Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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vil. E. H. AULL. EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at New Yerrv. .. C., as 2nd class inatter. Friday, June 21, 19007. BETTER STICK TO YOUR LAST. The Southern Cotton Asoeiation and, the Farmers' Union, by organi zation, have accomplished a great deal for the fariers, and especially the cotton farmer. We have endeavored o, give all the encourageinent possible to these or ganizations and still desire to see tiem kept up. As we see it., the one does not interefore with the other. the main pirpose of both being practical ly the same. That purpose, as we i1m derstand it, is to improve the condi tion ofd [he cot tonl 'rmi'ier anld to help him to secure 11n1 (plitlble aid just return for his labor. There is no doubt that these orgaiizations have ma intilinled the pr.ice of vottol anld have this been or very groeat, value o to the cottonl 1,arm1er. Wve zinotice nlow! that Presidenit E4. 1). Sinmit.h1 is agit.a ting a semivine for t.he establishment; /of what he enilIs vottn hanks. lieally de do not. see where such it scheme is going to be of any practical henef'it, to the cotton grower, and the danger; is, it' the farmer shotild eileavor to maintain ot.her lines of business than his own, lie may lie stranded, or to ox pres it. diflerently, he ma11y drop the bone which he has in an effort to se eure its shadow. The southeri fartmer nas the mono poly (,o the votton industry, which Is I lit' hggest Imloniopoly in this 'ount ry, and We rather ilnlinie to the opini 1 that it is daigerouisl for him to inder takt the banikiIg busiiess ot the ounyIV also. It seems to us that it shonllti not he hiis tiesire to (oiitr,ol t her le"itiiate fines ot huiness atid .0 d1iVe ouit ot' husilness thse Wt Ye t.gted inl these legitinate busi assby try%ing to take hold of them antking is a distinet bu1sines";. and he bankers ot the south have been very much interested in the success of the movement which was started by the Southern Cotton' Association and the F.armers' 'nion and gpave it all possible encouragement and will cou tinue to do so. We hope that the farmers of the south will not be led astray by theor ists and dreamers. They have the situation now well in nanId and by trying to take on orner iatters, wich are not necessary to the sue cess of their movement,I the good Which has veen accomplished, may he lost. 1anks are neessary and so are waire-heoulses. but it does not seem to its that it is ne'tssary t'or the farm er's to orgaiz7e cottlon banks or ainy other bauks, wihic'h miay he k nowni as class55 institiutions. lasts andiu use te wrarehiouses. wic h a re anid may lie bilt iihey can get the coope'rat iton0 of t'ha iinks now in opte rat ion anid thius c'ont ilnuet to hold the .key to thew situnat ion. Betsides thait the'y should not desire to run the whole business and we' do not believe t.hey do and turthter we cannot see where it will be to their int erest to do so. Bettter go slow in th is c'ot ton hank business. AS TO IMIGRATION. . W\e t'inmd lte following condensed statemient ot' te rema rks of' Mr. P. H1. (Gad sde' n' t re te it' Prs as-oci a t ion at 'hiarltesi'n la-t wetek on the as t'e (one3 wi hil lhas oeen mak en hy The hle'ad andH 13 New 's si nce thiis im migrationl agitationm lirst siarted. Our' positIion haus biteii all lie whiiile that whatI we netedehd in South I Caroldin a wias a clauss ut' initiiranats. who wouii 'omeit liere't til at'tounit o1 the many mm ltrai adviiant :ages whichtli we have, for the purp'iose ot buyn ng theiri ow 0 homes5. An imigarationi bureau main tintetd hy t he state whitch wiill let the woruld know .iust what we have in South C'ar'olina in the miatter of cl imat Itan id landm anad all thle inat ural advantages, will be worth mutch to * ~ tIhe state, but the i(lea that we must go into Euriope antd t.t'y to induicte lab orers to come here cant have no other result than failure. If those people ~n the old world, wh'lo have money aind desire to come over by themsel ves or in colonies antd purchase homes, enn be induced to come, it will help to solve many pr'oblems, which we have, but to iindnet simply the labor ngu elass to ('ome herelt withotl money' *a -d( no ptepl s ')o5'(f seenurinig homes. will (inly make our prmobldems mtotre diffeuit of solut ion. Besides, if we enni get the home owners here and they are satisfied, they wil1l become an adver tising agent without any help from any source whatever. Thle idea which seems to have taken hold of the iminigration departincit in this state at the last session of the legislatiure was to secure i large up pfropriatioln with which to epil)IOY atgenits to) 'o throuigh liutropw indile ing laborers to coie, and we under stand that the cotton mills it. this state put ip) sonie-$35,000 or $40,000 laet year for this purpose, and of the ship load which came over, it is doubt ful if' more than one-fourth of the nunber are now at work In this state. Whereas if that ship load had been of tint Class, w11o were seeking homes and who had purchased homes on their arrival, they would have been here now. Tho Iniquirer (itotes Mr. Gadsden Is follows: ''There is no use wasting tiime try ng to bring laboring elasges here, it, Silid, ill efefet. ''Of course. we vant laborers: bit this class of peo fle from abroad '1ann1iot be satisfae orily nagiared by us. They become lissaitisfied and we4 do not liow hto'' a matnalge them ito the bestOi dvanI age. Whit we wanlit to do is to di 'tO ol' *Torts to briing.-in.g over a -lass of agricultu1ral fraiilies thlnt vill buy land and set out to mule an dpde Ii1ving and good'eitizes. Phis is the class of people with whoim lie great west Ias beeln ')litt ip, and 1, we desire to make Olis a white nan's country. it is Ihe class of peo Ole uponl whoi we 1mu11st, depend. ''There are thousands of acres of heap lands in South Carolina, lands hat. can be bought. for $8, $10 and 12 an aere. We niust. put the pro )ositioni on a plain business basis, rgan1ize land a1d imigra.on Coli wxnies, hiy suit able lands and im irove themti, to a point that will iake' liini desirable. and then advertise 01' its --t) whoml We will sell he laniids at a t'air iir t'it. 'T'luere will Ie profit for.,the people sno hdke Ilte -isk. do tlilt wmrk 111d at the saie imle, the, statle will dorive benlefihs hat ean ie deriVed in ni' -)lv[ wa v. ",Tie eoiipietition of the inort-h vest has priactiecally been elimuinated, >y the very su'00ss there of this plan )t procedure. Land's that forimlerly old at a few dollars an acre hav'e Weln iiproved andI made nmore V1alu ible by these immigrants until now hey are worth fron $50 to $75 and 12J5. and consequently out. of the reach of tle lass of immigrants that we want. We call give 'these immi Vraits just what they are hunting for, ,td by proper efforts. our lands will sooli bectome as valablc as thse of the northwest. 'There is no cause for concern on he part of those whose interest seems to especially demand a gieater sup ily of labor. A vertain pereentage of he miembers f thest atgriciltiiral fa milies will drift to the towns and krork in the mills n1 elsewhere." "In this conntection there is anot h *r 1ipot~iant matter to wvhith I want to call your attenltioni. You are all aiware that the" lah'.r laws of' this state have heen esp 'iaiv 'lhtceted to cn trl o ~f netri l Iabor. This must be 'han!getd a nd' the' laws1 so re'visted as to make them applicable to white men. WVhite men will not li~v. nder such laws. Bring these men here and so soo'n as they' find that the're is more liberty antd freedom in other states. ty will leave you.' F.eryit hiin. possih!e is being done~ it ma1:ke Stuith Carolinia dlay. June 2'. at the Jamlestoiwn exposi!'ioO the :noah!e in the htsto ry ot' the ex po tir. It is expectedi that a large numbetr of' South Carolinians will vis en exu"'-irion at thi:s time. \ ai his p:'r'r xi! le'ae tnhue afteon of the ui't be. lt heldI in thIs building. (Iv hi.'. ll'eyward has beeni re 'uted&t byv the trustees of Washing ~tn an,d Lee l'niversity. of which he i, a tradl:ate. to head a movement fI the purpose'''~ of raising a one mil in dllar fund as amonument to Gen .'oert E. Lee, and Gov'. Hey ward has accepted and will under-. :abte work. HOUSEKEEPING IN MANILLA. Interesting Account of How They Get On in Philippines.--Ohaleston Lady who Has a Filipino Cook and Calls Her House a "Casa." The following letter from a Char lestonian now livng in Manilla will be read wi:h pleasure by her friends at homin. T ;' ladiv left here a bride abm wsyar ago and writes most ittei dy J her hous-ekeeping in Manila: Manilla. P'. I., April 27, 1907. IMy dear fl-Your long letter was welcomed, hope you will 'rep t ti dose. We have sent off a betch letters on today's mail, and.you co see I lose no time in catching up wit my correspondence. I really ,ought 1 have a stenographer myself, bat I theim comie. You cannot itnaginO.ho wo Iettally hnlig on to the mails ov( here. We look rorward to.the 14 two or 1trce mails in advance. T papers ll 'lisli i Scedulle of mailh that is, the out-going and incominl ones for a ionti,h, and that's how " know when to expect a mail. Son boats bring :175 sacks of mail, son 125, some as high as 600 sacks; tU latter being usually on trantsport The Sherman is due here on the 2 with 000 sacks, and you should s( the postoffiee t.he day the mail a rives. The clerks wori all nigI sometines to get it distributed. W eertainly have a fine postal servie We are enjoying ourselves In ou little "easa'. (which means hous, and is pronounced kah-slia.) We hit1 a fourroon eollage ali l)IIay P65.01 (or, $32.50, just halfi of our money. A " I'' ( poso.) 'is' equal to fi 1 cents of . S. money. We expect I rent. (ult one of our roois on the 1 of May, at P25.00, w.hich will bri our reld dowln (luite a bit. We sti have one ivacanlt room. We have a Filipino, who does ei erything, keeps the house clean, got to market and cooks just whatever tell hinm. le understands Englis pret-ty well, and therefore I have 11 trouble at all. le is of the yolng 'lleratioll, Ilid consequently has ha Som11e edeation. We let him go imarket for two reasons, one is thil we wOUId iot have time, and anotht, is that the Filipinos can buy lt vheaper than the Americans. In fa nearly every store as well as th markets over here have three pricte One I'or the Americans. which is th very hiighs t hey can it on. one I" tli Spiiiats :mid one for the Fil pi The Ai rican.."s have tle rut I ation I ot spendin m Ioney, wIt ile il1 -:.lish tare ver tlose. Wly, dt ytiu kittw ini travelling around ti t'Oreinens can spot tn American itt ltliatl . antd 11onsetuetly tp got the prices. In Japan everything got up oil the day the 1. S. transport 1l rives, an1id hardly anyone will shoppinlg ott that day. They thin, Amiericants have lots of money, jo beaituse we paxy thei any iprice tht, ask. 1I.'s very unsatisfactory to hi anlythinlg over here, for you iwent know whether you are being elfeate or not. They well ask you,a price'f( a thing, and you canl probably g< tle price down two or three dollal after half an llhour or 5o. Well, to go back to housekeepi.i as you asked me to tell yo hoW u get along. We pay our cook $19. or 21) peso Tiats the usual price for a compe ent cook for two people. They nevi go hy the amount of work they wi .avye to tdo. hut t i the be of peC ple they have ta cook ror. Ouri~ flooi dre I.ard'twood) and ar*e gonte over wil at m1op soaked ill gerosene oil. evet moltrninlg iand af ternlIoon. W'e just u11 lie itive mats, woveln out 44t son kind mof straw, whlichl ennl he boiugl for d1ifferent prices, some of them l:eso,. and same of them for at peset wvhich is ten cents of our money. \3 u<~e I.nmboo furniture :'together, e 'cept 'lurt hed, whliih IS a gotod o American iron bed. Before ourb camie, however, wve slept on two batr bt.o e'ts, with grass mats on top of cane bottom, teasters, of hambi poles, all made for the purpose. \i have now a Narra woaod wardtrob~ which is consideCred very valuable o er here. It is of very hard wood, at the gra'fin is very pretty. Inl our1 roo wIe also have a hamboo washistan which is very~ funny looking. lFor h.nea:n. we have a shelf ini the eo ner' of the room. over which we ha' a largu'e mirror hung. Then we ha' hambooItit screens adl highly pai,n-t4 tfo windtows. On onte is painted gulady colors a cocoantut palm tre and 011 thle other just some conve tionlal design, with a basket of fibo er's in the middle. I am s.ending yi a pictulre of our1 little casa. In our dining room we htave at ble, (of course,) four elhairs made benit wood, which came from Austri in. we have an ice box, a,nd a lar: bamboo book ease whtich we use as sort of ''buffet.'' That wvas mnade Bilibi.d prison, by the prisone American furniture doesn 't last os here, 01n accouInt of the seasons. the rainy season everything g~ damp and moldy, and falls to piec and the dry hot'season the glue me away and the things fall to piei again, so you see we have to lie si isfied with very crude fturniture. 'This is down at the offee. Id~ I afternoons we have to rest for a a( ple'. of hlours. Everyone does it os here, including the Filipinos. then get up and take a shower hathi, dr" for the afternoon anld go on tihe Li eta, where we have a very fine .y cert every afternoon from 0 to 7, e the Constabulary Band, composed of X eighty Filpinos, with a negro leader. 11 He is a captain inl the U. S. army, h too, a very smart follow, who gradu oiated from the Boston Conservatory t of Music. Ile is very well thought of over here for his talenu, and his r tact. le knows his place and never r pushes himself at all. T'he Filipinos adore him, and it's wonlorful ' to ; watch his movement in loading the , band. Every movement means some e thing to each one. At the end of the c concert the grand old '"Star Span e gled Banner'' iA played, and that band e plays it as no other band ever has. Of course, everyone immediately d stands while it is being played, with e the exception of the Spaniards and some of the Fillipinos. I have son it two or three people knock the 'hats e off of some Filipino boy during play. . ing of the "Star Spangled Banner." r Well, after the concert we wend our ', way home and have dinner. After din e ner we either go our somewhere or , someone calls. We have met quite a number of people over here, and v conse<uently it, keeps us busy receiv o ing and paynig calls. So you see J what little time I have to write at home. We are going over to Cavite (you remetmber that place, where Cervera's fleet was bottled up by Dewey, don't s youl) Thursday night, to a vaude I ville performanve given by the sail h ors from the cruiser Marylaind. We o have a friend Oi that bojit, who has r heen just fine to uts. We see him ( nearly every evening. He brought us o the dearest little tea set from Nan t king, China, the other day. It's made r out of the natural clay, in[Zi'so uni s que and cute. le says the next tiroe Il e goes le is going to get us a pretty e China tea set with our monogram It. 0'1M. Mason. An Old Will. I1 the nane( of God. Amen. 1. Mathias Wicker, of Broad river, i Oranlgeburg district in the State of 1 South Carolina, being sick of body, buint or' perfect mind and iemory, s iiinks be to God for it, calling to .jmind the mortality of this -world and that it. is appointed for all men once k t lie, do make and ordain this, my I last will aid testament, in form and V m11ann1ier tollowing, that is to say, - irst and principally I recommend r my soul into the hand of Almighty d ;Vod, who gave it, and my body to r .ttie earth to be buried i.n a Piristian iianner at the discretion of my exe entors hereafter named. Aid as touch ing such worldly effects, as it has pleased God to bless ie with, I give amid bequeath in manner and form followini. And first my will is that ill my just debts be fully paid and satistied. Itemi, I give and bequeath to my loving wife, Annabarbara, one cow and calf and seventy-five pounds Iold currency. I tem., I give and be (queathi to imy soni Hlenry ten pounds old currency. Item, I give andI be quethtl to my* sonm John my planta tion whereon I now live. conlt ainling etwo hundred areres of land, and lie is lio pay onie hundred and1( twenty tpounds old4 currency to my estate. a, Item, I give and bequeath to may son ~'Hausariek two tracts of land each econtaining one hundred acres lying and being in Nianety Six district on athle C'uffetown Creek, and he is to pay (oie hundred pounds 01(d currency t(o my estate. Item, I give and be a gneath to my son Gospa one tract of o land, containing one hlundredl and fif ety acres lying on Seeand Creek join ingr Heller's land. item, I give and jbequeath to my son Andrew one hun Cdred acres of land lying andl being in Ninety Six dhistrmict on a branchl 'i of Ciuffetown Creek, the wvaters of a St.phien 's Creek. item, I give and be qumeathi to my (laughter Magdalana ei fity poubnds old currency. i-tem,I dgive andl bequeath to my daughter Usilla fifty poiluds old currency. Tiniem. I give andi( bequeath to my dauhtr Aagie ftypounds old enbrrencey and oneO cow. Item, I give and bequeath to my daughter lBar b army fifty poiundis old curencey. Item, I give and hequeath to my step a- Ida~ughter Rebeekah one cow and calf. Item, I give and bequeath to my -t step-son GeorPge Sousner twvenmty e pounds old currency. Any my will is a that after the legacies are paid and at satisfied that. the remai.nder shall be e' equlall1y shared amongst my wvife and ei eiht children, viz., John Hausarick, niGospa, Andrew, Magdalana, Usilla, its Angie and Barbary, and I do ordain is,I and appoint my beloved friends, tts Cono Zuber and Bartholomew aria,to be my executors of this my last will and testament, disannull ing and revoking all others by me he heretofore made. In witness whereof I set my hand eor and seal this 30th day of August, ini the year of our Lord 1784. m- athias Wicker. Signed, sealed and delivered in the by" presence of us, George Sitze. Batholomow Gartman, Daniel Gartmai Recorded in book It. page 23 and 24, cortified this 170h day of June, 1788. John Bynn, D. C. C. NOTIOZ OF FINAL SBTTLBMENT Notice is hereby given that we will make a settlement on, the personal estate of George M. Bowers, deceased, A CHIN Never Equaled in We have just opened tifully decorated JAPANESE AND ALSO, IN Ladies, this is youi CHINA cheaper than e We have not attempt each piece separately, COME A Andersc COND Statements of I THE COMME Newberi At the Close of Bus RESOURCES. Loans $402,728.55 Overdrafts 3,107.87 Furniture and fixtures 3,116.93 Cash and sight exchange 21 ,333.82 $43U,287.17 Paid on Savi JNO. M. KINARD, Pres. J. Y. McFA MOWE Always at it! Ti Shoes and C Boys', Lad and Oh Patent Leathers tal and neatness they can For the Ladies we sa both popular favorites For fitting, the stylis! the best. Price $2.50 We carry a good irl $3.00 to $5.00. We mos~tfoot. Soe handsome B Leather in the new toe not cheap machine shi ible. Misses' and Chi and style. For small Children w~ in white Kid, as nice al For Young Ladies Ta have some broken lot we are selling at $2.2 CO in the Probate Court for Newberry County, at cloven o'clock A. M. on Thursday, the 25th day of July, 1907, and will immediately thereafter ap ply for letters of discharge as Exe. outors of the last will and testament of the said Goorgo M. Bowers, 'de Ceased. George M. Bowers, H. B, Dominick, Executors. Itaw 4t. IA SALE Newberry Before. several cases of beau GERMAN CHINA, I WHITE. opportunity to BUY "er before. ed to describe and price but ask you to' ND SEE. n10c.Co. ENSED he Condition of RCIAL BANK -y, S. C., iness June 14, 1907. LIABILITIES. Capital Stock $50,000.00 Undivided profits less expenses 54,924.33 Unpaid dividends 745.00 Cashier's checks 65.00 Deposits, Individ ual $320,443.57 Deposits, Banks 4,109.27 $430,287.17 ngs Deposits. 0. B. MAYER, Vice-Pres. LL, Cashier. R CO.'S alking and selling >xfords-Men's, ies', Misses' idren's. e the lead. For style not be excelled, y Red Cross and Regina, both all 0. K. . 1 Swing Toe is one of to $3.50. e Men's Oxfords from. can fit comfortably at oys' Shoes in Patent i s at only $3.00 per pair, >es, but weited and flex dren's in good variety 46 have some in red and can be had. ins are stylish, and we in sizes 2 to 4 which to $2.50 to close out. M E.