Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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byC^KSCAXBg AlIBowl anderson, s. wednesday, januaby 4, 1905. VOlTIMlfl TTTT?Vn an i m es ay mornia^^nuary4th, we will offer our entire Stock of Men's and ODD TROUSERS at a discount of 25 per cent. Beginaiag Weda Sale includes our entire Stockt L Every January we have^^af Nothing-nothing re* ^owwhatitniean^ ifDot,yoil w??ff<?r. * ales, and if you have attended one in the past you best come and share in these GENUINE BARGAINS ncif chioken 1 her patlW etile, her sordid, b about the of tho hu when eh to J)00> , weeks,V in's and Boys' Overcoats I -AT A -? Reduction of 25 per Cent. This Sale comea jnst in mid*winter, when you need an ?rcoat mostt for you know Jaow cold and disagreeable tuary usually is. $5.00 Overcoats, 25 per cent off, now $3.75 7,50 Overcoats, 25 per cent off* now 5.65 10.00 Overcoats, 25 per cent off, now 7.50 12.50 Overcoats, 25 per cent off, now 9.40 15.00 Overcoats. 25 per cent off, now 11.25 20.00 Oveicoats, 25 per sent off, now 15.00 Men's and Youths' Suits At a discount of 25 per cent. treats jaodaSl m h an! Copyright i 904 by m 'are s* aot ty it w j afford A mon< mm ing tf mntriir, arasa! : I- ; "r.-\l )Hart Schaffner Marx HERE'S A CHANCE To get a new Suit that doesn't come your way often. Up-to date Suits, made as only our Clothes can be, and fully worth our regular prices to any one, but it's not our way of doing business to carry goods from one season to another. Hence this January Clearance Sale : $5.00 Men's and Youth's Suits now $3.75 7.50 Men's and Youths'Suits now 5.65 10.00 Men's and Youths9 Suits now 7,50 12.50 Men's and Youths' Suits now 9.40 7,5.00 Men's and Youths' Suits now 11.25 S?.O? Me^'s andYouths'Suits now 15.00 y>ga'n'ft.T It osnno1 /men. fcptfffl^^i^?fPfi?,Jbei Interested in ore frc atfccr i ienda {, '<.. " ' ... Interested because it offers to thorn an opportunity to 5. ??iV ; tor aj. . i?t d,1 1 liberV it heV hone Il ne] - > prcl I hey' ids t a ehl 3? bar) oent 3001 ? . m _ ? ?._-Ii JL giroyiae ior xnezr uoys tsiuuolii? Biyuan, weu*i9UQrea ouiib ai* exceptionally little prices. This is seally an important sale coming just at this season, when many boys are in need of a new Suitj 1 ?2.Q0 Boys', Kneo Pants Suits now $1.50 2.5? Boys'Snea Pants Suits now 1.90 3.0? Boys'Knee Pants Suits now 2,25 ^ (4.00 B?ys^ Knee Pants Suits now 3.00 Mfr. ' . : 5.00 Boy e' Knee Pants Suits now &T5 6.00 Boys'Knee Pants Sui?s now 4.50 spa can( ? if c >?5 f ? Woj^r'. ?be5, like ft go ? e wa?i " ^n'eejr-: ? s? , ion t id?i?f.^: tt?nej^V:' tto. th? .. * MitrtttH Alij'a At> 4-?>A u?iAwn hamaA finif? IIM^ * V UMUVU MHAVS Copyright I 904 by - iKatt Schaffner fc? Mark Genuine Reductiofts. So ^Hj?caE corae iiere knowing beforehand that what you see in this ndv^rtieement will be /fln?x?ipa^^ /The beat thiagtf always go first, so you had best come early and get your share of these ?sce?kiitba?gaius. 1 Tho Farm?*' Educational and Oo-Qperativo Union .of America. CONDUCTED BY d. O. 8TRIBLINQ. ?&" Oom mu louions intended fur thin department ehould bo addreeaed to J. O. ?trlbiing, Pei-dleton, 8. O. Government Crop Reporting--A Good filing Done in a Bad Way. On the third day of December, 1004, the United States Department of Ag riculture issue 1 a statement of the cot ton crop, estimating tlio yield for 1004 at 13,100,000 bales. Just nt that time cotton growers and the spccnlative in terests?-not the milling interests?were engaged in a titanic struggle over the price of cotton, the speculators to put, it down ao ae to make room for the largest possible bargain of profits and the growers to hold it for a fair and equitable price that might yield them a reasonable, we n ay say a modest, reward for their labor. The result could not have been un foreseen. The government's estimate was larger than bad been made by tho most ravenous '/bear," and, of course, the price dropped with a suddenness that demoralized the market, and put the bear side of speculation in complete mastery. Not many of the outside world, and, in faot, few of the cotton growers themselves, realize what this menus to the South. Immediately on the pub lication of the report the price of cot ton dropped about fifty points, and A??r ainr>A thun the ?r<jaf otunln haa been struggling against the downward tide with but little show of success. Taking the government estimate as correct, of which there is really no positive proof, as there have been cases whore it was found necessary to revise its figures, 12,160,000 bales represents 0,080,000,000 pounds. A reduction of one cent a pound on this great crop means a loss to the cotton growers of more than $00,000,000, the result of one stroke of the pen on the part of tho agents of the United States govern ment! Officials should hesitate before performing an act frangbt with such tremendous cnoeequences. Powerful influences in the South and elsewhere, as the readers of this paper know, are being exerted to save the southern farmers .from this great loss, by urging them to keep the cotton off the depressed ma)kct. If the govern ment estimate is correct or if it isn't, it cannot affect the cotton if the Kiower refuses to h dl. If the crop were twice as much as reported, if to" larmers re fuse to put it on the m>- -vet, the mills must exhaust their s? i lies the Bame as though their present stock represen ted every bale in existence; and then they will need more cotton and must have it, and they must pay a price that will get it?the price that has been set by the growers themselves. This is what we advise tho growers to do, and if there really is a surplus, let it de velop at the close of the season?at the beginning of the movement ot next year's crop, There never yet tum been a surplus, . and<we do not expect one, for a light crop in apt to follow a heavy one, but if there should be it is better, to sacrifice the surplus than tosquan der the entire crop. We do not antagonize the Depart ment of Agriculture. We think it one of the greatest of the governmental departments, fraught with immeasura ble possibilities for good. And we believe national crop reporting is a good thing, but it must Ud confessed that many of tho reporters, being vol untary, are not reliable, and that othoio ?.i?v tiA hiar?ri hh T.n is s?na nT rn&r.. n nnnn tha Whole. l'OVOmfflODt TO- 1 < JIUHO UilTO [JlUTuii .1 of other governments, and moro so than private reports.. But ? good thing may be done in a bad way. This is not the first time a government report has seriously dis tnrbed the trade and caused heavy looses on one -aide or the other of the market. Bucha result Is unavoidable under the present system of reporting. The speculators on 'Changehave loarn cdto watch for these reports,and to base *j. j.;.. Kirin n?\?tv them ' from the time the see'd goes Into the ground the gov ernment begins to compile its reports, not based upon certainty, but upon tho Opinions and observations ot its widely scattered importers. The matter is too serious to justify guess work or proba bilities, A crop is never certain, ? yield is never known, until it 1b har vested and ready for the market. How much hotter would it be if the depart ment would.out out all of ite probabil ity reports, and report only when tile yield Is assured and the crop safe.' The condition or probability reports can benefit none but those who em ploy their time from year's end to year's end in gambling upon the prices, and who care no more for the . laborer in the fields than tho bog cares for the treo whose acorns it devours. Wo re spectfully cali the attention of Secre tary Wilson to these matters, and to the plan of the American Society of Equity. ^ ' ^ ) Cotton Growers'Convention. To the cotton growers of So - xh Caro linn: I weald have written - an acount of the Snreveport m eating before thi 8, but have been waiting to hear from the president of !tho national organization as to tho final steps to be taken. This ? give in today's issue. ' , From the Bib Grand to the' Atlantic tho farmers are fully alive to tho situa tion. Tho old spirit that soemed to be prevalent, that- every other business was our onemy is passing and the cot ton farm er fuiiy realizes luat tho pros condition In which ; he finde him ! is the result of his own doings. '"TH-%to the oottoto belt Is organ* * jr the purpose of holding cotton noing acreage of cotton and ig aereage for homo aap VLi? every farmer who has cotton .?ein . JWJ?dt ??t duplicate in next year's crop. It is manifest to hinithatifhe stores this ?attW%^lM:ltemciBCp pay Mm 75 to 100 per imi* beeidet giv ing blm an abundance of homo sup plies. Again we .ronat ; have a syste matic reduction of aereage; some plan bysphich womey have this done or ganically, officially, if those are the proper words. To,this ?ad we meet To ?fow Orleans Jan. 84-20. into an auxiliary club, elect a delegate or delegates to meet at its court house on Saturday, Jan. 14, to perfect a coun ty organization and to elect delegates to the Now Orleans convention. It is urgently requosted tant tbis be done in every county. Send mo the nnmcs of the delegates elected to Now Or leans, bo that I may Bend '.horn in. In the meantime I wish to warn every farmer against the Bchemcs now being used to get bold of apot cottou. Don't lend to the mill man or exporter. Huld your cotton. We aro able to hold and wo need the prolit. E. I). Smith, Presidout South Carolina Cotton Grow ers Association. Magnolia, S. C, Dec. 31, 100-1. STATE SEWS. ? Immigration Commissioner Wat son reporte that he has disposed of 72,000 acres of land to Bottlers. ? Few counties havo been ablo to collect any income tax and there is talk of asking the legislature to abol i-ih the law. ? Lisha MoLood, oolored, of Mayee ville, Sumtcr County, drauk oarbolio acid on Christmas, mistaking it for whiskey, and died. ? The Seoond Presbyterian Churoh of Greenville has extended a call to Rev. E. P. Davis, D. D., of Opelika, Ala., to bo their pastor. ? A day or two before Christmas constables soized 50 gallons of con traband liquor at Greers, and near Charleston 30 or 40 gallons was cap tured. ? Governor Heyward ban pardoned Anflmra Wouli? uni nn fx nanrn nnnwint who prevented the escape of other conviots iu Aiken while the guards were drunk. ? Dr. Chas. H. Judson made Fur man University, Greenville, a Christ mas gift of his residence and lot, valued at $7.500. Last year he gave the univorsity $21,000. ? The United States Supremo Court has decided that the old Blue Ridge bond scrip is not legal tender. A similar decision had boen made by the Federal Cirouit Court. ? Rev. John Riley, oolored, was arrested in Fairfax, Barnwell Coun ty, on tho charge of breaking into Oapt. Harvey's ginnery and stoaling a wagon load of ootton seed. ? The International Trust Co. of Baltimore, is suing ex-Senator John L. MoLaurin in tho United States court in Charleston for $43,000 on ao sour tuf some railroad bonds endorse 1 by the ox-senator. ? H. A. Wells, an A. 0. L. con ductor, was seriously injured atPine i7ood, between Su a: ter and Orange burg, by being, caught between ears. Bis shoulder wss crushed and several ribs broken. His recovery is hoped Par. i, ? Two ladies and a child, riding in i buggy, were fired at twice with a piatol by a drunken negro, who was riding on a Columbia street ear. He rot off the oar and was not arreit'd, the unarmed conductor not oaring to tackle him. ? Aaron Prio?oau, colored, lato jandidate for oongress. who wss con victed a few days ago,by the United States court in Charleston of robbing the mails, < has been sentenced to three months in Charleston jail and a ? The mutilated decomposed body if a negro wasfound iu a cabin in Lnurcna County, where he was brutal ly murdered about con days ago. Hia throat 'waa out and his head split open ivith an axe. Robbery is thought to 30 the motive of the murderers. . ? Three hundred and Beventy-fivo sow represents the enrollment at Wottord College. Of this number 225-are in the College and 150, in the (fitting School. Last year at this ,iino the number was 307. Hence ihere is a. remarkable net gain of - 68. ; ? While walk?ug hetweon her two jhildren on the sidewalk near Main ?treet in Colombia, Belle Morris, of ;ho upper class of negroes, waa shot hrough the heart by a negro who )80aped and whose identity has not ieen revealed. The shooting was evi lently accidental. ?Two young white boys, Walter rVhite and Thomas Pegu es, were out mating about three miles west of Jher?w. Young Pegues' gun went off vhile in hia hand and the load enter id the body of Walter White, in itantly killing him. The boys were rood friends and near relatives. The. locident is deplored. ? John Gary Watts, formerly adju Ast and inspector general of South Carolina, died in the hospital in Co* umbia Chriatmas day. Col. Watts vas a graduate of the Citadel of the ilass of 1890. In 1891 he was ap pointed assistant ta adjutant general tlugh L. Farley and afterwards be* ?ame-adjutant general himself. ? Tho Spar tan burg Journal says hat the Riehland Distilling Company >f Oolnmbla. which makes only corn yhiekoy, paid to the. United States [ovarnment the past year $800,000 in ?hi?key Uses. This at 90 cents a talion iodioatea a production of about 100,000 gallons?nearly all of which yas cold to the State dispensary, ? Dan Smiley, 45 years old, and fat Youag, 35 years, oolored naher aen wero drowned in the swaripiog of hoi? boat Eloiee at the east end of Ju'.U van's Island on Saturday afto* mon. According to the particulars earned tho boat waa coming up tho ?arber with a heavy load of fish, ao ompanied by a number cf other ?oate, when, in making a taok, a sud ioo. pnff of wind struck her and oho areened and filled with water, going town' before the fishermen oould be eaouedi .The drowning took place i tear tKa same plac? wbfro two fiohing joatfl were . lost. ?ov^at >months 030 rith il men. UENF.KAL NEWS. : ? A ealoon kooper by tho name of Kline is under arrest in Atlanta for nmrryiog his sister's daughter. ? A monument is to be ercctod in M neon, Ga., to tho .memory of the "Women of tho South." ? Seven men were sutlocatc-d by tho caving in of a Gre-brick mine at Boliva, Pa., on Thursday. ? Mrs. Mnry Shepard, of Pnugh keespio, N. Y., celebrated her 104th birthday by going to church on Christ mas day. ? J. II. Harrison, a cotton buyer at Brownesvillo, Ga., committed sui cide by shooting himself. He had lost vory heuvily in cotton. <? Whilo on tho train between At lanta and Gainesville, \V. A. Coch ran dropped his pistol on tho floor and was seriously wounded by a shot from it. ? Jam?1? Linkouse, a punter of Radford, Va , murdered his wife and adopted son on Christmas morning and then set his house on Gre to hido the crime. ? The dividend and iutcrest dis bursements in New York oity to bo made in January will amount, accord ing to the Journal of Commerce, to $136,000,000. ? Lewis Burden, a prominent far mer, died near Statesboro, Gc , on Wednesday of hydrophobia?the re sult of having been bitten by a dog aoveral weeks ago. ? - More than 15,000,000 persons aro enrolled in tho Sunday Schools of tho country. In public sohools the enrollment ic more than 16,000,000, or only 3,000,000 more. ?I Justice of the peace John Ford, of James County, Tenn., was shot and killed on a street in Chattanooga by h\u cousin Samuel Ethejridge, the outcome of an old family feud. ? Neill Stubbs, a young farmer living eight miles from Victoria, Texas, shot and killed his sweetheart, Miss Julia Misoulka, beoause she re fused to marry him, and then commit ted suicide. j ? In Pennsylvania they had a'sin gular snow storm last week. It was about 60 miles long and one milo wide. In that belt the snow was two I or three inches deep and outside | thero was none at all. ? A row occurred on Christmas day at Grangers, Logan County, W. Va., in whioh four men were killed? the row being oaused beoause one man danced with another man's girl with out asking hie permission.. ? Josiah Flournoy, of Columbus, da., has been informed that the gov ernment of Venezuela baa taken a part of his property located in that country. He will appeal io the Ainori aan government for protection . ? Seventeen men were poshing boats on the Big 8andy-near Ashland, Ky. Two of the boats sunk and the jrew got wet and eold. They got oomo whiskey and after drinking that they Irank some wood alcohol add several >f them,died., ? A report comes fvorr^ Alabama jLuii ? p'm iuu months old weighed lroaaed 6875 pounds. It was raised 3j J. H. Williams near Deoatur. Daniel Walker, near Tifton, Ga.. xilled one two years old that weighed ibont 1,300 pounds. -?Patriotic women of Charlottes rille; Va., are ai work to ecouru.funds .o erect a brooz3 memorial tablet in ho rotunda of the university on which ire to be inscribed 481 names of tlnmni of the university who lost .heir lives in the Confederate ser vice. .::o \.s ? There are three sisters living in .he South whose combined 8ges is 260 rears. They are Mrs. fipsy Morris, >f Talladega, Ala., who is 89, Mrs. Sparta Coogler, of Atlanta, Ga, who s 87, and Mrs. Harriet Pope, of ?tookbridge, Ga., who is 84. The nother of the three sisters lived until ihe was 92. ?- The severest storm for fifteen ;cars swept over the country lying jotweon tho Rooky mountains and .he great lakes last week doing much lam ago and causing the loss of s?v irai lives in Indiana, Minnesota, Illinois and other States. In Chicago he wind reaohed a velocity of 72 miles in hoar. ? A sensational murder occurred n Raleigh, N. C, Thursday when J. 9-. Alford. senior deaoon of the First ESaptist Church was killed by his msiness partner R. D. By num. They lad eomo business trouble and. when Mford told his partner the firm vould bave io be dissolved, Byoum rho was drinking got a pistol and ihot Alford. ? A man/from Mexico has sued a ?t. Louis young woman .for 930,000 or breaoh of promise of marriage. n bis bill of complaint he asserts, imong other things, that he devoted oar months of bis time to oonrting ?er; that his time is worth $300 a nonth, and that ho was at au expense >f $7 a day daring the courtship, rhtoh he thinks she ought to make ;ood to him. ? Mr. 'James Town send has reiurn d to Charleston from a trip to Cuba, there he made an investigation of the lultivation of tho long staple cotton, rod he reports that Caba will never leoome a competitor of the s'oaat soo ion of South Carolina, and Georgia. Cho cotton does not produce its own eed, he said, and the expensive labor ,nd injurious rains, which dhoolor he cottoD, 'are some of the drawbackt, o the cultivation of tho staple. A hoaper grade of tho cotton, ho states, lowovcr, can be raised, s Corner Creek Events. The merry Christmas holidays of nineteen hundred and tour uro now grand old events of the past, but will most cortaiuly bo never forgotten by our people, especially tho young folka. They amused themselves greatly, mingling together at parties, dinners and other social sfatherings. Many visitors were here the guests of: our homes. Misses Tnlulah and May Crowther, accompauied by their brother, J. I., of l?ny, spent a day hero very pleasantly during tho merry times. Mis?es Itosa Poole, Lula McDowell, and Janio Armstrong, and tho lntter'a brother, Ernest, were hero from Foun tain Inn, much to tho delight of their friends. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Gassaway, of I Neva, visited relatives in our midst I last week. Wister Bigby made a pleasure trip to loved ones in Greenwood County {duringjolly festivities. Helton and Archio Thoumson, from near Fountain lnu, were over on our side enjoying the holidays with onr youngsters. Tom Jones, from Laurens county, spent a couplo of days horo last week. Misa Modona Bigby camo up front Greenwood and spent the holidays with homo folka. She ia teaching a flood school in chat county, and is de iehted with her work. Mr. and Mrs. D. Edgar Knight, of Pelzer, visited tho hitter's parents here last week. Mies Mary Cox, one of Belton's aweeteat little maidens, visited Miss Janio Bigby here last week. Mrs. Sallie Bigby and children, of Williumston, spent Christmas with the family of W. A. Bigby. Tho Misses Kins and two sweet lit* tie girls from Anderson, were the guests of Miss OUie Mitchell a few days ChristmaB. Dr. J. W. Perry, who ia to serve the church of Barker's Creek this year, preached his'first sermon Sunday to a most extraordinary congregation, owing to the beautiful spring-like day. He pleased his hearers and will doubtless prove a faithful pastor. Happy New Year to the Intelligen cer! Tyro. Harris Bridge Happenings. Christmas passed very quietly in our burg. Let us begin onr work with a good will, strive to be better and make cheerful hearts everywhere. ' Mr. Donnie BurriBs came home from Atlanta where he has been going to school. His friends are glad tc have him with them for Christmas. . Clem Harris and sister. Miss Alma, visited friends in Broadway during Christmas. J. C. Holder boarded tho train for Elberton, Ga., today (A7ondoy.) Oscar Allen and Hewlett Brown with Mies Naomi Elliott went on a visit near Hartweli, Ga. Misses Bertha, Lillie and Maggie Erskine, of Broadway, with Miss LeS sie Holland, of No als Creek, spent a few days with the family of Mr. John Harris. , Telegrams are being received an nouncing that Foster Mullikin, who went to Atlanta for : treatment, is get ting along very well. We hope he will Boon recover. >$s?| Miss Amanda Elliott, of Anderson, was a visitor in the home of her aunt, ? Mrs. John Brown. m?ffl&$&& Charlie Elgin and Perry Smith, of ? Broadway* were in our midst a few days. Whit Smith and family spent Christ mas in Laurens County with rota tives. Misses Pearl and LeBsie Wilson visited in Septus durina Christmas. Julina Wilson ennnf a fno <$*ya it* Elberton the gnest'of his grandfather, S. A. Hutchison. The most surprising marriage--was that or Miss Delia Bnrrias to Mr. D. M. Watson. They were very quietly. married on Deo. 25. Their trienca ", wish for them a life of happioe?H. There will be preaching at Lebauon?Wi Church on the 1st and '3rd Sundays by Rev.O. L. Martin. Wishing all a happy New Year, I am , A Dreamer Girl.1 To Hont Beark In Tesafl Washiogton, January 1.?-Will Pres ident lloohovclt hunt boars in Texas? . . If the President's wish can be car ried out on the trip to Texas u__ epring to attend the annual reunion of the Rough Riders, he will include in his programme a Democratic bear hunt. This faot developed to day when Representative J. N. Garner of Fifteenth District of tho Lono St'sr Commonwealth called at the White House and extended to the President an invitation to go "bar" hunting in the wilds of his distriot. The Texas : Congressman told Mr. Rooaovelt that Bruin ia well represented in seotionMp of the State sod that a hunting tiijgy,' would bo sure to satisfy him in every respect. 5 N J$$?5f| The President thanked Mr. G?ts?? heartily and said he would be delight ed to accept the invitation if arrange" mente could be made. C Before leaving the White t "use;" Mr. Garner asaured the President that the Texas wilds would furnish all #ae. - sport the fondest huntsman could ask*. He promised to do every thing that could be done at the Texan end . to mike the ''bar" hunt possible. ? The two negroes oharged^with the murder o? .Mr^R. G. Story, at Thompson, G?.v wertL handed ?n^rie Jail yard on Tuesday? ^Deo."'' The men killed Mr. Story bW* would not let them off from t0 piece of work, and at the time a ing was narrowly averted. Just the noose was being adjusted over too head of one of the men by the sheriff, he grinned and said. 4*Bos? ^Xvaii?i ready to skin the eat." ^ ? A . 10-year-old coloreav' girl, daughter of Sam Latimor, a tenant on tho plantation of Joseph Pearoe. threO miles from Waterloo, was ^faUIUp: burned by aoctfeotly fall'ag fire while playlog with tevi?faMt': brothers and sisters around^? large op?n fireplaoe in their cabin Weddes day afternoon about 4 oVioqk, dyi&g. in gr.'at agony four hours lat,or. .