Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FIR WEEK TRAINS OYER THE SOUTHER] BIG CROWDS EXPECTED B! PASSENGER DEPARTMENT Instructions Have Been Issued-Spe cial Trains on "Big Days" and Rolling Stock Will be Here in Sufficient Quantity. Mr. Brooks Morgan, assistant gen eral passenger agent of the South ern Railway company, has issued letter of instructons to the transporta tion department in reference to th handling of cars and special train into Columbia, October 23 to 27, in clusive, on account of the State faii The Southern evidently expects thi to be a big fair and is making prepara tions in advance to handle the crowds Following is a copy of Mr. Morgan' letter: Gentlemen: In order that there ma: be no misunderstanding in regard t extra equipment to be provided oi account of the above occasion I bel to advise that as previously requested equipment will be wanted as follows Between Augusta and Columbia trains Nos. 7 and 8, two extra coaches October 24 and 27; four extra coache October 25 and 26. Trains Nos. 133-.arid 134, one extr, coach on October 25 and 26. No. 7 to be held at 'Columbia fron 5 p. m. to 6 p. m. on October 25 an< 26 and 27 in line with previous years arrangements. Between Charlotte and Columbia trains Nos. 27 and 28, two extr. coaches on October 24 and 27; fou extra coaches on October 25 and 2 Trains Nos. 33 and 34, two extr coaches October 24, 25, 26, 27, one ex tra coach on :No. 34 October 28. Train No. 30, one extra coach Oc ,Eober 25, 26, 27 and 28. Between Spartanbtrg and Columbi, -Special train leaving Spartanburl Wednesday and Thursday, Octobe 25 and 26, 6.30 a. m., arriving Colum bia o.oio a. m., returning leave Co lumbia October 25 and 26 at 7.00 p. m. arrive Spartanburg 11 p. m. Trains Nos. 13 -and 14 two extri coaches October 24, 25, 26, 27, oni extra coach on No. 13, October 28 Trains Nos. 9 atnd 1o, one extra coach Octeber 24 and 27; two extra coaches October 25 and 26; two ex tra coaches train No. 9, October 28 'Between Greenville and Columbia trains Nos. 11 and g2, two extra coaches October 24 and 27; three ex tra coaches October 25 and 26; on< extra coach, train No. 11, October 28 Trains Nos. 15 and 16, one extra coach October 24, 25, 26, 27,. one ex ti-a coach, train No. 15, Octoker 28 Between Anderson and Columbia via Belton, connecting with Blu< Ridge railway, special train, fivi coaches and one 'baggage car leav ing Anderson Wednesday and Thurs day, October 25 and 26, 5.30 a. m., arriving Columbia 10 a. in.; retuirning special to leave Columbia, Octobe 25 and 26 at 6:30 p. mn. Between Savannah and Columbia *trains Nos. 33 and 34, two extra coaches, October 24, 25, 26, 27. Between Charleston and Columbia special train, five coaches and on< baggage car, Wednesday and T.hurs day, October 25 and 26 betweei Branchville and Columbia, leaving Branchviile 6.30 a. mn., arriving Co lumbia 8-50 a. mn.; returning leave Co lumnbia 8:30 p. mn., October 25 and 26 Trains Nos. 13 and 14, two extr4 coaches October 24, 25, 26, 27; one ex tr-a coach on No. 14, October 28. Trains -Nos. 15 and 16, one or tw< extra coaches between Branchvill4 and Columbia, Octobe'r 24, 25, 26, 27 Trains Nos. 11 and 12, one extra coach, October 24, 25, 26, 27, one ex tr-a coach on No. 12, leaving Colum bia October 28. Between Camden, Sumter and Co lumbia, special train, three coache. and baggage car leaving Camdei 6.45 a. m. Pick up at Sumter Junc tion; arrive Kingville 8 a. in., connec with special from Branchville, passing Kingville at 8.o5 a. in.; re'turning leave Columbia 8.30 p. mn., Camdei and Sumter equipment to be handle< from Kingville to Camden and Sumte' without delay. Service to be perform ed October 25 and 26. In addition to the above, please as sign about three more cars extra t< be used if we find necessary. Brooks Morgan, SLAUGHTER OF RICE BIRDS. Thousands Upon Thousands Shot and Caught Along our Coast. Charleston Evening Post. The rice bird or bobolink or reed bird, as the game. is known further north, is now in great abundance on the rice fields about Charleston and the coast section of South Carolina, and thousands of the birds are being killed every day, with no evidence of any diminution in the supply. The business of killing -the birds is a profitable one for those who en gage in it, whether they indulge in the exercise as sportsmen in bringing down the game for the pleasure of e shooting and supplying their own ta s bles or kill the little birds for market and to exterminate 'the destroyers of the small grain. Theri are hundreds s of parties all over this lower section of South Carolina hunting the birds, and although great quantities are killed, yet the birds seem as numerous as ever during the morning and even ing, when they feed. Killing the birds for sale is mostly done in "pot hunting" fashion in this section, a system of killing the birds which is not -in vogue in any other place where the kind of game is -found. A large fire is built on the marsh and a big net is arranged in such a way that escape is impossible when. the bird once enters it. The marsh is beaten and the flying birds, attracted by the light, enter the nets and are caught in large quantities. The birds are killed and shipped to market. Many negroes are employed in this work of trapping and killing the game, working for themselves in some cases and in others for firms which make a regular business of dealing in the dainty and succulent t morsels. Where a gun is used the twelve gauge double barrel shotgun is gen erally preferred, althoug&, some sports men use a gun as small as a twenty gauge. As the birds are not hard to kill, and a lot of shooting has to be done in the average day's sport, this smaller shooting iron is desirable. The shell usually taken along is load ed with one ounce of No. lo shot, backed by two and a half to three drains of powder of the semi-smoke less or smdkeless variety, and in some sections, vwhere skiffs are used in 'whole or part, the dogs have to 'be left at home. The birds are found in the eastern section of the country at this season 'of 'the year subsisting on rice, oats, millet, and other grain grown in swamps and marshy places. It is a mystery where the rice birds come from. Many of the knowing ones are of the opinion that they 'bury themselves in th'e mud ?rom season to season, after the manner of snakes and frogs, but the more plausible Stheory is that they corne and go in the -night. The birds do not fly any great distance in the daytime, rarely more than 30 to 40 yards. That they do most of their flying at night is proved by the fact that Ihundreds of birds rmay be picked up in the morning dead, having come in contact with live electric wires in places where these agencies of modern civilization are found. The birds disappear al most as suddenly as they show up. When the birds first 'show up they are very thin and ragged looking. 1When they strike the rice and oat Sfields they soon fatten up, and after three or four days of gluttony they are as fat as -the proverbial butter ball. The 'birds are slow fliers, whic1h, Imakes it possible for a man of only ordinary skill to bring down large numbers with his gun in the course of his day's sport. The size of the bag depends, of course ,upon his skill, and remarkable stories are told Ithrough this section of the number of the litle birds which have been killed at a single shooting, but, as stated above, the slaughter of the birds seems to show no diminution in the supply, which .gives an idea of the great quantty of the birds which infest the country The Main Object. The main ob.ject of the congress is to regulate the price of cotton by getting manufacturers throughout the world to restrict consumption in ac cordance with a prearranged plan. Such. .a plan necessitates an' organi zation of the highest efficiency- Meet ings of representatives of all manu racturing countries must be held ire quenmly and on short notice, while given to the orders of the committee of management. The mere state ment of these requirements is enouglr to prove that these plans could never be carried out successfuly in both Europe and America. Although the main purpose of the International Cotton congress has nothing to commend itself to Ameri can monopoly. The cotton supply suddenly became and still remains the subject of deepest solicitude on the part of all. The rulers and the pub lic have seized blindly upon every plan for increasing the cotton supply outside of the United States, and it is not surprising that under th,se con ditions they have made the mistake of trying to raise cotton in Africa along the line of the greatest resist ance, while neglecting the undevelop ed resources of our southern states. Free Trade In Cotton. Reports of a little jag of corcton grown in some remote part of Africa are hailed with enthusiasm in Europe, while an increase in the cotton crop of America is but additional evidence of the peril of American supremacy. Apparently Europe has forgotten that free trade in American cotton is guar anteed forever by the greatest free trade document in existence, the con stitu-cion of the United* States, which forbids duties on exports. American cotton, like that of Asia or Africa, be longs to those who will pay the most for it. .The price of Indian, Egyp tian and American cotton fluctuates under the same influence in all parts of the world, and an increase in the cotton supply, no matter in what country, benefits Americans and Eu ropeans alike. Cotton cannot be raised 'in Eu rope, and to the European cotton spinner it makes no difference where he gets the supply of raw material, so long as he gets it. As well in Texas as in Togo; in Mississippi as in Madagascar; in South Carolina as in that Grave of the White Man, Sierra Leone. There being no advantage in colonial cotton as such the question of increasing the supply is reduced to the simple problem of raising cotton where the required quality and quan tity can be produced at the lowest cost. That locality is found in our southern states. Nothing is - easier than.predicting a limit to the Amer can cotton crop unless it is being wrong in such prediction. A year ago it was confidently asserted thiat the limit had been reached, but the south ern planter took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves an'd raised-more cotton last season than was grown in the whole world seven years ago. Tempt ed by the high prices of last year and favored by the weather, the southern farmer put forth a little more effort and not only relieved the scarci.ty, but fairly glutted the markets of-the world wit 14,ooo,oo bales. Nor is such a crop a matter of sur prise when the possibilities are con sidered. The cotton belt, with an area of 65o,ooo square mles, is nearly as l'arge as France, Germany and Austria Hungary combined, yet the area un der cultivation is but half the size of Prussia. Tihere must be, of course, a limit even to the vast resources of the American cotton belt, and in view of the fact That the future increase in the world's requirements is practical ly unlimited, it may be worth while for far-seeng staitesmen to encourage the extension of cotton raising in Asia and Africa where it is not now grown on a commercial scale, to build and subsidize railroads into the inte rior, to distribute free seed and farm ing tools to tihe natives, to hire ex perts to teach them how to cultivate the fibre, to guarantee a minimum price for the product, to introduce arti-ficial irrigation, to install gins and presses, to subsidize steamships to carry the cotton to Europe, to spin, weave and finish The colonial raw material separately to determine its possibilities. This work, however, should be classed as an experiment for the benefit of a remote posterity, and as such 'the expense should be borne by the government. The efforts of manufacturers and of all engaged in the work today should be directed toward producing cotton as they produce yarn and cloth, along the lines of least resistance, which in the case of cotton is found in the southern states. Not until the possibilaies of raising cotton here arc exhausted, and the price has been raised suffic'ently high, can cotton raising in sess favored districts be THEY DRINK BUTTERMILK. Because It Contains Germ of Longev ity They Think. Atlanta News. Buttermilk contains the germ of longevity, and if you want to live a long time you must drink buttermilk. According to T. Cuyler Smith, a prominent Atlantan who spent much of his time in New York, buttermilk is the very latest fad in the metropo. lis and one is not in the swim there at'all unless one drinks buttermilk. "New York people claim," said Mr. Smith, "that buttermilk has been found to contain the germ of longev ity and consequently all New York ers are falling over each other to get to the buttermilk wagon and take on a goodly supply. "Most people who have acquired the habit are now great enthusiasts. They drink buttermilk at least three times a day. Some people take a drink cf buttermilk the first thing in the morning and just before going to bed at night, while some even have a bottle on a stand alongside the bed so that if they get thirsty in the mid dle of the night they will have the benefit of not only a refreshing drink close ath and, but also the means of prolonging life. "A great many people really accept the long life theory about buttermilk. Several prominent physicians are on .record' to the effect that buttermilk is one of the most helpful. foods at the disposal of the human family. "It is fast -growing to be a popular theory in New York that good old fashioned buttermilk will not only im prove one's health, but th4t it will prevent all sorts of diseases and also that it is a' positive cure for a great many ailments." Mr. Smith when asked what had been his personal experience in the matter, said that he had fallen a ready victim to the habit. He says that he partakes of buttermilk at least three times a day and that his health is splendid. It is not at all unpleasant duty to 'drink buttermilk, according to Mr. Smith, but it is really a delightful beverage, especial ly on a hot day. Mr. Smith is well known in Atlanta. He is a prominent cotton operator and his' headquarters are in New York, but he always registers at the hotels as a re'sidenvt of Atlanta. He arrived at the Piedmont day before yesterday. Education And Crime. Danville Register. In the course of some observations on the "Effect of Education Upon Crime," Professor William James, of Harvard, is credited with this state ment: "The intellectr is the servant of the passions, and education often makes some intellects only the more adroit in carrying out their evil tendencies." -This is substantially the same as saying that a man is still a man after everything possible has been done to spiritualize him and take the animal out -of him. The most perfect saint that ever lived was still a man as long as he continued in the flesh. It was the experience of St. Paul who dis covered two laws in his members, one impelling him toward what was good and the other toward what was evil and even repulsive to 'his better nature. He found that sin was in him, and that what seemed good to him he failed to do, while he did the things that were hateful to him. Thus it comes that the difference be tween the best and the worst is not so great as we sometimes imagine. Could the intellect somehow be freed from the domination of the passions; were it possible for the will to command the sensibilities; to say to our feelings, our attachments and resenments-"peace, be still"-and be assured of obedience; it would all be different. In such a case, not only at some time, but at all times, we might be masters of ourselves, archi tects of our own fortunes and our own rescues frorn the perils which be set the way of every one of us. However, it is not so. Our wills are dominated by our affections and we constantly do things contrary to our best judgment and 'become vic tims of remorse, failing to meet the requirements of our own conscience. Like the great apostle, what we would wet ta we do, and what we would, w falto do. In the last analysis, it is apparent that sentiment rules the Yet, a measure of self-control is pos sible and the acquisition of this should be one of the great aims of educarion. No man is well trained who has not acquired a good measure of command over himself. There is an evident lack of such control where the intel lect is the unfailing servant of the passions. Either This or it must be that eThical training, the need of which is coming to be more widely recognized, has been sadly neglected. If it should appear that wit is the ser vant of the passions, as a rule; then education is a curse rather than a blessing. In such a case, ignorance becomes bliss and where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise. It may not be denied That the schools do not free us from crime, but if they do their proper work they should greatly lessen it. Professor James strangely contends that the schools and col leges aggravate evils instead -of cur ing them. If this is true, we have fal len into the habic of over-valuing the benefits of an education, but we can not think that it is entirely true, es pecially where education is of the right sort. Save -Us From Our Friends. V Sporting Times. He was a doctor witness in an I-rish murder case, and was very anxious that the Crown should let him go home as soon as possible. So he got a friend of his to plead in his favor. This was how the friend did it: "It is this way, Attorney General: My friend the doctor has been for three years looking after two old ladies. If you don't let him go home tomorrow, he's afraid the ladies will get well." An that's why the doctor doesn't speak to his friend. Watches and Pens! Ingersoll Watches at Mayes' Book Store for One Dollar, Fully Guaranteed.. A Good Founitain Pen for the same price. WOR K BY A Newberry Steam Laundry Co. Best Mineral As phalt Roofing. C. H. CANNON, Near C.. N. & L. Depot