The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 26, 1905, Image 4
p Wets
H ^rjLfhe Cotton
tJjjLaurin.
jllA * UMi LlTTl/t FAITH
In Reduction of Acreage. He Con*
tends that all the Cotton the South
can Produce May be '.Sold at
Good Prices by Enlarg*
ing Our Trade.
To the Ed tor of The News and
Courier: The drop'Jn the price ol
cotton Is exciting all over the South,
and & Convenlon has been called In
Ntw Orleans to consider questions re
latlng to the cotton Industry. 1 havr
seon many remedies proposed for over
production, but have beard nothing
about under consumption, and hereii
lies (in?my opinion) the only p rman'
ent solution of the problem.
With prrper methods of distribu
tlon, there is room for a larKer crop
v/i wuvuu vimu i?n? yet teen produced
in the South. It is painfully appar
ent that burning cotton, reduction ol
acreage, etc, are only temporary ixpcdients,
and will afford no pcrmam
ent relief.
Can we find newer aud wider markets
for our staple product?
That this would be a complete
remedy none can doubt, and thai
such markets exist none familiar wit)
the question will deov.
Facing uk on the other s!de of the
globe are the teeming millions of
China, and It was among them that
we found a market f jr our surpluc
when the large crops of the late '90k
glutted all other markets.
Five-cent cotton proved a great
stimulus to manufacturing and led to
the marvellous development from,1890
to 1900, when there was an lncreas?
In the United States of 32 per cciit,
while In South Carol in a the output
from our mills ran up from ten to forty
million dollars, finding a ready mar
ket in China.
Indeed demand far ouUtilpped pro
ductlon, ard there was a steady ad
vancc in the price of sp >t cotton un
til the China market was practically
nU?A^ U.. * 1 ? At-- *
viimcu itj diuuuicn in uiu nisi, anr
speculation advanced prices at norm
ally, and, icstead of an expanding
market with advancing prices, we art
In the period of a contractu g market
with falling prices. It is evident thai
we are facing another era of 1 ?w
priced cotton.
Can wo take advantage of tho situa
tion and create such a widespread de.
mand for cotton go ids that low prlc s
and over-production will never be
heard of again?
Cotton is now below the c< st of production,
lower by comparison than it
has ever been before. Its natural ad
vantages are such that if wc do nothing
It will take care of itself, as it
has in the past, tut by wlsd< m we
can hasten the day when the king
shall come to tils ownauain, and this.
I apprehend, Is the great purpise of a
Convention of tire cotton growers.
China Is an old country, with the
stored wealth of centuries; her people
need cur cotton, particularly ti e
cheaper fabrics.
I heard Minister Wu say once that
the'question of olcthlng was one of
the greatest problems that c nfionted
his people, bub Utile cotton is grown
and the methods of manufacture
primitive. They depend largely upon
silk, and he laughingly added that, so
great was the population, that If cotton
were used as In other portions of
the world, and you cculd get "each
Chinaman to add one Inch to tlie
length of the tail of his shirt, It
would consume the cotton crop of the
South."
So far we have only touched with
our cotton trade one small section in
'Nnrt.h (Ihlnn t.hn r*iv,rt.? iipuhp i-v
ceeding twenty-live mlllkn dollars in
one year.
It may 'seem strange that a pr< lit
or loss on an industry amounting to
340,000,000 annually should be affected
by the loss of an export demand
of $18,000,000 or $20,000,000,
but the sceptical have only to refer to
the history of the cotton trade for
1901, during the He xor troubles, when
exports to China almost ceased to be
convinced of the value of our at pr< s
ent comparatively small K stern
trade.
The jear 1904 has demonstrated be
yond doubt that in spite of the boll
weevil the South can produce a cr< p
of cotton far in excess of the demands
from present markets, hence necessi
ty forces either the curtailment of
the crop or tlnding newer and wider
markets.
No one 'amiliar with present condltlcns
believes that without s( mo providential
disaster the crop of 1905 will
be materially reduced. If the acreage
is curtailed better cultivation and
the increased use of fertilizer will
make up the deficiency. We have the
large profits of two well sold crops in
mi* hunka and as lomr <is we nan hnv
mules and guano wo will makeoofcfcon.
The South now has a practical monopoly
111 the production of cotton.
This she should keep at all hazard,
tind new markets, and make enough
cotton to supply the world at fair
prices.
Keduotion of acreage may do to
talk, but resolutions will not reduce
it, and I believe that there will be
mon In tho Cotton Growers' Convention
who will take a more comprehensive
view of the situation.
Considering that in China alone
there is a population of 400,000,000
whoso trade with us per capita is now
InQnitestmal compared with what it
is bound to develop In the years to
come, who will undertake to place a <
limit upon the quantity of cotton i
goods that the Orient will consume?
Trade follows the Hag." "Undc ubt- 1
edly the time was never more favor- '
able for developing new markets; the
*ar now in progress seems nearlng an i
end. Japan will undoubtedly retain 1
Its position on the mainland of Asia; <
Korea and Manchuria will be rapidly I
taught Westeien methods, and under
the tutelage of Japan the Chinese I
Empire will be opened up to com- ]
merce as never before.
I with Alaska, Guam, Hawaii and I
k hiigqjjepplDg I
might become, It would In the fulness
of the time, bo dwarfed tu
Ooraparlson with the Inevitable
development aortas the P.,oltlo.
I believe that Mr. Sewatd
right and that In China there la a
market waiting, which will enable us
to sell 20.OUO.000 Instead of 10,000,000
bales above ten cents the pound.
If we could wi ,11 so little effort develop
a market In a locality In North
China, It seems to me that It c >uld
be done In all accessible portions of
the Empire.
It ought not to be ditllcult to teach
a thrifty piople the superiority of cotton
over silk us an article of general
wear. It lacherp>r, and the fact that
it will wash commends it to a people
30 cleanly la their habits. Then the
old saying, "Chinamen never wash
their clothes and Japs never wash
their bodies," would be more honored
In the breach than the itHervanee.
All bublQe>s is done la China under
a system of guilds conducted on similar
lines to the Federation of Labor In
this country, and this fact properly
handled has proven a help rather than ]
a hindrance to the introduction of
vmerlcan g<j?ds in China. You deal ,
with an oigan'zation instead of lndl
viduals. If the cotton burned during |
the past weeks had been made iuto ;
cloth and sent Into portions of Chit a, (
where Amerlcan go-jo i are unknown, ,
t would be a far more sensible plan of |
reducing the surplus at d making cus ,
tomers of these silk clad millions In J
the Orient.
Hut 7.000 miles of ocean roll be- '{
tween us and these cuaikets, It must ,
he traversed by ships and each day |
the di 111 culties In that respect multi- (
plyOur
carrying trade is in the bands,
not only of our commercial rivals, but |
of the nations who consume our raw
cotton and are therefore bitterly op
posed to assisting any movement
where the ultlmctc effect must be to
idvance the price of cotton. If the
market for gone sis to be extended
they will see to Is that It is done
under their auspices and then not on
%uoh an extensive scale as to make
the staple scarce and high. The
American merchant llag Is a stranger
in the high seas, and will be until
uuLgn;ro vunun auuiu iH'.Liun wmuu
will enable the American built and
ipcraled sh?p to compete with its sun
lidiz d fort lgn rival. For jears meas
ures to tiiat end have been before
Congress, but the demand Iras never
come up from the people, because the
devcl pxe.it of this continent has
heretofore afforded ample sc >pe, but
the dajsof our national infancy are
gone and we must go out into the
markets of the world upcn a footing
of equality with the other nations.
Upon tire Atlantic our carrying
trade is monopol /.id bv enormous
foreign st? amshlp lines that are now
ircllng the globe with their ships
oh at 1 ave K nperors, Kings and nobles
for their advocates and sti Crtli riders
The nations of Europe rr jolce in the
concentration of the weaith of tlieir
people in their st amshlp lit es, they
are sustained by subsidies from their
Government and through tl eir con
trol of transportation tliey levy trib
ute upon all the peoples of the earth,
and upon none docs It rest more heavily
than the cotton grower.
Less than three per c? nt of our
arrying trade with Europe Is In
American ships, a trade totally a bil
lion and a half annually, two thirds
of cur trado with the entire woild.
The tirst step in extending and enlarging
t ur cotton market must lie
transportation facilities. It its asking
too much of human nature to < xpect
tin so nations which are locking for
cheap cotton to develop new mark* ts
Cotton manufacturing has been introduced
into Japan,but has not fnurlshcd,
so I am Informed, because of the
Impossibility of yetting thcr.iw cotton.
Hut for this I have no d.-ubt that
by tins time Japan's cotton factories
would be important purchasers of
spot cotton.
The New Orleans convention consider
no question in which the South
is more vitally Interested than shipping
About J5 per cent of the total
exports of the nation are shipped from
Southern ports, while only about six
per cent of the imports enter at
Southern pirts. The great bulk of
our exports originate in the South or
in the Mississippi Valley that drains
into tire gulf. New ()rleans and the
gulf ports arc the natural exit, but
the great liues of railways run east
and west and I do not suppose any
one doubts that there Is a cimmunity
,pf interest between these transcontinental
lines and the sabsldized
foreign steamship companies. That is
the combination which has always defeated
every effort In Congr&ss to pass
a bill for the development of an
American merchant marine.
The same interests postponed for a
quarter of a century the construction
of the Isthmian Canal, hut under the
present vigorous Federal administra
tlon this Is In sight, and then natural
laws can no longer he defied. Ood has
so fashioned this country that the
natural direction for its export products
to move In north and south, not
east and west. New Orleans should bo
and some dav w;ll be onei f t he urrpnt..
est. If not the greatest distributing
point in the world.
At present about 20 per cent of the
ships entering North Atlantic ports 1
come in ballast, while over 60 per cent
entering Southern ports come in bal
last. This Is a serious handicap to the
cotton grower, for his Is an export
product. It means that every sh'p I
coming in ballast for cotton charges
enough freight one way to pay the ex- I
penses of the round voyage, which expense
comes from the profits of the <
maker of that cotton. I
About 00 per cent of the cotton i
goods made in South Carolina go to '
China, but under this combination of s
transcontinental railways and foreign '
steamship lines, these goods do not <
take the naturl course to deep water, <
but go north more than a thousand I
miles by rail and tlnd exir, many of <
them over the Canadian Pacific Hallway.
The cotton grower "he pays the
freight." .
When it comes to our next door
neighbors in South Ameoia, we are in '
a still worse plight. Our cotton goods c
go to South Amcrloa via Europe.
A vessel loads In South America, '
comes to Charleston, or New Orleans, j
discharges a cargo, takes a consignment
of goods for South America, but 1
sails direct to Europe and from thence 1
to South America, thus completing 1
the circuit of the triangle, and hold- 1
ing at a disadvantage by this double c
voyage across the Atlantic the American
exporter. Here again "Jones, he
pays the freight." ^
The foreigner Intends to control by e
his ships the foreign markets and he s
is bound by self lpterest not to enlarge s
marlcot to where he will be s
?oot oot- f
South American purchaser In despair
accepts the European substitutes.
Is It good sense for us to continue
to allow Europe to buy our ootton,
carry it across the Atlantic, manufacture
It and then send It back across
the Atlantic and sell it at a profit
right at our door? They will do so
just as long as they control transportation.
1 believe it was Qrady who said
"cotton Is a fool," and 1 add has no
friends.
Jno Lownuks McLaukin.
Henucttsvllle, January 13.
MURDERED BIS SON.
The Awful Deed Wm Done While
the Fnther W?a Drunk.
At Greenwocd the coronei's jury
which adjourned Monday Jan. Hi, to
meet agaiu Wednesday to tlnlsh hear- '
Ing tiie evidence In the matter of
Scott CI gg, whose death was reported
Monday Jan. 10, brought In a verdict
Wednesday afteruoon that he cane to
Ids death from a gun shot wounl at
the nands of h s own father, John
Ulegg. Tbo verdict was ixpectrd In
view of developments after Monday's
hearing. The unfortunate trag*d>
has been the topic of conversation
ever since It happened, lly s m
sympathy Is expressed for the father, (
hi cause of the fact that It has been '
ihown clear'y that he was drunk at
the time. In fuct, he seemed, as
phrased by some, to be "perfectly
srazy." Whether he caused the death
of his s >n by drunken carelessness or
by the Impulse of a sudden blind way (
of drunken passion will be for a jury '
to decide.^
John C egg was at once arrested a id
Is now in the county jail to bo tried
for the murder of his own son. T ie
testimony heard by the Jury Monday,
given 1 y Cl-gg and his son, was to
the < tT ot that the boy was shot while 1
they were ou their way to Greenwo. d,
and that they did not know who < Id
It. Thjjury heard from other wltrusscs
that the little boy said Sundiy
night, after they had arrived here,
that hh father had shot his broth :r, ,
and that this was said in the pre etice
of the father. The little b ty'sohan^ed
testimony Wednesday was in substance
that his father pulled out (lie
pistol to shoot at something on the
road and they (his dead brother and
himself) caught hold of the pistol and
in si pai way his brother was shot. i
Witnesses livh g along the road
t(stifled that they saw Clegg tnd
hoard his awful cursing. One mm,
W. P. Rhodes, repeated some of his
v le oiths, but could not swear
whether they were directed at c.he
b jy or .it tlio horse. All of the te itln
ony showed that John Clegg was as
wild and frei /.'ed as a man c u'd be
made by whiskey, and that as a re ult
of tills awful state he ciused the
death of one of hlsViwn children. The
boy's u: other has ncen dead for several
years. Clegg was a pol ceman at
Greenwood. There Is no dispensary
In the county, and he was drunk or
made cre/.y by drinking blind tiger
whiskey, which must have been of
the vilest sort., as Clegg seemed and
acted like a crazy man while undor
the ii fi leuce of it.
Will Ijoho IIIh Joh.
nUn.U'. T **--11 --
uudi ica ili niuiHy, p SlMJlSLCr
Westminster, S. C., Is the p .stmaster
who has gotten into trouble by making
and soliciting contributions for
paying the expenses of negro and
other del? gates to state and county
conventions. Mulky will lese his
position; which he has held only since
April 19, 1904 The investigation of
inspectors of the post< fllcc department
showed tlu.t he had not only
made contributions for this purpoio
himself, but had solicited and obtained
contributions from other postmasters,
and it was some of those
who h-d compla'ned to the department,
as told In ohls correspondence
a day or two ago. In the future all
postmasters who either pay money to
politicians for traveling or other ex
penses or sollolt money from other
federal employes for the same thing
will lose their positions. Several
other postmasters are likely to lose
their positions, ss others are reported
to have done the same thing.
(Oaten hy Cannibala.
The Rev. M. L. Stlmson, South
Sea missionary, who arrived recently
at San Francisco on the steamer
Doric, brings the first details of the
murder of live Catholic priests and
five nuns of New Britain last October.
After the murders the savages
ate the bodies of the victims within
sight of the German Igca residence.
Mr. Stlmson is settled at Penapl,
Caroline Islands, and he got the details
from the vice governor of New
Bristaln. He said the nuns and
priests were surrounded by a mob of 1
natives whose fanaticism had been
aroused. The priests fought for their
lives, but all were soon killed. Then
the cannibals, proceeded to hold a
feast on the bodies of the victims
near v,he residence of Dr. Hahl, the
governor. He has organi/.id a p initlve
expedition.
Two Were Killed. ,
Two persons were killed and two
more very seriously hurt Wednesday
as a result of a boiler explosl m wl lch
occurred Wednesday morning al out
10 o'o ock at Graves Mountain. In
Llncol i oounty Ga. The dead art:
William Martin, Jr., white, son of (
William Martin, who owned the taw 1
mill. 1
Willie Johnson, colored a saw mill i
hand. y
William C. Martin was badly scild- t
&d about the face, but not seriously 1
hurt. Another negro whoso name is t
not known is badly burned about the c
body and arm broken. He will p.ob- v
ibly die. Two other negroes who *
/ ere s'.anding near the engine at the t
hi me of the explosion, were blown r
jver & rail fence, a distance of twenty 1
' -et, but not hurt, with the exoepMon '
>f a slight bruise about their bodies.
CkIIb Thorn liiarn.
With dramatic fervor, Senator J )hn I
El. Mitchell, of Oregon, on the floor 1
)f the United States Senate Wed.ies- 1
lay afternoon denounced his accusers b
vnd publicly branded them as "mall- 11
;!ous and atrocious liars." In a heart r
/> heart talk with his fellow mem- n
>ers, he proclaimed his innooence of y
,he charges upon which he, with Rep- 1
esentatlve Hermann, of Oregon, was 1
ecently indicted at Portland and ex- t
>reased confidence in his ultimate vin- *
licatlon. e
Bad Boyti. j
Several boys at Fort Gaines, Ga., a
vlth the view of imitating the farm- q
>rs who burned some cotton on the
itreeta of that town a short time ago,
iccured matches Wednesday nlghtand n
et iire to a cotton warehouse. The C
ire burned rapidly and 11 hales if out- $
" before it was got* d
1 *?WIA Q
STATE DISPENSARY. I
Report of Expart Accountants Who ]
Examined the Books.
Statistical Information Kesardlng
the State'* Liquor Ruslneaa
that ia Interesting
Messrs. D. Zimmerman and J. W.
Jones, the accountants appointed to
examine the bocks and vouchers at
the State dispensary Wednesday re- S
ported that they had completed their s
work. The iollowlng statistical in- -]
formation was Riven in their reports: |,
shots. r
Cash in State treasury
Nov. 30th, '04 41,268.96 l(
Teams and wagons 64 00
Supplies (Inventory Nov j
30th, '04 7,043 75 v
Machinery and office tlx- I
tures 0.328 66 j
Contraband (Inventory
Nov. 30th, '04 1,498.20 a
Heal estate (Inventory
Nov. 30th, '04 62 860 56 c
Merchandise In hands of s
dispensers Nov 30, '04 494,388.26
Merchandise (inventory v
of stock at State dispensary)
403,66921 p
Suspended accounts.. .. 2,896 24
l'ers >nal accounts due
State for aloohol and
empty barrels, eto.. 19 479 31 j;
Total assets $1,029,397.06 j
LIABILITIES.
3ch<>ol fund $ 618,076.77 j,
Personal accounts due
by State for supplies, j
whiskies, wines, beer,
etc 610,721 28 Q
Total liabilities $1,029,397 05
Cash statement for li>cal year ending
Nov. 30th, 1904: r
RKcairrs. . i
Balance in State treasury,
Nov. 30th, "03 ... $ 20,989 92 <l
December, '03, receipts. 355,883 86 r
January, U4. receipt*.. 248 ($04 7$) I
February, '04, receipts.. 237,570 03
March, '04, receipts ... 230,449 40 J
April, '04, receipts 189,039 76
May, '04, receipts 219,018 73 t
June, '04, receipts 180,452.31 ^
July, '04, receipts 178,181.02
August, '04, receipts... 219,619.80 (
September, '04, rcce pts 241 437 78
October, '04. receipt* .. 290,628 06
November, '04, receipts 327,622 17
Total $2,945,298 17 t
D18HUK8KMKNTS
De -ember, '03 9 356,410.On
Ja uary, '04 236,797 07
Fe truary, '04 252 131.8 '
Ml rch, '04 266,012 5 $
Ai 'II, '04 193 447.4 !
M* y, '04 104,066.00
June,'04 201,672 33
Ju'y, '04 162,383.96
August, '04 195,132.61
September, '04 226.584 82
October,'04 229,72186
November, '04 390,038 84
12,904,029 21
Balanoe in State treasury
Nov, 30th, '04... 41 268 96
Total 12,945,298.17
Purchases for tlscal year ending November
30th, 1904:
Whtskie^, Bottles,
wines, corks,
beer, labels,
eto. etc.
December, I 303,518 60 $ 26 771.97
January.. 62 128 32 21.708 61
February. 287,532 01 23.412 84
March.... 179 408 56 14 314 95
April 86 292 55 16,160 04
M ;> V 1 Art OAT CI) a! f\r\e a i
4UU,4<UI UU U,UWl),i I (
June 98 177 23 8,589.69
July 158 296.08 15,464 01 <
August... 107,561.52 22,905 86
Sept 184,346 01 18,104.06] 1
October.. 297,044.33 21,966 87 t
November 325,639 78 24 717 38 i
Totals.. 2,316,242 68 1211,003 55 c
i'HOKITS. S
Gross profits oil mer- I
ohandlse sold during c
year t 652,118.75 <
Contraband seizures.... 7,146.97 l
State's Rbare of profits r
on beer sold by Qer- 1
mania Brewing Co... 719.75 f
Received on II. T. EJ- fl
en's account 54 03 t
Total profits I 660,039 50 <1
LOSSES.
Supplies used 231,477.03 c
Insurance premiums... 10,116.93 ?
Breakage and leakage.. 661.51 e
Freight and ezprcAS t
charges 99 524 16
Labor (pay rolls) 33,873 69 ^
Expanse account 43,372 87 (
Constabulary 66,412.12 '
Litigation . 1,627 61 S
Revenue license 125.00 f'
Robbery of dispensary, v
June 0th, '03 9 32 P
Robbery of dlspemary, t
May 13th, '04 72 36 I
Loss by tire 980.98 v
Refunded by State board d
to dispenser, A Ikon.. 408.14 a
State's net profit passed ?
to credit school find.. 171,377.73
V
Total losses 660 039.50 ti
Just I3k9 Them.
A 4a 4U- nui
. D|/cwiai tu uno unic&go x rinunc ^
ieclares that the Colorado Demeorats it
lave discovered sunioient evidence to d
prove that recent frauds charged to
;he Democratic party In that State Hi
vere the work of the Republicans i
themselves. Deteodves employed by p
the Democratic leaders allege that t
/hey have develope d a ohaln of ev tl
lence which will show that the boies a,
vl loh revealed fradulent Democratic e)
'o es had previously been stuffed by tl
h Republicans, with the purpose tf C(
n: king out oases of fraud bv the r(
)i mocrats and theD having the bozo 8I
h own out of the c >unt. tl
Killed In a Htot.
\t Now York the oustom of ai j*
t lian baker to leave his heavy d<I
very basket In a dark hallway of ai at
Cast Side tenement while he delivered ot
its wares through the house resulted
n a quarrel in whloh Pasquale Toto ej
iello, aged 45, was killed aud his "
ilece, Mrs Maria Totorlello, aged 30 L
ears, probably fatally wounded,
loth victims were stabtel. Mis. .
?otorlello identified the baker, Salva
ore Ferrari, as the man who did the
tabbing. When Ferrari was oaptur- f?
d and brought baok to the tenement
or identification the officers and 1
heir prisoner were surrounded by an ??
ngry mob and the poiloemen had to !
ght their way out.
Miss Margaret Ilagaman of Haiti oh
nre has brought suit against II inry re
iallender of tho same city, asking on
20,000 damagos because the defen. th
ant, against her will, "put his arms wi
round her neck and kissed and hug* to
~c.rt.nin> we shall w<
HOOD ROADS MEETING
[n Columbia I ait We k Was Well
Attended by Delegates.
the Speakers W? re Congressman
Warnoek of Ohio, Senator
Latimer, Dr. Nllcs.
The Goud Roads Associate u o'
louth Carolina assembled In annual
efslon in Columbia on last Thursday
The following are a list of delegate^ p
n attendance and the c unties they a
epresented: t
Abtevllle, Supervisor G. W. Nick ^
:S, J. C. Lorn ax and J. It HI ike; j
Anderson, Supervisor S. U Jackson, 0
. W. Ashley. J. It Watson, Jobu K
Vool, J. A. Hall,, A C Latimer, M
'. Trllble, M L. llonl am and M
'errln. ^
Berkeley Sopei v if r J. II. Harvey '
nd J. W. H B eland. 4 11
Charleston, Supervl or Wm. P b
antwell, T. W. Bacot and Eirb p
luan. ^
Chestirfleld, Supervisor Susllh O!!er.
(i
Clarendon. Supervisor T. C. Owens. i?
I. E. McKaddln. v
Darlington, C. O. McCullough. I
I) rchester, Supervisor H. II. Gross p
Florence, Supervisor James B Me ,,
l.'lde, W. B. Lang-Ion, W. B. Gause. |,
Greenwood, Supervls>r J. M. Major, ^
. B McCanbs, It. L. Lyon. j,
Horrv. Supervisor J. L. Boyd, E ,,
\ Todd, W. L. Misboe. Cl
Kershaw, Supervisor J. M So well, ^
). M. Bethune.
Lancaster, Sup3rvlsor M. C. Oatd f)
er. J
Marlon, Supervisor J. P. Stack ^
louse. J. C. Sellers. \
Oraugeburg, Supervisor Olln M .
)au'zer, T. D. A. Llvlrgiton, J. A. t
lankn.
Richland, Supervisor W. 1). Starl
tig, 1'. J. Garrlck. L. Itabon, Wm
)oug'as.s, N. Itawllnsor. W. II. Sllgh t
P. II. Hyat. H
Spartanburg, Supervisor I) M. K
tiles, M. F. Turner, W. T. B own. *
Ualon, Supervisor T. J. Beden- .
?augh, It. L McNally, James 1' ^
/mson. (
WilllanaoKiirr* C,trvA*?tilo/\? 1 *
ii iiiuiiu juiki uujici ?iavi i/UUU u. j
Iraham. !:
York, Sup rvlsor Thomas VV. Boyd. s
Barnwell, Supervisor J. B. M>rrls. 51
Marlboro, Supervisor M E. Coward
Laurens, Supei visor 11. B. Hum- ;
jert. i
President F. II. Hyatt called the ;
neeting to order. The proceedings s
vero opened by prayer by the It ;v. 1
I. W. Daniel. Mayor G bbes, on be- 1
lalf of the city,, welcomed the. dele
<ates.
The following olllcers were elected
for the ensuing year: F. II. Hyatt, i
president; Enle SI )&n, secretary; () 1
M. Dantzlcr, treasurer. <
President Hyatt read his report for I
ast year, which Is full of Interest. i
A learned and highly aijpreclated i
iddress on the subject, of imp oved I
roads In Canada, the United States i
ind Mexico was delivered by I)r. C. <
M. NUes. i
Gov. IDyward sent a message expressing
regrets at his absence, caused
by tempoiary illness, but pledged his 1
warmest sympathies and most earnest 1
efforts in the Interest of the South '
Carolina Good Roads association. I
The assoiatlon adopted a oustlUi- 1
il n It a'so adopted a scheme sub i
ultted by the secretary for the < r I
ran /. itlon of branch county assocla- i
.Ions, for which a c institution was (
ilso prescribed; c >pies of this plan for <
rfganizttlon will he supplied to any
counties which may apply for It.
The following resolution was adoptid:
j
"Belt resolved, That this ass^ia (
ilon memorialize the general assembly
X) provide that all State convicts, not i
inder sentence for life, shall be sub- J
cct to hire by the respective counties i
>f this State for service in the con- '
it viint l/ttv o nrl t Lrt ?-w-* .? I f ^ . l. _ 1
IVI uuuiuu anvi UIIC IIJ?III ICUUIieC Ul lllli *
juulic highways. This prayer is pre \
iloted on the fact that the number of .
sonvicts a\allable in s'tme e unties is ]
,00 small to be economically guarded, 1
nalntalned and operated, and 011 the r
urther fact the free labor available
or road purposes is iotftlelent, unatisfaetorv
and far rnoro expensive
ihan the cost of the operation of the
>roper sized chalugang for any re- h
[uired vsork." 0
A committee was appointed to call >
in the appropriate legislative com- /
olttees and submit for tbelr c >nstd- v
ration tbe recommendations adopted 8
ty the association. 1
At the night session Judge W. R. g
Varnoek, member of congress from ||
)hlo, addressed the association on b
'Good Roads" and In commendation of ft
Senator Latimer's bill which provides y
or federal aid. Judge Warnock, in u
rarrn terms, eulogized the southern tl
eople for doing homage to the vlr- t(
ues of such a hero and captain as ft
lobcrt E. Lee by the fitting obser- vs
ance of the annivcrsi ry of bis birthay.
He predicated t ie character of
people on tho character of its aeepted
heroes. 9*
Senator Latimer followed Judge (Varaock
and made a forceful prison Ir
atinn of the advantages of his bill f<
ir federal aid for road bulling. v*
At 1 o'clock p. m., the Association u
dj unel till 10 o'clock Friday mornjg.
Following is an account of Frlay's
proceedings.
Nearly the entire morning was conimed
In the "experience meeting."
'his Is considered one of the most K
roiitable parts of the proceedings. d
'he supervlmrs?the road builders rl
lemselves?entered Into an Informal
nd general discussion of thp.ir difT?r. P'
at methods of meeting the dlftlcules
encountered and the methods and ^
>staof building and maintaining gooci n
>ads. One matter that received con- ,l
derable comment was toe compara D(
ve cost of keeping the dlllerent
akos of road inachlbery In repair. 1
averal counties contemplate purchas "
iK an equipment of road machinery
Id were wisely profiting by expert
ices of their neighbors. j,
Al>out three hours was spent in this cc
changing of ideas. The legislature di
111 be asked to remedy the defects in &r
le law relating to road duty and ^
mmutation tax. .'j
Under the operation of the existing t,
w the oitlzens who do not pay the
mmutation tax and who are there
re subject to suoh road duty are so
r apart and so difficult of identifies ur
an by the county supervisor that the in
st of brloglng them together Is said fo
equal the value of services perform- co
i. Furthermore, It Is claimed that ve
ovlslcn restricting their services to ?
e vicinity of their respective abodes
duces the number available for any A
e neighborhood to such a small force
at their oombincd services do not g
irrant the expense of and overseer I
direct their limited am.unt of E
>rk.
* resolution was adopted by the H
' * ? ??n*tK>r Latimer H
The Old Standa
Grove's T
has stood the t?es
over One and a Hi
of merit, appeal t,c
Enclosed with every bottle Is
iHHHUnMMMl
u 1 Congressman Warnock of Ohio 1
or their able add res- es of the night |
ef jre, Mayor Glbbes for the hospital
ty of the city and the press for 1th
curtesies.
Where Wu llookard M?r<tered?
Solicitor P. T. Ulldebranl Tuesday
ontlrmed a rumor that a survey is be
ig made of tl e territory around Ku
awville to see whether or not thr
lace of the murder of Keltt Hookard
i hi Or uigeburg oouuty. Mr II.Me
rand sivs that he had heard rumors to
h'srtT^ot fr qioutly, but within tin
ist fortnight he had ricalved from
ery reliable sources such iuformatloi
hat he o uld n >t dl*r. gard It. If It be
roved that the crime was committed
i Oangt b.jrg, the case will be tried
l O a-igoburg, The survey Is being
iade by a very competent engineer,
lutawvllle is quite near the line and
i is said that the negro was murderd
at St. Julian's landing ou the
antee river and In Orangeburg couii
y. Mr. Hildebrand has .received In
urination that the prisoners have
eon removed fro n the j ill In Charles "
on to the Herkele/ e unity jiil at
Icnok's Corner The case Is due to
ome up for trial at Monck's Corner
ho latter part of tills mon*h.
No More Stomach Tioublca.
All stomach trouble Is removed by
lie use of Kodol Dyspcps a Cure. It
ivus nit! sioinacn pcrteot rest by di- ?
resting what you eat without the
tomach'said. The food builds up the
>ody, the rest restores the stomach
o health. YOU don't have to diet
oursclf when taking Kod< 1 Dyspepsia
Jure. J. D. Erskine, of A Renville,
dleh., says, "1 sulTered Heartburn and
itotnach trouble for some time My
iister-in-law has had the same trouble
md was able to eat for six weeks. She
ivcd entirely on warm water. After
aking two bottles of Kodol Dyspepsia
Jure she was entirely cured. She now
rata heartlly and is in good health. 1
un glad to say that Kodol gave me Instant
relief." Sold by
Dr. K. Norton.
Dr. E. Norton.
,
A Woman to Hang.
The Sta'.e says: "Gov. Hell of Vermont
is a mar* 1 among governors
lie has refused all appeals for the parIon
of a womar. who is sentenced to
oo hanged in that Slate next month .
md calmy declares that he will per y
m11 the decrees of the court to have |
their way. The woman, a Mrs. Rogers,
is under s. ntence for the murlor
of her husband, the date llxed for e
tlio execution boirg Feb. 5ih. Not In ,
70 years has a woman been hanged in
Wrmont. Under the laws of that
3'ate is seems that the right to re- 4
dew the sentences of the court Is
vested In the legislature as well as
the executive and the legislature having
failed to act at its last sessions the (
( vernor propc os to lei the law take
is course. There is very strong sjntinrnt
against hanging a woman and
3ov. Hell will not have an easy time
)f it for the next few weeks." j
,
Tonic to the System.
For liver troubles and constipation 1
here is nothing better than De Witt's F
.ittie Early Risers, the famous little '
Mils. They do not weaken the atom- '
ich. Their action upon the system c
s mild, pleasant, and harmless. Hob (
doore, of LaFayettc, Ind., says, 'No "
ise talking, De Witt's Little Early
Users do thoir work. All other pills ?
i i-- ? 1
iu<v< ?ii|/uaiiu uiiiKU mi! SICK III |
lie stomach iiiui never cured inc. I)e- i
iVitt's Little Early Risers proved to be
lie long sought relief. They are simp- T
y perfect." Persons traveling find 1
Jltlc Early Risers the mrst reliable *
eniedy to carry with them. Sold by /
Dr. K. Norton. I
Family ami Norvant HufTooated
William T. Ma?on, a lawyer, and
lis family, consisting of wife and two
hildren, E leu, four years old, and i
Iarion, six months, with a servant, i
ninie Wells, lost thei* lives In a tire ?
rhlch p trtlally destroyed the brown 4
tone dwelling occupied by them at l
33 west Ono Hundred and Thirtieth 4
treet New York early Sunday morn- ?
lg. 't he whole family appears toJtiave 4
cen suffocated. The charred bodies of ^
Irs. Mason, the servant and four
ear old child were found in the closet J
nder the roof scuttle thrr ugh which
hey are supposed to have been ati^mpting
to escape. The bodies of
Ir. Mason and the youngest child
rere in a bedroom.
(/OUk'ih nml Cold*. ^
All coughs, colds and pulmonary
omplaints that are curable are qulck'
cured by One Minute Cough Cure,
lears the phlegm, draws out inflam
uition and heais and soothes the af cted
parts, strengthens tho lungs,
ards otr pneumonia Harmless and
leasant to take. Sold by
?r. K. Norton.
A11 KnK'iio Exploded.
At Crcston two men were blown to
istant death bj the explosion of a big
rio locomotive tbere early Wedr.es
ay rooming. A third man was seouBly
hurt, ari the engine was de1011
shed, the trucks being the only m
art remaining on the track. The ev
sad are: Fred Keller, engineer, and 0t
has. Skelrlck, tireman. Frank Newtan,
of Elmlr.i, N. Y.. a travelling
reinan, was seriously injured and is
aw at the hospital at Akron. It is c?
dd that the injector failed to work.
he cnv'lns was drawing east-bound
Jells Fargo exj rcss. to
8|?oi rty itellol. ^
A salve that heals without a scar is ftn
e vV Itt's Witch Hazel Salye. No rem- 081
ly effects such speedy sellef. It
aws out inflammation, sooths, cools, th
id heals all cms, bums and bruises,
sure cure for Piles, and skin diseases
eWltt'sis the only genuine Witch
azel Salve. Beware of counterfeits,
ley are dangerous- Sold by 81r.
K. Norton
ga
Bksidks a number who are out an
ider bond, there are seven prisoners Gr
the Spartanbhrg j ill awaiting trial ovi
r murder at the next term of the Tt
urt of general sessions, which oon- ag;
nes on January 23. ati
To Cur*
Take Laxative Bromt
Seven MQBon boxes soM In pest 13 mom
ird
asteless 1
it* 25 years. Avei
alf Million bottles.
> you ? No Cure
a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLA
m uKM*'JpfSfovL^ ' *.' ' -; s flexdi
P 0mr t'ona
m entertaining ana Instructive a
W f war of cure In your own houi
A reuse of a local doctor or druggist.
\ ,, /' than a quarter of a century and hi
l&ZA/ hundreds of men whom I hnve curt
for the book. In these 2f> years I ha
f new and original and differs widely
to cure mm in half the time, in a simple yet effe
way to get back your vitality and strength, yoti
worn you are. and so thoroughly that you will sti
aro affected 1 will enclose besidestheC-i-page boo
that I can muUoastudy of yonrensennd reimrttc
books that 1 will send to men freeon ret oiet or nu
Write me today sure. DR. J. NIJWTON HATHA
88 Inman Building 22 1-2 Soutl
kilfyreT^Spyr
That Is exactly what It Is, aF
day at the State Fair showing It.s tli
Kvery Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M
property should have them. For sa
COLUMBIA S
Columbia., B. O. Tlio ma
Southeastern Lin
CHARLES!
Building Material of all ki
"RUBEROID."
The Guinaed
COIvLIMl
Building and lie-Pros od Brick. Sf
Terra (Jotta Flue Linings. Prepa
for millions.
iVhhko I Morphine I Clgarit
Iablt, | Habit | Habit
Curod by lieeley I
1320 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 1ft) CoL
noe solicited.
DeWITT'S
WITCH HAZEL l~\
SALVE
THE ORIGINAL.
\ Well Known Cure for POes.
Cures ebatlnate sores, chapped hands, soimi.
akin diseases. Makes burns and scalds
lalnleas. We could not Improva the quality
( paid double th# prlca. The best sslvs
hat experience oan produce er that money
:an buy.
Cures Piles Permanently
DeWltt'a Is the original and only pure and
genuine Witch Hazel Salve made. Look (or
he name DeWITT on every box. All others
ire counterfeit. rxarAsao av
I. O. DeWITT A CO.. CHICAOO.
)r. E. Norton.
Jonway-Seashore R R
DAILY SCHEDULE.
ji Myrtle Beach .. .. 7 a .iu
it Conway 7:40 a..m
. C?vi| 9:60 a. m
.r Myrtle Beech .9:45 a. m
. Myrtle Beach 1:30 p m
.r Oonway 2:16 p. m
v Oonway 6:30 p. m
it Myrtle Beach 6:10 p. m
r5TsCAR5ROUGir
CONWAY, S. C.,
ATTOUNKY AT LAW.
G.FfiRD Stalyhy |
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, \
l
CONWA Y, S. C ]
H. HrW00DWARD, |
i
Attorney and Counsellor at Law, j
CONWAY, S. C. i
(
Dynamite Kxplodud,
By an explosion of dynamite one ?
He east of Bedford Ind , Wednesday
enln^, two men were killed and four
hers Injured. The dead:
William S. Jenkins, Bedford.
William Garrett, Oolitle.
The men who were employes of the
mtral Union Telephone oompany.
id been working on the line east of n
at city. They were return!a# to #
wn In a wa^on in which they had ii
irown the dynamite, exnirwn.n -
? n
id tools. Tho Jarring of the wagon 1 q
used the explosion of the caps. The t
tgon was blown to pieces and one of i
e horses was injured. 4
V
A Terrible Mtory.
A cablegram from Coustantinople ?
ys word has reached there of the ~
issacre of an entire family by Hulrlans
near Salonika. The BulgarU
* captured a family of notable 4
eeks and threw them Into a baker's v
en and burned them to a crisp. 4
le Greek patriarch has protested ^
atnst the continuance of these e
rocltfes. oi
e a Cold in One
> Quinine Tablets. ^ /
flu. This signature, ^ >
hill Tonic I
'age annual sales I
Does t>his record R
, No Pay. 50c. |
CK ROOT LIVER PILLS. Jj
11 send froe to any man simply upon his written
st a copy of iny 6t ptute book on lost manhood,
us debility, lmpotency, stricture, varicocele
rcincnt of the prostate, blood poison, and ro?
senses resulting from the above, such as erup.
of tho skin, rheutnatisin, urinary disorders,
rectal diseases, etc. It will tell In plain and
s lantruowe all that you want to know. It is
nd will open your eyes. It will show a tiUpplo
e, privately and without tho publicity ana e*.
I have been practicing this speciality for moro
tvo in my vaults tho names of hundreds upon
ed of these diseases after they had written mo
ivodeveloped a system of euro that Is entirely
from tho old methods. With It I am enabled
etlvo way.. Wrlto mo nnd I wIII show you tho
tr manhood and health, no matter how old or
ry cured forever. If you will mention how you
k a Self Kxatninatlon Hlanit on your disease so
i you f i ee of charge. I have cightpt herinedtca*
me and utldr* ss. in a plain unmarked envelope.
WAY,
i Broad street, At.rnta, 0a.
EnTtnHREm
Ire KUlcr. I) i n) utcatilo 1 ovary
re llgli,tng <i?i tlities
ill, Ginnery ami any one owning
,le by
UPPLY CO..
ch nery Supply lio ise of tho State
le & Cement Co.
ton. s. c.
nda. Higb Grade Rcoflnp
Write for prio >a.
Brick Works,
UJV, H.C,
ocial Sii vpos to order. Firo Proof
.rod to till orders for thousands or
1 All Drug and Tubaooo
I llablta.
Lnntitnte, of C.
imbla, S. (J. Confidential correspond
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This great stock mcdicino is al
H money saver for stock raisers. It I
U is a medicine, not a cheap food or I
I condition powder. Though put up I
in coarser form than Thedforcl's I
3 Black-Draught, renowned for tho I
H cure of tho digestion troubles of!
; persons, it has the satno qualities!
I of invigorating digestion, stirring I
up tho torpid liver and loosening I
I tho constipated bowels for all stock I
Rand poultry. It is carefully pro-1
pared and its action is so healtlnul I
I that stock grow and thrive with an I
:I occasional dono in their food. It I
;?] cures hog cholera and makes hogs I
jl grow fat. It cures chicken cholera!
I and roup and makes hens lay. It I
. cures constipation, clistemper and
il colds in horses, murrain in cattle,
!I and mai^ a draught animal do
I more ^>i I for the food consumed,
i It gives animals and fowls of all
Ej kinds new life. Every farmer and
j-.I raiser should certainly give it a
H trial. 11
It costs 25c. a can and saves ten
: times its price in profit.
Pittsburg, Kab., March 25, 1904.
H I have been using your Black-Draught
Stock and Poultry Medicine on ruy
! stock for some time. I have used all
[I kinds of atock food but 1 have found
,H that yours is the best for my i>uri>ose.
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"TriTHOUX^ M. Dm
The Specialist.
i V
Cures all diseases of men. Lost
ninhood, syphilis (blood pols >n), <
onorhuea, gleet, a^rlctun, varloc- ele,
iydrocele and all prl ate diseases of
aen. Catarrh In all forms cured
ulckly. Piled cured without operalon
or detention from business.
J oder guarantee. Rooms 421 and
22 Leonard hutlding, Augusta, Qa.
Vrlte for home treatment. Office
ours: 9 a. m. to 7 p. m. Sunday's
a. m. to 2 p. m.
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tR AAA BANK DEPOSIT
iJvJtl/VVl Railroad Far* Raid. 800
' P it k K C 'iirs" Ofrered.
nMflMBBHHHi fi ardatCoat Wrlt?Qu?c>
'Anm.aiaRAMK misiness college M?co*.Ua
\ T\/f ? Cures Crip li
9 Jf In Two Days. 8
>7/ /, on every I