Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 13, 1901, Image 2
Scraps and iaits.
? Secretary Hester's analysis of th<
cotton movement for the seven months
of the season, from September 1 t<
the close of March, shows that Texas
and the Indian Territory brought int<
.sight 3.340.2S5 bales, an increase ovei
same time last year of 916,455. Othei
Gulf states produced 2,504,279, a de
crease of 118,666; Atlantic states, 3,051,
461, a decrease of 207,832. The tota
crop in sight at the end of March was
8,896.022, an increase over last year oi
589,957.
? The Springfield, (Mass.) Republicai
says: "The Harvard university au
thorities will probably give the honora
ry degree of LL. D. to President Mc
Kinley at the coming commencement
if the president is in Cambridge at th<
time. Although some of the men i>
authority think such a degree shoulc
be given to any holder of the office o:
Di-esident. others are deeply sensibl*
of the effect of giving such academi<
honor to William McKinley. It is re
called that Grover Cleveland, whei
president, declined the degree on th<
ground, it is believed, that it was t<
be given him reluctantly by some o;
those in authority simply because h<
was president."
? The picturesque egg rolling fete o!
the children of Washington occurrec
on the White House grounds last Mon
day. says a Washington dispatch. Th<
gathering of the multitude of young
sters of all ages, sizes and colors ir
the large terrace grounds back of th<
White House each year for their Eas
ter frolic, is one of the sights of Wash
ington. Last Easter 25.000 person:
witnessed the fete and fully as manj
were present today. The Fourth Ar
tillery band, of Fortress Monroe, play
ed throughout the day. Mrs. McKin
ley, whose love for children, is well
known, spent most of the time at hei
window or on the White House ve'
randa watching the little tots mak<
merry with their multi-colored eggs.
? According to a Herald special fron
Washington, since the rebellion in th<
Philippines 50,000 men is the lowest es
timate of the war department of th<
casualties sustained by the Filipin<
forces; 7,667 rifles have been capturec
or surrendered and 605,142 rounds o:
ammunition, as shown by incomplet<
returns, have been seized. The num
ber of Filipinos killed cannot be ac
curately determined, as General Mac
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Artnur in nis aispatcues siaiea mat i
is impossible to be accurate on this
point. It would not surprise official!
should the Filipino fatalities reach 25,
000, and some say that 50,000 is closei
to the real figure. Adjutant Genera
Corbin is satisfied that the casualtie!
suffered by the Filipinos will in them
selves form a potent reason for th<
abandonment of further resistance bj
the natives.
? The Japanese minister, Mr. Tak
hira. says a Washington dispatch, ox
Wednesday, received official advice!
from the foreign office at Tokio entire
ly dispelling the alarming reports a;
to a Russo-Japanese ruptux-e, anc
showing that the Japanese governmen
accepted the latest declaration o:
Russia on Manchuria with the sam<
sense that it had been received in th<
United States. Mr. Takhira called a
the state department and informec
Secretary Hay of the gratifying turr
of events. The position of Japan, a:
now defined in the highest officia
quarter, is practically the same as tha
of the United States. As the othei
powers already have indicated theii
acceptance of the Russian declaration
the course of Japan removes the lasi
possibility of division, and appears t<
restore the harmonious concert which
has thus far proceeded in dealing!
with China.
? Ex-Governor Bradley, of Kentucky
gave sensational testimony at Frankfort
last Wednesday, in the trial oi
Captain Garnett D. Ripley, charged as
an accessory in the conspiracy to murder
Goebel. According to Bradley h<
was in the office of Governor Tayloi
the day before the shooting, and hearc
Taylor say that Goebel would not b<
living at the end of 24 hours, or words
to that effect. Bradley went on to saj
that he tried to get further particulars
in order to prevent the crime, but was
misguided with the assurance that th<
whole thing was a fake and that no assassination
was intended. Ripley entered
a plea of not guilty on arraignment.
The testimony of Governoi
Bradley, however, is of the utmost importance
as setting at rest all possibls
doubt that the assassination was coolj
premeditated, not by irresponsible desperadoes.
but by the highest representatives
of the Republican party it
Kentucky.
? President Harvie Jordan, of th(
Georgia Cotton Growers' associatior
and of the Interstate Ftate Cottor
Growers' association, made the following
statement last Tuesday night tc
the Macon correspondent of the Atlanta
Journal: "We are now confronted
by the most difficult of problems. It
is. how to keep the farmers from planting
too much cotton. Of course. w<
can hope for nothing but ruin if the
acreage is very considerably Increased
In the first place, supply merchants
are selling on credit meat at 12J cents
per pound and corn at $1 per bushel;
mules are higher than they have beer
in years, and everything else is up ir
proportion. Therefore the man who has
these things to huv cannot hone tr
raise cotton this year for less than "
cents per pound. If the price goes
down to 6 cents next fall, the mors
cotton he has tried to make the deenei
in debt will he be. _The necessity foi
raising all supplies at home was nevei
greater than it is right now. and if w<
fail to impress this fact upon the farmers
of the south this year, there will
be gloom and disaster among thennext
fall."
? New York Sun: In our opinion nc
American need feel ashamed of Funston
or of Funston's achievement. HU
methods were legitimate and withir
the rules of warand consistent withth<
soldier's personal honor. Intention tc
deceive there was. Intention to deceive
there is when a general makes
a feint to the right with a purpose all
the time to move to the left: or wher
he causes misleading information ol
any sort to reach his antagonist: 01
even when the captain of a man-ofv.ar
paints the hull of his ship with a
color likely to be confused with th
darkness or the fog: or when he dowses
the glim to delude the foe on any occasion..
A false front is forgery in one
sense: 'and disguise is the essence ol
strategy. You can apply the ugl>
words to military deeds, just as yoti
can the killing of the enemy murdei
if you prefer to use that term. Wai
is hell, and unfortunately hell is stil!
on earth: and while it remains we are
lucky to posses a few such gentlemanlike,
honorable, enterprising and successful
devils as Brigadier General
Frederick Funston, formerly of Kansas,
but now of the Hall of Fame.
? Edward L. Arnold, a farmer, whc
lives three miles southwest of Genoa
New York, on the turnpike, read in department
of agriculture bulletins thai
there was money in the Angora goat
Accordingly he went to St. Louis and
purchased a small flock, including a
full-blooded buck, for which he paid
$250. The goats were kept in a bam
on the Arnold farm. The buck was
kept alone in a large box stall. Mr,
Arnold went into the box stall late or
Monday afternoon, to do some work,
He had just returned from the city and
had in an inside pocket of his coat a
wallet which contained a considerable
sum of money. After completing the
work in the stall Mr. Arnold went to
the house, and a few minutes later
i discovered that the wallet was miss5
ing. After an extended search through
> the horse, wagon and goat barns, the
5 wallet was found in "the buck's box
) stall. The wallet was spread open
r and the money that had been in it was
r gone. From marks on the wallet it
. was evident that the buck had been
- tampering with it and had probably
1 eaten the money. After a consultation i
3 with his wife Mr. Arnold killed the
f buck. There was money in the goat,
mutilated, but still redeemable?seven
$100 bills, four $50 bills, five $20 bills,
1 three $10 bills, one $5 bill and one $2
bill, $1,037 in all.
; She 'tloi'knllf (gmntiirr.
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; VORKVILLE, S. C.:
\ SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1901.
3 Although it is very difficult to unr
derstand the China situation as it is
* being reported in the dispatches, it is
[ very evident that the word of the Uni.
ted States goes a long way in diplor
matic deliberations.
i ^ *
British correspondents are circulating
stories to the effect that General
I DeWet is crazy. The stories are said
. to have some corroboration in the geni
eal's long-continued inactivity. That
J DeWet is pretty mad there is no quesf
tion; but as to his being crazy we are
i somewhat doubtful. It is quite proba
ble that his madness may break out at
j any moment; but there will, as usual,
t be more method in it, than is usually
3 found in insanity.
3 , m ,
r The Filipino junta at Singapore is
1 cabling its representatives in Europe
3 that General MacArthur is preparing
i to torture Aguinaldo into signing the
r peace proclamation that has been prepared
for him. The representatives of
the Filipino junta in this country are
i claiming that Agie sold out to the
3 Americans, and that his alleged cap"
ture by Funston was really a fake. Al[
though the soap story may be easier
t to believe than the other, we suspect
c that it is the truth, instead of Aguil
naldo, that is being tortured most.
I
J The next number of the Youth's
3 Companion begins the seventy-fifth
1 year of that estimable and always int
teresting periodical. Of the youths to
r whom it was a companion in the time
, of its own youth, few now remain;
t but their grandchildren and their
J great-grandchildren are welcoming it
3 from week to week just as they did.
For nearly three-quarters of a century
the paper which Nathaniel Willis
! founded in 1827 has been a factor of
f civilization and an educational force
5 tr? which hundreds of thousands of
[j American citizens of the present owe
gratitude.
! ...?
sj Jcst as certain agitators encouraged
r Aguinaldo and his followers to conI
tinued resistance to the authority of
j' the United States, efforts are now be
ing made to induce the Cuban con"
stitutional convention to reject the
I terms in the Piatt amendment to the
- army bill, prescribing the relations
that must exist between the United
' j States and Cuba. Just as Aguinaldo
. | listened, certain Cuban leaders are
1 [ listening, and just as Aguinaldo came
j to grief, those Cubans who are being
i. entrusted by their fellows with the
1! destiny of their country are making
. serious trouble for all concerned.
> There is no sentiment about these
j suggestions?nothing but facts.
The abuse of cocaine has grown to
f such proportions in Atlanta as to at'
tract the serious attention of the city
3 council, which is arranging to put a
3 stop to it by ordinance. The proposed
| ordinance wilt contain provisions mak,
ing the sale of the drug illegal except
3, upon the written prescription of a liI.
censed physician. The prescription
' must state the name of the person for
! I whom the drug is intended, what it is
: to be used for and must be dated. The
] same prescription cannot be used for
, j a second purchase. Druggists will be
.; required to keep a strict record of all
I ' tho nnnoJnfl coll on/1 mnct hrtlrl
1 their prescription files subject to examination
by the board of health. It
is understood that most of the habitues
5 of the cocaine habit are Negroes, alii
though the list includes many whites
i i of the city.
? ^ ? ?
. It is not often that Tub Enquirer
I ever feels that it would like to be possessed
of a club. Ordinarily it does
'. not care to be able to make people do
. things. It prefers to merely tell the
i right thing to be done and stop there.
; If its advice turns out to be good it is
I pleased, and if the contrary it regrets
| its errors of judgment. It does not
want a club now. It is satisfied, however,
that if the people of York coun
ty neglect their opportunity for proper
' representation at the South Carolina
[ Inter-State and West Indian exposi|
tion, they will make the mistake of
their lives, and that before this time
I next year many of them will wish that
we had not only had a club at this
, time but that we had used it vigor,
ously. Really it looks as If it is only
; by means of a club that the people can
" be awakened to a proper realization of
[ the importance of the exposition.
Do we believe there is any practical
; benefit to be derived from the organi.
zation of the cotton growers of York
1 county under the calls issued by Presij
dent Harvie Jordan, of the Inter-State
, association and by President Wilborn
of the state association? Yes and no.
If it is to be a mere matter of meeting,
electing officers and appointing committees,
and stopping at that, there is
very little use of it. The only practical
benefit possible is in the event
that workers elsewhere may be able to
do something and give it out to such
organizations as this. But if the farmers
mean business, they can accomJ
plish something. They must put representative
men of intelligence and
| ability to the front and do some hard
I thinking. They must work along prac!
tical lines. The problem does not stop,
for instance, with a material reduction
of the acreage in cotton. This reduction
accomplished and then it is a
question of what is to be done with
surplus land and productive power
These must be utilized to the best advantage.
To a large extent it is a matter
of individual effort. No organization
is going to relieve the individual
of his peculiar responsibilities and duties.
But there are many things that
will result to the common benefit as
the result of organization. Mere agitation
has improved the condition of
the farmer during the past few years.
To this is due in a measure the present
large acreage in wheat. Improvement
in methods of harvesting corn have
grown out of the same thing, as have
also the greater variety of crops and the
use of better agricultural implements.
A good, strong agricultural organization,
no matter whether it be under
the name of "Cotton Growers' association,"
or what not, cannot but be of
advantage to the farmers at large.
Anyhow the thing is well worth an
earnest, energetic trial, something it
has not had heretofore,
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT.
Looking back over the past dozen
years, it is not difficult to note many
changes in the agricultural conditions
of this county, or to see that the period
of our real growth and progress is just
beginning.
The time has been when by far the
greatest items of the supply business
were corn and meat, which products
were brought exclusively from the
West. These things still add largely
to the totals at the bottom of. lien accounts;
but they are nothing like as
important as they were formerly. It is
fair to say that where there was one
farmer who raised such supplies at
home ten years ago, there are now two,
and probably more.
In proportion to the extent to which
the raising of home supplies has been
developed, there has been a noticeable
improvement in the general condition
of the county. There is still a long gap
between the supply and the demand.
Few of the farmers who raise plenty
for themselves have anything to spare
to those wno are less muusinuus ui
provident, and we are still dependent
to a large extent upon the Northwestern
markets.
There may be some excuse for buying
from the North or Europe, goods
made from cotton produced in this
country. The development of manufactures
requires persistently applied intelligence,
time and money, and we
have only been giving such things our
attention for a comparatively short
time. But there is certainly no reason
why our livery stables, much less
our farmers, should go West for a
pound of roughness of any kind, more
*
especially nay. meaner suuuiu ureic
brought to this county any Western
pork or beef. We can produce these
things more cheaply at home, and in
failing to do so we deprive ourselves of
a source of wealth that materially retards
our progress.
Most farmers who used to think there
were fortunes in 10 cents cotton, have
learned by experience that such is not
the case. There is money for the country
as a whole in the crop at this
price: but not much for the individual
producer. Where the individual producer
notices closely, he finds that no
matter what the price of cotton may
be, there is not much in it for him except
where he has been able to make
it as a clear surplus.
The man who undertook forty years
ago to buy on time supplies with which
to raise cotton, intending to pay for
these supplies with the money received
from cotton, failed. The man who undertook
the same thing twenty years
ago met with the same fate, and the
same fate is in store for the same man
today. There are still many people
who do not believe these facts and they
are the people who continue to make
trouble for themselves and others.
MERE-MENTION.
The United States court of claims
has rendered a judgment in favor of
Admiral Sampson for $3,330, as a bountv
arrowing out of the engagement at
Manzanillo and Nip bay, in Cuba, during
the Spanish war... Charles M.
Schwab has been elected president of
the billion dollar steel company
An equestrian statue of General John
A. Logan was unveiled in Washington
last Tuesday Quite a formidable
rebellion has broken out in China.
? The United States government has
just established a coaling station at
Pichalinqui on the west coast of Mexico?the
first American naval station
on foreign soil The latest record
for the sale of a seat on the New York
stock exchange is $58,000 The big
dry goods house of Julius Meyers'
Sons, of Richmond, was destroyed by
fire Wednesday London papers are
printing the story of Morgan's alleged
purpose to build the Panama canal
A Manila dispatch says that before
Aguinaldo can be released from custoday,
he must secure the surrender of
Gen. Tino The United States army
transport Rawlings caught fire and
sunk in her dock in New York harbor
last Wednesday, just as she was preparing
to sail for Cuba. The damage
is estimated at $50,000, after the vessel
shall have been raised and pumped
free of water The April report of
the statistician of the department of
agriculture will show the average condition
of winter wheat on April 1 to
have been 91.7 against 82.1 on April
1, 1900; 77.9 at the corresponding date
I in 1899, and 82.9 the mean of the Anril
averages for the last ten years
The treasury department will soon issue
a new $10 note, the emblem of
which will be a buffalo More than
four thousand immigrants arrived in ?
New York last Thursday A German
captain of infantry was found
dead near Pekin one day last week
Severe cold is prevailing in Colorado.
The Cuban constitutional conven- 1
tion is still discussing the Piatt amendment.
SOUTH CAROLINA NEWS.
Elliott CMllotl In. '
Says a Washington dispatch of
Wednesday to the Charleston Post:
Congressman Elliott arrived in Washington
this morning in response to a 1
call from Senator McLaurin to give
him assistance in the matter of the
government exhibits for the Charleston
exposition. Colonel Elliott was
met at the Normandie by Senator McLaurin
and Director General Averlll,
and a discussion of the matter was
had. The party then made a round of
calling upon the various cabinet officials.
An important conference will be
held this afternoon at the Raleigh.
Tlit* Christian Neighbor. (
Greenville Mountaineer: The obliteration
of a newspaper is not often
done voluntarily, but we have an instance
in this state that is unique and
unparalleled, so far as we know. The
Christian Neighbor was established on ,
April 2, 1868, by Sidi H. Browne, in
advocacy of Christianity and peace,
and for nearly 33 years it has been
mailed from Columbia. Two weeks
ago The Neighbor was discontinued by
the executor of its founder, editor and
proprietor, in accordance with the will
of Mr. Browne, who made provision for
its publication for a period of six
months after his decease. Not until 1
the books are opened in another world <
will there be a revelation of the good
accomplished by Mr. Browne and his
co-laborers for this third of a century,
with its trials and struggles for the '
advancement of "peace on earth good
will toward men."
Training Station at. Port Royal. I
Washington special to the Charleston
Post: Admiral Crowninshield, who has ,
just returned from an inspection of '
Southern ports with a view to the establishment
of a naval training sta- 1
tion, has recommended to the secretary
of the navy that the naval station
at Port Royal, S. C., be utilized for
this purpose. The secretary heartily
approves of the recommendation and ]
informed Congressman Elliott today
that the buildings at Port Royal would
be used and improved for the accom- 1
modation of from 500 to 1,000 boys,
chiefly from the South. The station, he ]
told Mr. Elliott, would be made a most
important one. The machinery now at
Port Royal dry dock will be transfer- *
red to Charleston in accordance with
the recent act of congress removing .
the dock station, and new buildings
will be erected near Charleseton for its
reception, it being impossible to remove ]
those at Port Royal.
CondtmiiR'l the Tlientre. <
Rev. R. C. Reed. D. D., professor at
the Columbia Theological seminary, in (
Columbia, delivered an address at the .
Y. M. C. A. hall in that city last Monday
night that proved sensational, says 1
a dispatch. His subject was, "Relation i
of the Church to the Theatre." The
theatre, he said, was one of the snares
of the devil referred to by the Apostle
Paul in his Epistle to Timothy. The
barroom could not be considered a j
snare, the speaker said, for its purpos- 1
es can be seen and known by all men. ;
All churches have always condemned
the theatre from its inauguration 160 ,
years before the birth of Christ. The j
great objection to the theatre, he said, i
is that it lives on impurity. Its stock
in trade is the display of the physical
charms of women, and the depraved ]
appetite of men feeds and fattens on
the degredation of woman. "As a
general rule, actors upon the stage are 1
composed of women who have lost <
their character and men who have ,
lost their money."
Afler Gold Brick Swindler**. r
Columbia State: Governor McSwee- ,
ney has issued a requisition upon the |
governor of North Carolina for threej1
gold brick swindlers, captured in that t
state. They are wanted in both New- ,
berry and Aiken counties, in this state,),
for swindling citizens out of several 1
thousand dollars, and have been iden- s
tified by at least one of the victims, j
These fellows had a slick scheme.
They would take an iron or brass
brick and have it gold plated. They 1
also had holes bored in the metal,
which they filled with pure gold. They {
would let the victim see them bore into
the brick and then give him the 1
shavings of pure gold so that he could c
have them tested. They would also let i
the victims mark the brick so he could ,
identify it later. Of course the tests
rimvod oil H ? ht and the sales were 1
made. In one instance they worked in
I one of their gang dressed as an Indian.
! The whole thing worked very smooth,
and of course the victims were "dead
easy." If the men are brought back
they will be tried in the county of
Newberry first.
Government Kxliibit Sure.
Washington special of April 8 to The
News and Courier: Director General
Averill, of the Charleston exposition,
accompanied by Senator McLaurin,
i had haif an hour's interview with the ;
president this morning on the proposition
to have a government exhibit displayed
at the Charleston exposition.
"You may say for friends in Charleston
that we intend to have a government
exhibit at our exposition." This
confident statement was made by Gen.
Averill before he left the White House
after his interview with the president: j
"It is impossible at this moment to go t
into all the details which lead me to
express myself so emphatically on the;
subject, because there are certain mat- j ?
ters open for further consideration |
; which public discussion at this time
might not benefit. The president exI
pressed himself deeply interested in the!
i success of the Charleston exposition,; s
j and expressed a willingness to lend his (^
assistance in having the government |
j properly represented there, under cer- c
j tain conditions. Senator McLaurin:
j opened this question for us, and hav- 1
| ing interested the president and mem- }
' I- ? -? J v? f Vi a antat>rtiMCO T I f
uers uj llie utiuiiict iii tue *" j "
am assured that we will be able to s
comply with any fair and reasonable t
conditions which will enable us to se- r
cure the government exhibit. I am t
not prepared at this moment to discuss t
the subject of furnishing buildings and
other apartments for the care and t
transportation of the exhibits. These ie
are details which are yet to be consid-11
ered. I expect to remain here two or j v
three days, and with the assistance of ii
Senator McLaurin we will confer with s
the various members of the cabinet in- P
terested and endeavor to reach a con- c
elusion which will be acceptable to the d
government as well as to the managers e
of the Charleston exposition. It may t
be necessary for Senator McLaurin a
and myself to go to Buffalo, to con- u
suit the oflicials of the exposition there s
relative to the transfer. This is about o
all that can properly be said on the sit- fi
uation at present, although I appreci- t
ate the fact that our friends in a
Charleston would only be too glad to s
have a more detailed statement. Un- s
der the present circumstances it would a
not be wise to indulge in premature n
publication of our plans, but I am fl
safe in saying that we will surely have a
a government exhibit at the Charles- 1<
ton exposition." n
S-OCiVL
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
I. Q. Wray?Has something- of interest
to say in regard to haberdashery,
and names a number of articles that
well-dressed men demand in their
dress. m
H. C. Strauss & Co.?Tell you that the
spring trade has opened up remarkably
strong with them, and that they
are leading the community in dress
goods, millinery, shoes, clothing and
men's hats.
[. W. Johnson, the Grocer?Is selling
a lot of nice crockery at very low
prices, and has made a big cut on
a lot of cereals, sucli as oat tiakes,
cream of wheat, etc.
W. O. Rawls?Tells you of the many
different articles used in steam and
water fittings, such as valves, piping,
nipples, bibs, couplings, packing,
etc. He also has a few lawn
mowers of good quality.
York Drug Store?Says it will give you
a $1 value for 89 cents in a celery
compound which it is introducing,
and which it claims to be a fine nerve
builder.
W. B. Love, McConnellsville?Has a
lot of pigs for sale.
springfleld Stock Farm?Breeders of
Hereford short-horn, Aberdeen-Angus
cattle, Shropshire sheep, big
English Berkshire hogs, turkeys and
chickens. Write for prices to J. P.
Crowder. Supt., Fort Mill, S. C.
S. E. White, U. C. V.?Issues an order
to camp commanders, to send one or
more delegates to meeting of camps
to be held at Rock Hill, Saturday,
April 20th, 1901.
PRISONERS IN JAIL.
The following prisoners are in jail
awaiting trial at the approaching
term of the court of general sessions,
which convenes next Monday:
J. H. Shugart, grand larceny?stealing
cotton.
Will Gill, larceny of live stock.
Jim McConnell, larceny from the
field.
Will Black, violation of the dispensary
law.
Abe Wilkins, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Richard Blunt, assault and battery
with intent to kill.
Samuel Edwards, housebreaking and
larceny.
Dave Taylor, housebreaking and larceny.
Sidney Miller, housebreaking and
larceny.
Mich Harris, violation of the dispensary
law.
Amy Buchanan and Corrlne Buchinan,
violation of the dispensary law.
Joe Thompson, violation of the dispensary
law.
Dave Logan, violation of the dispensary
law.
In addition to the above, there are a
lozen or more defendants out on bonds
to appear for trial next week. It is not
ikely that the sessions court will last
more than three days.
THE PROOF OF THE PUDDING.
"I want three inches of advertising
space instead of only the one inch that
[ contracted for last week," said Mr.
W. O. Rawls to The Enquirer on
Wednesday. "From the first," he con:inued,
"I did not think that one inch
tvould be enough, and now I know it."
"Been getting results already?" Mr.
Rawls was asked in some curiosity.
"Yes, sir, I have," he resnonded
frankly. "I got an order the very next
lay after making my first announcement
from a place 25 miles from here.
[ also received several other letters.
The order was for some piping and I
im sure that I would never have heard
from the party had it not been for my
jdvertisement. But that is not the
eason I want more space. I cannot
aegin to name all the articles I have in
stock in one inch, and I must have
more space."
"Then you seem to be a believer in
idvertising?
"Well, I don't know much about it,"
said Mr. Rawls. "I am new in busi-y
less you know; but I don't see how I
van expect people to find out what I
lave unless I tell them about it, and'
[ don't know of any better way to tell
:hem. Then I think there must be
something in what was said about advertising
in today's paper. That gen:leman
who ordered the piping lives
:Ioser to Gastonia or uariney man ne
loes to Yorkville, and I have no doubt
hat he could have gotten the same,
hing in either town had he only known
,vho to apply to. If I had not told him
hat I had what he wanted, I would
lave never have made the sale, and I
relieve I can find lots of other customers
in the very same way. Anyhow,
[ am going to try."
Further conversation developed that
VIr. Rawls is getting along nicely for a
itart. He has gotten quite a number
>f orders by solicitation and othervise,
and the present prospect is that
le will soon have to employ additional
lelp in order to keep up with his en-'
ragements.
OF INTEREST TO BREEDERS.
Dr. Neson, of Clemson college, is
ending out tne iouowing circular, mm
viil prove of Interest to dairymen and
attle raisers throughout this section:
The veterinarian of the South Caroina
experiment station desires to call
pour attention to a new treatment for
nilk fever, a disease which takes off
o many of the best cows of the counry
every year. Possibly you are faniliar
with it, but for the benefit of
hose who may not be, the following',
irief symptoms are given:
Milk-fever is more common in well-/
red, well-fed, heavy milkers. It gen'
rally comes on during the first two or
hree days after calving and begins,
vith a highly nervous condition, durng
which the cow seems crazed and
hows convulsive symptoms. After the
eriod of excitement, (which may ocur
during the night), she will appear
ull or unconscious and partly paralyzd.
She stands with the head against
he wall, paddles with the hind feet
nd chews as if eating. Later she is
nable to stand, her legs give way and
he falls to the ground, but may rise
nly to fall again. While down she at
rst lies upon the breast with the head
urned round to the side, apparently
sleep, but as the paralysis progresses
he stretches out on the side. ConvulIons
sometimes recur at intervals and
fter each fit the paralysis becomes
lore marked. The temperature is at
irst high, but as she becomes more
nd more paralyzed it goes down bejw
normal. Constipation is marked,
nilk secretion suspended "and the
mouth, at first filled with ropy saliva,
later becomes dry. The upper eyelid
drops down over the sight.
A large per cent, of the cows affected
with this disease die and those that recover
show marked signs of Its ravages
for months.
Some four years ago Dr. Schmidt beI
gan treating milk fever by the injection
of a solution of iodide of potassium
into the udder through the teats.
The instant success of this method led
to its adoption in many countries. It
has proven very successful at this college.
The remedy is quite simple and can
be used by any intelligent person,
though a special apparatus is required
for making the injection.
The experiment station has on hand
a number of these outfits of special
make, designed by the writer. Any
citizen of the state who desires to try
this remedy can secure an outfit with
a supply of medicine and full directions
by sending $1 to the veterinarian.
| When you have used it and reported
j the results of the treatment you can
return the outfit and the dollar will
j be refunded to you.
People interested in the above should
give their names in full, together with
their express offices, and have their
money orders made payable to Dr. G.
F. Neson, Clemson College, S. C.
THE COTTON GROWERS.
We note from our exchanges that **
meetings of the cotton growers were
held in most of the counties of the
state last Saturday in accordance with
the recent call of President Harvie
Jordan, of the Inter-State association,
and of President Wilborn, of the South
Carolina association. In most cases
organization was effected by the election
of officers and the adoption of constitution
and by-laws. The following
resolutions, adopted In Lexington
county, reflected the general spirit of
the meetings:
Resolved, 1st. That, whereas, we,
the farmers of Lexington county,
i-nouHn? that the great hue and cry en
twined around our interest in "cotton
circles," and especially in Wall street
cotton exchange, in regards to the
price of cotton, is claimed to be based
upon the law of supply and demand,
and that we are always confronted ?
with such expressions, as, "shiftless,
indolent farmers." Yet producing an
overproduction of cotton and from a
sore experience, we have realized the
fact that we can obtain more from a
small cotton crop that a large one, and
knowing that it places the farmer in
a better condition to increase his acreage
in corn and small grain and plant
a greater amount of diversified crops,
that it is the sense of this association, ?,
that it Is to our best interest, to reduce
the acreage planted in cotton by onethird
and to turn our attention more to
planting diversified crops.
2d. That we, realizing the fact that
it is important for us now, in order
that we may obtain a fair price for our
cotton produced, that we take some
active steps towards the handling and
marketing our cotton crop for the next
season and having a mutual interest
in the same, that we earnestly solicit
the hearty cooperation of all farmers,
newspapers, merchants, manufacturers
and bankers of our county and state,
and that we pledge ourselves in union
with all the cotton states, in a Cotton
Growers' Protective association, and
will work for our mutual benefit at
the present time in the planting of this
crop and in the handling and marketing
of our cotton in the coming fall,
and that we shall demand a just proportion
of the profit derived from the
sales of our cotton, which is justly due
the producer, as it is the South's product
and we should reap the benefit
from its production and sale.
2d. That these resolutions are respectively
submitted to all the farmers
of our county, state and cotton
states and to every class of citizens interested
in the welfare of the same, as
our interests are the same and should
be mutual, and we solicit a hearty and
mutual cooperation in their execution.
4th. That this County Cotton Growers'
Protective association, shall meet
I from time to time, at the call of the
I president, to discuss and execute such
I ?' /loam n.rtftViv nf nnr
plans do uc uccui ??v* w*v ? ??
tion and what Is to our best interest.
WITHIN THE TOWN.
? Policeman Love is busy collecting
water rents. ^
I ?There is no commotion yet on ac^int
of the vagrant ordinance.
Dress parade at the K. M. M. A.
3 (Friday) afternoon, at 5 o'clock.
? The resumption of operations by
the York Cotton mill has helped things
wonderfully.
? The York county cotton growers are
expected to complete next Monday
the organization that was postponed ^
from last Saturday.
Messrs. J. J. Keller & Co. are erecting
new and more convenient buildings
at their lumber working plant, and are
arranging to put in an additional 'dry
kiln, work on which will be commenced
next week.
? Gardening has been rather slow
this season. There are many people ^
who have not yet been able to get a
start. It has been principally on account
of the recent heavy rains, which
destroyed the work that had been done
previously. m
The pest camp, established by the
'town council on the county home farm
some weeks ago as a precaution
against smallpox, was abandoned last
week, the full time in which there
was danger of development of the contagion
having expired. The town
council has occasion to congratulate
itself on the efficient and satisfactory
manner in which it handled the first
and only case of smallopx that has
developed in the town. It is very likely
that if a new case should develop at
some future time, it will not produce
a great deal of excitement.
7^The marriage of Miss Willie Rose,
*)J>Yorkville, to Mr. Thomas F. Covington,
of Lancaster, took place last Wednesday
afternoon at 3 o'clock, at the
residence of the bride's parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Rose. The parlor had been f
prettily decorated for the occasion,
and there were present quite a number
or friends of the happy young people |
and of the family. Rev. J. C. Johnes
performed the ceremony, and after
congratulations a delightful lunch was
served. Mr. and Mrs. Covington were
the recipients of many pretty and useful
presents. They left shortly after the
ceremony through the country for
Chester, where it was their purpose to
catch the Seaboard train for Rockingham,
N. C., at which place they expect
to spend a few days before going to
Lancaster, their future home. The
bride is a most estimable young lady,
who is highly esteemed by all who