The Marlboro democrat. (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, January 15, 1904, Image 4
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EOBTHE SCHOOLS.
A Concensus of Opinion on til? Sub
ject of Libraries.
? ? ;;^?Tm BY J. PRANK t'OOSHE.
Should Bc Kona hy All Parents,
Guardians or Others Who Are
Interested In the Wel
fare ol' Children.
The following is tho second part of
an article written by Mr. J. Frank
Fooshe, editor of the Winnsboro News
and Herald, for The State.
FOK SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS.
With an increased interest in the
study of the history of South Carolina
there ought to be a denia?id for more
books on the subject; ann'in the fol
lowing suggestions there is opportuni
ty to get the best that there is. With
out a single exception the works'of
Simms and the four volumes of Gen.
McCradyls history were most heartily
suggested. Next in favor to these
came "Horseshoe Robinson" and .the
"Life of Marion " by Weems. Tim
rod's poems, Hayne's poems, "In Old
St. Stephens'' were mentioned more
than .one. time .each.. Others that were
""""""mentioned were: "Shadows of the
War," (publishedanonymously(, "The
Earth Trembled," "Story of -Old
Fort"Sumter," Craddock; "Cateechee
of Keowee," "Mrs. Means' Story of
South Carolina."
Dr. Boldridge in this connection
suggested a book that ought' to be
within the reach of every teacher in
the State. After mentioning several
of the books already mentioned above/
he adds the following: "And in some
respects better still .the . telling' of
S thrilling incidents lu South Carolina
history by the teacher. There are
many such."
Mr. McCants also makes a sugg?s?
tion that the lives of promin?ht'Sout??
Carolinians be read and adds:?"lnsteacf
of this we have them reading sketclV
es of Franklin, the first man to set up,
the dollar as the great American
god."
STICK TO HOOKS.
In regard to the advisability of sub
scribing a part of any library funds.
?hat might be in hand for current pe
riodicals and magazines the unanimity
. of opl?lSfnfal^galnst this in ajschool
as limited in, ila resources as the one
for which information was being ask
ed. The stand taken by almost
everyone was that where the funds are
small decidedly better results can be
had by the expenditure of the money
for books. Where-the dibrary is al
ready well established and where, thc
resources will permit it is recom
mended that there b,^ an effort In this
The writer of this article trusts
that he may be pardoned for adding
to the suggestions contained in. the
above answers some of bis own person
al experienee in the matter of estab
lishing and conducting a library. A few
years ago he took-charge of a school of
about 80 pupils and about 40 of those
were in the classes above the usual
fourth year. The school building was
fairly good for the community, and
the surroundings were about as fa\,ar
able as those of most country towns.
The furniture in the building,
though home made, was very good.
The one thing laking in the opinion
Gt the "novTf?acher was a school lib
rary. In much of their work the
pupils from the very start showed
many commendable characteristics,
but it was very evident that thoh
reading had been seriously issgi??t?d.
To remedy this defe-i was the one
work that he s?1- f?t to do. The Hist,
step in th,J direction was not an effort
to pujase some books, for in his
Opjr..on this would not have been ad
-.sable till some interest bad been
aroused on the part of the children in
this new feature. Fortunately he
had in his possession quite a collection'
of books that were suitable for the
ch.ildren.to read. These be carried to
^__Jbh? School room with him, laid them
:-: . on his desk, and invited the children
to read them whenever they felt like
so doing. From the very first they
accepted this invitation, and found
this a most valuable way to put in
much of the time that would have
otherwise been spent in idleness.
Special attention was also given to
reading them such selections as it
was thought, would be stimulat ing in
arousing in them an int erest in their
reading. In visits to M he various
homes books that were therein noted-,
and from their owners a loan of the
same was asked. There were a good
number of real suitable books f?" be
obtained in this way. which together
with those to which the pupils had al
ready been given access, made a very
good little circulating library. All
the while the matter of their reading
was emphasized in every way possible.
Nor were the efforts in this direct ion
without results, as is evidenced by the
fact that within six mont bs nun c t han
200 volumes were read. At thc close
of the school an entertainment was
given for securing funds with which,
to purchase a library, and a nice little
sum was secured. The books, about
40 in number, were soon purchased.
In the light of the six years that
have paassed. since that time he would
say that lie "made some very serious
blunders in the selection thereof. Ex
perience has since taught the lesson
. that in the purchase of-.any books,
however small the amount therefor
may be, that quality is of far more
consideration than quantity. *
When he came to the historic Mt.
Zion he was very much surprised to
lind but that little bad been done In
. the matter of providing a library.
The total number of volumes therein
was about 100, all of which were good,
but few of which were well adapted to
be read by the children of the agi.' that
is usual with pupils of secondary schools
Unfortunately these were lu the lab
ratory, where the pupils rarely ever
went except for t heir recital ions in
physics. Fortunately for him Hie
number of books that he fwd that
were suitable for children had been in
creased to nearly a hundred. Follow
ing out the thought that, he had for
years entertained that it ls better for
a book to be worn ont by use than for
it to rust out, he placed these on the
desks of the different teachers of the
school with the request that 'They in
vite the pupils of their rooms to read
the same as freely as jf t hey belonged
to the school, the privilege of taking
the same home being extended in
many instances. With a very few ex
ceptions there was not a home repre
sented whaje there were not. some
good hooks :for them to read, but. in
'every instance there were found in
this miscellaneous list some book of
books that (w?re not on the table at
home. The result was that the same
wore freely used. The teachers all
found that the interest, that tfie" pu
pils took in this reading increased the
interest in their other work, and they
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therefore readily cooperated in the
matter of getting them more Interest
ed In reading the books that had been
placed at their disposal. The next
step'was to get books for the library.
Before this was undertaken a nice
case was secured <by; meaus of .small
contributions on the part of a dozen
Interested friends. The funds for the.
first purchase were secured by private
contrlbutloiis which were supplement
ed by a doil????fii'for a similar amount
by the Mt.' J?ib'h* society. Since then
a part of the - money that hus been
used for purchasing the books that
have been added has been raised by
means of entertahiments.
' The practical working of this library
has been most satisf actory to teachers,
pupils and patrons. It might be add
ed here that one thing that has add
ed to the successful vconduct) theirebf
has been the faot that each pupil lias
all the whfie been provided with a
Hst of the books therein. This list
gives eaoh ono an opportunity to be
come acquainted/wi th the books in the
library, and ae-.is suggested by one of
tho number whose answers are quoted
above and mere opportunity'of looking
upon and learning the names of tfi?
best books ls oftentimes of itself a
stimulus to reading. ... In. the..distribu
tion of the books the plat),pf having
each child make out, a listo'f. the three
numbers that .were'?. .perter red and
handing the same in the day. before
the books were let out has been fol
lowed; and there Ls no thought at this
time df changing this method that; has
proven so successful. A special advan
tage -that th is.method has is . that it
not only assiste'the child in getting ac
quainted with the booka of thelibrary,
but it also makes it possible for the
chIldren?*to make a more intelligent
comparison of the books that have
been reodui And with all due respect
to all the'toachers of the whole teach
ing professrbn the one that is likely to
have the -gteatest influence upon this
or tliat'ciilld as to the books read is
the pupil who sitsnextb.v-. The teach
er's greatest opportunity, ..therefore,
is in getting the first -pupils started
right in this matter of reading. There
is possibly no other phase of school
work in which the cooperation of the
parents can be so easily secured.
Without any feeling of egotism
whatever the writer from the experi
ences mentioned above .most heartily
endoVses all that has been said in re
gard to arousing the.1 interest of the
children as the first step that is neces
sary .in'estabiiahingTa librar.yraud.that
.\7T? .rUveessjftt rm ai ntenance thereof. de.
pends very largely upon the teacher.
LIST OF HOOKS.
Tlie following is the list of books ai
it was sent out with the exception
that a good large number of the book;
are here presented in groups:
Aunt Joe Bouka (?).
Cooperas complete'works (12).
Abbotf^"'Biographles (12).
Miscellaneous collection of book:
published by the Educational Publish
lng company, containing quite a num
ber of valuable books of scientific an<
historical stories' (jfO>.'-' . ;>
. Flaxie'Frizzle ser?es1 (?).
Elsie books (9).
Alcott books ?).
PepperJjooks (4).
Bollo books.
Thackeray's complete books (15).
Lii\en books, containing some ol
child classics (12). '~:?'' ; * ;
Warner's World's Library of Bes
Literature (30); .. >f .
Dicken?^Complete works (30).
' AlicVs^?dverit?ref'in Wonder laud.
* Aunt Martha's' Corner Cupboard.
, -, Alhambra, The.
' Arthur, Borinicastle.
. Adam'Bede.
Autobiography of Franklin.
Aunt Polly's Shed Brigade.
Arabian Nights.
Boots and Saddles.
Blue Fairey Book, The.
Black-Beauty.
Ben Hur.
Beside the Bonny Brier Bush.
Beautiful Joe.
Being* a Boy.
Bows of other Countries.
Black Tulip.
Barriers Burned Away.
Boys of Old Monmouth, The
Birds and Bees.
Boys Froissart, The.
Cathedral Courtship, A.
Colonial Children.
Children of the Cold.
Cyclopedia of Quotations.
Child World.
Captain .January.
Cavalier.
Christie's Christmas,
i Cly istJe?'s:01d Organ.
CapTaih Bailey's Heir.
Chambers1 Encyclopedia.
Defense of Charleston.
Days of Bruce.
Dajsy Chain.
Dens,low's Mother Goose. .
Don Quixote.
Eric.
Eight Cousins.
Each and All.
Electrical Boy.
Eight Hundred Leagues on UK
Amazon. u
Fables and Rhymes.
Folk Story and Verse. .
Four Girls at Chatauqua.
Four-Foot?d Americans.
Fifty Famous Stories Betold.
Fables and Folk Stories.
Father Goose.
Flower of the Family.
Gay Worthies.
Golden Gossip.
( J reece.
Grimm's German Fairy Tales.
.-Girls Who Became Famous.
( iulljver's Travels.
Guardian Angel.
[Guy Mannering,
i Hans Bl inker.
Heir of Redcliffe.
. [lampton and His Cavalry, '(?4.
Hoosier School Boy.
? Hawatha.
Historic Boys.
Historic Girls.
Hidden Path.
Hardy Norseman, A.
Hilt to Hilt.
Huckleberry Finn.
House Boat on the Styx.
I vanhoe. .
In the Boyhood of Lincoln.
lu Ole.Virginia.
in Mirthland.
In the Band of Cave and Clif
Dwellers.
'Insect. World, The.
'.lohn Halifax.
Last Days of Pompeii.
?Landri?m's History of Upper Soutl
Carolina.
Lamplighter, The.
Little Minister, The.
Legends of Norseland.
Little Susie's Stories.
.Loyal Little Bed Coat, A.
Lovable Crank, A.
' Lillie Colonel, The.
Lena Rivers. . .
. ? Lorna Doone.
; M a l ooners' Island.,
tMcCrady's History of South Caro
I ?kia, ?Vol. 2.. -
< Mot her Goose (complete.)
i Night's With Uncle Remus. .
i NijfhL Before Christmas. .
Northern Europa.
Noble Life, A.
Out .Doors.
Old Gentleman of the Blackst?ok.
Pink Fairy Book, The.
Prophet of. the Great Smoky Moult,
tains, The.
Polly.
I .Poor Boys Who Became Famous.
' Pilgrim's Progresa.
Plant World, The.
. Pioneers of the Revolution.
Pillars or the House, 1 and 2.
Pioneer History of the Mississippi
Valley. /, :.;
Reminiscences of South Carolina
(Perry). .
Rome.
Robinson Crusoe.
Peasant Prince.
Poems of Henry Timrod.
Red Rock.
. Richard Carvel.
Rose in Bloom.
1 Rab and His Friends.
Rienzl.
Romola, t*l
Robert E. Lee (Trent).
Robinhood.
\t. Royal Children'Of English' History.
Shakespear?'s Works.
Stories from Virgil.
Stories from Homer. ^ .
St. Winifred. ..j ' -". :.
Schonberg .Family,.
Stories of Great Americans.
Stories for Little Americans.
Sev^n^Littlo Caters.
.'Settlers In Canada, The.
Swiss Family Robinson, The.
Scottish Chiefs.
Story-Qf Patsy, The.
Sonny;;.
,. Sortie of Our Flower Friends. 'tY?
. St. E?mo.
Sarah Carew.
Story of the Thirteen Colonies.
Stepping Heavenward.
, , Surry . of Eagle's Nest.
. StonewallJackson.
- Shakespeare, The Poet.
Timothy's Quest.
..Two Little.Confederates.
.TanglewoodjtBale^y i, . "
, The Twin Cousins'.' ' ^
Tom Brown at Rugby. y
Tom: Brown at Oxford. ".v..
Treasure Island.
Thaddeus of Warsaw. , -; ,?
To Have and,to Hold. .
Town Geology. "
?j .Thelma. .s.v
Three Musketeers.
Tales of Chivalry.
Tom Sawyer. .
Universe, T'ne.
., Uncle Remus.
Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Uncle Max. '
Under Two Flags.
Under the Lilacs.
Vicar of Waketield.
WestwarrLHor ' 1.
' Washington and His Generals,
i When Knighthood was In Flower.
Wide, Wide World.
. With Trumpet and Drum.
Whittier's Snow-Bouud and other
poems. < -
Wonder Book.
Wise and Otherwise.
We Two.
When I Was a Little Girl.
Water Babies.
Young Marooners.
. Year With Birds, A.
. Young Astronomer, The.
COTTON GINNED.
Thc Census Bureau Issued Its tn
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terestine Report Linst Week. *
? The census bureau last week issued
a report showing that there had been
ginned up to and including Saturday,
Dec. 12, -8,848,747 commercial bales
compared with 9,311,835 bales up to
and including Dec, 13 of last year.
The census found that 29,971 ginner
ies had been operated this season,
against 30 194 up to Dec. 13 bf last
year. Counting round bales as half
bales, the number of bales ginned is
8, 526,244 this season, against 8,905,
503 last season. This report will be
followed by two others showing the
quantity of cotton ginned from the
growth of 1903 up to and including
.Jan. Kl. 1904, and a iinal report at
tlie end of the ginning season, about
March 15, which will distribute the
crop by counties, segregate upland
and sea island cotton and give weights
of bales. Of the total of 8,848,747
commercial bales for the United
States 8,144,493 were square bales,
(?45,OOo round bales and 59,248 sea
island crop bales. The report by
states follows:
Alabama' 046,556 commercial bales,
against, 896,994 last season; 3,850
active ginneries, against 3,889 last
season.
Arkansas 544,(180 bales, against
763,8(11 last season; 2,509 active gin
neries, against 2,510 last season.
Florida 50,084 bales, against 54,443
last, season; 209 active ginneries,
against 284 last season.
Georgia 1,208,815 bales, againt 1,
370,850 last; season; .4,978 ; active gin
neries, against 5,040 last season.
Iridian Territory^ ' 238.732 bales,
against 372,042 last season;" 485 act ive
ginneries, against 428 hist season.
Kansas, no crop reported.
Kentucky 428 bales, against 1,027
last season,; 2 active ginneries, against
3 last season. . ' v *
Louisiana 686,600 bales, against
(>70,854 last season"; 2,Kn active gin
neries, against, 2,143 last season.
Mississippi 1,211,744 bales, against.
1,135,557 last season; 4,192 active gin
neries, against, 4,270 last season.
Missouri 28,811 bales, against, 39,
185 last season; 74 active ginneries,
against 59 last season.
North Carolina 502,591 bales against
517,008 hist season; 2,715 active gin
neries,- against, 2,083 last, season.
Oklahoma 155,242 bales, against
163,190 last season; 232 active gin
neries, against, 218 last, season.
South Carolina 747,828* bales,
against 803,989 last season; 3,173 ac
tive ginneries, against 3,187 last sea
son.
Tennessee 210,008 bales, against
272,135 last season; 778 active gin
neries, against, 815 last season.
Texas 2,310,725. bales, against 2,
107,472 last season; 4,431 active gin
neries, against 4,542 last, season.
Virginia 11,143 bales, against 12,
537 last, season; lld active ginneries,
against, 10 last season.
Engineering in Montana.
Henry -IJ> McDaniel, ex-City, En
gineer pf Atlanta, now.in charge of
Government engineering lh Montana
says that he contracted a terrible
cough which no physician could re
lieve, but was cure'd by Taylor's
Cherokee Remedy of Sweet Gum and
Mullein. At Druggist 25 & 50 cents
per bottle.
TriE debate on bathing'is broaden
lng. out, ^Therp >aro-those who zeah;,
ously advocate the warm bath and
those- who. :advocate the . cold -bath. .
But a new factor lias now to be heard
-those who advocate ; no..bath at.aU.y.
alleging all sort?of dire[hazardsIn the.
practice. ' ' - M IL j
A GOOD SHOWING., > '
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The Ney. Enterprises Started in T; his |
" ?tate Laut Year.
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INCREASE IN CAPITALISATION.
Quite a Number of Uank? ?ud Oil
Mills wore Incorporated
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bout h Carolina' During I
the Past fear.
Thc Columbia State says South f ro.
lina has seen during the year just. rss
ed an unusual amount of Industria., ac
tivity. From the statistics no' i' in
the office of/the "secretary of stu ? it
may "be ascertained that Ute totalj um
invested last year in new enterprises
amounted to over ten million dollars.
From the complete list of these enter
prises a list of the banking institu
tions has been compiled and is sub
mitted: I
Donalds 825,000; Farmers' of jJ3el
ton $50,000; Honea Path $25,OO0i/Bel
ton Savings and Trust Co. $25;000;
Gaffney Savings bank $30,000; Rank
of Chesterfield $15,000; Bank of Sum
merton $25,000; Bank of Hartville
850,000r'>(2illzehs; bank of Timmons
ville $30,000; Fountain Inn $15?000;
Piedmont Trust Co. of Greenwood
$50,000; Loan and Exchange bank of
Greenwood' $50,000; Bank of Korry
$25,000; Peoples' bank of Bishopville
$25,000; Home bank of Lexington
$30,000; Bank of Latta $25,000; Far
mers and.-Mechanics' bank o? Marion
8100,000; Bank of Walhalla $30,000;
Bank of Springfield $20,000; Easley
Loan and Trust Co. $50,000; Colurrf
bja- ?rust Co. .8100,000; Bank of Sa
luda* $2"5"j?TO0; Sumter Banking and
Mercantile Co. 850,000;.Bank of Car*
lisle 810,000: Bank of Lake City. $25.*
000; Bank of Rock II llb 875,000; Con
verse Savings bank 810,000; total 81c
035,000; Bank of'Clarendon $25,00
Bank of Piedmohk\$i3)000.
,Tiie ponton milis which obtained
ch'aH?rs^arj? alsojflt?t?d below:
Toxaway $22*5,000; Gluck $500,000;
Pendleton $65,000; Bamberg $140,000;
Allendale $25,000 McGee $100,000;
Wufcts $300,000; Banna" $100,000; Ha
mer, $100,000; Maple 8100,000; Marl
boro $1,500,000; Issaqueena $200,000?
Arcadia $200.000; total 83,555,000
OIL MILLS AND GINS.
Thc oil mill industry is perhaps one
of the most prominent in South Caro
lina. The oif* mills and ginneries
which received charters are ts follows:
Donald's $15,000; Donald's ginnery
$4,000; Bushy Creek ginnery 82,000;
Towiivillc .$25,000; Pendleton 305,000;
Allendale $25,000; Wilkinville $10,
000; Clarendon $25,000; WalterbOro
$10,000; Independent Cotton Oil Co.
of Charleston*$1,000,000; Lydia gin
$3,000; Timmonsville 850,000; Coro
naco OH mill $15,000; Liberty Hill
Gin Co. $3,000; Cameron Oil mill $20,
00*0; Westminster $20,000; Fort Motte
$15,000; Rowesville 820,000; Piekens
$18,000; Pauline (Spartanburgcounty)
$13,000; Nora ginnery $3,000; Eagle
ginnery, Sumter, $3,0Q0,..Williams
burg 820,000; Dargan"'Ginning "CO.
$3,000; total $1,127,000; Prosperity
$20,000. ' \
MISCELLANEOUS, 1JY COUNTIES.
A list has also been made of the en
terprises of an industrial nature be
gun in each county. 'Necessarily this
list does not enumerate ' large
number of mercantile, live,,?-.' -; ??**.-A
?ational and 'other buslm ..on
during the year.
The investment by counties ,in mis
cellaneous enterprises is as follows:
Aiken-Hankinson Brick Co., $30,
000.
Anderson-The Granolithic Roofing
Manufacturing Co. $5,000; Williams
ton Carbonating Co. $2,000; Domestic
Manufacturing Co. $5,000; total $12,
000.
Beaufort-Bluffton Lime Co., $1,
000.
Charleston-P?nknin Neutral Co.
$1,000; Charleston Canning Co. $10,
000; Southern Hydraulic Brick Co.
$25,000; Platen Press Roller Adjuster
Co. 815,000; Charleston Lithograph
ing Co. 820,000; Kentucky Bridge
Mining Co. 825,000; Consumer's Beer
Bottling establishment 830,000; Stan
dard Truck and Package Co. 8;iO,000;
National Sand Lime Brick Co. $15,
0?0; Simmons-Mayrant Construction
Co. $25,000; Unique Drum and Pack
age Co. $00,000; total $28(5,000.
Cherokee-Cherokee Publishing Co.
$5,000: Gaffney Brick Co. $5,000; to
tal $10,000. ^ .
Chester-Neely Compress Co. $100,
000.
Chesterfield - Chesterfield Naval
Stores Co. $15,000; Clement-Ross
M?mlfacturing Co. $21*000; Cberaw
Foundry and Machine Co. $0,000; to
tal $42,000..
Clarendon-Naval Stores Manufac
turing Co. $50,000; Manning Tele
phone Co. $5,000; total $55,000.
Colleton-Cummings Iron Works
and Supply Co. $10,000; Colleton To
bacco Co. 81,500; total $11,500.
Darlington -Hallsville Publishing
Co. $5,000; Williams & McKeitban
Lumber Co. $300,000; Hurtsville
Wood Manufacturing Co. $20,000;
New Era ?Printing Co. $3,000; total
$3?8,000.
Dorchester-Summerville Ice ..' and
Cold Storage Co. $30,000; St. George
'Telephone Exchange $5,000',independ
ent Publishing .Co. $500; total $35,500.
Fairfield-winnsboro Granite Com
pany $200,000.
Florence-Enterprise Tobacco Com
pany $15,000; Phoenix Icc Company
$10,000; total $25,000.
Georgetown-The Enterprise Steam
Laundry $2 500: Black Mingo and Black
River Steamboat Company $5,000; Mab
Lumber Company $20,000; total $27,
500.
Greenville-Harris Manufacturing
Company $12,000; Greenville Medicine
Company $5,000; Oregon Lumber Co.
$5.000; total $22,000.
Greenwood-Index Publishing Com
pany $0,000.
Hampton-Carolina Cement Gravel
Company $5,000.
Horry-People's Tobacco Warehouse
company 81,000* Shingle Manufactur
ing company $10,000; Horry Publishing
company $3,000; total $14,000.
Kershaw-Vulcan Supply Works
$5,000.
Lancaster-Excelsior Granite coin
pan', $25,000.
Lau rons-Laurens Milang Co. $10,000.
Lee County Mfg. Company $25,000.
Lexington-Lexington Water Power
company $50,000.
Marion-Marion Water, Light and
Power company $100,000; Star Publish
ing company 82,000; Kemper Tobacco
warehouse $2,000; the Rogers company
85,000; total $100,000.
Marlboro-Marlboro Tobacco Ware
house company $4,000.
Orangeburg - Rowesville Tic and
'Timber company $3,000.
Richland-Columbia Metallic Roll
company $100,000; Tannopiline compa
ny 825,000; Carolina Fire Brick compa
ny$27,000: Carolina Clay company $50,
000; Acid Iron Mineral company $50,
000; L. B. Dozier company 325,?O?;
'Keenan;Yam Mill $00,000;.total $337,
000. ?... .-t <;->.?;.'
Spartanburg-Enorec Bell Tele
phone company $625; Morgan Wood
and Iron works M0.0jW^r?f? ,
Thomson company $20,000; Herald ?
Publishing company 115,000; Pied
mont Builders Supply company $20,
000; Roebuck Gin company (saw mill)
$2,600; total $08,125.
Sumter-Sumter loe, Ligltjt and
Power company $70,000;.Sumter Lum
ber company $12,000; John H. Sizer
Lumber company $20,000; total $102,
000. i+jtri
Union-Buffalo Lick Springs com-1
pa ny $10,000; A ?man Manufacturing!
company $5,000; total $15,00
York-Carolina Furniture company I
$10,000,
? - ? i Nen KAB aa.
Another . remarkable fact is the
amount of the capital Invested In the
increased capitalization of South Caro
llna'concerns.
The Bank of Dilllon increased from
$25,000 to $50,000; Bank of Marlon
$25,000 to 350,000. - Ct:'
Tho textile establishment which In-,
creased their capitalization as follows:
Anderson1-Mattress and Spring Bed
company 810,000 to $35,000..
Orr Cotton mills $400,000 to $800,000.
Monaghan mill $200,000 to 8700,000.
Gainesville cotton mill $000,000 to
$850 OOO
Clearwater bleachery $100,000 to
$400,000.
Brandon mills $150,000 to $450,000.
Liberty cotton mills $75,000 to
$175,000.
Alpha mills (Jonesville) $150,000 to
8250 000
H! Norrfc-nrill Cateechee) $50,000 to
8250,000.
Newberry Knitting mill $15,000 to
$40.000.
Woodruff $250,000 to $500,0001?*N
Lvdia mills (Clinton) - $100,000 to
$100,000.-..} .. A--j
Ilartsvllle $250,000 to $500,000.
Easley $200,000 to $500,000!
Clifton (.July 18th) $500,000 to $1,750,
000. . _
Pacolet (July 18th) $550,000 to
$2,000,000.
Brogan-. (Anderson) $500,000 to
$1,000,000.
RnyaKBag and Yarn (Charleston)
$225,OOO.to $475,000.
This gives a total increase from
$4 ?325,000 to $10,825,000.
MISCELLANEOUS INCUBASES.
Kershaw oil mill $25,000 to $35,000;
Anderson Spool and Bobbin Manufac
turing company (Charleston) $4,000 to
$20,000; Rock Hill Water, Light and
Power company $150,000 to $050,000;
B\ort Motte oil mill $15,000 to $20,000;
Brooks Improved Steam Valve com
pany $12,000 to $60,000; Mullins Lum
ber and Brick company $15,000 to $30,
000; S.tono; mines $15,000 to $50,000;
Charleston' Door, Sash and Lumber
company $20,000 to ?504000; Cow pens
Cotton Oil company $4,000 to ?20,000;
Bamberg Cotton Oil company $35,000
to $75,000; Johnston Cotton Oil com
pany $15,000 to $35,000; Merchants'
and Farmers' Bank of Cheraw $30,000
to ?50,000; Williamsburg oil mill $20,
000 to $30.000; Cheraw Door and Sash
cjOmpany $12,000 to $20,000: Carolina
Fire Brick company $27,000 to $50,000.
j : CRUELTY IN SCHOOLS.
Teachers should be Very ConBider
ate of Children Under Them.
Miss Mary B. Shelor, of Oconee
county, bas been visiting the county
schools in Oconee andPlckens, finding
out what must be done' to Improve
the common schools. In a communi
cation to the Keowee Courier, publi
shed in the issue of December 23d,"
she tells of what she saw during her
canvass of ?he counties. She says;.*--.
"I visited a school where su 'born
teacher' was teaching. A little child
who was of a nervous temperament
bad a nervous chill. The teacher
commanded her to be still. She could
not and was whipped by that teacher.
Another 'baby t??ch'er' asked a weak
eyed boyt'to take bis book down from
his eyes.'^ .
In commenting on the above the
Abbeville Medium very truly says
such cruel teachers should never have
been employed. To whip a nervous
little child as described above was an
outrage of the most odious kind and
to make no allowance for weak eyes
in a little boy was inexcusable. Such
heartless cases are of frequent Occur
rence all over the state. The little
children at school certainly lead a
mo3t miserable life, being imposed up
on in so many ways that, their condi
tion is pitiable in the extreme. Im
possible tasks are given them and
they are subjected to unjust and ex
cessive punishment for the most trival
of childish faults. They aro required
to submit to the most unreasonable
rules and regulations and if they suc
ceed in not violating any of these
they are worried to death by all sorts
of contradictory whims of a lot of
nervous and dyspeptic teachers.
The average thacher has no love
for the work and takes up the time
in fussing and quarreling with the
children. No assistance is given the
child and no explanation is made of
the hard lessons. The unhappy lit
tle children are constantly told that
they have no raising and don't know
how to behave themselves/ " They are
all takenA\o be liars, for no confidence
ls placed in anything they say. This
folly is carried so far that if a child's
mother should die and he stayed at
home to attend the funeral and gave
that as an excuse for absences his
word would not be taken as true, but
he would have to bring a written ex
cuse ? rin his father or guardian.
If you will look closely at a lot of
children coming from school you will
not see the buoyance and life that
ought to animate youngsters. The
majority appear to be fagged out and
move as If they had "that tired feel
ing." They have a wild, restless look
about their eye. Eight or ten years of
such tension lits a person for suicide
and it is the modern method of teach
ing that ls really the cause of so many
cases of self-destruction.
Furality ot Lightning.
As near as may be determined, 713
persons were killed by lightning in
the United States in 1900, and be
tween 700 and 800 are probably killed
each year, says an exchange. East
of the 100th Meridian thunderstorms
occur all over tbe country, but west
of it, except in the Rocky. Mountains,
the frequency of stormi 'diminishes
until on the Pacific coast there-are
practically norie. Thc greatest 'num
ber of storms occur lo Florida, In the
middle Mississippi Valley and the
middle Missouri Valley. The aver
age number of storms in each In 1900
was forty-five, thirty-five and thirty?
respectively. The greatest number of
deaths in any single state was 180-in
Pennsylvania. Ohio came next with
135, Indiana, Illinois and New York
124 each. As to city and country, the
more dense the population tho small
er thc rate to the 1,000,000 of poula
tlon, due, of course, to the fact, that
the territory of the country jg far
greater than that of the city. Besides
this, the metal roofs, telegraph wires,
etc., of the cities serve as conductors.
Lightning rods, as usually put up,
are.of no use. A tin roof with gutter
spouts leading into tho ground is
much moro effective. Barns with
green hay seem to invite lightning.
Maple and cotton-wood trees are
struck much moro frequently than
oaks, these much more than beeches.
Trees arc surely a poor place for
shelter, and feather beds are disliked
by thc stroke. .
TEDS COTTON SITUATION
Is the South's Great Staple Menaced
by Poor Seed.
. According to Daniel J. Sully, the
New York cotton . dealer, the present
serious condition in the cotton markets
of the world, and the danger threaten
ing tho textile Industry -bf the United
States', of England, France, Germany,
Russia, Switzerland and Spain can be
traced to only one cause-the steriliza
tion or impoverishment of thef cotton
seed. He says: "Serious as 'ls the
situation to-day and high tis-prices
are, the situation will be more.serlous
arid the prices higher each j6? until
.measures-aro taken by which proper"
Seed can be planted for the growth of
tpe cotton crop. Paradoxical as lt
rniay seem, the curtailment of the
cotton crop ls a natural result of the
growth of the cotton seed industry. A
quarter of a century ago the cotton
seed was the bane of the cotton plant
er. He had great difficulty in getting
rid-of bis surplus seed. It was burned,
cast into the rivers, used to hil gullies
and hollows and hauled away at rio
little expense. But. since the dis
covery of the uses of cotton seed oil;
cotton seed hulls and cotton seed meal
the demand fortrie s?e'd has grown to
great proportions'.1 The South ls dot
ted with cotton seed oil mills, and
what was once regarded as refuse now
brings nearly 8100,000,000 a year to
the South.
"This would be a magnifiaient as
set were it not for the fact that the
oil j. mills demand the heaviest and
richest of the seed, leaving only''tire.j
poorest for tba planter t o put back In
the. ground for the planting of his
next crop. The il?rcenessof competi
tion ls such and the prices for seed are
so-- l?fge.tli?t?1'within the lust live. or
sixyears the planters have Impoverish
ed their seed supply to the utmost
limit. Poorseed brings a poor cotton
yield. Increased acct age is no remedy,
even if lt were .possible under presentr
conditions to extend the ace rage muc.b.
beyond its present limits. Thought!
ful men of the South see no project
of a change In the Immediate fut ur:-.
Surely none can be expected as long
as the spinners have to scramble.for
cotton to keep their mills going and
the cotton seed mills pay top-notch
prices for their r.uppiis.
"'Thc statistics . of the last six or
seven years show ?more conclusively
than anything I could Say how im
portant a part this Impoverishment of
the cottonseed ls playing in cotton
affairs. Since 1897 the acerage plant
ed to cotton io the United States has
been increased . from 24,000,000 to
approximately 28,000,000 acres. Y.et,
the yield has steadily decreased, 'iii
1?97 the South raised 11.200,000 bales
of cotton on an acieage of 24,000,000.
This Beasun with an acreage of 28,000,
000, the government's estimate is 0,
902,000 bales. Take the average
yield an acre year hy year and the
detorlatlbn is shown more convincing
ly.:. In 1897-98 the yield of lint-per
acre planted was 224 pounds. In
.1898-90, it wa? 232, in 1899-00,210;
lo 1900-01. ?11; in 1001-02, 188; in
1903-04, K ti.
"But even these figures do not
show the real decrease lo the yield
per acre. In 1897 and 1898 cotton
was extremely cheap, and what re
presented hundreds of thousands of
bales of lint were left unpicked in the
field, because the planters did not
think lt would pay for the picking.
This season, however, there isn't a
cotton plant In the South that hasn't
been picked of every ounce of its pro
duct. The world absolutely requires
10,700,000 bales cotton this season, lt
could use 12,000,000 bales and there
would be no surplus. Cotton is the
most valuable money crop of the
world to-day. It is used in more of
the world staples than any other of
the earth's products. Its uses are
constantly widening, and yet we are
face to face with the condition of a
constantly shortening crop. It-is Idle
to charge the big advance in prices to
manipulation of the market, to weath
er conditions in the cotton belt, to
lack of moisture, lateness of planting
or to any other of the stock causes.
Every student of the cotton world
who gives serious consideration to the
subject will come 6ack to the basic
trouble of the impoverishment of the
seed.
"This subject is of far greater im
portance than the average man realiz
es. It is of as great Importance to
North as to the South; not only be
cause of the manufacturing industries
of the North that are dependent upon
the cotton crop, but because every
body wears cotton goods an"d because
the financial world depends upon the
cotton crop to maintain thc financial
parity between this country and Eu
rop.' Without our cotton the "money
mtu-kef of the United States would be
In a sad way. Cotton bills are pay
able In gold; and it is through the
payment for cotton exported to Europe
that we maintain the gold balance
with the rest of the world. You can
not look for any change in the South
until the danger from the impoverish
ment of the cotton seed is brought
home to the planter. At present he
is blind to this menace. The present
crop wi.'.' bring, to him ab least $150,
000,000 more than any other crup he
ever raised. That would seem to
prove that he j s favored by fortune.
The crop of next year perhaps will
bring even much greater returns. But
there is an end to all things, and soon
er or later lt will be realized that
what is now a godsend may bring
about disaster.
."The world must have cotton. If
it cannot get enough from the South
it will get lt elsewhere. It ls true ?ill
efforts to find cotton land equal to
that of the South having failed, some
by reason of transportation difficulties
and some from other causes, climale
and otherwise. Man ls Ingenious and
persevering, however, and should ft
cotton famine extend over a period of
ten qr more years we lind a rival of
the South developing in 's?roo other
land. In thc Interim Americtomantt
facturing iii'growing and.flty.jfi confi
dently expected that before other,
countries pam be' made to pfdfluco'cot
ton, American mills will require'pf-aV
tically all thc new material this obum
try can produce under . present meth
ods. .. .t
Today the A mcrican cotton makes
up nearly'85 per cent of the cotton
that ls grown. Egypt grows a long
staple cotton that Isuscd in the finest
of good t. India grows a short staple
cotton that is used In the coarsest of
goods. America grows the staple
crop that ls the medium between the
Indian and the Egyptian, and is the
great commercial necessity of thc tex
tile world. There is a distinct rela
tionship between the American- and
tho Othor crops, each having a bearing
upon the other and the Egyptian and
thc Indian planter shaT rcratlvely in
whatever condition -affects each dla-1
tlnt&growth. The curtailment of the
American crop will stimulate'the East
Indian to raising all thc cotton possf
BENINS WORK Wlth ^ ^ ^
cleansing tho blood of -tU.tha poisonous
Acids that produce RHE?MA^SM^drivmg
out sdi the dangsrous germs 'thst^mie?' tfcc1-^]
body-th^t ic thc way cures arc ?2ccti4 hv
Other medicines treat symptaps; Rhtum?cidt temovtt tb9
taust, and, therefore, its . ,r h-.
CURES ARE PERMA^CWt?^^J
?Help's thc digestion, tones up thfc system.' ' Sample bottle
tfree on application- to BOBBITT CHBMICAL Co., Pro*
prictors, "31?5 West Lombard St., Baltimore,.Md*-?"4Jt"
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.' ?April ist, 1904.. . i i-'.-v^i ^ v,
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antiflcatioii of tickets will* be by name, heuce nil tickera roust .bo signod and
e noon. April 1, l?H)^.'t^li?B,|najtner "f awarding ?fa?utQmpbllo.wiil.bo tuft to
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humorous articles suitable for,presenta of all kinds;'.\Va?pW^^vtS?-'^
illustrated by..photographs direct frqm.Uio article/fin our ottlaltt
gue, of ovor 100 puyos, di which wo will>bg; pleased.tp.seb^-yo?
i-or all goods treeby tnair/?xpross, or freight bii all ordere with coohj '
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Habits.
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Carolina, PortJ?ndVc?meht'Oo., ^harleslon^'?i^c7-' r;\?
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Building and Rer-Pressed* Brick. - SpeetaJ shapes to ord?r. Fire Proof T?t-^-r'?
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THE OOLitok^^
Will be glad to answer and correspondence of ??y'p'efsd?'usfng Machinery, "!Wo-'
carry 3 grades of Rubber Belting, 3 grades of Leather any Gandy Belt. AUte'
Wood Pulleys, Pipe Fittingr' Valves, Shaftingl Hangers, Ro?llng and every ,
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M. A. MALONE, e?L?MBIA-Si ?. ?
As manufacturer's agent tor many o'f the- best factories, his prices are as low as the lowest. -'
His largo business la built np on the strength of' hjs roliabili.ty np, a cJhscientouB expert in
musical instrumenta. Got his udvico before purchaildgY theri'yoti will'kn?w what yo?^u? -
buying. .... ?riy & ?'S>lt#??.'?{ fi
I ble, but tt?a? c?nnot affect the sltua
I ?lon to any material degree. Neither
can any possible Increase in the -Egyp-.
tian output alter the situation. The
whole world depends upon the South.
".We haye been quoted as predict
ing that within the next four or five
years cotton would sell at 25 cents a
pound. This, may seem'-extrav?ga?t
to those who do hotrj^reartzt*t*l??-e?tent
to which the sterilization of th^seed
in the South has been tiarricd*k?r tdr'
the extent to which the gr&ytjfrttifil
the textile industry-, and the--.use pi
cotton has. developed. No 9u,ejC^ii ag??
curately measure the demand "for. cotr
ton who does not take into considera*
tlon the steady widening of Its uses
and the hundred or more industit?s
nto which cotton enters in one form
or another. If there is anyone, who.
doubts that to the seed the curtail-.,
ment of the cotton crop is due'prinra'
rily and chiefly, need only refer him
to the annual report -'?ot Georg?j.Ar.;
Morrison, president of the American
Cotton Oil Company; which'was pub;-,
lished less than brie* -month ago-. ??:
it he says: 'The decrease *Ifc< surplon
earnings of the .American Cotton Oil
Company ls attributed to, extreme
competition for cotton seed and prov
ing to be of poor quality, producing
oil of inferior grade and less thad nor
mal quantities to the ton.' So you
see that even the cotton seed mills
are feeling the effect. When the best
of the seed ls of poor qualltyi^hat
can be said ot that which .is.left-for
the planter and for Mother ?arX^to
bring forth another cotton crop?" ' *'
lt. Oliphant Dodge, owner of a flat
building in Omaha, was granted it
writ of Injunction restraining Mrs. E.
Berge, a tenan t, frqm talking to other
occupants bf the .flaute'.'
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Eggs, Ac
Fish pamted in barrels and boxes for
Country trade a specialty.
GRAND Rapids is maintaining Ita
reputation of being a- rapid clty-^for
Doodlers. ; ,r ??'":f ..
^^^i^lfjottcr Test. (
"I've just learned,^ new charin td
tell whether or nat a a??n. loves you",
said the girl with the bufglng pompa?
dour.
"What ls it"? asks the girl with
the new diamonriMtig. - -'.
"Why,-you takeAf??ror five appia
Roim^VLn? name a*oh.?f Wuwai. ??ir ,a.
particular man, and place them-the
apple seeds, I. mean-on the stove,
and the first one pops ia the one th?t...
loves you." 1 .
J'IRtm.?h!' mused the ?-?Irl with,-the
ne^dl&m^n(?>ftn{|i?a^ei.c ml?dodly
twisting that plec? of jewelry about
her linger. "I kUAivj-a surer way than,
that.*' ' ' - U- ?}\
?i'Yes, indeed.;, You take iOtt'd?
par^.ular man and. place him .on. tha i
sora in. ihd- parlor,.and sit- close io '
h'm, with the light a little lowr'and ?
lo?k-up.to him vcry atteutWely, anil
If Tte 'rW?sn't pdp yon khbv^^t's tlw"
to put Another man on the Sof?." ~ ^