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NOTHIN .A. Cotton "Warehouse tury. Baltimore, July 21.-The Manufac turers' Record, of this city, has come into possession of a full report of the Cotton Planters' Conveution k Talla' bassee, Fla., in 1851, which so com pletely typifies in almost every detail the conditions prevailing in the cot-, ton trade of the world et present, that it gives in this week's issue a eynop .Ab of ?he leading features o? the hali century-old report. In view of the widespread interest throughout the South in the development, of the cotton warehouse system, and which it has been supposed was on the broad lines now advocated, a new idea based fundamentally on the same system which prevails in the hand ling of grain in the West through ele vators, it is of interest to know that the plan was suggested in the Talla hassee Convention and unanimously favored. A report made to that Con vention by a committee of planters, after an argument covering the cotton condition of the world, suggested that tho difficulties under Whioh cotton growers labored could only be reme died by the organisation of a company to be chartered "by the St ateo of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana and Florida, with a oapital of at least $20,000,000, tobe increased in amount as the wsnts of business might require. The association should erect or purchase extensive warehouses at Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, Appalaohicola and St. Mark's, with a view to the warehousing of cotton. Then follows an elaboration of the value of such a warehouse system as of vital import ance to the interests of the cotton trade, alike profitable to the "grower and the manufacturer. The commit tee of planters, whioh made this elab orate report suggesting the develop ment of a great ware house system and pointing out with keen argument its value, oovered in its discussion every phase of the ootton industry of Europe and America. The report was unanimously adopted, but in this case, as in so many other broad undertak ings pxojeoted by the Old South, but delayed by the coming on of the war, it has been left to this day to see their materialisation. It is an interesting coincidence that the amount of capi tal suggested by this report in 1851 a report whioh ia quite oertsin has nover before been seen by any of the people who to-day are advocating the establishment cf ootton warehouses is identically the same as the capitali zation proposed for the company late ly announced as being formed by a combination of New York/ Western and Southern men to establish ware houses throughout the South. HIS TOBY REPEATS ITSELF. In this report are discussed many of the topics relating to ootton whioh are so predominant in the ootton cir cles cf the world to-day. It is point ed out that the wide fluctuation in prices has been injurious alike to planters and spinners. Attention ie called to the effort made by English manufacturers to depress the price of cotton, and it is argued that in tho long run efforts to "bear*'prices are disastrous to the spinners, SB well as to the growers.. A report made in 1850 to the board of trade before the British Association of Edinburgh, dealing with production and ooosump tion of cotton throughout the world, is quoted as follows: "Thia increase has been concurrent with and mainly oansedby a continual reduction in the prioe of ootton. On the other hand, the continual fall in the price has acted as a stimuluo on the American planters, who have hitherto m ad o np in general by the ex tent of their cultivation for the di minished price of their crops. "Thus," ssys the committee of the Cotton Planters' Convention, '.'it is seon that increased supplies are great ly wanted, bot their experience is tha? the surest means of stimulating pro duction in the United States is to te nure the prioe." * / WHITISH CG??w* IN AFRICA. Dearing on efforts j whioh ' were then befog made by the British Govern ment to increase the production in other countries in order to lesson the dependents, of Great Britain on the 8outh for cotton, number of English papera bf 1850 ?&d ISM, quoted show ing an urgent desire to stimulate the growth of cotton in Africa, Indi? and elsewhere. These English . papers pointed out the increasing consump tion of cotton in the United States, the difficulties under whioh British manufacturers must labor \ in being dependent upon the South for their ? raw material, and some of them grow almost hysterical in demanding of the Government, as we)J as of the manu facturers, greater efforts to grow cot* toit?h Africa,. Asia and the Weat Is G NEW. Scheine of Half a Cen dies. Bat a report maie to the House of Commons in 1848 shows that even then "for sixty years past the court of directors have taken an interest in this question and have expended con siderable sums in various attempts to stimulate the growth of cotton in countries subjeot to their rule." STEADY PRICES 3E2? E?B ALL. Reviewing all of there conditions and dosing with an elaborate argu ment, the Cotton Planters' Conven tion shows that uniformity of prioe would prove in the long run equally as profitable to the spinners as to the planters, in view of the great changes is the production from year to year, caused bj' weather conditions, it is said that it is practically impossible under present conditions to avoid wide fluctuations in prices, and thus periods of oppression in manufacturing fol lowed later by periods of depression* in production, to be continued from time to time in ups and downs unpro fitable to all. The only way in whioh this condition can be avoided is said in this report to be by the establish ment of warehouses throughout the cotton districts, in whioh, in years of large production, planters eau store their eotton, and by being able to carry it avoid pushing it on the mar ket and thus breaking pri?es. With surplus stocks from years of heavy production osrried over in warehouses to years of short production, it is claimed that the entire eotton trade would be plaoed on a sound basis of profitable prioes to the grower, and that in the end this would prove far more profitable to the ootton manufac turers cf the world than is now possi ble under the wide fluctuations which prevail. The Manufacturers' Record says: "Reviewing the whole ootton situa tion of 1904-the efforts of the 'bears' to depress prices, the efforts of the growers to secure a profitable and uni form price, the wida discussions in foreign and some American papers about the plans of foreign Govern ments to develop eotton growing else where-the report of the Florida Con vention of 1851 might with a few changes, very appropriately cover any convention of ootton planters of- the present day." Naming the White House. Just how the White House eame to be so designed is a question on whioh historians differ. A loeal historian in Washington thinks that the burden of proof tonda to give ore di t for the name to President Madison. The structure was made of Potomac River freestone, and the Capitol prop er was built of the same stone. At the time the British burned the Ex eontive Mansion they did a lot of other damage, and the country wss pressed for money to repair the esme. The walls of the mansi?n were ouly slightly damaged, other than being blaokened by smoke. Money was searoe, and Congress made an appro priation to have the outside of the house painted. White was seleoted as the best color. Madison in a letter to a personal friend wrote: "Come in and seo me at any time. You will always find me, io at the White House." The Executive .Mansi?n may have been called the White Houoo before that time; bnt this investigator says that he has never been able to find any record of it. ?f Madison did not officiate at the christening, it has been emphatically stated by the historian that he took a prominent part in pub lishing the fact that the White House waB to be the name of the mansion. Up to the time of President Madison, tho Esccutive Mansion, whioh is the legal name for it was generally spoken of as the President's house; but sinoe then it has been known by its perma nent name of White House. Witness Agreed willi tho Lawyer, ? ' ' v i . ' ---; . "Several weeks ago," said Judge MOD roo, "? saw a witness take down a lawyer ip great fashion. The witness was a farmer and he was in court com plaining that a certain falloir had .stolen some of his ducks. f ' 'Do you know that these are your ducks?* aBked the lawyer. " 'Oh yes, I should know them any pSarV thd then the farmer went into detail in describing the ducks and telling just why he would know them. "'But these ducks are no different from any other ducks,' said the law1 yen . 'I have a good - many in my yard at home just like them.* "'That's not unlikely/ said the farmer. 'These are not the only duckke I have hid stolen in the last 'jprweeks/" .' - Watered silk is the proper mate rial for a flowing gown. Married But Soon Parted. "Ido," said Miss Kathleen San Bone yesterday afternoon in Magis trate MoBee's ornee, when ha asked her if she was prepared to take Her bert h. Corry as her lawful husband, te !c~e, -oh?rish, honor and obey. "I prononnoe yon husband and wife," said Judge MoBeo. "That whioh God hath joined together, let no man pat asunder." Thus Miss Sansone, daughter of Mrs. Berths Welborn Sansone, of New York, became the wife of Herbert L. Garry, until reoently one of the mem bers of the Greenville fire depart ment. The bride is so&roely six teen years of age, and the bride groom has not yet quite reaohed his majority. The ceremony was per formed at 3 o'clock, sad the young couple left radiantly happy for tho residenoe ot one of Mr. Garry's rela tives. Mrs. Sansone, who is a toaoher of physioal oulture, and has written frc* queotly for newspapers on this in ?eresting subjeot, was entirely ignor ant of the affair, and when she learn ed of the ceremony, immediately took steps to have*tho msrriage annulled on the ground that the bride was not sixteen years of age, and under the laws of this State, unable to consent to marriage. She visited the newly wed couple at their temporary abode, and insist ed on them accompanying her to the law office of McCullough & MoSwain. Here a conference was held. The bridegroom was represented by L. O. Patterson of Haynsworth & Patter son, and Messrs. MoSwain & McCul lough were retained by Mrs. Sansone. Mr. Gurry was threatened with arrest and imprisonment if he did not con sent to have the marriage annulled. This, he refused to do at first, deolar ! ing that he would wear the stripes rather than give up his wife The bride was in a quandary. She could not bear the idea of the man she had just married being thrust into prison, yet cbc hated to go back on the solemn vows. Mrs. Sansone insisted that her daughter was not sixteen years of age, and this being the oase the attor neys advised that an agreement by all parties to oonsidor the marriage con tract null and void would be the beat solution of the problem. And this Mr. Gurry reluctantly consented to do. Mrs. Gurry was taken home by her mother to Mrs. Gaillard's board ing house on Washington street, and legal steps will be taken at once by McCullough & MoSwain to have the oourts deolare the marriage ceremony a nullity. It seems that the young people had been desperately in love for several months, and early yesterday morning they agreed to meet each other and oall on Magistrate MoBee. A friend was sent to make an appointment and the hour was fixed at 3 o'olook. Mean time, the bride-to-be went in search of long skirts, for her wardrobe was without ouch a garment. At the ap pointed time they appeared before Magistrate MoBee and in the presence of two witnesses, Keiffer Simpson and Miss Griffin, the ceremony was per formed. When seen late yesterday after noon, Magistrate MoBee said he had asked Miss Son sumo whether she was sixteen yeara of age, and she had re plied that she was. He then caution ed them abont the solemnity of the occasion, and asked if they had thought carefully of what they were about to do, and both answered that they had. Under the oiroamstanoes, he said, there was nothing left for him to do bat to perform the ceremony, whioh he did, according to the ritual of the Episcopal Church. Mrs. Sansone and her daughter esme to the oity about six months ago from New York. They have both oontinned to reside here since. Mrs. Sansone takes pupila in physioal oul turo and also writes artioles on this subjeot for the newspapers. ? The gfOunds on whioh the attor neys will seek to have the courts de cide the marriage void will be the faot that in this State a man who mar ries a woman under the age of sixteen years, without tho consont of her parents, is subjeot to indictment for abduction, and that a marriage . con tract ander saoh circumstances is of itself nail and void. They will also contend that Miss Sansone was too young to realice the promise she was making, that ah* inmediately recon sidered the hasty step, and the entire eeremony was illegal.-Greenville News, ?ag. 10. A Lawyer and a Counterfeit. A few years ago m well known lawyer remitted, in settlement of an account to the publlober of a paper, in thc west, a $2 bill, whioh Waa returned with the brief statement : "This note ;s counterfeit; please send another." Two months passed before hearing from the lawyer again, when he apol ogized for the delay, saying : "I have been unable till now to find another counterfeit $2 bill, but hopo the one now enclosed will suit, pro? fessing, af the same time, my inability to discover what the objection was to the other, which 1 thought as good a counterfeit as X ever saw." Cotton In Indian Territory. Throughout Indian Territory an enormous increase in cotton acreage is reported. The increase over last year is conservatively estimated at 25 per cent. Mssy have nisced thc esti mate as high ss 50 per cent, but some cotton men say that the inorease will be fully one-third more, at least in the Oh icksoaw Nation. What is true of the Chickasaw Nation is equally true of the Creek and Cherokee Nations. The Chootaw country's acreage will not equal-that is the increase this year-any of the other Nations. This probably is due to the faot that the land there is far less productive. Thousands of sores are unarable, and cannot be cultivated, yet some sec tions of thai country have prodhoed big crops. As a whole, however, the Chootaw Nation will produce less cot ton than the Chiokasaw or Creek Na tions. Indian Torritory producod last year the greatest cotton and oom crops in its history. With propitious condi tions this Deacon the enormous crops of the past few years will seem small in comparison. Four successful sea sons in succession have encouraged farmers, and the task of tilling the rioh soil has beep, rather a pleasant duty. Cotton men explain the enormous inorease in aoreage due to the change in the leaso law, whioh now validates five-year leaseB, and under the new law a vast amount of raw land haB been plowed and planted in cotton. It is impossible to estimate the amount of land released by the change in tbs laws, but it is tremendous einoo the removal of land restrictions.. Immi grants have been poured into all seo* tions of the oountry. They are, as a rule, seeking homes, going into the interior country to oultivate the soil. The new settlers are both thrifty and energetic and later they hope to be able to purohase what land they need outright from the Indian. Tho ma jority of tho newcomers are from Texas and Arkansas. In many instances whole families have oome from Iowa, Missouri and Illinois. Thoy are evi dently impressed with the country, for very few have returned to their old homes. Jewish Immigrant Flans. Columbia, Aug, 5.-In regard to the dispatch to The Greenville News re cently from Washington, referring to I the Jewish people being interested in the South, it might he stated that Commissioner Watson was called on while in Charleston by several influ ential Hebrew in the hope that a colony could be brought to this State. It was planned to buy some of the land around Charleston and settle them there. Mr. Watson promised to do all that he could and on his next trin to New York he will call upon one of the societies interested in the work and place the officers in correspondence with the Charleston people.-Speoial to Greenville News. The Public Toothpick. The little English girl who thought that American lumbermen must make money because everybody over here chewed toothpicks oame dangerously near treading on a national corn. Here is another story almost as good. A mian was holding a street car strap and was absently, even peacefully, picking his teeth. Presently the woman who was seat ed in front of him touched him. "Sir," she said pleasantly, "would you mind going out on the platform te piok your teeth? I am not at all anxious to know what yon had for dinner." The fellow left the car immediately, while the conductor rang up two fares by mistake. - There are 155 women commercial travelers now on the road in Great Britan. - One surprising thing about a sur prise party is the laok of surprise it orestes. - It is stated that there are nearly one million' more women than men in the British Isles. - February this year had no full moon. This phenomenon occurs onoe every nineteen years. - The largest window in Britian is the east window in York Cathedral. It is seventy-five feet high and thirty two feet wide. - On July 31st, at the close of business, the publio debt of the United States amounted to nearly $1,000,000,000. - A butterfly whioh a Chicago wo man kept all winter, av d whioh has recently died, ate one drop of honey ia every three days. - Very few girls bother mueh over a broken heart. They always remem ber that if a mao broke it there are other, men who can repair it. Some men ?rill hunt all day for an exonse for doing wrong, when there are a score of reasons for doing right within their range of vision. S -- Some men who recall with pride how they earned their first dollar would hesitate to let the world know just how they earn the most of their dollars. A READY COMFORTER. On? of Longstreet'? Stone* of Privat? Pat Doolen. Many were the stories of the civil war told hy the late Confederate General Longstreet, hut none of them was fuller o? pathos and hu mor than his reminiscence? of Pri ,vate Pat Doolen. It was this Doolen who, having boen regaled with buttermilk and sweet potatoes by a withered old countrywoman whoso cabin he and his comrades had encountered in a straggling retreat, made his adieus .with : "An* how much do I owe ye, ma'am r* "Nothin' at all, honey, if you all ain't got it convenient,** was the hospitable reply, "and not many of the boys has these days. I've got three of my own with Stuart this minute, if so be tho Lord's spared them." "An' Elire/' returned Doolen, quick as a flash, "if this isn't the identical loidy as-tho saints for give me, but his name's slipped me moind the minute, but he told rae to sure look out for ye ef come this way/' "It warn't Joe Davis, war it?" eagerly suggested the innocent old woman. "The very same, to be sure. Pat Doolen's mimory 'll niver save his soul! Joe sint his love to his mi til er an' told me to be sure to give her this." Ho brought from a pocket a bulky wallet. The old woman, fell on his nock with tears of joy. "An' mo jes' a-prayin' the good Lord would send me some word of bim,, an' somethin' to see me through tho next little while. That there*dinner we all jes' eat waa nigh the las' they war in sights wept the unsuspecting old woman. *Pat, you liar," said one of his companions as they walked away, "aren't you ashamed to deoeive a credulous old woman like that? ?Where do you expect to go when Sm die? You don't know any Joe avis, and you found that wallet at JXanaasae." "Who knows that better'n me Bolf ?" asked Pat. "But she'll uiver know, berrin' the tellin' by Joe him self, and she'll be ready to forgive twinty like me if that comes to pass."_ An Unhistorio L andmark. When Mr. Justin H. Smith visit ed the towns aiong tho Kennebea river in endeavoring to trace exactly 'Arnold's march from Cambridge to Quebec ho inquired everywhere for traditions and especially for relics. In his book he gives this incident aa a result of one such inquiry: "Near the point where the army left the Kennebec are four or five acres of cleared ground and two small farmhouses. Mr. Smith in quired of the venerable proprietor of one of theae places if there were any evidences in the vicinity of Ar nold's march through the country. '"Oh, yes/ replied tho old man. There used to bo a big rock in my mowing field with "B. D. A." on it, but' the old thing was in the way, and I blasted it out.' " 'What did those letters mean "B. D. A."?' asked Mr. Smith. " rWhy, Bennie Dick Arnold; of course.' ______ Too Obliging. 'An actor on a train left his grips in the Beat and went forward to tba diner. When he returned to his compartment and glanced around for bis belongings he found that they had disappeared. He looked searchingly into tho faces of his fel . low passengers for information, but discovered nothing but a peculiar smile. The only man in the car be sides the comedian who wasn't smil ing was a kind faced little man who was manifestly ill at ease. Present ly this little man, in reply to a stern look of mute inquiry, pleaded apolo fetically, "I am really very sorry, ut when you didn't return to your, seat at that last station I supposed' you had been left behind, so, to save you trouble and anxiety, I threw your bags out of the window as we were leaving the station." Ho Knew the Instrument. Mr. Clancy, the blacksmith, had Sprained .Iiis wrist and went to the octor. The doctor started to take down a bpttle of fluid from his cab inet, but found the bottle empty. After a moment's search he called for his assistant and said : "Will you get me a couple of those phials from the closet upstairs ?" "Files 1" cried Mr. Ciancy, in alarm. "Sure, if ye're goin' to work at it wid tools, can't ye take a smoother wan?"-Life. ? . Regular Formula. ? Citiman-You've been living in the suburbs so long I- suppose you've had considerable experience with servant girls. Subbubs-Well, it's got so that when my wife is interviewing an applicant now she always begins by asking, "Were you ever employed by me before? If to, when and for how long?"--Philadelphia Press. oXaWTOAXjflLe' Beara th? ^_??Tft9 Kind You Hate Always Bought W???????, - When business and pleasure are combined, business generally gets the worst end of the deal. - The suburbanite may be a dead shot with a pistol, and yet he has been known to miss a train. - Mao wants but little here below, but sometimes he wants it bsd. xs FORMAN UNIVERSITY . Edwin Mc Neal Pot?at, Prem. Courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Arta (B. A.) and Master o? Ask? (M. A.) Library Reading Room. Laboratories. Large and Comfortable Dornxltoriesv Expenses reduced to a Minimum. Next eeulon begins Sept. 14. For rooms apply io Prof. H. T. Cook. For Cata logue or inrbrmatlon address The Secretajy of the Faculty. Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Framing, Shingles, Lime, Cement, Lathes, Brick, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mantels, Turned and Scroll Work, Devoe's Paint, Lead, Oil, Turpentine, Hard Oil, Glass, Putty, Etc. EVERYTHING 1 THE BUILDER. IMPORTANT ! INVESTIGATE when ira need of any kind of BUILDING MATERIAL. See me. If I don't sell yow I'll make the other fellow TUE SELL YOU RIGHT. ~W_ XJ" BBISSEY ANDERSON, S. C. JUST RECE I VE F* OLD DOMINION CEMENT^ AND BEST LIME. O. D. ANDERSON. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE. We offer for sale the following desirable property, situ ated in this and surrounding Counties. Nearly all of these? places haye good improvements on them. For full part icu? ulars as to terms, location, &c, call at my office. BO acres, two miles from city, un improved. ?House and Lot, 6 acres, near oity limits, very desirable. 1 acre, with new dwelling, in oity limits. Iii acres, near oity limits, oleared, no improvements. 200 sores in Fork, township, on Tug aloo River, two dwellings. 400 acres in Oaklawn township, in Greenville Co., half in culr'.ation, 5 tenant dwellings, 50 aores of this is in bottom land. 700 aores in Hopewell township, on Six and Twenty Greek, 300 sores in cultivation, 2 good residences, 6 ten ant dwellings, 40 acres in bottom land. 91 aeren in Garvin township, on Three-and-Twenty Creek, good dwell ing, barn, &o. 200 acres in Center township, Coo nee County, 100 oleared, balance well timbered, well watered, good mill site with ample #ater power. 133 aores, in Pendleton township well improved. Berry place, V?rennos, 87* sores. 437 aores, Pendleton township, ten ant houses and dwelling. 145 aores, Evergreen place, Savaoo nah township. 150 aores in Savannah township^ well timbered, no improvements. 600 aores in Hopewell township* 130 aores in Broadway township* improved. 230 aores in Fork township, on Seo eoa River, good dwellings, &o. 800 acres in Anderson County, es Savannah River. 96 aores in Lowndesville township Abbeville County. 34 aores in Corner township. 75 aores in Ooonee County. 75 aores in Piokens County. 152 aores in Rook Mills township on-Seneoa River, 2 dwellings.. 700 aores in Fork township.- . 56 acres in Macon Co., N. CV29" miles above Walhalla, on road,to Highlands. All the above are desirable Lands, and patties wanting good homes,'a9 low pricoo, oan select from the above and eall for further particulars. Nov is the time to secura /oar homes for another year. JOS. J. FRETWELXi, ANDERSON, S. C. Ofct Biggest pi M\ This Establishment hag been Selling IN ANDERSON for more than forty years. During all that time competitors have oome and gone, but we have remained right here. We have always sold Cheaper than any others, and during those long years wo have not had one dis satisfied oustomer. Mistakes will sometimes ooour, and if at any time wc found that a oustomer wa9 dissatisfied we did not rest until we had made him* satisfied. This policy , rigidly adhered to, has made us friends, true and last ing, and we can say with pride, but without boasting, that we have the confi dence.of the people of this section. We have a larger Stook of Goods thisv season than we have ever had, and we pledge you our word that we have neve? sold Furniture at as dose a margin of profit as we are doing now. This If* protea by the fact that we are selling Furniture not only all over Anderson' County but in every Town in the Piedmont section. Come and see us. Your" parents saved money by baying from us, and you and your children oan saver money by buying I ore, leo. We carry EVERYTHING in the Foraitus* lina*, :C, F. TOLLY & SON? Depot Street The Old Reliable Furniture Dealers? THOUSANDS SAY THAT McClure's Magazine Is the best published at any price. Yet it is only IO cents a copy, $1.00 a year. In every number of McClure's there are articles of intense- interese* ou subjects of the greatest national importance. 8ix good short stories, humorous stories, stories of life and action-and always good. In 1904 McClure's will be more interesting, important and entertaining than ever. "Eve. r year better than the last or it would not be McClure's.'* i THE 8. S. McCLUR? COMPANY, 628 Lexington Building, New York, N? Y