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Mr. B. F. Taylor, of Columbia, Thinks that Hulls Shipped from West ern Points are Responsible. News and Courier. Columbia, Sept. 2.-The report published a few days ago from Wat erloo, in Laurens county, that the boll weevil had been noticed there has aroused no little interest among cot ton seed oil men. There have been many various rumors of this before, which have proved false, but it is recognized that the story may at any time become true, and it is well to guard against the possibility of the introduction of this pest. * Mr. B. F. Taylor, of this city, president of the Taylor Manufactur ing Company, and secretary of the South Carolina Cotton Seed Crush ers Association, says that if the re port concerning - the boll weevil should prove true that the method of introduction -into our state is not hard to find. Ever since last May. when the shortage in the cotton seed hull supply in this state became ap parent, brokers and deale-s have been buying hulls from the West. It is impossible to tell where these hulls came from, as many of them were re shiped from Atlanta. The oil mills realized the danger and discussed thr matter frequently, and finally decid ed to refuse to buy any of the western hulls. Mr. Taylor says that cotton seed hulls offer an ideal method for the hibernation of the boll weevil and if these hulls are produced from infected seed or in a territory infect ed by the weevil, it is almost a cer tainty that the hulls will have num bers of them in them. The proper step shoul be to quarantine against any huls or agricultural product ship ped from infected territory. The department of agriculture should look carefully after this and especially after hull shipments. There is a poor sale of hulls in Texas and the process ruling in this state for this product offers an unusual op portunity for brokers, dealers and manufacturers to ship the hulls from infected territory into this state at a handsome profit. The freight rates from the west also encourage such1 shipments. Laurens is in the midst of the greatest hull using section of our state and prices are higher in that section than anywhere else. At places the hulls are selling at $15- perI ton. It is no surprise, therefore, that the .report about the boll weevil should come, especially when the dealers in hulls are not patriotic enough to refuse the western ship ments. Parties have been known to go to the railroads asking for a re duetibn in rates from the west, so that they could get the hulls in a low figure cost. At the urgent request of the iOil' Mill Association the parties referred to stopped their negotia tions, bot shipments from west of the Mississippi are positively known to have come into the state. -At the meeting of the South Car olina Cotton Seed.Crushers' Associa tion this summer Mr. Fitzsimmons, the general manager of the Southern Cotton Oil Company, advanced the idea that cotton seed was now one of the principal grain crops of the south. For every bale of cotton made there are produced 33 bushels of cotton. seed, which, when manufactured, produee the best known food for stock1 in the shape of meal, and an oil that is one of the most generally used foods in this country. The value of the seed is about equal per bushel to the prices paid in the grain produc ing states for corn and oats. He stated that if the same care was taken of the cotton seed by the producer as is taken of wheat and corn that better products could be made from them, which would com mand a higher price and thus enable the manufacturers to pay more for ~them. If the seed were sacked up at the gin this object would be accom plished, as the seed do not heat when cared for and a great deal of dirt and trash gotten from the places of stor age and the railroad cars would be ~eliminated: The railroads of the country en courage such a methc d of handling, they charge the same rate per ton fr sacked seed as they do by the carload for the seed in bulk, thus en abling a small shipper to deliver his eed in sacks to the mills on the same asis as carload shippers. Another source of great damage to seed is their getting wet or damp when being hauled to market or by eing exposed to rain in various ways. No one would think of hand ling wheat in such a way. The far mers should be educated to handle this valuable product of the cotton' plant with more care and intelligence, and refrain from selecting wet spe!1 in whir-h to haul to market. C. C. Fearthstone, of Laurens, How to Prevent Viola tions. Laurens, September 3.-The i view with Mr. C. C. Feathersi published in the News and Coi some weeks ago, has caused r discussion among the people of community and the ideas adva have not been fully comprehende some instances. Acting upon t suggestions the New and Oourier respondent called upon Mr. F erstone at his office and asked he offer the people some definite gestions as to the remedies he poses. In this connection Mr. Ff erstone says: "Since giving you the inter relating to the labor contract la have received a great many mess from farmers, in different sect: assuring me that they think that suggestions were along the right but asking that I go somewhat detail as to the remedy suggeste my former interview. "It will be remembered thi sugested that the remedy was punish the men who employ the orers violating their contracts, .:e men who induce laborers to late their contracts, and thus f laborers to remain in the employt of those with whom they have tracted. "If such a plan is praetical legal it meets- the whole situati< for the laborer must have emr ment, and if he knows that he not get it, after violating his tract, the inducement for him to late is gone. "In the great majority of case4 borers are induced to violate I contracts by direct or indirect pE asion on the part. of others, or I knowledge of the fact that they have no difficulty, after leaving man, to get employment with other. If they were let alone c they knew~ that they could not employment elsewhere, the maj< of them would stick. "Punish the man who interferi who employs them after the viola and you strike at the root of the ficulty. "Our criminal statute already vides punishment for the man entices a laborer from the emp ment of another, or who harbors. after notice that he has violated contract with another. "The trouble is to prove thai had notice of the first contract. violator of the contract is not g to notify him, and the man wh mean enough to deprive his neigi of 'the laborer i3 not apt to a< knowledge. "The difficulty, therefore, in enforcement of this statute has ways been the inability to prove tice. "How ca.n this difficulty be rex ed i In my judgment it can be< very easily. "Require all contraets bets landlord and laborers to be in '3 ing. Then require all those want to be protected to index t contracts in the office of the cler: court. Make the indexing of contracts conclusive notice to public, so that if A employs a orer after B has indexed his cont with said laborer and fails to rel him upon demand then make A ble both civilly and criminally. "And not only make him liable fix a minimum amount of dam for which he is liable, say not than $500. And on the criminal of the court make the penalty a vy one, and let it be imprisoni and not a fine. "One great trouble* about the forcement -of most laws is that can get off by the payment of a I The average man cares lit-tle al paying a fine. If the offenders sent to the chain gang violation| law would decrease, and that, tot a rapid rate. "The law that I have sugge can be passed and, in my judgm will stand the test of the courts. "It may cost the landlords a 1 something to index their -contr but the expense will be little com ed with the good results to be de ed therefrom.'' WANTED OLD PIANOS AN~D ORGAN! for which we will a'llow the hig prices towards now Instruments. Club rates to offer, but we Pli better Instruments for 'the same less money. !tha'n these at club offers. Write Malo'nes Music House. lumbia, S. C.. f'or specia' prices Cells k JL iter ier iuch this nced - d in hese cor ath that sug pro ath new wI ages my line, into a in Lt I - to lab and Vio orCe 2ent Con and mn Ioy can con "*~ Canadian Oak Rocker. la- This beautiful Cane Seat Rocker, made up of select Canadian ai heir dried Oak, is so ieil guaranteed to us that should you buy one and it mu-I )Y a did not give entire satisfaction we would replace it with a new one will one any time within a year from date of shipment. Regular price $3-50, an- special price $-50 r if get rity s or tion pro-I, who boy- - one his he The o is ibor Imit the al aiov- Solid Guaranteed Oak Centre Table, FnyPro ap loeEither round or square. This Table isLegh3 ncs,eenst reen equally as good. material as the Oak55i.rchglfnshfay rrit- Rocker above. Regular price 22 inch cn hd,cergasolfut who $3.50, special price $2.50. 'N u unradciny heir -_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ i of lab-\ ract ease . 2- * lia-, ages -" les side bea Leghe5ncestxenst en n.,richt gold fsh,uare y men Lae CrtiaWhte.ImroEh qualit. H..a.3-5 ine. Beu ~ auiul Nottingham Lace Curtains - weight, hard woven; Medallion, vere 54 inches wide,, button hole stitched Floral and all-over designs in Sof around edges. Extreme length 334 Combinations of Green, Tan, , tyards, in beautiful patterns. Regular Red, &c. 9 ft. x 12 ft. price per pair $3.0o, special price Each .. .. .. . ...$4.85 er pair $1.75. FREIGHT PAID ittle acts par- If you order amounts to $10.00 or more. Remit with Post Office or Express Money Order. Checks out of Columbia cost 15c. Exchange, besides delay. The Lion FurnitureCo., c.1624 Main St., Columbia, S. C. and WRITE FOR BEAUITIFUIL CATALOGUIE. We have too many summer goods, and rath er than carry them over we are going to make the price on them RED HOT. This sale com mences Friday 12th, and includes all colored. summer Dress Goods, Colored Parasols, La dies' Slippers, Men's Straw Hats, Ladies' Hats and Flowers, Summer Clothing, Men's Low Quarter Shoes. We sell Domestic Sewing Ma chines $25.00, New Defender Drop Head Sewing Machine $17.93. Machine warranted 20 years. Just received our 32nd car, making 3,555 bbis. choice Tennessee Flour, and while it lasts goes for best patent $5.25, half pat. $4.80. Every barrel guaranteed tq give satisfaction. Moseley Bros., PROSPERITY, S. C. h COMING SOON: + The finest show of its kind that ever came to Newberry will * be seen here for the first time on the 31st. It is a' show of * Fine Razors, Knives and all Kinds of Cutlery, and will eclipse any similar attraction ever before seen in this section. It will contain so many novel and desirable articles that we could not possibly give you even a hint of the array in this space. All Carbo-Magnetic Razors will be sharpened g free of charge by an expert from New York. Remember the date, August 3 1st, at *MAYES' DRUG STORE.' VERY LOW RATES . . .TO .. . NORFOLK AND RETURN Account Jamestown Ter-Centennial fposition . . . VIA . . . . SOUTHERN RAILWAY Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen Day Tickets on sale daily, commencing April 19th, to and including No-. vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be made for MILITARY and BRASS BANDS in uniform.attending the Exposition. STOP OVERS will be allowed on Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen Day Tickets, same as on Summer Tour 1st Tickets. For full and complete information call on Ticket. Agents Southern Railway, or write R. W. Hunt Division,Pass.[Agent Charleston, S. C~ CALL ON -Broad duj & Ruli HERALD & NEWS FOR Box Paper, Tablets, Pencils, PenS and Ink, Soaps,. Fine Extracts, &c., &c. In fact anything you need along that line. ALSO CIGARS AND TOBACCO. Don't forget to call on them. They are also agents for Charlotte Steam Laundry.