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EXPANSION OF EXPORT TRADE. President Finley Writes on a Subject of Interest to Southern Business Men and Farmers. ^Southern Railway Company, Office of the President, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C., Dec. 14, 1908. Editor The Herald. Bamberg, S. C. Dear Sir: Complying with requests from editors of newspapers published in the Southern States for occasional letters on commercial and economic topics of interest to the people of our section, I take the liberty of writing to you on the great importance of the expansion of our export trade with the LatinAmerican countries. This is a matter of special importance to our section, not only because of our geographical advantage with reference to this trade, ' which, as to the Pacific coast countries, will be still further increased by the completion of the Panama canal, but also because a large pro pUrUUUl Ul lUC wuiiuuuni^o TV u*vu the countries to the south of us import can be produced and manufactured advantageously in the Southern States. A few statistics will , show the great present importance and future possibilities of these r markets. In round figures, the combined area of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West India* Islands is 9,000,000 square miles, and their combined population is 65,000,000. Their population is rapidly increasing. In the year 1907, 329,122 immigrants arrived In Argentina alone. Among South American cities, Rio de Janeiro will soon have a population of 1,000,000, and Buenos Aires, the largest city in the world south of the equator, has approximately 1,200,000 inhabitants and the progressive character of its people is shown by the fact that they are now arranging to put in a system of underground electric railways. The past ten years have witnessed a marked change in political and economic conditions in the LatinAmerican countries. Political upheavals are now of comparatively rare occurrence, and, with few exceptions, these countries have stable governments which afford adequate, protection to life and property. They are making rapid strides in material development. In former years they were seriously hampered by lack of transportation facilities. Their needs in this respect ate being rapidly supplied. Navigable streams are being improved, wagon roads .are being constructed, and the Latin-American governments, generally, are pursuing an enlightened policy of encouragement to railway construction. In 1907, for instance, over 900 miles of new railway were constructed in Ar\ gentina, making the total length of the lines in operation in that country 14,000 miles. In Brazil 436 miles of railway were built in iyuv, bringing the total mileage up to 11,369 miles. Mexico has 14,181 miles of railway. Chile has 1,800 miles of railway, and in the mountain country of Bolivia a plan of construction involving the expenditure of $27,000,000 of governmental and pri. vate capital has been adopted. Political stability, increasing population, and improved means of transportation are resulting in material ) progress and in an increase in the purchasing power of the Latin-American peoples, the extent of which, I believe, is not generally appreciated in our country. The Latin-American countries produce an abundance of commodiI ties that are in demand in other lands. The combined value of their exports, almost wholly made up of unmanufactured articles, is about $1,072,000,000 per year^ The combined value of their impoi^s, composed chiefly of manufactured articles, Y amounts, approximately, to $1,005,000,000 per year. Our country is their best consumer. In the year ending June 30, 1908, we bought from them commodities to the value of $287,058,079. In the same year our sales to them amounted to - $236,632,131. The importance of the Latin-American market is indicated not so much by the present value of the imports into those countries as by the rate at which their purchases from other countries are increasing. In 1898 the total value of their purchases from the United States was $85,861,857. Uomparing tnese ngures with those for the last fiscal year 3hows an increase in ten years of $150,770,274, or 176 per cent. In the same period the total value or our exports to all the rest of the world increased a fraction less than 42 per cent. Gratifying as this increase is, it does not represent what might have been attained if our people had given more attention to these markets, for many of the countries have increased their purchases from Great Britain, Germany and France even more rapidly than from the United States, and, notwithstanding our geographical advantage, they purchase more than three times as f much from other countries as from us. In some matters, in fact, we have been losing ground. For instance, the July Bulletin of the Bureau of American Republic, t reviewing the foreign commerce of DMr,ii cove* "imoriffln r>ntf"nn man X/iaOli OUjOt A&4JUVAAVM? V.W . ... ufactures are disappearing from the Brazilian market very rapidly, while those of Great Britain and Germany made from American raw material, are rapidly increasing." This statement is borne out by the latest statistics available, those for the nine * months ending September 30, 1903, which show that we sold to Braz'l only 1,468,588 yards of cotton goods during the nine months, as compared with 4,543,555 yards during the corresponding months of the \ previous year. It would seem to be worth while for the cotton goods manufacturers of the South to make an effort to win back some of this trade which is being captured by Great Britain and Germany. The demands of the Latin-Ameri' can markets is chiefly for manufactured goods and largely for commodities the raw materials for which are produced in our Southern States, and which are already being manufactured in our section. Among the ;; articles which these countries import in large quantities, and which can advantageously be produced in the Southern States may be enumerated agricultural implements, ail Kinds of vehicles, locomotives, cars, machinery, tools, steel rails, buildrse' hardware, stoves, cotton, textiles, vegetable oils, and furniture. While it is a fact that the imports into the Latin-American countries consist almost entirely of manufactured articles, it does not follow that Southern manufacturers would be the only ones benefitted by an increase in exports from our sec-) tion to those countries. On the contrary, the benefits would be shared by all our people. For instance, if an establishment in one of our Southern towns engaged in the manuiacture of stoves or furniture can nuild up an export trade to Mexico or one of the Central or South American countries, it means that it will give employment to more men who will buy more goods from the local retail merchants and who will ? * A 1 n nrrnr* V? Am n give cu uic idi uici a iaigci uvui^ market for his products. It is to the interest, not only of the South Atlantic and Gulf ports, but of our in:and communities as well, that our jLatin-American trade ?both import and export?should flow through Southern ports. A large proportion of the commodities which the United States imports from Latin-America are consumed in the South. Southern manufacturers can supply a large proportion of the commodities which the LatinAmerican countries buy abroad. It would, therefore, be to the advantage of all concerned if coffee, nitrates, tropical fruits, mahogany timber, rubber, and bther products of Central and South America and the West Indies, could be brought into Southern ports in ships which would return laden with the products of Southern manufacturing establishments. For this reason I believe that, in seeking to develop this Latin-American trade, the merchants and manufacturers, not only of our seaboard cities but of the interior as well, and Southern transportation lines should all co-operate, as far as practicable, in systematic efforts to guide both imports and exports through Southern ports. In view of the present importance of the Latin-American trade ana its future possibilities, I believe that the people of our section of the United States may well give it increased attention. The Federal government, through the publications of the Bureau of Manufacturers, is constantly giving valuable information about trade opportunities in the Latin-American countries, the special needs of their markets, and the best methods of conducting business with them. The International Bureau of American Republic, to the support of which the United States is the largest contributor, is devoted exclusively to the work of drawing the republics of North and South America into closer social and commercial relations. As a result of suggestions made to him by citizens of the South, Hon. John Barrett, director of this bureau, is now contemplating a trip through the Southern tSates for the purpose of delivering a series of addreses on the general subject of trade with the countries south of the Rio Grande, with special reference to the interest of the South in that trade. These addresses will doubtless be of great practical value to our section. If, however, we are to obtain the full benefit of the work that is being done by the Federal government and by the Bureau of American Republics, we must make practical use of the information which they gather and disseminate. This is a matter in which, I believe, we should all take an active interest, and I am writing to you on this subject be cause I know of no agency that can contribute more to the bringing about of a broad and intelligent public interest in the development of this trade than can the press of the South. Yours very truly, W. W. FINLEY, President. WIFE SUES FOR $10,000. Charges Farmer and His Daughter With Enticing Her Husband. Hagerstown, Md., Dec. 17.?Mrs. Amanda C. Harbaugh, wife of Aaron C. Harbaugh, to-day instituted suit for $10,000 damage against Jacob Bovey, aged 65, a wealthy farmer and a widower of Broadfording, and his daughter, Miss Katie Bovey, aged about 40, charging them with enticing her husband away from her. Mrs. Harbaugh alleges her husband, whose little farm adjoins that of Bovey's large farm, was maliciously enticed to the Bovey residence, where Harbaugh is alleged to have been seen kissing Miss Bovey. Harbaugh is now said to be in York, having left his wife and several children, including a daughter about 18 years old. Recently Bovey sold his farm and a few days ago he disposed of most of his personal property. Deafness Cannot be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reach the diseased nnrtinn nf the ear There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed condition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is inflamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed condition of the mucous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. I Genui ?= I j DIES UNDER TROLLEY CAR. I Lad Killed While Carrying Letter to Santa Clans to Mail Box. New York, Dec. 17.?The body of a frail little fellow, apparently about ten years old, lies in a police station here to-day awaiting identification. He met death last night under the trucks of a trolley car near the branch postoffice in Third avenue, near Fifty-second street, while on his way to mail a letter to Santa Claus As he breathed his last under the wheels, his hand stretched forth and the pitiful letter was seen by the crowd. A bystander seized it and it was dropped in the postoffice before the boy expired. He ran directly in front of the car, evidently wrapt in thought about his letter. f The motorman was held on a technical charge of homicide. No one in the neighborhood seemed to know who the child was but he probably wTill be identified today. BURNED UP HIS MILLIONS. Wealthy Russian on Deathbed Cruel ty Jvinn to roor iteiauves. Moscow, Dec. 17.?A millionaire of the name of Petroff, who was ill, was told that he would die. He thereupon withdrew his fortune from the banks in the form of bank notes and burned all of them in his sickroom. He then summoned his relatives, who were poor, and showed them the ashes, congratulating them upon escaping the evil of wealth, which, he said, was the source of all sin. Attempts Assault on Girl. New York, Dec. 17.?A scene more often enacted south of Mason and Dixon's line occurred in Harlem in 170th street last night when a negro seized fifteen-year-old Minnie Kley and attempted to drag her into a vacant lot. The girl struggled bravely and her screams drew a crowd. The negro fled pursued by a mob, but escaped. The girl's throat and arms were lacerated during the struggle. SHORTAGE CAUSED SURPRISE Dr Pattison Displeased and Demands Another Examination of his Books. The reported shortages of Treasurers Pattison, of Edgefield, and J. C. Langford, of Hampton county, has caused considerable comment and discussion. Several reports of this kind have from time to time been filed with the general assembly by the present comptroller general, Mr. A. W. Jones, and this one was considered the most interesting of any. The State has received from its Edgefield correspondent a copy of an official letter to Gov. Ansel, a letter of but about four or five lines, in which Dr. J. T. Pattison, treasurer, respectfully demands of Gov. Ansel an investigation of his affairs by some other accountant than Eugene B. Wilson. The letter, which was given out for publication, is very caustic in its references to Mr. Wilson. Comptroller General Jones was informed of the contents of the letter. "As to the part personal to Mr. Wilson I have nothing to say," was his comment. "But I will say that the report is correct in every particular, and Dr. Pattison ought to go slow in his remarks. Mr. Wilson spent several weeks in Edgefield, and Mr. Carlton W. Sawyer, of my office, assisted him for two weeks. I have the utmost confidence in the report submitted, for the accountants felt the necessity of being very, very particular." Mr. E. B. Wilson is the chief clerk in the office of the comptroller general. He came here from Georgetown and during the half dozen years in which he has served in the State house he has checked up a number of offices in which shortages were found. Life Sentence for Indian. Venita, Okla., Dec. 19.?J. C. Scott, aged 70, a widely known Indian, was tonight found guilty of the murder of Miss Myrtle Murray, aged 28. Scott was sentenced to life imprisonment. Last July Scott warned Miss Murray, a neighbor, to Keep off his property. The shooting occurred while Miss Murray was walking toward Scott's house to talk with him. Scott gave as a reason that Miss Murray had killed his famous wolf hound. tnimnnnmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmni ine Peruvian ( i Untouched by the Chemist or th For TOBAO COTTON, T iSP PeruvianGuano C CHARLESTON, ! ?)>><"" f ilUliliUliUlUUll.i t iUUUUUliUUUiUUUiUUUUUI [THE BEST GIFT] FOR CHRISTMAS You can look further, and you can spend more | money, but you wdl never find a Christmas present I that will give as much pleasure to every member of the family, even to your friends for so long a time, as a < PIANO-PIANOLA = OR = PIANOLA-PIANO I We have the largest stock, best styles, and finest collection of High Grade and Artistic Instruments to be found under one roof, no matter where you go. Pay a little now, and the balance after Christmas, on easy terms, if you desire. Look elsewhere if you wish, but come to see us before making your purchase, ? and we will prove to yon that there has never before in the history of Augusta been such splendid values offered for the same money, as you Hill find in our store. It . is a pleasure to show you our goods. Open evenings until after Christmas. { THOMAS S BARTON CO. Broadway, Augusta, Qa. . II he Millinery House news | We want you to keep as busy as we have been, so we will offer goods still lower, such as jSj Ladies' Coats, Kid Gloves, Corsets, Under- S wear, Zephyr Goods, Dress Novelties, Etc. Jjg We offer a beautiful prize for you to work for yourself 5c We sell you a piece of stamped work and floss to ?7 work it with, and party doing best work of this gets ? the prize. This prize is furnished by the Corticelli A Silk Co. Call and see it. A competent lady of the A city will be judge of the work. Work of this kind makes a nice Xmas present, and is easy. Ss Line of Stylish Millinery just in, all going cheap 5c firs. K. I. Shuck & Co. I n.uocnn QnilTH C.X DOI IN A 5? A ^ [Hardware Bargains 1 If you want bargains in Hardware, ? call on us at the ware house in rear of ? our burned building. We have a lot of ? goods saved from the fire, all of which @ are being sold way below cost. Come ? to see us. @ J. A. HUNTER ? The Hardware Man Batubers, South Carolina \ _ immmmmmmmmmmmg i juano! i jj I ? * ; e Manufacturer 3 -O 11 Ruoc | J orporation | | laiauuiuuiuauuuuuuuiu^ / % ============================= TAX NOTICE. X ;n The County Treasurer's office will be open for the collection of State, county, school and all other taxes / from the 15th day of October, 1908, until the 15th day of March, 1909. From the 1st day of January, 1909, M until the 31st day of January, 1909, yM a penalty of 1 per cent, will be added to all unpaid taxes. From the 1st ; ? day of February, 1909, until the 28th | day of February, 1909, a penalty of -j 2 per cent, will be added to all un- paid taxes. From the 1st day of ;% March, 1909, until the 15th day of March, 1909, a penalty of 7 per cent will be added to all unpaid taxes. > ^7% Following is the levy: For State purposes, 5% mills. For county purposes, 3 mills. Constitutional school tax, 3 mills. Total, 11% mills. Special school levies: Bamberg, No. 14, 7 mills. . Binnaker's, No. 12, 4 mills. Clear Pond, No. 19, 2 mills. Colston, No. 18, 2 mills. ;* Cuffle Creek, No. 21, 6 mills. Denmark, No. 21, 6 mills. vTfa Ehrhardt, No. 22, 2 mills. ! Govan, No. 11, 4 mills. Hunter's Chapel, No. 16, 1 mill. Hopewell, No. 1, 3 mills. Heyward, No. 24, 2 mills. Hampton, No. 3, 2 mills. / V ! juees, jno. 26, t mius. Midway, No. 2, 2 mills. Oak Grove, No. 20, 2 mills. Olar, No. 8, 4 mills. All male persons between the ages J of twenty-one and sixty years, ex- jf|| cept Confederate soldiers and. sailors, who are extempt at fifty years of age, are liable to a poll tax of one dollar. 'r<% Capitation dog tax, 50 cents. . All male persons who were 21 years of age on or before the 1st of January, 1908, and have not made re- :\| turns to the Auditor, will do so on or before the 1st of January, 1909. I will receive the road commuta- ?30 tion tax ($2.00) from October 15th, 1908, until March 1st, 1909. JOH^ F. FOLK, Treasurer Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Sept. 15, 190S. ASSESSMENT NOTICE. _ M I or my deputy will be at the Jollowing places on the days and dates named below for the purpose of re- 1 'ceiving returns of personal property and notice of real estate bought or sold since last return: Lees?Tuesday, January 5th, 1909 al Denmark?Wednesday and Thurs- -\;jj January 6th and 7th, 1909. Olar?Monday and Tuesday, January 11th and 12th, 1909. '"-^91 Govan?Wednesday, January 13th, "? Midway?Thursday, January 14th, i9?9. "y Farrell's Store?Monday, January ?8th, 1909. Hunter's Chapel?Tuesday, Jan- , Jfi uary 19th, 1909. Colston?Wednesday, January 20, 1909. Ehrhardt?Monday and Tuesday, January 25th and 26th, 1909. St. Johns?Wednesday, January 27th, 1909. Camp Hill?Thursday, January 28, until 11 a. m.t 1909. Kearse?Thursday, January 28th, 12 to 4 p. m. i.-fij All male persons between the age % of 21 and 60 years are liable to a poll tax of $1.00 (except Confederate soldiers who are exempt at fifty m years). All dogs whether owned by* head of family or children must be returned. ' - ;1 I will appreciate it if every tax payer will meet me in person and make their returns. After the 20 th of February a pennor oonf will ho aitj v/i ? ? ? ? to all personal property not returned. 1 * R. W. D. ROWELL, Auditor Bamberg County. Bamberg, S. C., Dec. 10, 1908. Shoe & Harness Repairing I have moved Into the store lately occupied by The Bamberg Herald, where I am better prepared to serve you than ever. All sorts of harness and shoes repaired and satisfaction guaranteed. I manufacture harness of all kinds, bridles halters, etc. Give me a trial. H. V. Johnson, Bamberg, S. C. I'd.' ho ye b'ic?inson'i | J \ INSURANCE AOENT J \ < WILL WRITE ANYTHING < 3! Fire, Tornado, Accident, Ua- 3! bility, Casualty, in the Jt j strongest and most re- < [ o liable companies. o JI TELEPHONE No. to B. Bamberg, S.C. J [