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E. H. AULL, EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New berry, S. C.. as second class matter. FRIDAY, MAY 26. 1904. The Cotton Acreage. Latham. Alexander & Co.. of New York, have just issued a statement, which they say. in their opinion. "is as approximately correct an estimate of the cotton acreage as could be se ,cured by direct communication with parties competent to judge residing in the southern states." The acreage for 1904 is placed at 31.248.530 as against 28,907.000 for 1903. an increase in the United States for i9o4 of seven and one half per cent.. or 2.341,530 acres more than 'ast year The total acreage given for South Carolina for 1904 iS 2.361.ooo as against 2.526.270 last year. an increase of seven per cent. This increase in acreage is no doubt largely due to the good price of cot ton received for the last crop. Many of the same conditions prevailing last year wil operate to keep the price up this year. and yet the price of cotton is very much like politics in its uncertainty. We are glad to note that the farmers of Newberry county are not depending entirely on their cotton *crop this year, al though their crops are nott yet as di tersified as we would Ike to see them. What the south needs. and it has been its greatest need for the past number of years. is to raise- its own supplies and then to use cotton as a money crop. Our farmers have re cently been- coming to a realization of this need and the south has been prospering accordingly. Why should we buy western corn when we can raise it cheaper and of better quality for our needs right here at home? We want to see our people live at home and be independent. and- when pople are independent they are happy. The world must have cotton and it must look to the soutith for it. The south could fil the price if it would fnd it is suicidal not to do so. So far as we have been able to see, we do not believe the cotton acreage in this community has been very materially increased this year. - though there may be some increase. President Roosevelt went from Washington to Grolton. Mass., this week to attend the commencement exercises of a school attended by Theottore, jr.. and Kermit. While ' the president made an address to th,e boys he regarded the vii as -stricl ly a- personal and private mat ter, and no report was made of his remarks. The ~strenuous president is getting very modest very sudden ly. -R. H-. Plant. the president of the - a national bank at Macon Ga.. which failed recently, committed suicide in order that his creditors might gel the benefit of a million dollars of in surance which he held on his life. The motive lent a certain dignity tc the act, but it was cowardly never theless. as suicide always is under an~ circumrtances. The Atlanta Constitution says that "the reported purchase by western capitalists of several hundred thous and acres of land will probably serve the double purpose of dispelling some popular misconceptions con cerning the character of the land in the southern states and of arousing southern farmers to a realization of their opportunities for making cattle raising a remunerative business. Cattle raising has been remunerative in the sotuh wherever it has been at temlptedl properly and the south has All that is need is for her to take hold of them. The Herald and News has several times recently called attention to a rule in this office not to pulblish com iunications unless the name of the aithor wa.. attached. The writer's name will bot be published in con nection with the article if it is de sired that it shall not be. but we de sire to know in this office the name ,f the writer. COST OF ST. LOUIS FAIR. More Than One Hundred Million Doflars is the Price Alone of Insuring the Exbibt. \\illiai Fiewellyn Saunders. in the American Review of Reviews. This wonderfil exhibition at St. l.ouis of what the world is and does in the beginning of the twentieth century was planned. at first. as a mich iore modest thing. It arose through a suggestion made to the people of St. Louis in 1898 by the Missouri Historical society for some fitting cedlebration of the centennial of the sale. on April 30. 1803. by Na poleon Bonaparte to Thomas Jeffer son, of the country west of the Mis sissippi river, and the land known in history as the Louisiana Purchase. and now divided into fourteen states and territories-Arkansas, Colorado, Wy-oming. South Dakota and North Dakota. Iowa. Indian Territory, linnesota. Kansas. ouisiana, Nebras ka. Nlontana. lissouri and Oklaho ma. The idea took deep root. The Bus Iness Meis league. with its far-reach ing commercial influence. assumed re 1ponsibility for the movement. The eiihusiasm of the states and terri torie, in the purchase was aroused. nlational encouragement was got. It was decided that the purchase shoula he commemorated by a world's fair. The people of St. Louis gave S5.ooo. ooo in personal subscriptions; the city voted a gift of $5.ooo.ooo mor. and half of the beautiful Forest Park as a site: congress gave outright $5. ooo.ooo and lent to the fair S4.600. ooo more. All of this $io.6oo.ooo has been spent in making the grounds. building the exhibit palaces. inducing the co-operation of foreign govern nents and our own states, and in ad vertising the fair. The. United States has. moreovei, spent Si.65o.ooo on its own exhibit, and the Philippine Islands exhibit represents $1.00o0o. Fifty-one tates and territories will be repre sented by comprehensive exhibits. and forty-three of them will have buildings on the grounds. The appropriations and subscriptions ox these states to the purposes of the fair; .varying from Missouri's $r,oo0, ooo, to Maine's $40,ooo, amount to S744a.ooo. Missouri spends- $x.ooo. 000. Most of the foreign government., have large and valuable exhibits, and Iall the great ones, except Russia. have buildings, the .appropriations ot the foreign participants having been a few thousand more than seven mil lion dollars. Germany and France have spent more money than any or he other governments-something more .than one million dollars each. England. China and Japan have spent half a million dollars each, and Mexico nearly as much. The show 'laces on the Pike are as extravaganL. apparently, in their cost' as in their architecture. Some of them, particu uarly the "Tyrolean Alps" and "Cre ation," have cost three-quarters of a million dollars each, which is also the cost of building "Jerusalem." Without counting the -six or seven million dollars which these conces sionaries have spent to construct and equip their places; the cities, states and foreign governments are paying for their participation in this fair about thirty-five million dollars, more than twice the S15,ooo,ooo which Jefferson paid for the whole Louisiana Territory. The computa tir.of course. (does not consider the great cost that will fall upon private exhibitors. It is estimated that the insurance on exhibits is more than cne hundred million dollars. Great Scheme. Cleveland Plain Dealer. W\hy do'esn't the commiander at P ort Arthu:r t. llow '2t the Kuro ,-tkiu ,)ai1 ,m anmaign and open up the harbor to the Japs just to i "lure them in." But She Left Him The Money. Town Topics. Mr. A was a millionaire. He was fiftv. lie met liss B. Miss B wa: a milliner. She was twe-nty. Mr. A fell in love with '\iss B. He asked her to marry him. They were married. In ten years "Mr. A wa; sixty. Mrs. \ was then thirty. M\r. A was stili in love with his wife. But he hac iIn(ud lut that she was not in love with him. and that she had never been in love with him and that she never would be in bive with him. le brood ed over this. :\nd ie (lied from a broken heart. But lie left her all his money. 'Mrs. :\. wa; a millioniariess. She was fortv. She met -\r. C. Mr. C. was a musician. le wa thirty-tive. M\rs. :\. fell in love with Mr. C. He asked her to marry him. They were married. In ten years Irs. C. was fifty. Mr. C. was then thirty-five. Mrs. C. was still in love with her husband. But she had found out that he was not in love with her. that he never had been in love with her, and that he. never would be in love with her. She: died from a broken heart. But she i left him all her money. Bartes-1 take it that M\iss Bud-i worth is a very attractive young wo man? Howes-Why should you come to that conclusion? Barnes-I heard Shredd's wife the other evening say she never saw such a woman in all her born days. NOTICE. To the people of Newberry county: If vot want a County RegistrationI Certificate you must appear before the board of Supervisors of Registra tion in person. Don't send your name by any one else. It will not be accepted. 13v order of Board'of Supervisors of Registration. Thos. J. Wilson. G. S. Noland. L. L. Dominick. "The Best In Town." This is the opinion of well-posted buyers about our stock and our store. We hear it on every side and we appreciate it because it is our highest aim to win the confi dence of the people of this city :md countv. and have t e zeet that when they have a dollar to spend, they can "get the best in the town" at our place. We have every ad vantage in buying goods and noth ing is tro good for our trade. No uch line of Men's Furnishing Goods, Shoes, Hats and Pants has been kept here before. and we in tend to make improvements every month. Things you will need this month: Mens flue Shirts Cohort d and White Soft Bosoms and stiff Bosoms 50 cents to $I-50, Men's . Work Shirts, 25 cents to 5o cents. Babriggan underwear at 25 cents, 40 cents, 50 cents, 75 cents andI $.0o each, excellent values; Earl & Wilson Collars and Cuffs 25 cents; Cluett Peabody & Co., Collars at o andx5cents; Guyoh, (the Gen uine) Suspenders at 5o cents: the I largest line of Suspenders 1o, 15 and 25 cents in the town and the real value; Good Umbrellas at 75 1 cents. $r.oo. $i 50, $2.00 and $250; Neckwear in style, strictly up to-date, 25 and 50 cents. SHOES & HATS Watch these departments, ndne better anywhere. "The American Gentleman's Shoe" mode by The~ Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. and Banister's fine shoes, have no sn periors at $3 So and $5-oo, usually sold at $4q oo and $6.00. Stetson fine Hats in soft and stiff at $3:50 up to $5.oo. Rummells soft Hats at Sr.oo and $1-5o and Brigham, Hopkins & Co., Straw Hats for men and boys are the choice of all the lines at the p-ice. Come and see us otten and let us help you save money, and then, - while you are buying, you had just as well have the best in style and quality. AC. JONEN S, rD1tP W. F. EWART Ennn8na LOW]I The Order Of 1 We have our stor * merchandise pric * priced trash that i: but good desirabi * goods priced low. BLACK DRI + One of our speciv you pretty Voile, * Chine,Eolienne,Mc + Batiste and many c , Our line of Cok * worthy of your att, $ Colored Silk, all kir 3 WHITE GOODE in fine shape, evpr3 * white can be foun * your advantage. \ attention to our spi goods departmen + goods this season than ever before, n + sheer and attracti i and so cheap too partment is up to + dard. * New Oxfords, T Men's Shoes, Nev + Girls' Shoes. We reasonable prices. * polite attention, go< * money's worth at IMOV BASE BA We have a well s, + Balls, Mitts, Glove Our prices are ri, us before you buy. IMAYES' BI tretchir By putting the cents in th :ustomer is the one who conti> ident of getting a dollars' we ought goods, lower prices, e front. Vuslins! Fresh, 0 cents kind at 15 cents. 12 1-2 cents kind at 10 cents. S1-3 cents kind at 6 1-2 cents. BLACK GOODS! CCOMPLJ Tussah Silks. Voiles, Crash Vhite Goods, Swisses. Gin: 'Cost Sale" competitors Can'1 on every pair of shoes The biggest and best line;s il not allow us to quote pric< uit or extra pants for less ave in stock and not what we Come ar Agent for But PRICES 'he Day With Us : e filled with splendid * ed low. Not low . 3 high at any price, e new and stylish + ESS GOODS tities. We can show + Etamine, Crepe de hair,HenriettaSerge, . ther Stylish Fabrics. red Dress Goods is Bntion. Black Silks, + ids priced low. DEPARTMENT r thing you need in d here at prices to + Ve want to call your 9 endid Colored Cotton t. The cotton dress * are more beautiful g iany of them are as ie as the finest silk . Our Millinery de its usual high stan- + dew Sandals, New g i Boys' Shoes, New g keep good shoes at . Honorable methods, * )d merchandise, your . VERS LL GOODS.I 2lected line of Base * s, Bats, Masks. ,ht, Come in and see + IOlK STORE. ~ g Dollars e right place. The well pleased ues to come where he feels con >rth for one hundred cents. .Well od' honest dealing has kept us to Latest Patterns. 15 cents kind at 12 1-2 cents 10 cents kind at 8 1-2 cents. 5 1-4 cents kind at 5 cents. TE LINE JUST ARRIVED. s, Lawns, Nainsooks, Linens, ~hams, etc., at prices that our Tonch. and Oxfords in the house. re have ever shown. Ouu space s, but we will sell you the same noney We advertise what we have "Just Sold Out" of. d see us, Yours truly. OO TEN, trick Patterns.