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' __»™. . "J • Aid Curtail the Use of Commer cial Fertilizers is THE COTTON GROWERS feacdy f«r Uw Prices ud Herd Times Aowef the Farmers of tbe Soalh, Who Make tko Cotton as Set ; 4Portk by tbe New Orleans Cotton Convention. By a ananinoous vote at the dose of ita first session Tuesday, January Mtb, tbe Southern Interstate Cotton OoDTontion, which met last week In Mow Orleans by neneral agreement tbe largest and most representative that baa gathered In tbe south, de- olarod that reduction of acreage and eommental fertilisers Is the para mount question to be considered at tbe convention, and It must be settled before any other business Is underta ken. Eleven hundred and thirty five delegates, representing the 13 otton growing States and territories, had registered when tbe convention was sailed to order. ^Cv^n that number did not represent tbe full strength of tbe convention. The forenoon and early afternoon wore devoted to tbe compromising of all differenoea that existed as to or- ganizUton, the central Idea being that the' work of tbe convention should g) to the country with the stamp of harmony and practical anabloolty. Tbe rtault was that for mar Oongraasman Catching’s name was withdrawn and all opposition to Mr. Harvle Jordan's selection ended. Washington Artillery ball, seating t.dOO people, wes crowded tu th» doori when the convention met. As president of the Southern Cotton Growers' convention, Mr. J trdan oalled It to order. He said In part: “Weare all sgr-ed upon four gen eral proptflltlcns: "1. We must tie up and take care of tbe surplus of this crop and remove It frtm the markets of tbe eountry until next fall, and bold tbe balance of tbe crop absolutely In our posses si on nntll tbe price advances tQ nor —* msi flondtttow; ----- J " "S. We must reduce the cottcn •ereage and uteof commercial ftrMH- a rs under cotton at least 26 p«i oent. under that of 1904. 1 3. We must arrange for a general system of bond'd warehouses under looal control of the people thn ughout tbs south. “4. Wa mult at once proceed to organise tbe producers of the south - In every cotton growing county on a bu Ineaa basis to carry Into operation a permanent system of relief and pro tection for tbe future.'* TUB OKOAimATtON. Jndge E B. Perkins of Dallas nom inated former Lieut. Gov. Jester of Texas for temporary chairman and be waa unanimously aleoted. Concluding a brief but effective address, Gov. Jedter laid: ' “Two reforms must be Inaugurated by the southern farmers: “Diversification of crops that will reduce tbe production of cotton and better facilities for the storage of cot ton that will give lower Insurance and Interest and better protection.’’ J. A. B. Lovett of Bluntaville, Ala, Richard Cheatham of Mississippi and J. H. Wbyte of New Orleans were aleoted secret!.ries. On motion of J. A. Brown of North Caroline a con mlttee on permanent organization o ’ one delegate from each State was nanr cd and pending Its re port welcoming addresses by Mayor Behrmar and President Sanders of the Progressive union were listened to There were ref ponats by Walter Clark of Olarkeedale, Mias., and J. Pope Brown, chairman of tbe Georgia rail road commission. Mr. Brown said It was the number of bales which regulated the price of I cotton and tbe present price would: not advance until it waa known that the produotlon this year was to be curtailed. Eight million bales would be an ample crop to raise this year. With the 4,000,000 of surplus held on to, it would give precisely the crop" the bears desire. He believed the south could whip In the pre>ent tight: BASIS C K RKPBKSKRTATiaM. W. D. Nesbitt of Alabama present ed the report of the committee on permanent organization. It provided for Harvle Jordan as president, for a vice present from each State and for | tbe three secretaries named by the temporary organization It fixed tbe | representation on the basis of one vote for every 100.000 bales of octton raised during 1903-04, as follows: Alabama, 10; Arkansas 8; Florida 1; Georgia 14; Louisiana 9; Mississippi 14: North Carolina 6; Stuth Carolina 9; Tennessee 3; Texas 26; Oklahoma 2; Missouri 1, and Indian Territory 3. — At Its night, session the convention listened for an hour to an address 0y President A. Brittle of tbe New Or leans cottcn exchange. Mr. Brittle denied that low prices were In any aenae doe to future sales. Low prices ^ were due to one cause and r Qae gauge only, that of over produotlon. With the removal of that cause values would go up with future regardless of all the bound sellers of Europe, Africa or America. Let .the acreage be reduced 25 per - flflBtTand all tbe speoulatora on earth cannot keep cotton from going to 10 oante. Speaking of tbe growing coo./ enmptlon of cotton, Mr. Brittin said Id,000,000 bales la three to Jve years the world would require a crop of 13,- 000,000 bales and more. Referring to tbe Importance of tbe present con vention, he said that any resolutions It might pass would amount to little . If they were cot followed up with earnest, aineere and determined work. In the ablation of the problem eon fronting It, the most eerlouf since the War Between tbe Sections, he said the convention had tbe beat wlahee of great esobaoge whleh ha hadtne to represent, j. wax solve ran fboblbm. tt to bo thn meet important step cotton problem, the oon out a dtoeitlng vote eland In favor oLa Ifi per cent, re duction In acreage and an equal re duction In commercial fertilizer and backed that action np with tbe adop tion of a comprehensive plan to seonre tbe support of every farmer, big and little, In the cotton belt. An over whelming majority of tbe delegates were i resent when the repost wat re- action, finally adopted the mport with oelved and acted upon At tbe opening of tbe afterroon session Former Senator MeL&Qrln of South Carolina spoke along the Hoes of national protection for tbe oojton grower, saying that heretofore the oottot planter bad been sacrificed to tbe dcctrlne of free raw materlalii A reference to President Roceevslt'a. friendlinese to. tbe south provok'd a favonsbie demonstration on the part of tbe audience. Former Lieut Gov. Jester of Texas from ibe committee on "bolding and financing tbe balance of tbe present ’crop” presented a report setting ' jrth that each State and local section seems amply able to finance Its pres ent holdings. Tbe committee be (laves that the cottcn now In the handtof the producer should remain in tbe farm or be stored In looal rare bousei protected against weather and tald that the banks and commltelon men evinced a willingness to a d In marketing tbe balance of the ore p so u to heki In check any dhposltl n to rush In cotton unduly and break tbe market. Belief was expressed that 25 per cent, reduction In acreage and 25 per. cent, reduction In fertilizers Will solve the cotton problem. COMMITTEE ON ACRKAOE After the convention bad Voted an Invitation LoCapt. Richmond P. Hob son to speak, B. H. Jenkins of Texas was reO( goized to read the report of the commute on acreage wbloh the convention bad voted to be Of para mount Importance. The report fol.owa: - "To tbe Hoo. Harvle Jordan, Chair man Interstate Cotton Growers' “Cnnventlon;— " We, your committee, o.i acreage ard tbe use of fcrtil z;rs, do recom mit,! that acreage planted In cotton In 1005 shall be 115 per cent, less an in looi and that there shall be a re duction of 25 p«r cent, in the usa of commercial fertilizers In grownlng cotton. "We recommend the following plan for the accomplishment of said reduc tion "First: That the vice president of this association for each State shall call a meeting of all persona interested i i cotton on the Utn day of February 1905, In the county seat of each ooun ty not already organized, on tbe plan hereinafter set out, at wbloh meeting there s all be elected a county chalr- m n and a precinct chairman for each school district or other small political subdivision of tbe ooun’y. "Second. That tbere Shall be held In eaob school district or other small political sub division of the county on the 18th day of February, 1905, at 1 o'clock p. m , a meeting of all citizens of said district or other small polltl cal sub division who are Interested In tbe growing of cotton, which meeting shall elect a committee of three on acreage and membership. "Third. At said precinct meeting tbe farmers and land owners present shall be asked to sign the following agreement: TUB AGKBEMBNT. "We the undersigned fanners or land owners, living In (school district beat or preclne*) No^-—, county ot , State of ——hereby [ledge ourselves to reduce the acreage [lam ed b} us in cotton and to reduce our onsi mptlon of fertilizer In .grewing c.ittc n as shown by the statemen s set oppoilte our names. "Fourth. That said ocmmlttse on aentgeand membership shall 1®me dian iy canvass said district and ask all termirs and land owners in aaid dhtr ct who do not attend said meet ing to sign said pledge, and said com- mlttie shall return said pledge to the chairman of said precinct. - -f... "Fifth. Said jtreolnct. ohalrm&n sba'l preserve said pledras and they shall immediately report%& the joun ty cl alrtnan, showing the total num ber of acres planted in cotton ic iald precinct in 1904 and tbe total num her to be planted in 1905, tbe total amount of ft rtllizor used in gre wing cotton in said prtclnct and tbe total amoi at to be used tn said precinct In said yeais. .“ .. . "Sixth. The county chairman stixtt—l n mediately Torwff State vice president of their respec tive Sta.es a written statement show ing the total number of acres planted in cotton In their respective counties in 1904 and the total amount to be planted tn 1905, and shall make a like n p >rt as to the fertilizer used in said years. ."Seventh. The vice president of each State shall Immediately upon receiving tbe riports of the county, chairmen forward to the president of this association a report showing the number of a^res planted in cotton In bis State In tbe year 190^1 and tbe tbe ameut of fertilizer used in said year In growing ortton and tbe amount of ootton to be planted and fertilizer to be used in 1905. THE mEUDENT'B WORK. ' Eighth. The persldent of the as sociation, upon receiving these re pone, shall Immediately tabulate tbe same and send a copy thereof to tbe county chairmen in tbe different ootton States and territories. ’ "Ninth. If any county not al reedy organized should fail to organize tbe vice . president of tbe State In wblob aal^ooumty ts situated shall oaus4 fald cour.ty to to organizedaa herein provided and If any precinct should fall to organize, the county chairman of the county in which pre cinct Is situated shall cause such pre cinct to to organised as herein pro vided. Tenth. It shall to the further duty of the offloera of this esaooia- Mon to port the names and addresses of such persons who refuse to sign tbe agreement to reduce acreage for 1906, together with the number of acres of ootton planted by snob persons in 1904 and the number of acres that ttoy will probably plant In 1M5 and to make a tide report aato ferttllx- Martth V, Calvin and Bert Miltar . Y^ . ■'a . ' , fhy might of 33 1-3 per cent., botT. gale of tbe same State rallied the con vention to Immediate ooosidelation on the ground that this was tbe most vital business that could come before the convention and bran overwhelm Ing vote the convention decided upon a thunderous aye end without a sin gle vote in tbs negaUve. Without trabMotlng any other business or UAtenlni; to any of the pa pers on the prognmme the oonven tlon recessed until ;)lght. BHD# ITS WORKS. With the unanimous adoption of the plan reported by Its committee for a permanent or ranlzation, beaded by HarvIe Jordan <if Georgia as presl: dent and E 8 Fetors of Texis as vice president, the convention finally dosed its suooeesfal three days’ ses slon Thursday nlgbt. Commissioner of Agriculture R. IV Poole of Alabama presented tbe re port of the ciommlttee on statistics, approving the methods of tbe Na tl >oal Glnners’ association as the quickest and most feasible way Of getting out reports. Former Senator McLaurln of Sou b C trollna presented tbe report of the o mmlttee on reeoluUons, heartily sp- p ovlng the reduction of acreage and fi rtillzers and urging "all owneis sf o tton to bold It until tbe govern- a ent report on acreage shows to t ie world that southern cotton farmers stand solidly together; that they ha ve compiled with their agreement and demand the value of tbelr product.’’ Tbe following resolution was un animously adopted and copies ordered sent to President Roosevelt and the southern senators: "We hereby endorse tbe movement on fodt to endow tbe interstate com merce commission with full and com plete control over alleged discrimina tions and abuses by railroads, with power to enforce their findings and reqoest ail southern ee—toes and sea. gressmen to support and aid in the passage of this measure.” At tbe afternoon session tbe com mittee on closer relations between manufacturers end producers made a report In the Interest of the eltmlna tlon of, the speculator In ootton. The committee said that the wide fluctua tions are alike disastrous to tbe manu faoturer. making It impossible for the manufacturer to promulgate prices for ootton prod note based on a uni form cost of tbe raw staple and for either tbe farmer or tbe manufac turer to maintain bis prloes. It was recommended therefore that a com mlttee consisting of one ootton pro ducer from each State be appointed to confer with mill men asking that they Join bands with the producers In effecting a plan whereby tbe producer can sell bis ootton direct to tbe manu faoturer and thereby eliminate tbe speculator from tbe market. Tbe re port was adopted. FARMANBMF OMVNIZVTDN The report of tbe oommlttee permanent organisation followed. provides for the creation of tbe South port of not Intended to criticise the work of the government bureaus, expressing boofidenoe in them and Asking con- press for appropriations to make the servlee more efficient. A number of telegrams from bank ers and business men ani one from ex- decretafy Hoke Smith oongratulaUog Mm convention on Its work and e* pressing sympathy with It were reed. The convention the i listened to an address on diversifies tlon bv R. E Smith of Sherman, Tex , aid after benediction by Rev. Mr. Sublett of South Carolina it fine ly adjourned. BOLUIIOV (I A aVTIHUL. Col. Keltt Give* w Method That Will Solve tbe Cotton Problem. In a letter to Tbe State Col. Ellison S. Keltt, of Newberry, gives & method that will solve the ootton problem and make tbe South the richest spot of land on the globe. Here is bis plan Read it and see If you don’t agree with him: The all-xbeoiting question for sVu- tlon is how can we uet rid of 6_ oil cotton and make it Impjssible for. It ever to return ind distress our pe< pie? This will do It: Let every grower of ootton sow wheat, rye, oats and barley in ample quantity for home consumption and s rme lD^pard. Warn these gra ns ar e taken off the land sow one bu&hel of peas on each acre to make pea vine hay. When in bloom cut the vines and cure and house them for feel, to sell what Is not needed on the farm when the proper time comes. After thorough preparation of the . land plant ample acreage In corn to secure enough for home ednsumption with some to spare. Drot> peas between the hllla nf ftom oreow them broadcast, last Aw era Ootton association embracing all the ootton producing S ates and terri toriee to regulate ootton producUon, ootton supply and financing and espe dally ootton marketing, using every effort to secure broader markets and to limit tbe production to tbe demand at remunerative prloes and to reduce to a minimum all expense of hand ling cotton and i’s products from the time It leaves the field until It reaches tbe consumer. T iere are to be State and territorial, o< uoty and parish and sub-diviaon assocU.Uons all related to the parent stem. Officers are to to elected once a yea'. The exeouMve committee of the main association Hi to consist of 27 members apportioned as folio Alabama, 3: Arkansas, 1; Georgia, 3;Ixuiaiana, 2; Missis sippi, 3; North Carolina, 2; South Carolina, 2; Tennessee, 1; Texas, 5; .Oklahoma, 1; Missouri, 1; Indian Territory, 1. " Rich State and territorial associa tion Is to to composed of one member from each oottoq growing county and is to elect representatives to the main body. Each voting precinct is to have two cotton producers In the pounty organization. The president and vice president of tbe Southern Cotton ass elation are made ex-offlnlo ■lembersof Its executive cpmmltt;e. ' 'he committee recommenced Har/le . ordan for president wad E S. Pet :rs ir vice president and provided a pro- sion&l executive committee. The Mods for the orgahizitlon and its ( peration are to to derived from Ini- i lation fees, annual dues and a oha ge on each bale of ootton produo d by its membership. The report was unanimously adop ted acd Mr. Jordan expressed his thanks for the confidence In him. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED. The following resolution was offer- ed by 'the resolution committee through Ex-Senator McLaurln and adopted: - - ——,—— "That a special oommittee to ap pointed by tbls convention to confer with the president of the United Stales, tbe secretary of agriculture and the manufacturers Of ootton goods to obtain snob concerted setion as will ehlarga our tr*6e In ootton products m forelgh countries.” J. A. Brown of North Carolina of fered ted one-half bushel to the acre, the plowing to improve the land. Let each farmer secure one or more mares and raise bis mules and he roes Instead of buying them- Tne writer had a half brother who raised eight mules in nine years from one mare. He missed only ode year in nine; Sher man's army sto.'e them all. Let eaoh farmer be well stocked with hogs, sheep, goa's cattle and poultry. .Let each farmer be self sup porting as near as possible. After each grower of cotton has done tbe ab.ve, let him plant all the cotton be can cultivate well, make every p >und he can and sell it for all he can get, which will not be less than 10 cents. If tbe growers of cotton will fall in line and follow tbe advice given, tbe psople of our southland will be tbe richest and happiest people on earth In 10 years. Let every one who bas cotton on hand hold it If he can. L?t those wbo cannot bold sell direct to our factories If they have to give It away, give" It to our own people. I was tell a few days ago by the president of a factory that he would give more for it than anyone else. While a large crope was made last year, the writer does not believe there Is more cotton In existence than tbe factories will need. List year, because of the high pries of cotton, the facto rles ran on short time, some of them closed down. Notwithstanding this there was no cotton at tbe end of the season to be had. Now every factory will run on full time and o'tton is cheap at 9 cents. Tte above advice is from oce who has grown, gathered and sold 52 crop* aid made money every year. He never failed. , M n r i i.in'—— In Good t hape. The moet bullish set of statistics s > roiiom: f tr i^utd this year by tbe New O.*- 2 1 Tleaoa cottcn exchang e were fcfiAJS ll sued Saturday showing the week end in sight and receipts and sblpmen's up to noon on Saturday as complied by Secretary li ster. The cotton that oi m i Into sight for the past week was 151,862 bales compared with 249,313 bales for the same week last year. When it Is remembered that the crop this year Is muoh larger than the one of last year, the full significance is shown.; Xhe statement proves that the farmers are actually as well as theore- t lcal*y boliJiitf..l^fcJj..CflIl«n’^ap i ,Tbe,, statement of receipts shows that only 75,15& bales were reed week while 109 800 were shipped from tbe tn,'Ire country. At this rate pn- mloent traders say that the ports a*-^ ountry towns will soon be drained ai a the farmers will have the dtuati' a entirely in his control. This is ea* couraglog, and if the farmer will re dace his acreage and his guano bill and conUnue to bold his cotton he will whip the fight. The cotton being held will scon be needed and prices will advance If Any They Will Follow His Good Advise sad Rotara. To The Atlanta Journal: There la an epldesdo of runaway boys. Scarcely a dffy.psjKfttoit what we read of toys and young men run ning away from boms, and no Mdinga of tbelr whereabouts come back to parents And loved oneA The great trouble with boys is the fact they don’t think. In tbe first placerthe closer a boy ml to and tbe closer be Uvea under the shadow of a good mother tbe better it It for him. The home roof is t he beet covering and shield that a lx>y can know Id Mils world. The lit erature of the day ie largely responsible for this craze on tbe part of boys and young men to leave borne anc wander up and down through tbe ea th. I suppose no boy bas left a good lome, a good mother and father, but what thoughts of home and frleods occur ever and anon to him. At night time, wherever be pillows bii head he mu«t think of mother at hom<T but be doesn’t real z > how mother and father suffer be cause of the ab ent boy. I hope these lln :8 may fall i oder the eyes of many wandering boyf, ani that If they re- fus: to corns nack to their homes, they will s t dc wo and write to moth er and father^vor brother and sister. They need not say where they are, but let thtlr lovei ones know they are well and -how they are getting alo^g. How many thousand mothers have been made to utter tbe sad, pa tbetlc words: "Where Is my wan dering boy tonight? Go search for him where vou will and bring him to me with all his blight and tell him that I love him still. ' A mother’s love and a father’s devotion are as long as a'l eternity. Broader than this .world, and there la .no land so distant, no pathway ao cold bu< week mother would have b ea dead when we got home. He said: "We were not at home an hour before mother was up and rejloing over tho fact that her boys had come back. ” Wbat must to tbe sufftrlrg of a borne where a boy bas been got e a month or a year and sent no tidings back. Honor tby father ard thy mother, boys, and thy days shall bs long upon the land which tbe Lord, tby God giveth thee. No child can dishonor his parents ao<f d j well here after. Let a boy suffer anythlrg be fore be will wound his mother or dis honor bis father. These Infernal novels with Mielc weird lies and ,oin- charactero have made a fool w * A Good Bill. The following bill Introduced in the bouse by Mr. Culler, If It become! law, will rob "old bow” sales of much of their interest, an d buyers of such things of |,hfl intense mental pleasure of speculating whether they bad been buncoed or have buncoed somebody else: "That from and after tbe pas sage of this act It shall be unlawful for apy common carrier to offer for sale at auoti nor otherwise any ar ticle or bundle of merchandise when vention ed to Immediately formulate a plan to pool 2,000,000 bales of the present ootton crop and reMre the same until after Oct. 1, 1905 ” A resolution by K ;W D. Smith of South Carolina was pissed providing fgf :Ahe appointment of an Inspector by eaeb county in the interest of tbe effeoMve carrying out of the pledge to reduce acreage. A resolution offered by J. A. Brown of North adopted North for eay be had extended to the convention in famishing the g loners ’ report re quested and expressing tt as the de sire of the nee van tlon that tbe govern ment reports on cotton etatUlos should to continued. • -.Y President Jordan named rathe oom- mlttee to visit President Roosevelt in the Interest of an ealargement of the ei lflMtoi; McLaurln, Good 11 True. — In the city of New York It la an nounced that open gambling has been wholly stopped. Indeed, gamblers, open or under cover, seem to have been put entirely out of business. It was g vast undertaking that. District ttorney Jerome entered upon and It almost Impossible for him to , put he has again Illustrated 'SL'T'm 7 Vrfmrtblr tbe Mjlo, the, .ben ED Honored. mators selected to te Til! Among the senators on the reception oommittee for the Inauguration of President Roosevelt ie Senator B. R. Tillman of South uimi bjB himself or whether they were Brigadier General Wilson, chair- of tbe inaugural committee. r what a mother s feet would tread that way, a father’a weary efforts would lead that way until they come in tbe presence of tbe one who bad wander ed off. A good boy can do tottef at bis own home a id in tbe community where be was raised than he can do anywhere else on earth. A bad boy can do well nowhere. Latitude and longitude and geographical position does not determine the well-doing of a fellow. Character alone settles the q ifstlon with him. Tbe Judge of our circuit court re lated the following Incident to me a few days ago. Eight or ten boys were indicted in bis court as railroad tramps for riding trains, every one of whom were strangers to him and from different towns and States In the union. They were convioted sod he sentenced them simply to pay the cost or to three inonth's Imprison meat. None of them ooald pay tbelr fine and all went .to the chaingang Some of them have broken down In tbelr prison Ufa and have written to the!r at home of their condi tion and their parents sent the money to pay tbelr fines and bring them home. One of them, a son of a poor widow, wbo earned the money to pay her boy's fine at the wash tub. One of those boys lived In the State of Tennessee, one In the city of Atlanta, of respectable family, another one In North Carolina. The others are still in tbe ebaiogang; some of them, per baps, have no parents to whom they can write or friends wbo will come to their relief, and others perhaps are too stubborn and proud to let tbelr condltim be known at borne. ThU IS only one of the many Instances where courts are compelled to punish boys I not ce that, tbe police of Atlanta took up a young Arkansas b >y tbe other day and tbe little fellow broke down and told his history and the family to which he belonged and bis parents were notified of his where abouts. Tbere Is no m re commend able work in C'tles by detectives and policemen tbai tbe arrest and deten tion of strange b ys and they ought to glvs tbems< Ives more diligently to the work of fit ding out the name of every stray bo/ in every city. Lock him up until be gives bis Identity. In this way t ley may save many boy to his boa e and his mother and sate-hlmlrom wreck and ruin. Car- towns, has been contrtbutiBg-to tbe numbar wha bAle hi.ve wandere 1 off. If a Carterovllle boy wbo Is away fr >m home sbi.ll read Ybese wordsle him instantly sit down and write and tell tbe loved ones at borne bow he Is getting aloeg. So many of tbes) wandering boys are killed by trails acd other accidents and may be tbe loved ones never hear ct where or hew they went. If boys could see that It was a crime thus to riaake mother and loved ones suffer, to «lve no tidings of themselves of those who Art anx lous and wbo are all tbe Mom think ing of them by day and drtaming of them by nlgbt. Tbere Is scarcely an act that en tails so much punishment upon the innocent as tbe crime of running away from home on the part of boys and young men. When a boy leaves home and wanders off the mother goes to bed and suffers Tbe father is troubled aud worried so be Is scarce ly fitted for the bualnesi of bis life. That Is ezaoMt day at the State Fair showing (ts fire fighting qualities. Every Fanner, Oil Mill, Saw Mill, Ginnery and any one owning property should have them. For sale by COLUMBIA SUPPLY 00.. t^olumbica, « O The mactunery Supply hmie of the State Southeastern Lime & Cement Co. CHARLESTON, 8. C. , Building Material of all kinds. High Grade Hoofing - - “RUBBROI0.” Writ* for prices. The Guinard Brick Works, ».c Building and Re-Pressed Brick. Special Shapes to order. Fire Proof Terra Cotta Flue Linings. Prepared to fill orders for thousands or tor millions. Whlske 1 Morphine I Clgarrt I All Drut and Tobaoon Habit, I Habit | Hall a | Ublts Cared by , Keelejr Institute, of fe*. C. 1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 75) Columbia, 8. C. OenfidCbtii 1 oorrespo- eno solicited. be found bis mother in b d sick and WAflIPn’c HkpaCPC he said I balieva If we bad staid a " WUrc “ 3 W 35 **^* How I Cure Them. BOOK SENT FREE ON REQUEST, 8PE CIAL MEDICAL LETTER ALSO FREE. torted Of many a boy and started him on a tramp to the devil and tbe dogs. In the state of MBsissippl a runa way boy, who was then a young man, came to ma and told me tbrt he' bad been a runaway for more tban five yean, that be bad never written a line to his father ox mother, and *<ked me did I know his father and mother,' telling me the town and county where they lived. I filirt; * Yfft, I them well." He aaid: “WlH yon write to them for me and see If they will let me come busk to see them." I did so, and wben be did come baak to his Gaorgls home tbere was a reg ular Camp-meeting, picnic and May festival all combined. I can never forget how eagerly tbat boy look'd Into my face when be was asking me about his parents. Fiva years Is to > E»ery ink Woman who naruestly desir«a to recover her health sb mid write me, describing how afce ■"ffera, and 1 will p >int put to her a At. fM jam, it will not coat anything to find out how I pro pone IP cure your din-aae, ao 1 urge that you write me witbont d 'lay. Thouaanda of aick women have cured themaelvca up in thia way. Out. of i he ripeneoe of twenty-five yean ex perience aa a apeoialiat, I have developed an entirely n w system of curing chronic diieMes and it adapta itaelf espe, hilly well to the cure of d'aeaaee of women, to which 1 have given ep,cial atudy all my life, I will underatand your cane, and undervtanding it, I will readily fin ‘ ^ W nd the meana of cure. If the general run of doctors have failed, if patent medicines that aeera cheap, but are really costly in the end you, for stubborn i ire the ones I want to hear from. I will cure you fifty per cent quicker than by ..the old method, and fit* you such a treatment aa will not only cure your diaeaae, but biiid you up thoroughly and make you feel better in every long, toys, to keep quiet. Tben, mother may le deed, father buried. b * T * do | , « y° u ^ tbeo l am more and the mischief you have dine can *at ™<»• you. foratubbom never be nodone. Come back, now, bays, or write Immediately. Goi alone can measure tbe depth and breadth of a parent's love for a wan daring child. I wjuKT that every boy wbo has run away from bis borne could realiz) bow deeply he has woonded and bow fearfully be bas lacerated tbe heart and feelings of those wbo loved him best. I would that every editor of every paper in tbe United States would catch up tbls refrain and write on tbe subject of tbe sacred duty of runawav boy* to come or to write b ck to tbelr pa rents at home. '"You o«uld ee your country no better, genleuen tban to sound tbe bugle blast dow i tbe line so that every wandering h y could bear or read, your words. The prodigal boy In byg me years oame to _ himself and Immediately he started ZW S. Bmad'SL, Athmi^ Oa. tor home. Theta was the fatted: tr calf killed, there were shoes for bis ffeet, a rob3 tor bis bsc <, and welcome that done bis heart good. Come back, boys, oome back. Yours^truly, 'Sam P. .. -" r hava trouble with the womb, ovxriee or oar- void system, who suffer from leuoorrheD and mena’rual difficult iaa, disorders of the blood, week heart, headache, neuralgia vertigo, stomach trouble, rheumatism, skin affections, kidney troubles, any disease of the throat, lungs or urinary organs. To such aa these, I will guarantee speedy and complete •recovery by mv new original method. At any rate, you should investigate this matter fur ther, and if you will write me regarding your- vvlf, I will study your case end report to you fully how to be cured. All thia will cost you nothing. 1 will also inclose a booklet of my own writing toing into all the sracial diseases of women with symptoms, causes and effects, free of charge. ‘You are at no expenM what ever, to if you really w nt to be cured and- not he a weakling all your life, 1 expect to hear from you toon. My private address is J. Newton Hathaway, M. D., 88 Inman Bldg., Theta waa the fatted; Irv writ* me today. I thousand things remind tbe loved ones of the absent one. I say again, ooiue borne boys, oome borne, but If you will not oome borne, sit down and write fatter and mother and tell them bow It goes with yon, whether you tell where you are or not. These weird, miserable novel*, whether high dose or low-olaas novels, furnish tbe Incentive and motive for many a boy to leave home end the oom pony he gets In when be Ie once gone is such that he iioo folia tn with tbelr ways and goes to the had before be scarcely realises at A'l what he has doqt- I heard e fellow talking the other day bow be and his young brother ran away from home tocaoee their father whipped them; bow they Carolina. It is not known whether , ^ the out the president made the selections ^*2“ 522 EIL. Ttov were day went book only-gone a little houa bat be told wben he got No Biennial Sreelona. Will tbs Legislature meet biennial- lv ? That is a question, says the State, In which tjhe people are very much Interested'. The people have expressed their desired for the 1< gls’a- ture to meet but once in two years, although It Is not generally under stood that biennial seaslons would be more pleasing to corporeMcns than say other measure before tbe general assembly. Mr. Be&irguard ' f York has introduced a hill to ratify- Hie ac» Men of the people and to amend the constitution as directed. TTie Judi ciary oommittee of the bouse Thurs day submitted an unfavorable report —and tbere wfls no minority report —showing that tbe proposed amend ment would be a misfit and would en tail confusion. It looks fran this report as If we will not have biennial sessions for awblle at least. a TOej Mean Busincas. A dispatch from Fort Motte to The State sayir YA meeting of the farm ers if this, tbe banner section of Or angeburg County, was held on tbe lOtb, to disouss the ootton situation. Oapt. James A. Peterkin was made president of tbe meeMog. Tbe general spirit of tbe meeting was that it was time tor tbe cotton planter to take ac tion, and that organization was a necessity to secure a fair and regular j lake Home Happy. • 1 3 l 3 3 Good Music Will Do This.' You Want# sweet-toned Piarill,' of you may ; prefer ,,a flno Organ. 8 e represent the "Hi and ard ak rn. Ojir prices and terms will appeal to you. Cull on or ad- drew , , . MALONE’S MUSIC HOUSE, 2 In Opera House Block, 1 • COLUMBIA, S. C. •BWBWiAAAAAmi T. S. HOI .LEYMAN, M. D. farmers in this section ore in a post Moo to hold their cotton tor what they consider A fair price. " The farmers in the upper part of tbe county mean business, and we hope they will be backed by the farmers of all sections. Rilled by Aoeldeat. Four men were killed by accident at Darbam Furnace, Pe. Tbe nqpn were employed at tbe Durham Iron works. They were operating a cinder train, which ran into a snow drift, * Jumped the track and went over an embank ment fifty feet high into tbe Dela ware river. ,» FlreioUDion. t With an lay gale blowing Union its wprat fire which there is only 121,000 insur- THESPEJIAUST. Cures all diseases o' men. Lost manhood, syphilis (blood poison), gonorhoea, gleet, stricture, Yarioceele, hydrocele and all private diseases of men. Catarrh in all forms cured quickly. Pilek "cured without opera tion or detention from business. Under guarantee.. Rooms 421 and 422 Leonard bul dlog, Augusta, Ga. Write for hoim treatment. Office hours: 9 a. m. o 7 p. m. Sunday’s 9 a. m. to 2 p. m : r— eusua QCZ fkfkfi BANK DEPOSIT vJ/vJdVr\Jv" Railroad Far* Paid. SOf * FREE Coursea Offarad I BoardatCost wrttaQukf .. nil T| A M om tn to Bang. The State says: "Gov. Bell of Ver mont is a mar Vi 1 among governors. He bas refused a J appeals for the par: don of a woman who Is sentenced to be hanged in that State next month and cal my declares that be will per mit the decrees c f tbe court to have ' tbelr way. The woman, a Mrs. Ro gers, Is under sentence tor the mur der of her husband, tbs tote fixed for tbe execution being Feb. 6th. Nobin 70 yean bas a woman been hanged In Vermont. Under tbe laws of tbajt State la seems that the right to re view tbe sentences of the court is vested in the legislature as well as tbe executive and the legislature hav ing failed to act at ita last sesMons the governor proposes to let the law take in many yean, tbe lose .qr property ite coarse. There is very strong eenU- running ap to nearly 150,000, oa mept against hanging a women and Gov. Bell will not have an easy of it tor the neat tow weeks." time IfMS^sfiSgftATmtiiiffMiMSillkili fl'itiiKi’‘'it‘iflfciMfi'ti’'i8ir, Vi'iHlir