county, oaught fire while tho old folks were at church. Thore wero seven children in the house and they were burned to death. Congres* has before it a bill ap propriating $50,000 for a new build ing at Anderson, and $50,000 for one at Sumter. Foley's Honey aud Tar oures the oough caused by an attack of la grippe. It heals the lungs. Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Luuuey, Sencpa. The South Carolina State Press Association will meeta'. White htoue Lithia Springs July ii, aud may afterwards take a trip to the Port land, Oregon, Exposition. The most reliable preparation for kid noy troubles ou the market is Foley's Kidney (Jure. Sold by J. w. Doll, Wal halla; W. J. Lunuey, Seueca. United States Senator Benjamin K. Tillman is in Philadelphia, where he has recently gone for treatment. Dr. Wharton Sinkler, whose patient Senator Tillman is, says that he is suffering from a nervous attack fol lowing grip. His condition is not serious. So Tired It may be from overwork, bat the chances are tts from aa la active ? '?? - With a well conducted LIVER / one caa do mountains off labor without fatigue. lt adi'. '? a hundred per cent te ones et i nlng capacity. it can be kept io healthful adie* by, and only by Ms Pills TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. John Harding, of Trenton, N. Y., eighty-three years old, is rejoioing over the birth of a son, whioh is the second one born to him in two years. Three years ago he married a woman twenty-three years old, whom he adopted when she was a little girl. Their first child died. Harding is wealthy and bis boy will inherit $100,000. OABTORXA. Bear, the A ^ Kind Yon Have Always Bought S. F. Curtis has bought a piece of land in Ooonee county, about seven miles of Walhalla, on Oeoneo creek. It is n good piece of land, with good botton land, and is said to be rich in gold indications. It is said that be fore the war it was worked in a orude way by the owner who got one dollar per day prolit from it.-Pick ens Suntinel. FOLEY'S HONEYMDTAR Prevents Serious Results From a Cold. Remember the name Foley's Honey and Tar. Insist upon having the genuine. Throe BIZOB 25C, 50C, SI.OO Prepared only by . Foley SL Company, Chloasjo. For?M* J.W.Bell.Walhalla. A Richmond Ora.) firm has been awarded the contract to furnish to the French Government 1,000,000 pounds of heavy, dark tobacco for snuff. .Sops the coo ii H and Heal? lui* ff? ---?4?P~ -- C. F. Ware, of Dayton, Ohio, who is already interested in fruit culture, has added to his holdings in Georgia 750 acres of land on tho Central railroad near Amoricus, upon which ho will establish a large pouch or chard. FOLEYSHO?ft?Y^TAR forrh'f.l'-ont aa fa, aura. No opiate? S. H. Smith has purchased a farm ne*r Sterling, S. C., where he will engage in raising poultry for market, principally a combination of game and Plymouth Kock fowls. Ile will equip his establishment with modern apparatus for hatching and brooding chickens. LOW Ratos to Preshkn?al Inauflurallon. Cs account of tb? Presidential iuuugu ' i 'im ceremonies, at Washington, D. C., March 4, 1006, tho Mont Item Railway an ion.ices tho very low rato of one fare [plus 20 cents) for the rc und trip. Still lower rates to military companies ind brass bands in uniform, twenty or nore on one party ticket. Tickets will be sold on Maroh 2 and 3, Inal limit Maroh 8. 1006. However an ix tension of 6nal Hoot to leave Wash ngton uot later than midnight of Maroh in, un',, may be had hy depositing ticket with special agent at Washington on or lintotn Maroh 8, 'and payment of fee of M at the time of deposit. For further information as to rates, schedules, steeping ear reservations, etc., apply to any agent of the Southern Rail way or address Brooks Morgan, A. Q. P. AL. Southern Railway, Atlanta, Ga. Low Rates to New Orleans and Mobile. The Southern Railway gives the special low excursion rato to New Orleans, La., Mobile, Ala., and Pensacola, Fla., of one flrst-olass fare, plus twenty-five cents, for the round trip from all coupon sta tions, on aeoount of Mardi Gras. Tickets on sale Maroh 1-0, limited to Maroh ll, 1006, but may be extended to return March 26, 1006. Very low rates to other points now in effect. The Southern Rail way is the best route to the above points, operating through Pullman and dining oars on all through trains. For full in formation apply to any agent of the Southern Railway or R. W. Hunt, D. P. A., Charleston, S. C. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR ?1.50. By a clubbing arrangement with the Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Cou rier we are offering that paper and The Keoweo Courier for $1.60 per year. The Keowee Courier is recognized not only AB the hest paper in noonee county, but it is rated amoug the best oounty papers in South Carolina. The Semi-Weekly News and Courier is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesday s and Satur days, gives tho detailed nows of South i 'arelina as a special feature, and oarries the full Associated Press dispatches from all over the world. The combina tion of tho two papers at $1.60 gives our present readers, as well as new sub loribers, an opportunity to seouro two of the best papers in the State (three papers ? weok) for 6" cents more than the regu lar price of either. lat us send you two of the very best pipers in South Carolina For almost the p.-'ce of one. Notice to Trespassers. THE undersigned hereby given public, notice to all persons not to allow ?heir stock or cattle to trespass on my ands in Whitewater Township in any manner whatsoever. Those allowing their stock to do so after publication of this notice will be prosecuted to tho fullest extent of the law. W. M. CANTRELL. February 1, 1005. 6-8 WK WANT ALL INTERK9TKD IN MACHINERY TO H AV s OUR HAMB ??rona YMBM DURINQ 1905 Write us stating what kind of MAOHINERY you use or will Install, and wo will mall you Fuss OF ALL COST A HANDSOME AND U8?PUL POCKET DIARY AND ATLAS OR A LARGS COMMERCIAL CALENDAR Gibbes Machinery Company, COLUMBIA, S. C. A STOOK OF HORSE POWIS MAY "HESSES TO BE 0L03ED OUT AT SPECIAL PRICES FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS, ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO. UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA, WASHINGTON, and Other Point? West, Northwest and Southwest, Write or Call on J. G. HOLLENBBC1C District Passenger Act LOUISVILLE & NA8HVILLE R. R. No. 1 North Pryor Sw, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Ga. REAL ESTATE. HAVE ABOUT 12 NICE FARMS n two to lon miles of Soneca, that I will Cliff AND GIVE GOOD TERMS. Also,several Houses and Lots n Seneca, if you have anything to buy ir sell in liteau como ami see me. Yours, J . H. ADAMS. Seneca, S. C. *e a Cold iii On LO Quinine Tablet?. ? ?tb?. This Signatare, J. H. MOORE, M. D., ff* Physician and Surgeon. Calls left at residence or J. H. Darby's Drug stoi o will reoeive prompt attention, DAY OR NIGHT. Phones : Residence 93, Dru* Store IS. 12-8-04 WM. J. STRIBLING. } iE. h. H ERNDON. & Attorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, 8. O. PBOMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL BUSI NESS ENTBUSTED TO TU KM. January 6. 1898. J. P. Carey, . Picken?, S. C. J. W. Shelor, Walhalla, 8.0. CAREY & SHELOR,# Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, 8. C. Will practico in the State and United I States Courts. Business entrusted to our oars will ro I coi ve prompt and careful attention. K T. JAYNEST Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Boj Phone No. 20. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Business entrusted to my care rooeives prompt attention. 1-05 -Dentist OAlec two doors above the Bank, In Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. fcftfi proust, DENTIST, Walhalla, S. C. . omeo Over C. W. Pitchford Co.'s : : : Store, : : : HOUBS : 8.80 A. M. TO 1 p. M. AND 2 TO 0 p. M. DR. J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, SENECA, 8. C. OFFICE OVER NIMMONS' STOBE, DOYLE BUILDING. Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M. !* " L' P. M. to 0 P. M. April 20, 1004. _16-tf Dr. W. F. Austin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd A Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERY DAY. PHONE NO. 51. BL?E RIDGE RAILWAY CO. BETWEEN RELTON AND WALHALLA. Timo Tanlo No. ft.-In Effect Jan. 9, 1005. EASTBOUND 12 Lv Walhalla. Lv West Union. Ar Seneca. Lv Seneca. Lv "Jordania Junction Lv *Adams. Lv .Cherry. Lv Pendleton. Lv .Antun. Lv ?Denver. Lv ?West Anderson_ Ar Anderson-PaSSDop Lv Anderson-I'assDcp Lv ?Anderson-KrtDop Ar Relton. A M 8 36 8 40 8 f.s 0 00 0 M tl 17 9 25 ? 32 9 39 9 55 10 00 10 03 10 25 10 6 8 I 18 P.M. WESTBOUND - Lv Relton. Lv ?Anderson-Fr't De Ar Anderson-Pass De Lv Anderson-l'ass 1 in Lv ?West Anderson.... Lv ?Denver. Lv * A ut un. Lv Pendleton. Lv ?Cherry. Lv ?Adams. Lv ?Jordania Junction. Ar Seneca. Lv Seneca. I.v Wost Union. Ar Walhalla. PM 3 55 t 20 4'22 4 27 ?1 40 4 47 4 52 1 N 5 09 f> IK 6 21 5 39 5 44 2 00 2 03 2 16 2 19 2 20 2 33 2 40 2 53 3 00 3 10 3 12 3 35 9 P.M. 3 10 3 12 3 85 PM 3 00 3 05 3 35 4 12 4 16 4 31 4 35 4 54 6 03 6 12 16 27 '6 33 5 43 6 45 6 10 AM 8 IS S 20 8 45 A M 10 45 11 05 ll 07 ll ll ll 21 ll 26 ll 32 ll 39 ll 42 ll 54 ll 67 A M. 10 45 11 05 Il 07 ll ll ll 21 ll 28 ll 32 ll 89 ll 42 ll 54 ll 57 1 05 1 20 1 25 A M 8 30 S 86 8 51 9 00 9 25 9 35 9 89 9 67 10 00 1 05 1 36 1 40 FM M 6 65 6 67 . Flag stations. Will also M. ip at the following stations to take on and let off passengers: Plitnney's, James's and Sandy Springs and Toxaway. Nos. ll and 12,first class passenger, daily; Nos. 0 and 10, dailv except Sunday; Nos. 5 and 6, Sunday only; Nos. 4 and 7, second class, mixed, daily ox ont Sunday; Nos. 8 and 8, second class, mixed, dally. H. C. BEATTIE, President. J. R. ANDERSON. Superintendent.. THE wm ipi THE SOUTH'S GREATEST SYSTEM. Uuoxccllod Dining Car Service. Through Pullman Sleeping Cars on all Through Trains. Convenient Schedules on all Local Trains. Winier Tourist Rates arc now in effect to all Florida points. For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult noarest Southern Railway Tiokot Agont, or R. W. HUNT, Division Passenger Agont, Charleston, S. C.' e Day Curca Grip la Two Days, on every box. 35c.