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COTTON WAREHOUSE? IN THIS STATE. Fir? Proof Kousos will Enable Farmer* to Place Colton In Negotiable Form. [The State, Maroh s. ] At a meeting of the oommittee on warehouses of the South Carolina division of the Southern Cotton, As so elation yesterday, the following resolution was adopted unanimously, on motion of Capt. W. E. Burnett, of Spartanburg : "That it is the iense of this com mittee that we recommend to every community in South Carolina, where thc neoessity exista for warehouses, to ?mild these warehouses through their mwn efforts or by outside assistance if preferred, or if possible to attain them at a cost of from $500 to $1,200 with a Btorage capacity, respectively, of from 600 to 1,000 bales of cotton." This ?8 pract ically a "call to arms," for without warehouses it will be well nigh impossible for the farmers to win, and to keep won, tbe fight which they now have well in band. The market iu now showing the effect of the fight the farmers have been making to hold their cotton for better prices. Advices from Liverpool are to the off cot that English manufac turers are organizing to protect them selves against 16 cent cotton, for they confidently expect the market to go to that figure. At very gener ous estimates there were 12,000,000 bales raised in the South last year, aud notwithstanding the ory of , "over production" this is said to be 1,000,000 bales short of what the de mand will be, for the Egyptian orop is reported a failure and the India crop will be little better. If such is the oase, and these are the advices which the cotton associa tion has received from authentic sources, all the cotton farmers of the Southern States must do is to hold to what they have. It was developed at the meeting yesterday that if the farmers in dif ferent communities in the State, will take the proper amount of interest in building warehouses, it will be possible to make arrangements whereby the funds subscribed locally will be augmented by the same amount by capitalists who are inter ested in this great movement. The entire committee was present. T. B. Stackhouso and others of the committee expressed the belief that lhere would be many ware houses built, and that the movement should be started at once in order to got tho buildings ready for occu pancy by the time thc new crop comes in. Architects and contrac tors were consulted as to tho cost of erecting warehouses and the in formation received was very satisfac tory, for it showed that the cost is not prohibitive, and that almost any community which has tho progressive spirit can raise enough money to build a warehouse which will accom modate all the cotton raised in that neighborhood, or at least all of the On motion of Col. Leroy Springs, of Lancaster, tho following was adopted unanimously : "That wo urge upon . the farmers the importance of storing their cot ton promptly on being ginned in the standard warehouses where they can get negotiable warehouse receipts, thus saving it from loss in weight and damage and putting it in nego tiable shape so that they will not bo ^B^-ccd to market it except at their ^rTwn pleasure, as it has boen demon strated by the action of the New Orleans convention that reasonable prices can bo maintained irrespective of the size of the crop by the judi cious marketing of thc cotton, which can only be accomplished by tho cf feotive warehouso system." E. D. Smith, p>esidontof thc State division of tho cotton association, was prosont by invitation and offered the following suggestion, which was adopted in tho form of a resolution : "That any information as to con struction or outside assistas co oan bo obtained by communicating with tho Columbia oflico of the Southern Cot ton Association. That a copy of these resolutions bo filed in this office and that a copy be given to the press with the request that all county pa pers publish them." E. G. Seibols, as an insuranoe ox |l pert, told the oommittee, by invita tion, what requirements will be neces sary to make a warehouse well nigh. "fire proof and an acceptable risk. C. C. Wilson stated, as an arohiteot called in by invitation, that these warehouses oould be built 40 by 100 feet with gravel roof and best pat tern for $1,200, the sprinkler system to cost about 25 per cent more. Such a house would have a capacity of 1,000 bales. A 500-bale capacity warehouse could be built for $800. If storage for any more than 1,000 bales is required separate warehouses should be built. E. W. Robertson was eleoted ohai- - man of the committee and F. ll. Weston secretary. Battleship South Carolina. Charleston, March 10.-Congress man George S. Legare, in honor of whom President Roosevelt named one of the fine new battleships, to be built, "South Carolina," returned to Charleston last Tuesday morning from Washington in good health and fine spirits, aa he Bhould be after the honor wbioh had been accorded to him. Congressman Legare spoke interestingly of his reoent work, and he declared that the naming of the battleship after this State was an other evidence of President Roose velt's friendly fooling for the South. He expressed his complete satisfac tion that the President desires to be tho same to all sections of the ooun try, and he said that in the next few years the President will make this purpose clearer in his treatment and consideration of Southern men and measures. The Charleston Con gressman gets much satisfaction, of course, from his position in favor of the naval bill wbioh brought the honor to his State. Mr. Klrksey't Recommendation. Mr. Kirksey writes: I give a positive guarantee with every box of Rydale's Stomach Tablets and Liver Tablets I sell, and have never boen asked to refund the money in a single instance. I bavo used these tablets in my family witb best, re sults, W. L. Kirksey, Morgan tou. N.' C Rydale's Tablets are prepared by the Radical Remedy Company, Hickory, N. C., who authorize evory dealer in their Ereparations to guarantee every box or ottle of their medioiue they sell. Wal halla Drug Company. Pointer Dog Adopts Pig. Macon, Ga., March 0.-Braxton R. Ezoll, a farmor of Hillsboro, tolls tho story of a remarkable pig and a no loss remarkable canine It seems that Mr. Ezoll had a sow with a litter of pigs. Tho sow died, and so did onch of her pigs with tho exception of ono little pig that found something else to do. This little pig lived for a very good reason. At that time Mr. Ezoll also had a pointer with.a lot of puppies; but all of these puppies died, as did the old sow and hor pigs, with the exception of that one little pig. Now it seems that the little piggio and the pointer bocamo ac quainted, and in due timo tho pig found his way to tho breast as well as the mother heart of tho pointer. In short, they adopted each other, and the pig was raised on tho milk of the pointer. Mr. Ezoll says that evory timo he wont hunting with his dog the little pig would trail on behind, grunting at tho heels ol his tost er mother. Evory time tho dog raised his foot to point a covoy of birds, tho pig would stop, sniff the air to con vey the impression that he was responsi ble for tho discovery of tho birds, and grunt several times. Negro Lynched in Tennessee. Nashville, March 9.-Ronce Gwynn, ; nogro, was hangod at Tullahoma, Tenn, at an early hour this morning by un known partios. He was taken from the calaboose, where he was held on a oharg< of larceny, about 60 yards, and haugee to a tree. When discovered tho bod) had no clothing on it, save a shirt and ; pair of socks. Gwynn had boen sorviuj; OUt a sentence for larceny, and had bool out but a short time. In a South Carolina town a fow days ago a man was brought to tria! on a charge of illegally selling whis koy. Tho "ovidenoo" was contained in a tightly corked pint bottlo. "Wt don't know what's in the bottle ; il may bo cold toa," said the ast'nt, foreman of tho jury ; "let us hav< it." So tho bottlo was passed ovor and was taken into the jury room Twenty minutes later a verdict o "not guilty" was rendered. But th< bottlo was never returned to tin court. Presumably there was nol enough "cyid?neo" to go around, says tho Savannah Nows. Twice a year 80,000 mon and boy scattered from one end of Englam to the other must bo fitted out witl new olothos. These are the om ployeos of the post office department and it is no small task to provid these garments, to say nothing o making sure that caoh is woll fitted The department uses 287 miles o oloth, 803 miles of lining, bosidei 3,00t,000 or 4,000,000 battons ant the other things whioh go into th making of a garment. To simplif this work the device of "fitting sizes has been resorted to and as a ronni the men are olothed with automati precision and with only 2 per oent c misfits. Potash as Necessary as Rain The quality and quantity of the crops depend on a sufficiency of Potash in the soil, ,'ertllizers which are low in Potash will never produce satisfactory results. Svery fanner should be familiar with the proper proportions of Ingredients that gp to nuke thc nest fertillicrs for every kind of crop. We li.ive published a series of books, containing- the latest researches on this all important subject, which we will send frc? if you ask. Write now while you think ot lt to the GERMAN KALI WORKS New York-08 Nn???u Street, ur Atlanta. Qa.-22? South Broad Street. "Blue Corn Bread." I A citizen of Yorkviile who spent some time in Columbia recently was enabled through the good offices of un acquaiutanco to make an inspec tion of the Richland distillery, and be has been telling the reporter of some of the things he saw. ''Well, now, 1 can't begin to tell you everything about this distillery because there is too much of it ; but I'll tell you this. They make a ter rible quantity of liquor and they don't make near all they sell. They have rectifiers' license, you know, and under this license they have a | right to manipulate high wines and cologne spirits so as to make one gal lon of these into two or three gallons of whiskey. "Yes, they really UBO corn meal and rye meal to make whiskey and they use tremendous quantities of it. I saw a great tank that would bold twenty or thirty thousand gallons! Riled with mash, and while I was| there I came to a place where a man was sitting at the end of a long trough through which a stream of corn meal was pouring. "Tho man was catching the meal up iu his hand, testing the moisture, and every now and then putting it to his nose to catch the odor. I thought this was the discharge trough of a big corn mill at first, and that the man was merely keeping wateb on the quality of meal that was coming through. "I had heard that tho immense quantities of ?lops supposed to come from a distillery of this kind were used to fatten cattle, and I was Durions to see what the cattle looked liko. Thoro were not but twelve or fifteen head to be seen about the place, and I asked the man at thc meal trough : "'What do you peoplo do with your slops? I thought you fed it to sattle, but I do not see any slop or sattle either.' "Still working the meal in his1 lingers the mun looked up at me and jmiled knowingly. "I repeated the question because I was mystified. After a pause he! raked me who I was. I told and he went on : " 'Did you ever eat any corn bread that had a bluish cast and slightly bitter taste ?' "'Yes, a good many times,' I re plied. " 'Well, here is where the meal comes from. After we have kept! 5ur meal in these vats for seventy lours and gotten out all the spirits] ,hat can bo extracted within the time illowed by the Government, we dry t out like this and sell it again. The jitter taste is the llavor of what is eft of the hops wo put in to make ,he mash ferment. This meal is tortor weak like by this time ; but it s just a little cheaper, and there aro ots of people who never think of tho iifforence.' " For Coughs - Murray's Horehound, ?lulloin and Tar. 25c. for largo bottlo. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR $1.50. By a dubbing arrangement with tho 'Marleston Semi-Weekly News and Cou io wo are offering that paper and Tho Coowoe Courier for $1.50 per yoar. The (ooweo Courier is recognized not only is tho best papor in Oconee unity, but t is rated among the best county papers n South Carolina. The Sorai-Weokly 'Tews and Courier is an oxcollont jour ial, published on Wodnosdays and Sat m - lays, gives the detailed nows of South Carolina as a spooial feature, and oarrios he full Associated Press dispatches rom all over tho world. The combina ion of tho two papers at $1.50 giveB our ?resent readers, as well as new sub oribers, an opportunity to secure two of he best papers in the State (threo papers . week) for CO cents more than the regu ar price of either. Let us send you two of he very best papers in South Carolina or almost the price of one. Th? Scotch-Irish. J. M. Boyd, of Chicago, inquires the origin and history of the term "Scotch-Irish'' as applied to an im portant element of the population of the United States. Early in the! 17ch century, leoiuse of a rebel lion ugainst the Crown and the flight of the earls who ruled the northern counties of Irelaud, about 4,000,000 acres of "plantations" in Tyrone, Londonderry, Derry, Donegal, Ar magh, Down, Fermanagh, Antrim and Cavan counties were confiscated and talion possession of by tho gov ernment, divided into small estates, (none larger than 2,000 acres,) and granted to English and Scotch Protestants of known loyalty and substance. The purpose of King James was to piotestanize the entire district. In 1009 the forfeited lunds were surveyed and the plan of dis tribution was thoroughly conceived and well carried out. Fifty-nine Scotch Presbyterians of high social standing and wide influence were chosen, each of whom received a tract of 2,000 acres, upon the condition, however, that they should live on their grants and also they should eaob briug with them forty-eight able yeomen of 18 years and upward, na tives of England or "the inward parts" of Scotland. Each of these men was given a farm. They were all Protestants and men of "piety, industry and virtue." They pledged themselves to build "fortified places for defense, houses to live in and churches in which for to worship." The native Irish remaining on the lands were forcibly transferred to the least accessible districts, so that they might not mix or intermarry with the newcomers. Thus, northern Ire land was populated by a new race of lowland Soots, peace-loving, in dustrious Protestants, frugal in their habits, strong of character and vigor ous in their theology. Tho term "Scotch-Irish" is peculiar to America and is generally applied to the descendants of these families, who during the eighteenth century Bought more promising careers and homes in America and have borne an active and important part in the set tlement ind development of the United States. Indeed, the sons and daughters of those vigorous Calvin ists have been leaders and builders in every State in the Union. Prior to the Revolution no other section of tho Old World sent so many emi grants to the American colonies as did the Scotch towns and villages in tho north of Ireland. Massachusetts was settled by Puritans, Pennsyl vania by Quakers, Maryland by the Catholics and Virginia by Episco palians, but thc Scotch-Irish Presby terians scattered all over the colo nies. At the time of the Revolution they had seventy communities in New England, forty in New York,I fifty in New Jersey, 130 in Pennsyl vania and Delaware, more than 100 in Virginia, Maryland and the Cumber land Mountains, fifty in North Caro lina, seventy in South Carolina and Groorgia-in all more than 500 settle ments, with a population of 885,000, almost without exception people of ?ducation and wealth. They were ictive leaders in the Revolution and Jieir descendants have ever since aken an active part in the affairs of ,be nation.-Chicago Record-Herald. For Coughs-at your druggists or lirect from Murray Drug Co., Columbia. }. C.-"Murray's Horehound, Mull? n ind Tar." 2?c. for large size bottle. According to tho Catholic directory ust issued thoro aro 12,40*2,70:1 Catholics ii the United States, and O.IlOO.COO moro n tho island possessions. Wood's Seeds. Burt, or Ninety-Day O?ts* The earliest, most prolific and surest cropping of spring oats; far superior to the ordinary spring or rust proof onto for spring seeding. Wood's Quarter Century Seed Book gives full information about, this valuable new oat, and all seeds for the Farm and (larden. It's mailed free for the asking. Write for it and Special Price list of Farm Seeds. T.W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND . VIRGINIA. WOOD'? SEEDS GRAND PRIZE - ST. LOUIS, 1904. BOLD MEDA! - PARIS, 1900. The Rcsturn of Sherlock Holmes By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Youl can obtain THIRTEEN ol of the Greatest Stories written A. Conan Doyle. Appearing for Three Months after February 12ttl In THE ATLANTA SUNDAY JOURNAL. rin se stories were secured at a cost of OOo a word, trie highest prie*? c?ver paid for any Kind of literature. ll When Slr Arthur Conan Doyle created the character of 8HBBLOCK HOLMES he founded an absolutely unique type and reconstructed the entlro theory and nature of detective stories. 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