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COTTON ASSOCIATION. Gov. Hoko Smith Will Give Reception?Hurvic Jordan On Condition Cotton Crop. Atlanta, (Ja., .Inly IS?Governor Hoke Smith today told llarvio Jordan, president I lie Sunt horn Cotton association, that ho would give a rut'C'i?l ion at | lie governor V mansion on tin1 night n| October i to the delegates in 111c convention 11J foreign spinner-;. uiiiwet's ill ?*i?11??!i ;111<i representative ?>t variou- eoiton interests, wh?i will va! liei' in ihi< city at that l iiiio. (i"Vfi iii'i- Smith'- r? : ? )?; i ?11 will he 11? 11 <?w I the l"? i! |i i w i i i*_i" evening I?\- ;i hampici I" l in* delegate* y iven 1?\ the ohatubt r of comnicrcc ami oilier Imsines bodies <11 Atlanta. I' is probable that tin- city ami slate olheial- of I Inother cotton stales, lliroiiyh which the delegates will lie taken on a special train, will extend similar cutcrlainlnent. The delegates. on their arrival IVoni New York. in Washington, will meet i he president and other government oilieials. The Soul hern ('olton association, the r'annei'.-' union. foreign and donicst ie .spinner- and representat ives o| the variou . cotton exchanges, will atleml the convention, and it promises to he (he most important of iis kind ever held in this country. President .Jordan opened hi- tour of ; lie cotton holt toda\ at Garner. N. ( .. and he will -peak Ml Ifaleiuh on ilie L'Olli. Sprahinj- of crop condit ioi:he -aid : "Cotton ha- hoy.uu to grow, hnt itcoiidit imi i- 11o 1 uea rl v so good a- in Cornier Julie-. It ?o| a lale start that it ha.-n't heen ahle to recover, and ii i- now ."111 or Hi day- lale. The lad (lull il is growing i< receptive, and to reali/.e how had conditions are, the crop ninsi he compared with past July conditions. 4'The stand is universally had, and in many sections it i< being chopped out. Tl.o hull weevil and insects in the -oMlliwosl -ect ion o|'t he holt have made il impossible to make a lull crop." In his -lies. Mr. Jordan is urginu the farmers to make their arraii'jcini it: - lor a -low nioveiueni of the crop as sloy a one as i- ooiisistent with the highest possible price. Mr. Jordan will begin his tour of Texas early in August. WOMEN AS FARMERS. Success of Some Who Have Ta&cn Claims in the Northwest. Xow York Tribune. la the great Canadian Northwest, whore the or-while wilderness is waving' with golden grain and towns are springing up over night, not a few women have uone |o seek their fortunes alone. A homestead grant of Hit) aeros is free, and any ''head of a family." man or woman, may securc it upon application to the Canadian government. I sually. of course, tin applicant is a man, nut occasionally ;i woman essays to make her fortune on the prairies without masculine aid. Mis- Marie (lilroy, of Saskatchewan, i> one of I lie most fatuous wo* man settler.- of the west. She put hoi last shilling into a prairie farm ami spent seven years in a hand-to-hand tussle with fortune, sitting on hoi own hinder, cutting her own grain, handling the plough in the furrow and doing stable duty. In 1 !>0t? hot holding excited the admiration of a young F.uglishiiian, ami Miss Gilrov was induced to hand over lock, stock and barrel to him for the round sum of *1:>.<HH). Today Miss Gilroy i- louriutr Kurope on the proceeds of hoi original +2.000. Mrs. McGilvray, who oaino to tin Canadian West 'JO voars ago with six small children, is another prominent woman farmer of Saskatchewan. Beginning almost penniless, her 10(1 acres of homestead have now grown to an SOO-acro estate, and her children are settled around her in comfort and affluence. Salome Worlinan came with hoi husband and little family from Russia, and soon she, too. was a widow, She still kept on "trying to earn bread," as she says, and 10 years after her absolutely penniless start slit stands on one of the sueeessfnl land owners of Saskatchewan. Mrs. Ferris is known as the "woman farmer" of the Portage Plains, Leflt with a family of young children she has managed her farm most successfully since the death of her husband. She comes from Belfast, Ireland, and when she arrived in Westerr Canada with her husband 32 years aire they had no capital at all. She now has an estato of 700 acres, and her < sons are settled near at hand, end the owner of section and a half oJ land?about 500 acres. Mrs. Grant has a beautiful farm or the hanks of the Canadian Killarnej in Southern Mantioba. Three yean ago she went there from Scotland witl her son, a young man just out of col. ' - .. . 4 1 'VJ.f leute, and her daughter. A year auo, j .jn-l a- 'lu?v were preparing for .sprinjj j i seedinj'. tin- : 11 was stricken down with appendicitis, and in 'J I hours was dead. Killed with hatred j'or the ]>!aec J she decided to leave it, hdt the morn- | my; alter her son's funeral, when she! was |lacking up, her daughter called [ In her, ''Mother, come here quick/" j She looked and saw that men. teams | ;ui?l |?lou?h <|uietIy and without a' wonl of explanation were he-jiiniiu- ' woi-U <mi the I'arm. The uehlihor* ' had decided to jml in the season's ; <*">}. 11 ? the I w * i bereaved uoineu. j ;ic| ually Jiloii^hed. harrowed.; I-ci-.ii d and reaped iiu- entire crop., j Ai!"i that .Mrs. (iraul talked no more .1 i > i 11 "home. M ller farm J ?y the' -iio'i v of the Canadian Killarney was home to her. t Many women teacheis, too, are l"und on the ( anadiau prairies, hull they never remain lony in the schools,!' though they do not leave the prairies.) TEACHER WANTED. The patrons of Forks school dis-1. NATIONAL BANK 0 | ti rvf ^ _ it's a fair when a business man place? care of a National Bank rnd nient little book that record this, he pays ALL bills by on paper, and thus firmlj standing. Backed by the b responsibility and probity, success. The National Bar DIREC M. A. Carlisle. H. C. M J. A. Blackwelder. Robt. is B. C. Matthews. S. B. A j iii ii-u?? | ? ? ?#> <S i ; ; ! HoiisekeeDini This Hot a By calling up Phi ^ your orders for anythl ! pie Groceries. "Ql prices possib'e," is 01 ; j call ycur attention to j? our large and well as: I * Buckwheat Oat Meal. \% Egg-O-oee, I* Force. ? Shredded Whea q Puffed Rice. ^ Our line of TEAS 1 ? 80c. per pound. I ^ PARCHED COFF i ^ per pound, loose, in f ground in the store w . Combining my stoc * Stock gives me the ^ largest stock of Fane . ? ever been shown in 1 prepared to supply y . ? appreciate your patro . ^ We Carry Anything : m v try * Jones' I Fant's Groce 1 ? . ' ; m <</*L ? ' . , v .' * ' hiit No. O.j will moot at the .school house on Saturday, July 27, 1??)7. at three o'clock lor the purpose of clectil toacher. The term will last six months ami the salary is $35 a mouth. Lady preferred. Applications may ho sent t?> W. Vi. Metis, SIi-lis. S. (\. |f. J.\ ])i x,, i 1 > T. Wicker, l'omaria. S. ft. j.- \) J. .M. Kinard, l'omaria. S. (J.. ]?. I-'. |). CHARLESTON A WESTERN OLTNA RY. Schedule in cfl'cct June 9th, 31)07. l-v. Xcwhcrry ((' X |,.) Ar. Laurens 1 :52 p.m. ,'v- Laurens (C. & \\\ C.) 2:1 r, p. m. Ar. (irccnville 3 :40 p. In< Lv- ''""'-ens 1;58 p< m Ar. Spartanhuru: 3:30 p. 'jv. Sparlanhur^ (So. R.y.) 3:4o ,, nh Ar. IFeudersonville C:25 p. m. Ar. Ashovillo 7;30 p." 1,1. F NEWBERRY S. C, Ml * ^ |Wffe ? H O g ? 3 EXCHANGE i his ready money in the cairies away tlie conve-j s the fact. Armed with! cheek, transacts business '' establishes his financial ank's great reputation for he takes a short road to ik is an A-l repository. TORS: loseley, T. B. Carlisle. Forris. Geo. Johnstone. Jos. H. Huntcr. > $ r Hade Easy ; Weather i 3ne 212 and giving ^ ng in Fancy or Sta- ? JALI TY, with lowest Jr motto. We beg to a few articles from a sorted stock. v Currants. ? Citron. Spices. Extracts. ? it. Jelly Powder. ^ Gelatine. range from 40c. to ^ EE from 15c., to 35c. ? >ackages or in cans, ^ hen purchased. ^ k with Fant's Grocery ? most complete and y Groceries that has Newberry. We are 4 our wants, and will % nage. 4 in the Grocery Linf ' US. Srocery, ; ry Old Stand. 6 C Lv. La mens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Ar. Greenwood 2:50 p. m. Ar. MeCormick 3:55 p. in. I A r. Augusta 5:40 p. in. i Pullman Chair Cars between Augusta, Laurens and Ashevilln, triweekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays, j ihursday and Sa?"vdays ;leave Asbej ville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri, days. | Note: The above arrivals and depa. lures, as well as connections"tfvitb I ttMiiCAViXCff iVf n mi||'|| ||J I ;It Pays the L , an $50,000,000.00 The Pac More than is It wrote (paid for business) ove being neany as much as any ti" O'd Line Basis It is now d over $ I 3/000.000.00 Assets, c he stockholders who are w< 000,000.00 are personally for all the debts of the Con offered only by the Pacific Under these same laws the Funds must be invested in j j funds are under bonds. El l i Gentle men: Answering your letter of i\ Pacific Mutual of California, an have the opportunity. The GUARANTEED much superior to the Annual L ferred Stock." The Pacific Mutual Life h of any American Life Company M( Call at my office and I wil tell you more about it. Office over Old Postoffice, Is i ' This man i out acquaints ; of SCHNAPP qualities that i less expense t I SCHNAPPS has been paper so that every cl j > opportunity to get acq facts and know that di to produce the cheering ) the famous Piedmont c tobaccos, and that SCHI ought to chew. Still 1 ' who accept other and > that do not give the san ) L > wr-wu I !MI III other companies, are given as information, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Cen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Geo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. Gen. Agt., NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT | Notice is hereby given that we will make a settlement on the personal -argest Divide y Life Compa 1 is part of the offered by ific Muti offered by any other Lif r $6,000,000.00 of new busines, iree other companies wrote. It oing business in more than 40 S >ver $100,000 000.00 of busines 2ll known and conservatively est' liable in an unlimited degree, ac ipany; extra security requir< Mutual Life Insurance Compa directors are liable for the wi ion-speculative securities. NV1ABLE OF1N1C private ope ice JOHN WANNAMAKER PHILADELPHIA. ie 8th, I am well satisfied with [\ id sha 1 not hesitate to recommer Very respectfully yo Annual Dividend Policy- pec )ividend contract as the latter is as the best Legal organization, j DRAL?HAVE THE BE! ROEER' dewberry, S. C. q bought a supply of ig himself with the d 'S Tobacco, which h; gratify his desire to han cheap tobacco. advertised in this Some day the lewer has had an Schnapps-th uainted with the t.u , . . ugs are not used y ve missed I quality found in lon^ ago?then :ountry flue-cured themselves. sf APPS is what he there are chewers SCHNAPPS cheaper tobaccos cent cuts, and le pleasure, sure you get th ! estate of George M. Bowers, decoa&yg^^El County, at eleven o'clock A. Mjl Thursday, the 25th day of July, and will immediately thereafter' ply for letters of discharge as Exe^^^B cutors of the last will and testament of the said George M. Bowers, deceased. George M. Bowers, II. B. Dominiek, Executors. m atmcKJtirwa' ^atauursnnn vwcit.ii wwnaiiaiiiijmumwrJ mcls Paid / jxtra protection fi uai Life, e Company. s in California (its home State), was organized 40 years ago on totes and Territories. It has s in force. imated to be worth over $50,cording to their stock holdings, id only by California Laws, and ny of Los Angeles, California, "ongrful acts of the officers. Officers handling Company 9 )N J January 9th, 1903. ie results of my policy in The id your Company whenever I ^flk JOHN WANNAMAKER. Jj :uliar with the Pacific?is as^lM to the "Tontine." It is "Pre- Jf md gives the greatest guarantee If ST. i r NORRIS, I en. Agt. for South Carolina. I ' tobacco with- i istinctive taste as the cheering > chew, and at ' f sy'll get a taste of the real ey'll realize what enjoyment by not getting SCHNAPPS I i they'll feel like kicking is sold everywhere in 5 10 and 15 cent plugs. Be I e genuine.