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BARNWELL SOUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, IO q1.
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MRS. ARP AWAY PROM HOME
She Pay# a Visit to the Grand
* children—Her Husband Telja
the Siory.
Atlanta Constitution.
My wife Went off to the country to
spend the day with one of our daugh>
ters and her children. We expected
her to return tjiat evening, but got a
message that "she would spend the
night and the next day and mayb3
longer. Thinks 1 to myself, she wants
me to send her word to come home,
and I wont. It has been a long time
since she run away. We missed her,
but made no sign.' Her chair was
vacant. Hej; familiar voice was no
longer heard. The pautry keys hung
silent on the nail. Nobody called me
from the window to stop working in
the garden and rest while the tun was
•o hot. Nobody to say the flour is out
or the hominy ot the lard or something
else, for something is always out at
our house. Little grandchildren come
to see us and dont stay long “ cos
gamma aint here.” Everything looks
like a funeral. Lonesome isent the
word for it. There isent any word for
the feeling when the maternal ancestor
is not cruising around; when we c^nt
hear the rustle of her dress, nor the
sound of her voice nor see her stubb
ing away on some infantile garment or
reading over again the last letters from
the Tar a way hoys. *
But the girls gave me a hint and
said now was a good lime to paint the
kitchen and suqmse her, for she has
been talking about those old dirty,
dimry, smoky walls ever and anon once
or thrice in awhile. So 1 opened my
big beart end little purse and sent for
the painter to come early in the morn
ing. Be i aqu: and did a pice job of it
in, ■ llaTi JjiUjilSM' ktai^rwi
from the light. Tennyson says, “Any
nose can ravage the s^ent of a flower,
but only the pure in heart have a right
to,” r
I am an early risfer and every bright
morning I visit the garden and inspect
the flowers that the night has opened
and cut enough for a fresh vase at the
bteakfast table. ^ The neighbors’ chick
ens annoy me, * for my garden is their
feeding ground and they scratch the
barn yard manure from my plants. So
on t esttrday I got some chicken wire
and stretched it along the fence. Bui
I forgot to shut the gate and they
came in and when 1 got alter them
they put their heads through (he
meshes and got fast. I had fun with
those chickens and they will not come
back any more. The gardens are flue
this fail. The second crop of beans
and potatoes are on hand. Turnip
greens and mustard abound. A few
toxaioes are still left and my good
neighbor, Tarbrough, .the preacher,
sends us some of his line ones every few
days. His Crimson Whirlwind is the
finest variety I have ever seep. Verfly movement has been manifested the
the lines have fallen to ua m pleasant mayor and commercial organizations
places. Bay unto day utteretb speech unite in a call for a public meet-
and night unto night showeth know- mg to organize an association. In
ledge. * ' i some cities on the two other routes
Miss Stone will be rescued, I reckon, these meetings have been attended by
not because she is a missionary in a from 4,000 to C,000 persons, represent-
barbarous country, but because she is mg a district 100 miles square. The
an American woman. The best opim I view gtventhem of roads in the course
ion is that she had no business going °f construction, the demonstration that
there, Oor people havs got im re 1 k 00 * 1 ro*^ 8 can be eaaily provided for
sense and are not drumming up women the funda now spent on poor roads,
for missionaries to uncivilized eoun- 8nt ^ the co-operation of the many com-
tnes. It is strange what a jiusion * mercial interests repr^entsd at these
office of public road inquiries in the
agricultural department, and M. O.
.Eldrige, his assistant, with Mr. W. H.
Moore, president of the National Good
Roads|A880ciation, will have charge of
the “good roads special.” Under their
direction fourteen road experts, Mr.
R. W. Richardson, secretary of the
National Association, and several
clerks, will undertake to organize in
each of the cities named a permanent
good roads association. To this end
they will confer with the mayor and
city council of each city and the officers
of its commercial organizations, ar
range that a suitable haft shall be hired
and obtain the use of ten or twelve
teams, as many men and a sufficient
supply of crushed stone to construct a
length of good road as a sample. When
the train arrives the engineers will be
gin at once to build about a mile of
dirt road with the teams, men and
materials furnished by the locality.
They will then surface or macadamize
as much of that road as their time will
permit. When the practicability of the
toward
hailing
soddea
aa she
*♦ Well,
That is
turned
kiaard me.
for she qu
That ktas m
'and the pai
surprise* ar<
life. Th*v
ail abe sa
and cause
e<kne people have for long distance
charity. The statistics show 65,000
arrests in Boston the last fiscal year,
and yet Boston sends missionaries to
Turkey and preachers and teachers for
caurfliaa^ | RFber"peni
party and the whiia Massachusetts, with
•oilonly • little larger
rf>>| ldJ00, aud New Yorh Slat* with hut
\y t three lirqes the population of Georgia,
has 3,600 convicts besides numerous
reformatories with several thousand in
mates.
The truth it that evert State and
ever) - targe cily ha* «u«iugh of the law-
lea*, the ignorant and the destitute to
care for and it is mistaken charity to
overlook the m and hunt for misery
afar off. But ws arc getting along
fairly w«M iu this blessed land and have
much to be tbauklul for that our North-
xtnrtrirprT^
hies and the iru ware and thru <
home aud put on a dean, new d
My wife came home this mofuingi
gara her a kind welcome, but made nu
sign, she was glad to get home and
tad algid la more hilarity than usual.
She cruised around looking at familiar
things and ;>Lm*. Soon thmJTandcfed
public meetings have nevtr failed to
stimulate a most profitable interest in
the movement.
1‘resident Moore, oT the National
Good Roads .Association, mad* the fob
a re
porter tor the Star.
*• The Southern Railway Company
population, baa • *!w|>s taken aw aft ire and promi
nent interest in any movement that
points to the advance of the beat ia-
t* rests of the country through which it
run*. Ever since the organitsfirin of
the National (rood Roads Association
sonahle time, the ru
seivice
the kitchen ano
distance and wait
y.there was a scream
looked id St the o|
1 do declare. Bid
4 in
,i
lust the
Uat
haati'y
t'jok me
wing me
ran paid I
.These
beat part
wealth a
lilt
uf I
nd
k _
bed her.
of delight
[»co door.
I evir.”
1, for *h*
(Hi* AQ<1
mrpmc,
ran *KO.
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I act him
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and polil
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thin*
I# re!:
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f/vr
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the)
arc
founded
in lov
" All lft<>
uphiB.
, all passions
• All
dalt
Kfcta
WtiaM
nr all
ITS IftaS
Btoru
1 frema.
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at atl.i
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Aad f*
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kSC/td
11 Ann.
Tb<
trees
cucufo
arc
k_ *
rt us
and
■were i
IB the j«
flowers'
ga of bird* u
the wav title
irticj ol Ufa. 2
*1 ben le ikH
His
uent
I Mild
in the wide worii that gives surii
p has is to the lov* of God for
creature* We need food ami nu
and,of c«>ur»e, the human family i
perish without them But birdaandf
flowers are extra gifts to miotster to
our seusas, our cmotions. Ilow forto-1
pat* for us that as we grow older we
lov# them ttaUer. A ben I was a very
-busy man aqd had ambition to rise ia
the world and advance my wifs mud
,^,1 1 rm brethren have not. May the good
• and guole the President, ia
T. The South dors oot ex-
to Tylariza his party ow the
eeuve tariff or any other Hepoblt*
priunpic, but it does expect bim
I to appoint the lie at man to nAcs re-
(hldicss uf their p*dltb**. And if hla
' patty kick* and threaten* as lbs Whigs
did John Tyler, lot him say aa Tyiar
| said to Clay and others, “ (icoUsmeo,
row cannot seal* me. My bark ia
I against the wail sad I will veto ihoaa
| bills.' Tyiar was a noble man and a
enst ienlious a elcsman, bat he was
too pure a mm to please either party,
aod, of course, wa* not nominated for
| the next 1‘resideucy. That may be
Kooaeveit'a fata. We shall see.
. Bill Aar.
this company has been represented at
its national meeting* and many of its
public demonstrations.
“Negotiation* which have been pend
ing for some time were closed last week
by which the National Good Roads As
sociation, s-«zlcd by tho wtUc* of
public road wqatriea, United State*
dr|iartment of agriculture, will run a
‘giMid toads special train* over the line*
of lbs boulbern Railway, stopping at
numerous central points, for the pur-
; sample roads and bold-
FREE RURAL DELIVERY.
Good Roads are Absolutely Necca-
8ary to Maintain the Service.
The Atlanta Journal says it has
called the attention of the Georgia
farmers to the necessity for good
roads, and, in season and out, has
uiged the wisdom of paying greater at
tention to this most important matter.
But here is a point brought out by
Co). A. W. Macheo, superintendent of
the United States free delivery system,
that will appeal to every farmer who
appreciates the rural mail delivery. It
is fully explained in an article in The
Louisville Posf which says:
The policy of the postoffice depart
ment with regard to the establishment
of the service has changed. At first
rural free delivery was an experiment,
and the restrictions were not regarded
as in place. But the system has
passed to the permanent stage. Now
no route will be put in pending the
improvement of the.roads. No route
wiii be permitted to open until all the
road* upon the route are in good con
dition. The mail carrier is not to be
forced to make his way through mud
hub deep and almost impassable, as in
some cases during former winters and
wet seasons. The policy of the depart
ment is to see that the roads are good
before free (delivery of mail Jis granted
to any community. •
The policy of the department, more
than that, is to see that.those routes
i}pw in operation, pending improve
ments of roads by landowners, are not
neglected by those* who are pledged
for their betterment. If it is found
that roads remain unimproved a rea
rm earner w.
P°»
ma
tb«
ftNMd IjI
“Th
too, B
f
Ul.tllli
a meetings
pM!
•pie
ih a
r \h<
(lew i
i Una
>f educating
in practical
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sei
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wmti
runds
prat l
the
on
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C. t al
I tO SO
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ad
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Novc
at cat
a ru*
d
from WashiOi?-
mber 1. It is
b point visited
living ample time to con-
of one half to ooe mi’s
itch has been said and
: l.
m
i
;u
»this •abject of good
« of the South are
TX
a ib.tr->u
-1
«h nc
roads arc
.>rd with
THE GOOD ROADS SPECIAL.
The Southern Railway Will Build
Sample Wagon Roada ia the
South
Washington Star
A train of twelve can, to be known
Roads Special,
an acqm-
uolry. H is {herefore
almost ao assured fart that every citi-
ceo of the South will, if possible, at
tend these good road meetings and
witaesa the modern aud up-to-date
methods of building public'highways
*“ As the lines bf compeliliotf are
being drawn closer add margius of
profit narrower, every elemeut looking
to the economical production and dis
tribution of th
will be abandoned on the
neglected roads. .
The officers in charge of the rural
free deliveiy system are as much in
terested in good roads as la the good
roads bureau of the agricultural depart
ment at Washington. Good roads art
a necessity where lb* rural earner
must pa«s. If a county does not
possess good roads, that county will in
future have a hard lime securing
ruutev. and will have a harder time
keeping routes that mav now be operat
ing over ppor roads. i‘*or roads make
the mail tervics very Jinmusfsctory,
amf it is the tendency to blame the
service aud tbs department rather
than to lay the blame at the proper
iuor.
'The following letter was recently
wntlen to the lion. Geo. W. Steele,
Gougreseman from the Eleventh dis
trict, of Indiana, from the Hon. A. W\
Ma*hen, general superintendem of the
free delivery •yslem. It is official aod
will ha read with Interval:
^MH. MM lias's Lt.TTKK.
“ The temporary *aspca*ioo of
.service last winter and s|Wiug on a
1 number of rural free delivery route* in
ihs Western stales on account of the
Impaeaaide condition of the roads
btooghl forcibly to Uie attention of th*
department the necessity of good roads
in connection with the rural free de
livery service. At that lime the local
auihonliee were informed that unless
the roads were improved befote the re
populated portions of the country.
Those portions which have stall times
or at certain times (f the year such
roads which make the service expen
sive, wil^be denied the luxury of hav
ing the mail brought to the house
every day.
Daily the representatives in Con
gress ire being more strongly im -
prelaw! with this fact. When a good
case is made out in favor of a certain
mute, the department acta upon the
report of the special agent, and “ bad
roads in the spring ” is certain to
cause the petition to be held up for a
time or sometimes for good. It is un
derstood that the department will en
force a rule to the effect that carriers
report their inability.to cover a route
on account of the condition of the
roads, it will be abolished and mail
service be giyen from the village post-
office. •
ROUTE OF ISTHMIAN CANAL.
THE aoTH CENTURY TRUST. AN APPEAL TO
The Project to be Considered on
its Merita Without Further In
vestigation.
Whatever becomes of canal legisla
tion at the coming session of Congiess,
Yt may be regarded as settled that the
period of investigktiou is over. With
the final report of the isthmian canal
commission, which will go to Congress
iu l>ecember, obtained at an expense
of about a million dollars, all the data
necessary for a decision on the ques
tion of routes, and of the expediency
of the very enteiprise Itself, will
be' at hand. * Camil enthusiasts in
year* past have said
they had asked (or
that^very time
The great argument of the couserva -
live, on the other hand, has been the
need el umeugattou, one side thus re
garding it as a proper provision, while
the other avows that it was used as a
mean* of obalructioo. Henceforth
the need of Investigation can play no
part io the debates. There have beeh
three great investigating commissions
within six years, the Ludlow, the
Walker aud the present Isbmian. The
first named two devoted themselves to
the Nicaragua route, while the preseu
commission, availing itself of the Nic
araguan data of the Walker
sioo, baa swept tbMAeld andaanowsi)
considered every project which *haa
even the smallest claim to aUentton.
Few map* are more mteresiiug than
one at the office of the commission,
showing in red iuk lines tbs various
cmuiI routes which have been at ooe
time or another suggested. Some of
them extend far into tbs continent of
rioutb America, and by a longer course
aim to avail ihemeelves of the rivers
sad natural waterways ot that region.
These routes have lessened in impor
tauce with the increasing rue bf o*squ
vessels, and still (be cjumi>«uin has
not neglected any prop sal ibat iu ght
perchance have some *ur
bilitiesNvrappi-d up it it
The San B a* rt ate, not many mil ns
south of lh« TanauM, ha* had, first
and last, many ad.ocatss. it is the
shortest link between the two oceans,
and a* such appeals to investigators.
The present commission found, how
turn of winter there would be danger L^ver, that Uiore was no way of getting
>f a permanent withdrawal of tb^| through
rural free delivery service. Repons
show that the advice of the depan-
meot has been heeded in many in
stances. Tn one locality, which I re
call, favorable actioB was taken by the
jop at ten or twelve of .the
t beautiful vtrae, “ CousMlar | chief cifief reached by the system aod
how they glow. They toil aid in organizing good roads sssocia-
not, neither do*they spin, yet Sotomon [ lions. The tour will end about Jan-
iu ail his glory was. not arrayed like
rag
the It.ic-
one of these,’^. II«s
food for the rave ns ami takes u< lice of
evety sparrow that fall* to the ground
will surely tike care of us if we trust
Him.
1 believe there gre but two kinds of
flowers named in the Bible—the rose
of Sharon rfhd the lily of the vaney—
and these two stand preeminent today
for beauty aud fragrance. Of late 1
have been watching the rosebuds as
they unfold- their leaves gnd open into,
beauty. How wonderfully they are.
foTded upon the little cone- and every
layer is waiting for its time and turn
to come foith and breathe the air and
take on colors from Goofs sunlight.
No human fingers could refold them
and make a bud again. The birth of a
beautiful rose is a miracle. It passelb
comprehension and excites our wonder
only. Just so is the feather of a bird.
The microscope shows the most won
derful mechanism in its delicately
woven fabric—its strength and its
gossamer lightness. Then look care
fully at the framework of the seed
pods that shoot up from the dandelion.
Human fiugers cannot approach tjiem
in structure. They are exquisite and
must come from the bad of God. .
There is a limit to the perfection of
everything that is made f>y man, but
there is none to the works of nature.
The finest cambric needle looks like a
bluntpointed tih under the micros
cope, but the point of a bee’s sting is
invisible. I wish that the young folks
would sometimes stop aud think and
study nature. It wouki refinethem in
thought and feeling and ^xcite a rev
erence for their Creator, flow
beautifully the great poets wrote about
.flowers. One says, “ The humblest
flower tliat blooms sometimes ghea
thought too deep for tears.” “And
’tis my ( faith that every flower enjoys
the air* it breathes.” Some flowers
seem vain and some are modest. From
my window I see the rainbow cannaa
and the proud and lofty dahliaa strut
ting to the morning sun and not far
a way are the humble violeta half hiding
uary 1, and will include the following
who prov deth | municipalities: Danville, Va., Octo
ber 19; Raleigh, N. C., November 12
and 13; Columbia. & C. f November 18
and 19; Greenville, S. C M November
20 to 23; Atlanta, Ga., November 25
to 29; Birmingham, Ala., November
30 to December 4; Montgomery, Ala.,
Decemlier 5 to 10; Mobile, Ala., De
cember 22. This itinerary is subject
to change—possibly in the substitution
of cither Gresnsboro or Salisbury, N.
C., for Raleigh or Asheville—but will
otherwise be fulfilled practically as
given. The train will carry a full
equipment of road making machinery
and a party of eighteen person, all
skilled in the manufacture of good dirt
and macadam roads. It is the third
such train to be organized through the
efforts of the National Good Roads As
sociation—one having.been sent along
the route of the Illinois Central from
April to July and a second having
traversed the district between Chicago
and Buffalo along the routes of the
Lake Shore route and the New York
Central. Everywhere the meetings
have been widely attended and have
produced permanent organizriions de
termined to better the country roads
of the section concerned.
The tour of the South is largely the
outcome of the convention of gcod
roads workers held at the Pan-Ameri
can Exposition from S ipteraber 16 to
September 21. The delegates who at
tended that meelidg represented over
110,000 members of the national as-
sociation, forty gtAtea andfotu-foreiga- sideratkrrrffrnT 1
countries, and letters were received
from over 6,000 persons who favored
the good roads movement. The South
ern Railioad sent delegates on the
ground that 99 per cent of all agricul
tural products intended for rail ship
ment must be carted to the railroads
over ordinary dirt roads. From the
, prime factor iu the up-building of every
I section id the country, evufy citizen of
; the South should take a personal iuter-
: eat m this subject. The South needs
belter roads, every farm would be
i benefited thereby, the public will ap
preciate the advantages thereof audit is
hoped the educational features carried
j on by the National Good Roads Asso
i ciation, supported by the Southern
[ Railway Company, will accomplish the
purpose of this movement.
“*ThC South can have good roads if
it will, and the sooner the citizens get
together and work along some well-
organized and practical line these re-
sulta will be reached the quicker.
There is nothing that will do more to
increase the value of virgin lands and
advance thy development of the rural
districts than well-constructed public
roads. The improvement of the road
system will have a wonderful effect
upon stimulating the settlement of peo
ple on farms, aud as these settlements
are being made so will tiie value of the
land increase.
“ Wherever a city or town is found
possesling'Well-made roadways leading
therefrom, you will find the business
o' that point is in a prosperous con
dition. Therefore, the citizens of
every town in the South will be pro
moting hii own interests if he gives
this movement his moral and, if neces
sary, financial support. *
“ It ia hoped that every State, coun
ty, city, and town officer will give this
subject of better roads serious con
sideration and then take the matter in
hand immediately and show his con
stituents that the movement for better
roads will receive their u unapt con-
ilffl UUuuaLco-opc -atfon.
“ It is universally decided that good
roads are what we want, la order to
secure them w.e must pull together,
Ofer winch the rural earner
travels. . ,
“ While the actual suspensions of
service on account of impassable roads
were few coftaparatively speaking,
there were a great many cases iu which
the poor condition of the roads made
it very difficult to. provide an efficient
service and in which the service was
performed only by dint of perseverance
on the part of the carrier, backed up
by the determiunion of the depart
ment to deliver mail (rbenevex it was
possible. It is readily seen that the
condition of the roads becones a very
important consideration in the estab
lishment of rural frte delivery. Where
the roads are good a route 27 or 30
miles in length may be more easily
served than another loute of 18 or 20
miles over poor roads.
“ In the first case more people are
served, the service is performed more
expeditiously and with much more
ease by the carrier and his horse. The
carrier, too, can establish a regularity
of service enabling the farmers to
know just about what time every day
he will arrive in front of their prem
ises.
“ In the second instance, with the
short roure over bad roads as much
Ume is consulted in serving a smaller
number of patrons, the regularity of
the service varies with the changing
conditions of the roads, the work is
more trying on both the letter carrier
and his horse, and unsatisfactory to
the patrons, especially when it becomes
necessary to suspend the service on
account of impassable portions of the
route.
“Reports from all parts of the coun-
try iudicato clea
ns mountains ekeapt by a tun-
itl tour or five miles long, the disad
vantages of which are ao obvious aa to
uitkekhe route wholly impracticable.
Dr. Cullen,' an Irish explorer, urged
>iry vtrouglyaceriamrouUifronijL - 1 '
>aTe elevations; he
hr I walked across it time and again.
As an indication of the untrustworthi-
ness of a “ rule of thumb ” applied to
such things, it was found that the reah
e’evaiion to be met by this route would
be about double that on the Panama,
or between 800 and 900 feet. Ex
ploring parties under the commission
have run many lines across the Isth
mus of Darien, with the conclusion
that nothing can be found to compare
with the two well-established routes,
the Nicaraguan and the Panama. The
results of these minor investigations
will appear in the final report.
It has now been decided not to com
plete this report until it is necessary
to submit it to Congress. The com
mission will, accordingly, keep the
data in its own hands for some time,
thus affording the very fullest oppor
tunity for the French people* to submit
their best and most definite proposal.
The thing that seems to be sticking m
the minds of the commission just now
is bow far to veer over toward the
advocacy of a Panama route. It is not
denied that the fullest investigation
has made it clear that, with the work
« done there, provided it could
ained at a reasonable price,
Pansma offers a much simpler problem
than Nicaragua. Politically it might
be difficult to get the Panama project,
even under favorable terms, considered
by Congress, albeit the common-seise
plan for both the French owners ani
ourselves were to come To terms and
complete that canal.
A Scheme for Fighting the Cotton
Combination With a Producers’
Combine.
G. F. Washburn, president of the
Commonwealth Clnb, of Mass., has
returned from Europe. He has been
abroad since last July on an interest
ing mission. He proposes to fight the
cotton trust with a 450,000,000 co
operative trust. He said :
“ I was commissioned to go abroad
and visit Rochdale, England ; also Bel
glum and other co-operati've centers,
and investigate t heir co-operative meth
ods, with a view to applying to onr co
operative plan whatever features might
be ol value to it. In Switzerland I also
met our foreign represenla-ive; who
has been abroad nearly a year, making
a special study of this matter.
“ Cur plan contemplates the organi-
Station of the first 20th century co
operative trust with a capital of <50j-
000,000. Our banking and commercial
headquarters, our executive depart
ments and our whole supply bouses
will be in St. Louis, while our ware
houses and shipping centre lor cotton
will be at Memphis, Teon.
My associates are determined tjiat
(his co-operative trust shall be sudki.
ently powerful financially and numeri
cally to protect the cotton grower* of
the South and absolutely coutrol that
market in the interest of higher prices
for cotton, .it IS *1101 in tended as a
philanthropic or reform movement, but
rather as a plain busiute* scheme to
meet the existing cotton trust on it#
owu ground. The Idea was not a sud-
and hkl beau
long considered.
“ Unlike organized labor, the cotton
growerrare men of means, and united
can easily control the cotton market
of the country, in fact, they raise so
lent* a proportion of the cotton crop
of the world that when ooce they act
in concert they can hold theiybiop for
higher prices and practicaUV control
lha cotton market of the work! aod
thereby restore living prices for the
producer.
“ As soon as my business inlet eels
in Boston will permit, I shall viaitlb*
cotton producing Ktataa of the SouJb
and consult with the lenders of this
great movement, as well as with th*
leading cotton growers’ association in
each State, ao wet their special local
needs shall not b* overlooked. Ws
have no announcements to make, no
slock to sell, no promisee to redeem.
We are nrae anxious to move slowly
aod our co-operative p.*«
" While we lecognlzc the fundamen
tal cooperative principles applied la
the past, we have been unable, because
of the peculiar character of this enter,
prise, la that it is a great distributing
system, to utilia* many of the estab
lished precedents. On the contrary
we are entering a but slightly cxp<
realm, and must ourselves establ
precedents for the future. Therefore,
it behooves us to move io a specially
cautious manner iu order that oar per
fected plan may be thoroughly safe,
sound sod ornaervativ*. Lson Davis moo ament fund,
“ If this lystem succeeds, it will be Va., or forw^dsd to her t
followed by co-operative wheat end
corn trusts ia the West aod conform-
lug to the spirit of the new century,
will inaugurate a new business system
that will bring help and good cheer to
thousands of producers who. now foal
Uary.
Idond
sbliah
General Gordon Asks for
Complete the Darin
Gen. John B. Gordon,
the United Confederate
issued, ft general order to of the
Confederate veterans request!nr
to complete the Davie memorial monn.
ment. Gen. Gordon aaka that endi
*1 lor every member and
that the money be turned over to the
Iftdies central committee of the Jeffer-
eon Davis Monument association. Fol
lowing is Gen. Gordon’s order, which
has jnst been received : ’
, iV “ Haftdquftrten U. C. V.
“New Orleans, La., Oct 12,1901.
“ General Orders No. 263 :
“ 1. With pride the general cpm-
manding again calls attention of the
veteraaa to the patriotic and rtirram
ful efforts of the ladies' central eon.
mitiee of the Jefferson Daria Mphu-
ment association, directed by the great
ability and untiring energy of their
•plendid chairman, Mr*, s. V. Ban-
dolph, of Richmond, Va., supplement
ed by the ceaseless work and moat
valuable assistance of the noble Daugh
ters of the Confederacy, in each Con
federate veterans’ division, all "iltvd
aod heading their enargtea toward the
Hc-coinplisbment of the glorioas work
they have so willingly
that of rataingahe balance of the fund*
necessary to complete the moo ament
te the memory of Jefferson Davis, the
Mure.! prudent.of the Confederacy.
" II. The report made by the chair-
mau, Mra„$\ V. Randolph, and that
°f the treasurer * ‘
hooded treasurer of Ut*
bad then on band |32,87*46,.Includ
ing interen r '*with * large aumber of
subscription a uncollected aod
" 1IL WnUs they make thu
aging showing, they
more money Is needed, and
th* vetsrins to assist and
and the general cc
that their appeal will
hearty ruaponse.
“ IV. The general commanding calk
the attention of the veteran# to th*
fact that it Is their bonnden daty to
aealst tbase noble women in their pa
triotic endeavors, and rtiqnsaH of them
and urges each l nRed Confederate
Veteran#’ camp to contribute <1 for
each member of th* camp, to b* eol-
lectad of those who are afc
individually, and where this
dons, for the camp U> |
amount collectively, for all the aa
bare, which ever is most desirable.
“ Of courea, uadar th* |
ao assessment can be levied npoo any
member or camp for say purpose, this
ik, therefore, only aa urgent request
for voluntary contrthalloas (rasa th*
member* of the United |
Veterans’ camps which the
commanding prays and hof
meet with an immediate and
thay a*
to give
V.
The general
‘ rfi
gaata that all moneys raised in :
to this raqaaai shall be seat 4
Mrs. N. V. Randolph, chairma
1‘a ^tuerabf the Confederacy la aaeh
United Confederate Veterans* dirk-
km, aod th* Daughters of the Goofed-
Vftcy are requested to pot f‘
io communication with the
ae to am
working systematically and on practi
cal lines. This grand tour, planned
by . the Southern Railway Com
pany, is a signal for action. If the
States visited are no't alive to this
organization of the system President | and do not avail themselves of the op-
Spencer, of the Southern, has been a ' portunity to secure information ren-
consistent advocate of improved wagon dered by the “ good roads special
ways throughout all the country { uain,” no one will be at fault except
traversed by Southern tracks. the citizens of the States in which ex- 1
Mr. Martin Dodge, director of the hibiu are made.”
I,
waking up in order lb obtain the estab
lishment of rural free delivery, and In
this way it is seen that the rural ser
vice becomes a great factor in the good
roads movement, which of late years
has been agitated in' many of the pro
gressive States. A. W. M.”
The letter of Mr. Machen brings out
the policy of the postal department by
intimation rather than by direct asser
tion. Rural free delivery will gg to
where the people either have or are
willing to provide good rosdxr It will
take several years t? spread the denv-
At Cotta, iu Saxony, persona who
did not pay their taxes last year are
publishedJh.-a list, which hangs up In
all restaurants and saloons of (he city.
Those that are on the list can get
neither m :at nor drink at these places
under penalty of loss of license.
Select specimens of your choicest
grains, vegetables, finely bred stock,
including poultry, for exhibitiqn at the
State Fair. A little effort on your
part will secure one or more of the
handsome premiums.
Farmers, bring or send the fruits of
your labors to the State Fair at Colum
bia, Oct. 28th to Nov. 1st, tad
Deed Dot exclaim, as auny ar ___
cat beat that.”
aeplan baa already aroused wide
spread interest on both sides of the
Atlantic and each new development is
awaited with eager interest by thou
sands of persons who believe we are
on the right track. The steel strike
only emphasizes the utter helplessness
of labor and the end of co-operation.
The only way to beat a trust is to or
ganize a bigger and better one in the
interest of the producer. Capital and
co-operation are the two mighty agen
cies through which this can be done.
“ America is already years shead of
any of the six nations I visited, in in-
.ventive genius, commercial enterprise
aud up-to date methods. Our foreign
cousins also recognize aud fear our
inevitable supremacy in the future. A
wonderful change has taken place in
their attitude towards us of late. Amer
ica, Gennady and Englahd will domi-
nate the financial aud commercial
world. Keep your eyes on Germany.
She is forging to the front w ith won
derful rapidity and is dreaded by Eng
land.”
Mr. Washburn also thought that our
foreign consuls should be selected with
greater care and/or longer terms of
office. He. believes that trained busi
ness men with special fitness for the
office should be selected—men who
understand the language and customs
pf the countnes they are to go to, and
who are willing to carefully watch our
commercial interests abroad. Such
men, with long residence abroad,
would become wonderful factors in
extending out trade relations and there
by facilitate the progress we are to
make in the trade conquest of the com
mercial world. - '
Goaxxnr. .
“ General Comaiaadimr
Gxoxok
“Arfjt. Gen. and Chief of Staff.”
— “The hamlet of Dervock, in county
Antrim, Ireland,” says the Scotsman
“ia visited by thousands of Americans
in the season, for it was thence the
McKinleys came. In a plain little farm
honse there was born James Mc
Kinley. ancestor of the late President
McKinley. Tlie present occnptnt has
preserved the original features of the
bouse as much as possible: The great
est change has been the replacing of
the thatched roof with one of slat*!’’
Some girls, when asked to elepe, are
swa).
run
Advici Or A Physician A FU1-
ftflelphiao who knew Dr. Ulxsy, Mre.
McKinley’s physician, when he waft a
student in that city, called on him in
Washington and was invited to lunch
eon. The Philadelphian asked to be
excused because of chronic indigestion
which prevented hie eating luncheon.
“Nonsense,” said Dr. Rixey,“I have
asked you to luncheon because I want
to give you a good lecture, You are
suffering from restlessness, not dys
pepsia. In the five minutes you have
been sitting opposite to me you have
looked at your watch four times,
fumbled with the seal on your watch
chain, twirled the handle of your um
brella when you didn’t atop to ran yoor
fingers through your hair, aud have
talked incessantly without having
anything particular to say. You aimply
waste your nervous force. Learn to
keep still wheat you can, and not to
bother yourself about trlfUeathstdo
not concern yon. If patients knew
how to do nothing at the proper time,
half the nerve doctors’ occupation
would be gone.”
An Impoetlnt Decision.—Thft
supeieme court of this state has ren
dered a most impqrtant decision relat
ive to taxation. It holds that county
boards of commisontrs have, the right
to fix and collect taxes for county pur
poses. Or iu other words, it holdsa
that the power to collect the taxes
for the subdivision of the State is c*>o-
IftcreAdty -the—coftetttpQdta 'upon the
fiscal authorities of such sab-diviaioo,
whether the tax was created by any
act of the general assembly or by the
said carporate authorities under an
act of the general assembly.’The eoat-
y commissioners,of coarae impoeed an
additional levy of one-half mill for road
tan. The Southern railway paid it un
der protest. The dreut judge held that
the county board was illegal and the
supreme court reverses the cucut cou«t
and holds that th* county tee the right
to impose an additional rood tan. ifin
question of
tobei
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