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PRESIDENT TAYLOR'S FIGURES. Head of Glnncrs' Association Say? Cotton is Won h 12 H On? s. To the Ginners and Planters: Your reports show there has boon ginned to November 1st, this year, 8,051,000 bales and that the crop will bo 1 1,801.000 bales, not includ ing linters or repacks. This is some lower than general expectations, but the loss seems to be principally In Louisiana and Oklahoma, where tho crop is the shortest on record. The weather has been almost perfect for over two months now, and with plen ty of labor and cotton all open earlier than known before In years there Is no reason why the ginning should not be even larger. The farmers seem to have sold very freely, especially in Texas, where the crop is good in most of the counties; but only a few of than) report ns good as 1906, and they are some of the smaller produc ing counties In the West and South west. Ellis county has about the best crop In tho State and will make only 141,000, compared with 152, 000 In 1906. There are a number of counties making much less than last year's short crop. If the present weather continues the crop will all be picked by December 1st except In Oklahoma and Western Texas. Even the Mississippi Delta will be practi cally through. Cotton ls a cent a pound lower than last year at this time with the panic on In full blast, while now business has recovered to nearly the old basis before the panic. The elec tion ls over and large contracts are being placed for coal, iron, steel and other material, and lt loc'.s as if everjjtaborer in the country will !><. at wfw In thirty days. The mills have used up their invisible supplies, and at present prices would consume over 18,000.000 bales, while the commercial crop will be at least 700, 000 under that figure. Notwithstanding the heaviest movement on record since October ?Sth the market has advanced $2 a oale. Nearly all the members of the New York and New Orleans Cotton Exchanges are bullish and have large lines of contracts on the long side, the sales nearly all hedges against the purchase of spot cotton from tho farmers. As soon as the heavy move ment is over the mills will buy this cotton from the merchants and these hedges will be bought in and will cause the market to advance gradu ally to niuch higher figures. The bal ance of this year's crop should sell for 12V6 cents, and i strongly ad vise the farmers not to sell another bale under ll cents unless you have to meet your obligations. Another renson wo have got to have higher prices is that cotton can not be grown in tho boll weevil dis trict for less than 1 1 cents at a profit. The yield to the acre is not half as much and the cost of cultivation a great deal more. As ?his district now covers a territory that produces over 5,000,000 bales, the price will have to advance or the acreage in the weevil district will be so greatly reduced as to raise less than the world needs and vause extreme high prices as in 1903, which the spinners do not want. Report by States: Ginned Total Nov. 1st. Crop. Alabama . 898.000 1.169,000 Arkansas .... 521,000 792.000 Georgia .1,358.000 1,764,000 Louisiana .... 276,000 109,000 Mississippi ... 871,000 1.496,000 N. Carolina... 373,000 602,000 Oklahoma .... 208,000 612,000 S. Carolina... .812.000 1.098.000 Tennessee .... 186.000 290,000 Texas . 2,476,000 3,461.000 Pla., Mo.. Va. and Kentucky. 72,000 123,000 Totals.8.051,000 11,816,000 Our estimate at this time last year was 1 1,132,000, not Including linters. The crop was 14,057, cen sus figures. J. A. Taylor, President National Dinners' Associa tion. Memphis. Tenn. SENT UP FOR LIFE. Negro Agnew, who Caused l>eath of Two Trainmen, Convicted. Spartanburg, Nov. 12.-Clarenco Agnew, colored, who wrecked passen ger train No. 41, on the Southern road, near Welford, on October 1 causing tho death of Engineer Fon ville and Fireman Howers, was found guilty of murder, with recommenda tion mercy of court, and sentenced ?o life Imprisonment In the pelten tiary. The case was given to the jury at 1.50 o'clock and at 4 p. m. the verdict was returned. When court convened this morn ing there was a large crowd In tho court room to hear the case, though there was no demonstration or ex citement of any kind. The prisoner was represented by Blackwood & Daniel, appointed by the court. Tho only evidenco introduced hy the defence was the statement of the prisoner, and he admitted having broken the switch lock that caused the wreck. When questioned why he broke the lock, he said he was Just fooling along the railroad track and commenced to prank with the lock. The State introduced a number of witnesses and the case was made clear against the negro. Agnew is a small, ignorant negro and does not appear to realize the enormity of his crime. Several days after the train was wrecked Agnew was taken to Welford by Sheriff Nichols to find the broken pieces of the lock which he threw away, and a mob of railroad men attempted to lynch the prisoner, bul the sheriff outwitted them. Boar* th? j* The Kind You Have Always BoogX child (Jets Life Sentence. Solomon Reilly, a negro boy of ten, and small for his years, was convicted In the Superior Court In Savannah, Ga., last week of the mur der of Mrs. Walter Torrence, at Pool er, eight miles from Savannah, and given a life sentence. The boy killed her with a shot gun while her little childi en were by her side. HELD IN CARMACK CASE. Alleged that Former County Official i Waa With Two Coopera. Nashville, Tenn,, Nov. 12.-John D. Sharp, "x-sheriff cf this county, was arrested here to-day, charged with murder and aiding and abetting in tho murder of Senator E. \V. Car mack here last Monday afternoon. It has been understood here for two days that warrants would be is sued for tho arrest of Sharp, aud his arrest to-day was no surprise. It Is alleged that Sharp was seen with the two Coopers shortly before the kill ing, and was also at the scene of the tragedy immediately after Carmack fell to the ground. Sharp was at once taken to Jail. Carmnck's Deuth to Ho Probed. Nashville. Tenn., Nov. 12.-Wit nesses were called before the grand Jury this morning to investigate the killing of Senator E. W. Carmack by Robin Cooper, a young lawyer of this city, and son of Col. Duncan B. Cooper, a promlneut Democratic pol itician of this State, which event has created a profound sensation, not only in this State, but throughout the entire South. It is possiblo that lt will take the inquisitorial body some days to go Into tlie details. While the tragedy is one to which there should ordi narily be few details, the fact that no eye-witness has been discovered who saw the first shot fired makes lt a case In which circumstances will largely enter ns it now stands. Dr. Duncan Eve, who is attending Robin Coober, stated that the young man ls not yet out of danger. He was very much powder-burned about the face, neck and ears, show ing that the shooting was at close range. Foley's Honey and Tar clears the air passages, stops tho irritation in the throat, soothes the Inflamed mem branes, and tlie most obstinate cough disappears. Sore and inflamed lungs are healed and strengthened, and the cold is expelled from the system. Re fuse any but the genuine in tho yel low package. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster. ; Executive Committee Meeting. Seneca. Nov. 1 0.-Special The Ex ecutive Committee of the Oconee County Sunday School Association, composed as follows: Rev. J. J. Har rell, chairman; W. John Schroder, A. P. Brown. Rev. J. R. Moore. J. T. Bryant. T. M. Elrod, T. M. Kelley, W. B. Guinn and G. C. Arve, with Prof T. W. Keltt and Jas. Seaborn, as pre sident and vice president are hereby called to meet in the office of Dr. Burgess, at Seneca, on Thursday, the 19th instant, at 1.30 p. m. Tho object of this meeting is to elect a new member to the committee and one to succeed the present chair man, who, we regret to say, ls soon to leave Oconee county. Other im portant matters will come up for consideration by the committee. By order of the chairman: Jos. H. Burgess, County Sec-Treas. Feeding Horses. Judge Henry Hammond says: "In truth cotton seed meal as a feed for horses hns passed far be yond the stage of experiment. To put cotton seed meal into the ground without first running lt through the inside of an animal, seems to me to be a direct insult to a bountiful Prov idence. If our farmers were to take their own, freight free, cotton seed meal, feed it first to their farm ani mals and next to their farm lands, oh, what would come of lt! "The oldest of my colts are now five years old, and none of them have e.er passed a day In their lives with out eating some cotton seed meal. They have never been out of fix. The older ones weigh 1,100 pounds and are 16 hands high-decidedly larger than (Innis or sire. They have car ried me 50 miles a day without breathing deep." Mr. Mc.Candless, Georgia State Chemist, gives the following grain ration formulas: "Light work: 8 pounds ground corn and oats, 1 pound cotton seed meal. Average work: 10 pounds of corn and cob meal, 2 V? pounds cot ton seed meal. Hard work: 10 pounds corn and cob meal, 4 Vfc pounds cotton seed meal." Will This Iiuw Pass ? The State Audubon Society will urge passage by the Legislature next spring oi a State license system, which will require every gun that goes out to hunt for birds or other game to hear a $1 license metal tag attached to the stock, this tax to lie paid annually. The bill will provide for the appointment of a special war den in each county to collect this tax and turn over to the county clerk, who in turn will send the net pro ceeds to the State Treasurer for the State school fund. Tile wardens will get 25%per cent of the collections. >t seems likely that the proposed law will be enacted, as it will have the effect not only of protecting the game of the State generally but will exclude many Irresponsible and un sportsmanlike negroes from the fields of the virions counties lt is believ ed that such a law would assist the authorities in protecting thc State's interests against hunters from neigh boring Sates. Progressive Christ inn itv. ' Bishop Potter," said a New York clergyman, "was progressive, but he thought that sonn? churches went too far in their effort t oattract the pub lic. "Me was talking to me very seri ously one day about churches that give moving picture entertainments, and bin; actors and opera singers, and have billiard rooms, and allow smoking-and all of a sudden he broke off with a laugh. " 'Why. Jim,' he said, 'if this keeps on. things will come to such a pass that when the wife, putting ber head out of the window at o'clock in the morning, and sternly asking her bus. band, where he has been, w ill bo met with the startling reilly: " '1 been-hie-to church, my dear! ' " AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS. General Assembly .May Pass La YT Es tablishing One In Each County. A special from Columbia says: Among the very Important mea sures to be presented to the new Legislature next spring will be a bill looking to the establishment in every county lu the State cf a practical agricultural school, to teach, by ac tual work on the farm, modern sci entific agriculture by State aid, sup plemented by tax or i opular subscrip tion from t^e counties, and supervis ed by the Federal department of ag riculture, through Its experts at work In this territory, lt ls hoped also to get four big agricultural high schools with financial aid from the Federal government under the Davs bill, now pending in Congress, and which is expected to pass thiR spring; these schools to be established in wdely separated sections of the State, so that any farmer may have access to one of them. Their establishment and maintenance will also call for State aid. The principal backers and promot ers of the proposed scheme appear to be Congressman Lever, Governor An sel, State Superintendent of Educa tion Martin, Commissioner Watson, State Senator Weston. Messrs. Wat son and Martin will make a strong recommendation along this line In their forthcoming annual reports to the Legislature, and lt ls expected Governor Ansel will back them up in his message. A conference between the officials Interested with Ira W. Williams, State agent of the Federal agricultu ral department's farm demonstration work here, will be held In a few days with a view to working out the details of the scheme and putting the proposed bill Into practical and ac ceptable shape. Mr. Williams, who has had large experience with work of this kind, says it will cost not less than $10,000 apiece to equip first-class schools of the kind and another $10.000 a year to mnlntaln them and make them carry out the work for which thu} are intended. The Idea is not only to give the young men a thorough practical knowledge of scientific farming through actual work on a farm, but to give regular lectures and conduct work along with it to the farmers of the various counties as well as regu lar weekly or semi-monthly periods. Mr. Williams points to the splendid work that has been going on for some years at Macon, this under n woman who founded and built up the institution a,s an Illustration of what real, lasting, practical benefit can be accomplished in this direction. Georgia tried the county school, bui had to abandon them as they were too expensive. Dr. Harrow, the new head of the agricultural work at Clemson, ap pears to be anxious for the new dem onstrative system of teaching farm ing at that Institution by having thc students go out and do actual work on the farm. To this end he has asked Mr. Williams to Clemson to help him work out the details to bc presented in a report to a meeting of the board of trustees to be held now in a short time. Dr. Darrow was formerly with the Federal depart ment and has had large experience In this line. Mr. Williams says the Federal de partment ls spending more money and doing more work in this State than In any other in the Union, and the several heads of departments who have supervised work here are great, ly Interested in the progress that has been made and the ready response shown by farmers throughout the State to teaching of new and Im proved methods, and their heads are personally putting forth every effort at headquarters to extend the work all along the line. The farm demon stration department under Dr. Knapp ls now spending $13,000 a year in the State with twenty trained men constantly at work in the field, and hopes to double this amount by ano ther /c r. The farm management corps under Dr. Spillman ls running Dr. Knapp's department a close race. About $10,000 a year ls being spent on the tea farm at Summerville, and about that much more on the medi cal farm at Florence. In addition to this expensive experiments are being conducted in cotton breeding, corn breeding, tobacco culture, tick eradi cation and dairying. This is the trade-mark of Scott's Emulsion and hon every bottle of it sold in the world-which amounts to several millions yearly. W/iy-Hccause it has made so many sickly children strong and well-given health and rosy cheeks to so many pale, anaemic girls and restored to health so many thousands in the first stages of Consumption. Send this advertisement, together with linnie of )..I|MT in ulm li it appears, your address und four cent? to cover postage, and we wilt send yon a ''Complete Handy Atlas of the World." SCOTT & BOWNI?, 409 Pearl St., N.Y. SMMWIMHIII mm.im ?miimiwii Don't VI Looking for something without price, and you kn< Our lines of Clothing, ever carried and the prices Wje have a large stocl and Laprobes and a compl< A few Horses and Mi CARTE TH IO ORPHAN'S' THANKSGIVING. 250 at Thornwell Art* Looking For ward to tho 26th. We doubt if any set of people look forward to Thanksgiving with more delight than the orphans. They know full well that on that day they will be in many hearts, and that the prayers of the people who love little children will be made for them. At the Thornwell Orphangae, Clin, ton. South Carolina, there are 2f?0 orphans. Of these 150 arc from the State of South Carolina. 00 from Georgia and 21 from Florida, the rest from other States. Children from any section of our country, how ever, are we'eome, provided they are fatherless, of tender years and in need of aid. Once received they are not dismissed, except at their own request, but are educated thoroughly, are taught some good trade and sent out able to take care of themselves without further protection from the institution. Their support comes from all parts of the country. Provisions, money and anything that can be used In the ordinary family can he used here at the Thornwell Orphanage. The institution Itself is on the cot tage system. There are fifteen cot tages, with six public buildings for mental, moral, manual and technical training. And it continues to grow as new cottages can be erected. Send contributions of money to Rev. Wm. P. Jacobs. Clinton. S. C. Provisions to Thornwell Orphan age, Clinton, S. C. Any skin Itching is a temper-tester. The more you scratch the worse it Itches. Doan's Ointment cures, piles, eczema-any skin itching. At all drug stores. DOOMED BY FIRE DAMP BLAST. Four Hundred Men Were Caught by Explosion in Cern?an Mine. Hamm, West Phalla, Germany. Nov. 12.-There was an explosion of fire damp in the Radbod mine this morning, which probably will result in very heavy loss of life. Already 2 7 bodies have been brought to the surface and 300 men are still under ground in grave peril. Four hundred men wer working in the pit at the time of the disaster. About 70 of them have been brought to the surface. Of these a majority are more or less Injured and one has since died. One hundred and fifty men are in shaft No. 2. and it is be lieved that they are all doomed. Rescuers arrived from all direc tions and the work of getting below was at once organized. These efforts, however, were necessarily slow and attended with extreme difficulty. One of the shafts, together with Its elevator cage, has been com pletely burned out. An improvised cage was sent down with a corps of rescuers who made heroic efforts to reach their comrades. The vicinity of the mine is sur rounded by police and the public is not permitted to approach. Despair ing scenes are being witnessed among the crowds of relatives who have gathered outside the police cordon. FAMILY IS CHLOROFORMED. Drug Administered to Family-Rob liery was Committed. Spencer, N. C., Nov. 12.-The fam ily of Postmaster Fesperman, in Fast Spenc?v was chloroformed shortly after ii li ight this morning, his keys stolen from his room and his store (Mitered and robbed by an un known burglar, who made his escape. An entrance was effected to the dwelling by breaking open a glass door, after which the Intruder went through the room of a young lady, to whom the narcotic was adminis tered, before ransacking the room occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Fesper man. A watch was also taken from the clothing of Mr. Fesperman. Pro ceeding to the store near the dwel ling, the robber unlocked the door and ransacked the premises, taking $'J belonging to the Post Office De liar) nient. The door was left unlocked and goods and clothing strewn around the place were found this morning by neighbors, who awoke the family of Mr. Fesperman while they were still suffering from the effects of the chloroform. There ls no clue to the guilty parties. Five Children Burned to Death. Flkins, W. Va., Nov. 12.-Five children of IO. J. Rice, a barber at Beverly, near here, lost their lives to-day In a fire which destroyed their honte. An explosion was tlie cause of the fire. _g for nothing ? Adam got the apple without money and )w the finish. Shoes and Dry Goods are thc largest and best we have are low enough to suit the times. ? of Surreys, Buggies, Wagons, Harness, Saddles, Whips ?te line of Groceries. iles for sale. See us if you want to save money. Respectfully, R a COMPANY. I COUNTY CLAIMS AUDITED. At the regular meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, held Friday. November 6. 1908, the following claims were passed upon: In Whoso Favor and Nature of the Claim. ?I !? 3 70. 1 50 4 90 4 00 9 00 3 1 17 2 6 t 2 00 00 50 25 15 40 00 00 2 00 7 50 4 20 2 80 2 65 2 00 3 2 95 12 00 3 75 2 50 .6 00 5 00 13 40 2 00 1 6 1 2 8 14 793! L C Nix, bridge work. Dist 48. 7951 W E Albertson, repairing bridge, Dist 42. 802 P H Welch, road work. Dist 50. 805| M M Morris, road work, Dist 20. 809 C L G Elrod, work on Martin's creek bridge. 820 J F Stewart, road work, Dist 12. 837 Blemann Phillips, building bridge, Dist 59. 858; J O Swaney. road work, Dist 33. 859 S B Hubbard, hauling lumber. 8601 T Y Chalmers, repairing bridge,Dist 47. 861 j Geo L Jones, fees as constable. 8621 Dr J S Stribllng, post mortem examination . 863? Moss & Ansel, aid to soldiers. 864| G F Meares, road work, Dist 8. 865 W O Singleton, crying mule sale. 2 00 866' State Sinking Fund Commission, insurance on public bldgs. 10S 26 867) E C Butler, janitor, and contingent . '< 25 868 F A H Schroder, Clerk of Board, salary Octobe". 16 66 869 D F McAllster, Supervisor, salary October. 58 33 870J J L Talley, Commissioner, salary October . 33 33 S7l' J L Miller, Commissioner, salary October . 33 33 872 W C Simpson, bridge work. Dist 63 . S73? E W Mooro, road work, Dist 58. 87 4 O L Thra..i;er, road and bridge work, Seneca township. . . 8751 J R Mahoney, fees as constable. 877j J S Glymph, fees as constable. 8781 Taylor Smith, bridge work, Dist 13 . 879 Jacob Rothell, road work, Dist 60 . 880| W P Mason, road work, Dist 3., 881i Jesse and Lawn Holbrooks, road work, Pulaski township . 882' L D Chambers, repairing bridge. Dist 16. 883: W M Gossett. road work, Dist 17 . .. . 8841 J A Harbin, road and bridge work, Dist 30. 885! J N Hopkins, fees as constable. 886! W F Smith, repairing bridge, Dist 13. 887' A C Prater, road work, Dist 1. 888 J G Smith, road work, Dist 75. 889 P P Sullivan, corn for road mules . 890 W N Woolbrlght. Magistrate, salary. 891 Mrs J B Grant, balance on salary of J B Grant, deceased. . 89 2 DA Smith, Judge of Probate, lunacy proceedings. 893? W L Thomas, aid to soldiers. 894| C W Pitchford, aid to soldiers. 895! P G Allen, express and drayage. 896! Courtenay Mfg Co. paid for road work, Dist 70. 897| W C Foster, road work. Dist 20. 898! M W Burrell, road work, Dist 49. 899! John O'Leary, road work, Dist 48. 900' W M Brown, road and bridgework, Dist 5. 901' W. John Schroder, work on engine an?! pump . 902! J E Pearson, road work, Dist 45. 903! H J B Grogan, bridge work, Dist 45 . 9041 E C Marett & Son, aid to soldiers . 905| A G Rholetter, road and bridgework, Dist 61. 9061 D O Sheppard, road work, Dist 44 . 907! E A Gibson, road work, Dist 71. 9081 B E King, bridge work, Tugaloo township . 909| Frank Williams, road work, Dist 34 . 9101 H C Harbin, special dispensary constable, salary October 9111 W M Kay. Sheriff, salary and contingent expenses, Oct. . . 9121 W M Kay, Sheriff, dieting prisoners, October. 913| J H Barron, road work, Dist 34. 914| W C Barker, road work, Dist 51... . 1 60 915| R L Nichols, bridge work, Dist 44. 1 50 916| J H Thompson & Co, lumber for bridges . 6 20 9171 II J Myers, road work, Dist 5. 4 25 918| Ralph Moore, road work, Dist 33 . 1 00 919 W M Campbell, hauling lumber, Dist 28. 2 00 920! J A Patterson, bridge work, Dist 71 . 1 00 9211 W J D Long, bridge work, Dist 17 . 1 00 922| O W Rowland, repairing bridge and hauling lumber. 2 80 923! W H Armstrong, rebuilding Verner bridge. 146 62 924! R M, Sanders, road work. Dist 64.j 5 60 925! J O Smith, lumber and work on bridge. Dist 23.| 6 00 9261 Frank Rice, material for bridge and hauling, Dist 73.1 9 50 927? J B Burgess, hauling lumber and flooring Jocassee bridge. . .1 22 00 9281 W M Barker, road work, Dist 66 .1 10 75 929 R L Oilstrap. bridge work, Dist 24 . 1 50 930) C L Craig, Supt of Ed, salary,Oct-express .! 50 78 931: W J Schroder, Treasurer, salary October .j 31 94 932! R W Crabbs. Auditor, salary for October .\ 31 94 933! W H Crawford, road work, Dist 7...j 4 934 E T Price, road work, Dist 9.I 7 936 R L Holmes, lumber for bridge.? 12 60 936 J II Barnett, hauling, Dist 22.! 4 9.'57 T N Hall, lumber for bridges.? 13 60 01) 0 0 33 58 5 00 12 00 66 35 80 378 40 11 90 22 00 3 00 3 00 .6 50 9 00 2 00 7 00 8 00 23 80 5 75 12 50 2 15 62 50 104 83 69 30 2 75 1 1 6 4 1 2 1 1 2 ti 0 0 50 00 17 Note.---All claims were allowed for amount claimed except No. 837, which was for $5 and was cut to $2, and for this reason the column "Amount Claimed" ls omitted. Where there ls a missing claim same was laid over for investigation. D. F. MCALISTER, Supervisor. F. A. H SCHRODER. Clerk. B. S. LOOK. Heating Stoves, Cooking Stoves, Tinware. All kinds of repairing, WALHALLA, ?. C. Bruce Brown. D Y E ll CLEANER REPA iii KR All cleaning, dyeing, repairing and pressing done neatly and delivered promptly. Pri?es rea sonable. Phone No? 105. : : : People's Pressing Club, Walhalla, S. C. New Home Sewing Machines IN ALL STYLES. Theso Machines aro / not tho cheapest, but they aro undoubtedly tho best. ('all and see my many stylos ; let me show you tho fine mechanism of theso machines, and convince you that what I say is right. D. S. ABBOTT, Walhalla, S. C.