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COMPREHENSIVE SIKYEY OF FOODS IN THIS STATE Charleston American. Columbia, May 25.?The following shows the annual expenditures for the principal foods and feeds in this State as indicated by the data gather ed by the department of agriculture in its comprehensive food survey of the State. In the tirst column is snown the amount sent out c ' the State anu in the second the amount paid by the consumer; these figures check al most exactly with figures heretofore estimated by this department, though in some instances are much larger. Corn ....$ 6,196,321.80 $ 6,587,$69.44 Mixed feeds .. 3,724,700.00 4,136,300.00 Corn meal 3,991,591.12 4,316,992.57 Co3t to merchant. Cost to consumer. Oats 2,692,541.92 2,965,790.26 Grits 3,b4?,iU5.oz Flour .... 22,438,498.05 Hay 2,708,76-4.80 I*ard .... 5,869,373.40 Sugar ... 4,907,547.00 Rams ... 386,479.62 Bacon ... 711,615.37 Cotton seed meal .. 1,860,000.00 Rice 6,253,292.54 Butter ... 472,578.71 Can eoods .. 5110,074.69 23,440,358.70 2,894,698.80 6,195,449.70 6,543,036.00 429,421.80 759,056.48 2,025,000.00 7,699,691.23 572,093.26 6,358,100.64 Total .. $70,811,487.54 $78,946,648.43 Does not incldue canned milk. A year ago when flour was only half the price now prevailing the depart Kieiu s estnna.it; ui duuuai ^ for flour was $10,802,756.00. j Expenditures outside the State for feeef, canned milk, cheese, eggs, cab bage, Irish potatoes, turnips, onions, crackers, candies, beans, syrups, cat sups, preserves and pickles aggregate around $15,000,000 annually. ! Comparative Ran ere of Average Prices. The survey shows the following, comparative range of average prices, wholesale and retail; prices much higher were found in various places, butter at Columoia, for instance, be ing 60 cents. ' Corn, bushel: Wholesale price now $1.0$ year ago 96c; retail price now $2.02, year ago $1.07. Oats, bushel: Wholesale price now 92c, year ago 63c; retail price now $1.01, year ago 72c. Mixed feeds, tons: Wholesie price now $53.21, yer ago $33.91; retail price now $59.09, year ago $33.63. Corn meal, sck: Wholesale price now $3.96, year ago $2.06; retail price now $4.49, year ago $2.43. Flour, barrel: Wholesie price now >$14.11, year ago $6.80; retail price now $14.74, year ago $7.48. Hay, ton: Wholesale price now $27.68, year ago $21.14; retail price now $Z9.i>S, year ago Lard, pound: Wholesale price now l&c, year ago 11c; retail price now ISc, year ago 13c. Hams, pound: Wholesale price now 27c, year ago 191-2c; retai Iprice now 24c; year ago 15c. Sugar, pound: Wholesale price now 9c, year ago 7c; retail price now 12c, year ago 8c. ' Bacon, cwt.: Wholesale price now 22 l-2c, year ago 13c; retail price now 24c, year ago 15s. Butter, pound: Wholesale price now 3Sc, year ago 30c; retail price now 46c, year ago 34c. Canned goods, cases: Wholesale price now $3.89, year ago $2.65; retail price now $4.$4, year ago $3.16. Cotton seed meal, ton: 'Wholesale ?:? toe 79 r-par <3 ?o $31.25: re pntc nvw i-, j ? ? c,_ , tail price now $42.11, year ago $35.73. Prices given in cotton seed meal in clude lower grades as well as stand ard meal. I AST DUEL OF ANY >OTE | FOUGHT NEAR CAMDEN, S. C. Most persons believe that aueuing became a lost art when tlie Civil War ended; and the tales and legends of our ante-bellum days were stored away in their cedar chest of remem brance. Stor.'d away with tender, lingering touches, sweet scented with the myrrh and lavender of reverent love, wet by the sacred tears of our mothers, and stained by the life's blood and the gallant men who gave their lives freely in a cause that they at least thought right. The impulsive, brave, hot-headed. men, who prizing honor above all else' did not hesitate to pit their ideals! :?* *v"v arirJ flamo of thA can-! ?Lg<tlliai ulic i uai ~ ? ? Bon; or to refute an imputation against their honor, by facing at thirty paces the pistol held by practiced hand. So keen was their high sense of honor, so clean and clear cut their ideals of right and wrong, that it be came to be the accepted custom to wipe out an insult by the blood of the offender else to lav down one's life in the defense of name and home. In this colder commercial era that we have drifted, or rather evoluted into from the force of circumstances and the stress of social and political -321--? 5+ ir, Vtrk-nr? inHcrft PAT? 1 COHUIUUHS, u uaiu iu juu? vw? rectly the standard of rigL. and -wrong established by our forefathers. Then a man's name was his for tune?his word his bond; his home -was fcis castle. Any aspersions against any one of these and his hot South ern blood boiled and he was eagerly anxious to lay his life upon the altar of h.is high ideals, rather than to live under what he considered insult. Some of the most spectacular ev ents, some of the most gripping stories ~ * ~ V. ? om n-Avon a rn 11 nrl rlnolc UI UtlltTl Vict J O, C4.X ^ KJ ? VH Wiv^iiV4 that were almost historical in their i "bearing upon the historical, political N as well as social life of that period, j After the Titanic upheaval of our^ unfortunate war, not only were our politics reconstructed, hut the cus toms and lives of the people were, al most entirely transformed. Things took on a different perspective, not only ideals, but the accepted belief in old standards were altered. Mmg m 70s a simg ttee of sentiment set against duelling?still in. fne ruinds of the older people, the hab its and beliefs of tnuir ancestors were sacred. They liruny clung to old 'customs, old ideas, faithfully protest ing mat their fatnors ccald do no fr 11 *1 < t n r\ ! n r\ % 1 . 11 * ?.?!> ujyiiuiuiiig y\ Liicii uau> n?^o and actions, their uelief in tne fact that "Wtiat was good enough for iu ther should suit me." in spite of this, however, the cooler headed younger men, who gradually, took the reins or' government into their hands, in tne Historic Palmetto State, talked strongly of legislating against dueling, 'lnough the o?tier i generation protested that a man had the divine right of self-protection, in i any way that seemed best to him; that it vras absolutely anarchy to de prive a man of the privilege of using the sword or pistol in defense of his honor. They were sincere and honest1 in their belief, feeling that due-ling was absolutely justifiable; and could by no means be considered a disgrace or be punishable by any law. Rather | they considered that a man was eter-j nally tabooed from all social inter-; course with his fellows, if he permit-; ted an insult to pass unpunished?if! he did not at least try by challenging j his enemy to combat on the "Field; of Honor.' Of course if for any rea.- j son wliatever the challenge was de- j clined, the giver of it was held to! ha.VP aveneed his wnrrf cnnarolv ir. - 1 m> , the face, without cringing at the j thought that the dread name of | "coward*' was set against his name in ' the minds of his fellow man. For; nothing was more abhorent to the real "Gentleman of the Old South" than an imputation of cowardice. Therefore the talk of the younger, | more aggressive, conservative mon; in cnarge or tne state's affairs, of; making dueling a punishable crime,! aroused strenuous opposition from the older generation, and the question; was discussed pro and con across j. many a Southern table. ' Before the law became a fact, how- i ever, <n '79 or '80, perhaps, two of. South Carolina's most respected sons J who had served their four long years' j in the war, respectively as colonel' and major, became involved in a nroi. tical quarrel. Aspersions were made against the ; honor of each, the lie was passed,; this being the very crowning of all insults to . both men. (And these two \ representatives of an honored fam-j ily, these brave, gallant sons of the' Old South, Colonel Cash and Major j Shannon of Camden, agreed,to wipe out the stain of insult by duel; each; iccnug luac 11 was ngnt End just to t fight as they thought best, believing' that no man had a right to interfere ( in his personal affairs, or that any lav/ ; could be made elastic enough to cover; the "Field of Honor." ~ The argument of their more con- j servative friends availed n? ueht?thv j tears and prayers of thr .amilies j were futile nrimK uqic. uii ;cm lO < follow the course that th-ey thought and believed to be right, and plant-; ing their feet in "The footsteps on the i Sands of Time," these two hot-headed,' high-principled, honored men, met at sunset. Out in an old field, bordered by the sentinel pines, with the soft wind murmuring a requiem through their plumed heads?under the royal pur ple and crimson painted by a Master hanr? nn < > /? ? - ? ? ?u me t* cx?lcj ii sivy, wun tfle very air. breathing peace good will to men, while in the Eastern sky gleaming many colored like Jacob's coat, was the arch of God's promised ^ protection to man. Everything was ( at rest but the turmoil seething In! the or asts of the men, and under the f brooding peace of Mother Nature's u wing, the 30 paces were stepped off; f the seconds reluctantly took pistols c from the cases and liandfd them prim- 't ed and cocked to their principals. ?u With gray heads held high, these. tw<. old warriors grimly turned back I to oack, and with cool determination ! P walked their allotted places. Then r at the word "Ready," whirled and d each leveled the pistol at his one-time e friend, but now become a deadly! enemy. These two brave men who! had 011 many a battle field, faced to- j gether the belching flam? of caitnon,1 c the fretful whine of the minnie balls,'1" stooO as though carved from marble. I ,i n-c vtppnl" ?? *? * ?rv, oci, es lewi, nands steady, deadly determination in their heart>?while the soft fingers of the i evening breeze, gently ruffled their K gray hair. ;c At the word "Fire," both pistols spat their deadly missies?Major j Shannon dropped his pistol, stood for a moment with face upturned to the' quiet star, just peeping through thr; curtain of eventide^ then reeled and pitched forward to the earth, his life blood slowly turning to crimson the white sand that pillowed his conquer-! ed head. Ah! The pity of it all, ihe useless; sacrifice of a useful life. The heart-; ache, the needless pain caused to two ? t - ' " lammes Dy tneir mistaken idea of < avenging their honor. But was the 2 sacrifice useless? For from this dueljj sprang ir full strengtn the law, for-! t ever abolishing just such things as 1 this regrettable occurrence. t Colonel '"ash gave himself up, but 1 stayed out on bail. Public sentiment | c had become too strong against duel-j ing for this event to pass unnoticed j by the law; from center to circum-; I ference the State was shaken by a1 > wide diversity of opinion?many for j 1 the newer ideas of right, others again. 5 holding that their father's code of honor could not be wrong. t Colonel Cash, however, preferred a 11 trial, and engaged for his counsel,; i nis net long friend, Maj. Albertusi S i Spain, the State's most noted lawyer,' < ! who never took a case against a mur-J ] \ derer, a gallant Confederate officer, j i ! signer of the Act of Secession, and i I who passed up the chance to sit on 11 ' the supreme bench, rather than to be' ( | disloyal to his Lost Cause, and take ( the oath of Reconstruction. < i ?The case came to trial, and against < a brilliant glfcte attorney and tjthef < [notable counsel engaged for the case, t EVERY FARMER, MERC! MAN, APPEALED TO I Tr? RI TV A ROl Columbia, S. C., (Special.)?"Do your bit. Buy a bond for liberty and the ultimate peace of the world!" is the message which is being sent broad cast over the state by the Liberty Loan Committee for South Carolina, of which Edwin W. Robertson, is chair man. Already there has been a wide re sponse from many directions. Thou sands o<f people have made applica tion through state ana national banks for bonds in denominations ranging from $50 to $1,000. But since the al lotment for South Carolina is $S,500, 000, there are a great many more to be disposed of before the state will have done its duty. Central committees to promote the sale of the bonds hare been appoint ed in each countv of the state. Men everywhere are giving their time and efforts toward helping the govern ment float this loan; knowing well that the fate of the country, and per haps of the war, is resting upon this bond issue. The banks have also put their shoulders to the wheel. Practi cally every bank is in a position to accept applications for bonds, and every, man who wishes to subscribe has only to apply to his banker. The appeal which the Liberty Loan is making to the farmers, merchants and business men is rot only patri-1 ouc; mougn me comnmiee ieeis mat, every man should want to support his government to the extent of buying a bond. It is also a business proposi tion; and a Liberty bond is right now one of the best and surest investments that a man can make. The government has got to buy corn and cotton in Quantities never before heard of. These supplies have got to come from the fields and farms of South Carolina along with the rest of the country. Therefore, the money that a farmer puts in the loan, comes back to him as actual cash in immense purchases of the .things which he raises. In this way he not only gets a 3 1-2 per cent return on his bonds, but he also get* the actual money back for the products of his farm. Just as the banks make their money ni?or +Via 4not an tVin uj iiuau^iu5 uuu tew ui^i, juov ww termer is now in a position to make money by financing the government. No matter how this situation is faced, whether from sentiment or from hard common sense, the move is a good one. One of the most prominent financial men in South Carolina when asked flajor Spain, in spite of physical dis bility, which necessitated his being arried to the coyrt room, fought for nd cleared his friend, Colonel Casn -because of the principles that hi ad to hp his riVht Amid the cheers ul vol. Cash s riends, Major Spain was taken faint ng from his great effort, to the home rom which he was soon afterwards arried to his last resting place, near he scene of his greatest legal tri imph. The next session of the legislature >ut a ban upon dueling and mad'e it mnishable bv law. as was any other nurder case. This was the last big luel in South Carolina, perhaps in the intire South.?Charlotte Observer. Last potable Dnel. Tht.> following from the Hon. W. F. Stevenson to the editor of the Char otte Observer will possibly be read vith interest by many: Noting your article by your staff orrespondent, "The Last Du^l in South Carolina." as it is an instance if more to correct the writer his'tori rally, at least in the latter part. He speaks of Colonel Cash being! bef^nded and cleared by his life-long' riend, Maj. Albertus Spain. The j itatement that Tie was the State's: tiost noted lawyer, I do not question.' riis reputation abides even to this' lay, but the record shows that he was ( lefended by Major Spain and by his iic-iuiljf, 11 Itliu auu UV1(,U?V1 uuu special counsel. Gen. W. L. T. Prince >f Cheraw, and at the trial at which Vlajor Spain appeared he was not iltared, but tbere was a mistrial. The sfforts in the case were such that tfajor Spain, before the case was tried igain, was dead. The defense was .lien conducted' by G^n. W. L. T. r?rince, assisted by Mr. K. C. Watts.! hen a young lawyer, and the son-in-! aw ot colonel tasn, ana ne was ac- > juitted at the second trial. Mr. Watts is today an Associate Fustice of the Supreme Court of South Carolina, having served for many . ears on the circuit bench, and having )een promoted five years ago to the supreme bench. The other error is the statement of ;he source out of which the unfor-; unate duel arose. The statement Is nade that Colonel Cash and Major Shannon became involved in a politi :al quarrel. This is an entire mistake.; Major Shannon, with others, was rep-1 esenting a client in a law suit, who' n the course of his pleadings charged ;hat a judgment belonging to Mrs. j "1 ~ ^ Ifw "D ! ./itSU clgcUliSC iiCl UlUlIlvi, Ml. iiuuci i, ; jr. Ellerbe, was fradulent. Colonel 2ash. became infuriated at the charge >f fraud made againat his wife and the itf'ei gffeW otlt of Hid reSentmefct of( ;hat charge In the pleadings in tht i inrnTi/ nnunn HANT, CLERK, BUSINESS JY STATE COMMITTEE ND ON JUNE 5. as to his oninion of the bonds as a j business proposition refused to dis cuss it from that basis at all. "What does it matter whether thia is a money making proposition or not. i Of course it is; but the thing that ! any man or woman wants to think about in connection with the loan is: i For what use is the money to be ap plied. If a man iB filled with a real x'otinn - A 111 : *io.uvsii \jl wuai uic vrcu LUOtt.il to, it will not take him lor , To t>cide. i "Just one little glimpse of the last ; three years is sufficient. The viola tion of Belgium, the sinking of the Lusitania. the abuse and slaughter of i millions of women and children in j Belgium. France and Poland, and the i other savageries of the Germans j should make a man go out of his way : to subscribe for as many bonds as he j could possibly stand. ii n were a matter or war on our own soil, with our own women and Children the subject of these cruelties, we would not hesitate a moment. And from all I hear from Washington, it will very probably be our women and children unless the people of America rally to this loan with every availablt dollar." i uo irm unj ui June nas ocen soi apart by the Liberty Loan Committee for South Carolina on which to re ceive subscriptions all over the state. On that day. it has been decreed by the government that all men between the ages of 21 and 30. inclusive, shall register; and it is desired that on the same day, all other people, and all of those that register as well, shall as faithfully go to the banks and fill out an application blank for every cent of Ky\M /I O f V? rt V\ ait /> a r> n wiiua mat iiicj taii yvooiuij si?uiu. "South Carolina has never been backward in the cause of Liberty as far back as my history goes," said J. Pope Matthews, of the state com mittee yesterday; "and I don't be lieve for a moment that the people of the commonwealth will allow her to take a back seat now. We have been told by the Federal Reserve officials that we are expected to subscribe to . ..1. i. ' J - 1 1/ J11i _ M it. v 1 J pith, ann a nan TTiii' ^nR 01 me ronai. This is certainly 110 impossible task; or at least will not be if the small farmers of the country districts will join with the clerks, stenographers, and every class of wage earners in the towns in taking fifty or a hundred dol lars on the fifth. But it has got 10 be with the assistance of every clas*. Everybody must help." case of Weinges vs. Cash, found in 15 S. C. Sup. Ct. Rep. page 44. In justice to all perties I win say that Major Shannon was merely rep resenting a client and was not lead ing counsel when the charge of fraud was made, but the heat engendered brought about the duel. The Circuit Judge, Gen. Joseph Brevard Kershaw, who lived in the same town with Maj or Shannon, tried the case afterwards and held that thena was no ground for the charge of fraud, and on appeal, the Supreme Court of South Carolina, Mr. Chief justice Mclver, living in the same community with Major Cash, wrote the opinion affirming that judg ment, and th>e two opinions effectually dispelled any question of Mrs. Cash's honor. In the meantime, however, the tragedy had occurred on the field of honor and it was one disastrous to the feelings of two of the most chivalrous families of people in the State. I write this merely to keep the history of this last notable duel in South Carolina straight, not to m any wise to take anything from tlie gr^at prestige of Major Spain, who was con cededly the leading lawyer in the State tor many years. W. F. STSV'ENSON, Cheraw, S. C., Jan. 16th. Death! For The Herald and News. The gospel has taken it out of my way. My mind often runs back many years, before I was converted, and I think how dark it used to seem as I thought of the future. I well re member how I used to look on death as a terrible monster, how he use<i to throw his dark shadow across my path; how I trembled as I thought of the terrible hour when he should come for me; how I thought I should like to die of some lingering disease, such as consumption, so that I might know when he was coming. It was a custom once where I lived to toll the bell of the church the age any one who died. Death never entered that place and tore away one of its citizens but 1 counted the tolling of the bell. Sometimes it was seventy, sometimes it was eighty, and some times it would be down among the 'tdon<5 Snmptimes ir. r.old the death of one of ray own age. It made a solemn impression upon me. I felt a coward then. I thought of the cold hand of deatii feeling for the cords of life. I thought of being launched forth to spend my eternity in an un known land. Am I looked in the grave and saw the earth on the coffin lid, "Earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust," it seemed like the death-knell to my soul. But all that is changed ao"w. the gfave has lost its terror. As I go on to hearen I can tay, "0 'death! "Where is thy sting?" And I can hear the answer rolling down from Calvary?"buried in the 'bosom ! of the Son of God." He took tho stinc out of death for me and received i it into His own bosom. Take a hor t net and pluck the sting out of it; you are not afraid of it after thai any more than of a fly. So death has lost its sting. That last enemy has , been overcome and 1 can look on : death as a crushed victim. All that I death can get now is this old Adam. > And it does not make any difference how quick we get rid of it. I shall get a glorified body, a resurrection ; body, a body much better than the one I have. One would rise to the beter world to be with the King of 1 glary. The gospel has made an ene my a friend. What a glorious thought that when you die you only sink into l the arms of Jesus to be borne to the land of everlasting rest. "To die," the apostle says, "is gain." I can imagine when they laid our Lord in Joseph's tomb one might have .. seen death sitting over that sepul chre, "I have Him; he is my victim. He said he was the Resurrection and the Life. ;Xow I hold Him in my cold i embrace. He thought He never was going to die; but see Him now. He has" to pay tribute to me." Never! v The glorious morning comes, the Son of man bursts asunder the bands of death, and rises a conqueror from the grave. "Because I live," he shouts, "ye shall live also." Yes, ' ye shall live also?is it not good news? i There is no bad news about a gos | pel which makes it so sweet to live, , so sweet to die. j Though I love life with all the I tenacity of my soul. Having had ? mam' a royal battle, many a conflict. ! many a deal, many a defeat, I am j ready when my time approaches as ! T chilli OVOr ho v * vi yv, W. L. Motes. To buy youi Gifts. Books an j Card Cases, Coi Bags. Brush and < cure Sets, Fancy Brooches, Pins, Watch Bracelets nations. Remember I ha of Pot Plants. ! Mavps' R i TheJHouse of a VICTOR lO! $450 F. 0. 3 5 Passenger Touring Car compl gear steering control, electrical si and rear, dim and bright, electric 30x3^ tires, with non-skid 011 r< 1 ???11 ^Art onH cpt UCtillly dllU 1U11 Ul *_V/ULJ IU1 l UUU uvi sbe has it. Call to see this car ar we want to ride you so we can pr< ierit to call write us and we will be SHEALY M prosper: Distributors for ? PEAS \ i am now in a posi ail the cow peas in ti at the Scott Building barber shop for the i ceive ana pay ior iu variety of sound and per bushel delivered i your surplus peas to H. 0. 1 1 S2*!; \ KKK ''OVT IMM>KED FOR JftlMi PKESIDKIH il , j Charleston American. . | Columbia, May 26.?James A. j speaker of rhe house of represent j tives and president of the Peoples ; | National bank, and the Homestead-, f bank (Morris plan), of Columbia, sai.t? tonight tliat he did not care to m?jve a statement this time for publication in regard to the news received here that he has accepted the presidency^ a Morris plan bank at Detroit, at a handsome salary. Ml Hoyt organized the Peoples bank upon his retirement from edi torial management of the Columbi? Record about six years ago. He be came interested in the Morris pla& of banking and established one of tiie banks here. He has emphasized rite advantages of the system througho?s2: this section. i j His ability and his marked success as a banker quickly appealed to officials of the Morris system, wh> some time ago visited him here. j He is serving his second term as speaker, having been / twice elected without opposition. For a number o? * ^, ?v. ofill n vminor mail y tSCLi CS, LUUUgU 31111 a. J has been closely and prominent'** identified with the affairs of Colum bia and of the State, and his many friends, while wishing him success iffi his larger field, will regret to him leave South Carolina. So far the chief effect of the se lective FMTTrasET AO IN SH R DLUNN'IT ipptirvn nf \Tr Hoover as food admli2 j istrator seems to have been to make some senators jealous. "We are fighting feudalism," say^ i Secretary Lane. And the enforced resignation of that dyed-in-the-woo? feudalist. Count Tisza. shows that are making some headway. IT PLACE Commencement d Poems, Silver n Purses, Hand Comb Sets, Mani r Parasols, Gold Bracelets, Silver and. Fresh Car tve a large stock 1, JUh. JIUI c fhousand Things URING CAR iete with Mohair top, lock screw I tarter and electric lights, front horn, demountable lims, with sar, cantolever springs. She's a -vice for you. Remember power, id have us show it to you. Also Dve'these words. If not conven i pleased to call around to see you. i O T O R CO. ITY, S. C. lewberry County VAMLU tion to take care of le county*and|will be* in rear of Taylor's iext 2 weeks to re em. Will take any clean peas at $2.75 in strong bags. Bring me and save money. y, 0 N G ; H A