Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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JLJL?L t VAA?MVIAVV^ ? Jful'Ufihcd cvt ry Wednesday. J. F. CLIKICSCAI KB, / J : > I : < ? i : s AND O. C. LANOSTO.V, \ J'K< I ?.ll Tot:: /KliMS; ONE Y EAU. - - - - .fl CO SIX MONTHS, - W J WEDNESDAY, DEC. 2- ?HOI. Till': H I ! WI I VII.. It appears thal thc cotton growers ol'the Southern States must makeup their minds te r..;.-i colton .?i spill of the boll weevil, foi ti.<- leading scientists nf the country have express ed thu opinion that tin p> si ra ii not ho cradicatt i. thal the only thing that can be dc ne will be sl< ps that v.iii re tard it. Thi> i . a gloomy statement of thc situation, but that is the deliberate opinion < i ;.<> high an authority as Hr. Howard, thc chief cnloinoh .ri t ol the department of agriculture. It may be that the learned nu n ?d' science arc mistaken and that sonic way will be found in which to stamp out this pru that threatens to destroy the profits of thc southern cotton growers, but up to this date it is their judgment that the weevil will giadu ally r?pj ear in all of the Southern States. The southern farmers have no idea of giving ui> their cotton crop, and even if the weevil does n atter all over the South they will still grow cotton and will light the pest as best they can. There ' B* y-as an evil that could not int ^ 1 be over come, and the mea 01 science, al though looking at thc situation from the gloomiest standpoint, will never theless find some day u remedy for thc situation and ?ill be able to con quer this pest. - m ? - The National Good Hoads Asso ciation will be held in .Jacksonville, Fla., on January lil, 20 and 21. lt is expected that live thousand dele gates will be present. -\m - . - m i: A woman in Doylcstown, l'a., is seeking a divorce because her husband bought her but one dress in sixteen years. That's one more than Adam bought in a much longer time. Several ol' the Washington cor respondents some time since announ ced that Southern representation re duction measures would not pass. Crumpacker nud Forakor now admit thc truth of that statement. Not only will such bills not pass this Con gress, but no other one in the imme diate future, ia thc judgment of those in a position to know. There is merit in tho suggestion of a county court system as a remedy for tho presents congested dockots. With a county Judgo to examina wit nesses and hearing cases, the Circuit court to try equity casos and appeals and Borne limit placed on thc right of appeal to the Supreme Court, the ma chinery of justice might at least bo speeded up a little Thc great and good man, Dr. C. H. Spurgeon, had to say on the subject of debt: "Debtors can hardly help being liars, for they promise to pay when they know that they cannot; andwhen they have made up a lot of false ex cuses they promise again, and so they lie as fast as a horso oan trot- I should be as comfortable with peas in my shoes, or a hedgehog in my bed, or a snake up my back, as with bills hanging over my head at tho printing office."_ Mr. Mixon? a prominent citizen of Augusta, Ga., charges tho national agricultural bureau with forging a report from his gin. Ho says that the report which the department olaims to have from his superinten dent was never made and is a forgery, if it exists. This is a rather serious charge te make; and if Mr. Mixon is correct in his position, thc depart ment estimate will be shorn of some of its influence. At any rato there is nothing in Washington just now which calls louder for investigation than the giuuers report and the cotton estimate. Tho southern fanner's salvation rots in being true to himself, and to be true to himself ho must consider the casting of his crops from a com mercial point. Cotton is a money crop, but the profit is an invisible and unknown quantity on an excessive crop produced .at tho expense of high priced necessaries. Thc cost of har vesting aud preparing for market an excessive crop reduces the prices almost if not quito to thc cost of pro duction. When tho farmer makes it a surplus crop he will not only realize a satisfactory profit but will in a large measure control its price. - Mrs. John Bradly was burned to death at the homo of hor brother, Har vey Drennan, near Troy. She was a daughter of the late James Drennan. - Among the highest priced harness stallions sold io recent years are Dan Patch, $00,000 (now valued at $150, 030); Dare Devil, $50,000 and McKin ney, $50.000. The latter waa pur chased recently from H. R. Gentry, of Bloomington, Ind., by William Simpson, of New York. i '. . V M U ?.> *?l < (intention. The oiite ? !" the S luv vc po rt con* volition. MI lar u* lhe boll weevil prob lem is c i:.r ?ot encouraging. '?'?." doctors :.? ' ?ot agreed upon a ri M dy j indeed, tl?ey are quite ?greed j .li n.t there i- ii" rein edy for thc vora ci i?if pest] j The l.'-st cicntili -. talent of the j l'iiited States in insecticide, and the , best agricultural wisdom ol'thc South, ' were represented al the great Shreve port g ti 1 ?1 ring. Tin'whole question w;.> diseus.'cd exhaustively along the most J nelie.il iine^, thc federal and State i x peri tuen ts relating thc re sult, or rather, thc lack of result ?d' t heir experiment . in ti.-- weevil-infect ed district, i r several year.- mis scientific attcuip! to kuppress the worst 11;.-<-?:* enemy cotton has (.vcr j I. now u ).a- bi i ?i in i rogresh in southern 1 Texas u<d ? very experiment thus far , made has come lo naught. Thc <iua t< malan ant, the importation uf which promised .-o much, i a been practical ly abandoned a- an < li'cctive eui my of ! thc weevil, lt devours thc insect, to be sure, but those it destroys are '. never missed by their amazingly m:;l tipling companions or by the planter j who walks forth tu view thc devasta- i lion in his cotton patch, lt would tike all the red ants in Guatemala to make a respectable showing in a single ? county in South Texas. Thc paris green remedy is rio more practical, since cotton is not grown as a kitchen garden plant. Of course, methods of culture mini mize in some degree thc ravages of the? weevil, but more intensive, culture greatly increases the expense of cotton production and thc labor available to j make the crop is not capable of much ' education in improved methods. Cot ton will have to command a minimum of 10 cents a pound before it can bc grown profitably by thc li cthods of culture required to insure a minimum ol' damage from thc boll weevil, and th? ii, increased acreage, labor and ex pense considered, it is probable thc sanie land could more profitably bc put lo other uses. Unless the price of cotton is much higher than at present aud promises stability in its enhanced value, thc colton glowers of tho weevil-infected part of Texas will find it unprofitable to attempt to grow cotton and will plant their land in other crops to which their section is best adapted. To a considerable extent this has bern and is being done. Fruit and truck arc supplanting cotton in south Texas, and tho change has made thc farmers moro independent than they could be with fiftccn-ccnt cotton. If tho wee vil continues to multiply and spread over Texas, thc laud of that vast Stato will eventually have Lo be withdrawn from ootton production, unless the price of cotton, in consequence of tho weevil, becomes abnormally high. And this is, perhaps, thc best thing that could ever happen to Texas and thc cotton belt, under the circumstan ces. If the weevil can bo kept south of lied river, and Btarved out by the substitution of other crops for cotton io Texas, a few years would eradicate tho pest from thc United States and relieve thc rest of the cotton belt from a most uncomfortable apprehen sion. Texas can live, aye, and pros per, without cotton. This is not so true of the other cotton States. As things look at present, the boll weevil has tho laugh on tho Shreve port convention. Tho delegates one and all confessed themselves routed by the busy little inseot wbioh per petuates its species at a rate of in crease which the most prolific microbe knows to science might envy. But the work of the Shreveport con vention was not in vain in that it will lead thc cotton world to a better un dersf anding of tho difficult problem al! or dod by thu Loll wu vii sud will result in tc-ichiug thc .Staten free from tin; pest tilt1 necessity of greater vig ilance and every possible preexutiot" ary measure. Lf quarantining against Texas cotton and lits by-products can bc made effective in preventing the spread of tho weevil eastward, no tim-- should he lost in establishing such a quarantine at thc Mississippi river 'I t.e action ol'tho Shreveport '-..in vention in binding thc delegates pres ent to resist thc bear demoralization nf th<' cotton market hy holding every bale of cotton p issiblc off thc market until better prices are offered for the ?staple, i-- certain to have a wholesome effect io iii-,' present general effort to unite the farmers in a great holding mov? on r t. The mer: who constituted that highly representative body were some ol' the largest and uio^t intelli geut cotton planters in the South, and their example will he largely followed, 1 to U.'' ultimite benefit of the South ern cotton farmer.-Atlanta Constitu tion. Chrir-tmas Holiday i:\cursions via Char lesion cr Western Carolina Railway. Koomi trip rate, ono ami one-third ti rst-ri HHS itireM hetwwHi all stations on tlio i'. <v. \V. ('. Hallway; also to all points south of tho Ohio and I'otointtc anil oaat of the Mississippi Klvors, in cluding Ht. Louts, Mo. Tickets ?ot salo December. - '>, Jl li1?, lil. HMM, ami January I. I!?'"?, with Html return limit January l. ISM.>. I '.ir teach ers nod studious of schools arni colleges, on presentation atol surrender or o*?rti li estes signed l>y superintendents prin ciples or presidents of the various Insti tutions ol learning, tickets will ho Mild December 17th to 2t:h, Inclusivo, with tinal return limit January 8, ll?o>. On December 27th, MOI, tho Charleston it \Vent<?rn Carolina Railway will H?I1 round trip tickets from Anderson, S. C., to Jacksonville, Fla., with tinal return limit January I. iyo.">. at rate oue tirst elass fare, pluH '2T> cents, account annual meeting Southern Educational AHHOC?S tion, December 211 .'il, 11104. Notice. All persona are warned not to hunt or other* ?NO trespiss on my placo. Those >?iui'nt<ai ??iJg UiU S f?t i CO '"'I! b?? prOSO" cuted. II. K. MAX WELL, Pt-ndleton, C. Dec 21, [MM 27 _J\ _ NOTICE OF SALE. I will Hell at public suction in Iront of tho (.'our. Hons? ut Anderson, S.U., nn Monday, Jan. 2nd, 1005, (Salesday ', tho K?:al Kstate heh.nglng to tho ?state of Mrs. A, L. (?Millard, lying lu (.roadway Township. Will ho sold in two Tracta one Tract containing about PH) acres, and ono Tract containing about VJ acres. Tor ms nf Salo-Cash. LKR G. IIOLLEMAN, Atlm'r. Doc 21. HMM jr 2 THE TALE! We have been furnishing our cus tomers with HIGH GRADE PIANOS For many years, and have satisfied every one who made a purchase here. When we sell you a Fiano we guar antee it to be as lepresented, and stand behind our guarantee, with your money back if any misrepresen tation is made. SPECIAL, CHRISTMAS PRICES. THE Ca A, REED Music House, ANDERSON, - - 8. C. I ....... . . . .......... ... mm ?jp wm V<w^F*'<(i^'<tiF^P*W*"<<^"^r^[^V*^^?BW<^F^^ ^ ?w . W -mS**** mkw*1m' "MB 0 I extend to one and all my m hearty thanks for your liberal @ 1patronage, and wish for both & friends and foes a merry A Christmas and a prosperous New Year filled with the jj| choicest blessings. Hoping T to continue to merit your ? % future business, by strictly m trna) business methods, I am- Z Respectfully, V MRS. F. A. BLACK, j laaeaaootieaaoaaoaceeeoa ll J i i With BIG STOCKS and with plenty of hus tle-the Store that sells the most Goods at 10 to 25 per ennt. lower than you can buy the same Goods elsewhere ! Cut this ?alt, bring to our Store aud get ? ! 10?. in Cann with a purchase of 82 00, > . ami save 25c. on the 62.00 purchase. \ THE BEE HIVE^J Christmas Gifis ! The kind that will be appreciated. Nice Hemstitched Towels, worth 20c, at 10c. Fine Bed Spreads, worth 81 25, at 08c each. Extra large Bed Spreads, worth 81.08, at 81.25 each. f, . i T??.-. . i >"> r _ __ "V, ? ^ act I\I\ L;_ J ... ot o o_ v^wiiuu D..UI.111 ?too eacn to v? KIUU as v? uv pair. Fine Wool Blanket*, cheapest to 85.00 kind at 83.75 and 84.50 pair. SHOES, SHOES. Job lot Women's Shoes, email sizes, worth 81.25 aud 81 50, at 75c pair. Women's Coarse Shoes, all sizes, Kangaroo, worth 81.25, at 98c pair. We sell such high grade Men's Fine Shoes as Selz, Bion F. Reynolds, T, D. Barry's, Hamilton Brown's, etc. Not necessary for us to pra.se these Goods-the manufacturers guarantee every pair of them. Big line ot' Women's Fine Shoes, all solid, double capped, and every pair warranted, at 81.25 and 81.50 pair. Fine Ladies' Shoes at 82.00, 82.50 and 32.75 pair. CLOTHING, ETC. 500 nair Men's Wool Pants, winter weight, bought in a closing out lot for cash. TheBe goods oheap at 81.50, our price 81.10 pair. Men's well-tailored Wool Suits at 8,5.00 Suit. Men's All Worsted Suits at 87.50 Suit. , Men's Fine Suite, made by high Class tailors, at 810.00 Suit, worth 812.50 to 814.00 per Suit. DRESS GOODS, ETC. 22 ounce, 58 indi Skirting, worth 81.25, at 98c yard. 56 inch Repellant oar Waterproof at 39e yard. 1,000 yards Worsteds, worth 10c, at 5c yard. Fine Broadcloths, Venetians, Cr?pons, etc., all underpriced. SS inch guaranteed Taffeta Silk at 98c yard. 36 inch Black patin, guaranteed two years, at ii.25 yard. All wool Red Flannel at 10c yard. White Flannels at 12 )c to best 50c white Flannels made at 39c yard. GENTS' FURNISHINGS, ETC. Men's Underabiits at 15c each. Men's 50c heavy weight Undershirts at 39c each. Men's Fine All Wool Underwear, worth $2.50, at $1.75 per Suit. Men's Wool Socks at 10c pair. Fine Mercerized Madras Shirts, for men, at 50c each. Lion Brand Shirts, all styles, at 98c each. 50c Overshirts, for men, at 39c each. Men's all wool Sweaters, wovth $1.25, at 85c each. N0TI0HS, ETC. Two Balls Sewing Cotton lc, One Box Shoe Nails lc, Four Cakes Lau^'y Soap 5c, Celluloid Starch 4c box, Fine Lead Penoils lc each, Thimbles lo each, Pins lc Paper, Coat Springs 3c each, 50c dozen heavy ribbed Misses' and Boys' Hose, all shies, aa good as Black Cat 25c Stockings, at 10c pair. Ladies' Hose at 5o pair. Fine Ribbed Fleece Lined Ladies' Hose 15c to 25c pair. Extra heavy Ladies' Vesta 25o each. Very Fine Ladies' Cotton Vests and Pants 39o each. Yon can Save from 10 to 25 Per Cent. THE BEE HIVE S C. H. BAILES; w-.\ t , v r." Announcement I Wc have decided to retire from the Retail Trade in Anderson. We place on sale our entire Stock of Goods, which consists of First Class Dry Goods, No tions, Shoes, Clothing, Mil linery, Carpets, Rugs and Mattings. AH to be sold at Actual First Cost. The stock is all this sea son's purchase, and is the , grandest opportunity offer ed to the public in years. Store Fixtures, unexpir ed Lease treated for at pri vate sale. Jutos H. Weil 1 Co We are preparing for the largest Spring business in our history.. Going to get it, too, if a large and splendid Stock of the' best Goods from which to select, and the fairest kind of prices and treatment count for anything? This haB been the sound basis of our success in the past, as you know, but - for the coming year we are going to : merit your trade more v.han eve?. We have many good things in store for the Farmers. Try trading HEBE? Weknow'yeu'lllikoit. ^ tp