The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 02, 1905, Image 4
FARMERS TRUST.
A Speech on the Subject by lixSenator
McLaurin.
ITS WORTH READING.
Me Presented Mis Views in u Way I
Which Attracted Not a Utile Attention,
and Me was Applauded
Frequently by Mis
Hearers.
We publish below Dx-Senator McI.aurli
s sueeuh heforo thn Cotton I
Farmers Convention 11.. Columbia last
week:
"Ju.^tafew years ago," he said,
"the fanners of Kansas and Nebraska
were burnlr g grain to reduco a sur
plus, as v-e have heard recently of
burning cotton In Georgia and T.xas.
For ihe few years past the crops In
the west have been the largest on
record and yet wheat la today rolling
at marly $1 20. t he equivalent of 12
1 2 cent cotton, wli.io oats, corn,
baric/, rye and all other foodstuffs arc
prop rtionate'y h'gh. There Is a
strlk ng analogy between wheat and
cott< u; they are the two great agrleulti
rul export crops of the United
Stat s; more and m <re, the civilized
wort Is looking to our country fur
focd md clothing.
"1 in Interest ing and instructive in
this rids to tind out why it Is that
the ' 'heat farmer has h en able for
the |ast year to hold prices so hlgl
alrov the Eurupean parity. 1 haven't
mad? the comparison In some time,
but not- long ago I did and while the
Kurcpean farmers were getting about
80 c< nts, the American farmer was
receiving about $1 per bushel. Right
8c:o.Ls the border in Canada, wheat
was.'elllng for much less than It wain
Michigan. The wheat farmers
knov tnat sooner or later Europeon
supplies will bo exhausted and thoy
must draw on tie Unlitd {States.
Mak.tig due allowance for war, which
always makes provisions higher would
not answer the question, for that
would mean that European price-,
should be higher than in the United
States.
"A s lortage In tire American cr p
of 75,000,000 bushels from last year
is not sulliclt ut explanation. T1 e
groat jornpetitor of cotton Is wool,
and Ir.i lo journals speak of the almost
comple e failure (if the wool p of
Austra.la, and It seems to me that
under the ordinary law of supply and
demand this should he a factor h
tixtng the intrinsic value of co.tjn.
but we, fail to sec the effect.
"Na'.uro has given the cottori planter
a great ah vantage over the wheal
grower While the sjuth enjoys an
almost complete monopoly in the productlot
of ootti n, wheat Is produced
all ovei tl e world, from the Arctic to
lower temperate zones.
"There is but one answer to the
problem, the wheat farmer is organ
ized and has learned the lesson of how
to mat ago his affairs on the business
piit elples that govern the other industries
of tnc world.
,;A few years ago they were singing
him to sleep with that same old song
'overproduction,' coined by selfish
greed to enable the prlvilrged few to
rob the many. He was pointed, atyou
are, to the laws of supply and demand?another
law of God that has
been prostituted and made to turn the
products of honest labor into tire coffers
of those 'who toll not, neither do
they spin.'
"The wheat farmers of the west re
piled to these doctrinaires. 'Away
with your devil's gospel of greed: wi
do not believe it. Rvery grain of our
whpat, is p. itiMiimnii ahp.Ii voar nnrl wot
wo hear of famine in J reland, India,
England and Russia; the wail of the
hungry poor of New York, London
and Paiis reaches our tars There are
bread rlolfl elsewhere, while we burn
corn and feed wheat t< cattle. Your
economic theory is all a lie, for you
tell these millions that they starve
because thoro is no bread, while you
tell us that we starve because of its
vtry abundance.' That is Just what
is being told the cotton farmer today.
As 'lorn Watson said at New Orleans:
'If we make no crop, it is ruin: if we
make a crop, it is ruin, too.' It is
the devil, fellow citizens, not God,
who promulgated the creed, 'You can
and you can't, you will and you won't
you re damned if you do and you are
dami ed if you don't.'
"\'hat did the wheat farmers dc ?
Thej first e rg$n zed. They built
ware louses all over the west. When
the farmers o n store their wheat
they g?t a certificate for this, anr.
they raigoto any bank and draw
their money on it whenever needed
He n edn't force his wheat on the
market until the price is an induce
merit. Tire trade J urnals told us a
year and a half ago that the farmers
had passed tire word ar.iundtbat the>
wanted arrd intended to have $1 per
bushel for their wheat, and in spite
of the combined efforts of the speculator!
more than a year aero wheat
went to #1 a bushel. For a few weeks
they fo ced the price under 90 conts.
but the farmers simply refused to sell
and today its equivalent In cotton
would te 12 12 cents a pound. Even
in the far c IT Argentine they have
taken t le cue, and lixed upon NO cents
as the prce they demand for wheat,
and at t ve:y shipping point there is a
warehouse where wheat is stored until
It brings the price. Fellow citizens,
cotton is tli only product In the world
where the price is lixed entirely by
the ptrcha er. and the man who
mukes i he ui. icle has no voice in it.
You haul a h ai of cotton Into town,
you go o a buyer; lie says, 'Walt till
Liverpr ol comes in.' In a few minutes
It is chalked up on the blackboard,
and you are told what ycu
must tike. Gentlemen, this coat I
have or stayed on some merchant's
shelf until 1 paid his price for it. He
told n- e what he would take and I
either 1 ad to pay his price or go without.
"The coal trust, the meat trust, all
tlx the price of their products and
they keen them until they get that
prtoe. Ycu may starve, you may
freeze, you n ay go naked, but you
must pay their price or g > without.
"All that the New Orleans plan
means is that we, the producers of
the material that clothes the world,
Intend now and henceforth and forever
to have a voice in tlxlng the
price of the pruducts^nf our labor.
cotton that had been soli for couhuoapilon
and exported to l.urope was^
b ?rrowed, relmported Into this coun- P
try and dumped on the market, used
agalu and again, until Sully was ,
broken and prlcea given a blow from
which they have never recovered.
"The laws of supply and demand!
What chance have you to take advantage
of the lawsof supply and demand
when the g ivernmcnt Itself dlscrimi- >
nates against your produot, when the
wheat farmer is given 25 cents a i
bushel protection against wheat from
Canada and the Argentine and cotton
can be brought here free of duty and
used to depress the price of your pro
duct? Cotton Is the only groat3taple
product not protected. Wheat gets
,25, corn 16, barley, oats, rye and (
eocrylhlug else'.have thrown ar und (
it the fostering carc of the govern- ,
ment, while cotton Is left to shift for
Itself, and It is our fault. If wc had
had a duty of 5 cents a poui d on cotton
Imports, Sully, Brown aid Ilayne
could have held the market until It
would have declined materially under (
the It llueiicc of a large crop and this
crop would have averaged yi u 10 cent,
a pound.
i "The laws of supply and demand,
indeed! How much good a e they to
you when the agricultural department
spends $1,000 000 a year collect
j lng accurate statistics on acreage and
conditions and before you ever get a
chance to market a bale the whole
consuming world kr.ows to almost &
pound what you will make. What
chance did you have last fall after
the L) cember report; In a few h- urs
cotton was below the ccst of production.
"Wherever they can the btnelib of
the laws of supply and demand are
absolut ly denied the cotton farmer,
while others glory in their bonetlcence.
Fellow clt/.eos, the New Orleans con
ventlon calls upon you to organize for
self preservation. I have heard the I
neor, 'Oh you can't yet tbo farmers
to unite, ti e thing will fail.' To these
I reply the fa triers of the west, are
rgaoized; they control the situation,
and the southern cotton planter, iu
patriotism, Intelligence, patient endurance,
self contiol and courage, Is
the p^er of any man, anywhere in
this wide world. ? (Oheers.)
"Will you seize the opportunity 01
will you trample upderfootthe ad van
'ages given you by GovJ^aod natureV
Let us b'gin, 1< t us organlz* for tbe
monopoly given us by God In the production
of raw cotton; It is the first
step toward that 'itnc wh n within
our b >rders we shall spin all t.hc cotton
made and exporting nettling but
tbe linishcd products make the s< u li
rich beyond our wildest dreams.
There is a tierce battle going on foi
commercial supremacy. This will
not stop with the addition of a cant
or two to the price of cottor; tture
are issues of gieater moment, it Is a
light fur the supremacy of the south
in the groat industrial war now being
waged in tills world. Tbe ivatchlires
are lighted oil the hilltops and the
bugle has sounded the call to arms;
the tramp of the legions may be
heard from the Gape Fear oo the Hlo
Grand.
"The convention at New Orleam
thre w dawn the gauge of 1 attle ai.d
tbe captains of the tens an' hundre Is
are mustering israt l'S nosis
"I warn you that the light will he
long, hard and bitter; If wo full it
means the world's contempt for a
people who could not use God given
'PportunlUes. If we succeed, O, men,
and the sons of men, who followed
the stany crossover the hills of Vir
gtnla and amid the swamps of the
Mississippi, who rejoiced with .lackson
at Hull Hun and wept with Lee at
Appomattox, It moans, (), L>rd God
of battles, that thou hast reversed thy
verdict at Gettysburg and Appomattox,
it means victory, victory Tor the
south without the shedding of a widow's
tear or the loss of a single drop
of human blood.
"Fellow citizens, the issue was made
at New Orleans, it Is Dixie avenue
against Wall street! The man who
falters and hesitates Is the man who
would make a few paltry dollars, by
increasing his acreage at the expense
of his patriotic neighbor, is a oward
and a traitor to his .own section and
peop'e. (Cheers.)
"The New Orleans convention
found itself confronted by two propositions.
' First, to take care of the present
surplus of 2,000,000 hales.
"Second, to curtail the acreage of
the current year.
"Tuird, to find new markets by
1007, so as to put our Industry on a
stable basis and prevent a recurrence
of present conditions.
"For the 2,000,000 bales of cotton
a pi ol has been formed wiih ample
capital to back it. If trusts are to be
the order of the day, we will cease to
be the only victim, and wo will have
a cotton trust, too; not a seciet, dark
lantern arrangement, but a trust
formed for self protection, In broad
open day, by the representatives of
25 000,000 people in 20 States of this
union, producing the crop upon which
the whole world relics for clothing
material.
"Tills Is the most g'gantic ccmbl
nation ever droamcil of. What the
result will bo no man can tell.
"One tiling Is sure, If you carry It
out like every other trust It will be
elective. Refuse to sell your cotton, ,
but Instead deposit It In a warehouse
and draw your money at the banking ,
agencies established by the cotton
trust, and In addition reduce your
acreage; it means that the men who
form this pool will have the consumers
and hear speculators at their mercy,
and you can dictate prices for the
next crop. Whether the povcr would
bo abused or not Is another question;
but 1 do say, that it make-i you for
the time the complete masters of the
cotton world, and that you will have
to be consulted about the price of
your product. No one will tell you
what he will give, but will anxiously
Inquire what you will take for your
cotton.
"I say further, fellow citizens, that
conditions which force a whole people
to at tempt the organization of a trust,
which, like every other trust, has for i
its objeot the overturning < f the na- i
tural law of supply and demand,
brands as something false and wrong
the political and Industrial conditions
under which its occurs. It presents a
problem that cries out for solution
along reasonable, natural lines. The J
statesman who denies It Is a fraud. ,
the political economist who shirks It (
is a hypocrite, and the Christian who (
passes It by Is a traitor to his Ood (
and country. As to whether such a j
gigantic trust, with its millions of
members,Ucan succeed, and its effect j
on public Interests, constitute problems
too deep for mo. There is no 1
other solution offered for the Immediate
situation, aad it Is your duty
and my duty to stand by the New Or- i
leans convention, and organize every
If H iIiih km n in i ?
ft
there when the lung roll sounds, or
prove false to all of her tr&dlt oris. 1
thought and sal 1 at the convention
that the permanent solution of the
cjttou problem wjuld come from tlnd t
log wider markets for cotton goods.
No Intelligent and concert*.d action
has ever been made on large scale In
this direction.
"Among tho 400,000,000 people of
China we cau fi 1 rid a ready market at
reasonable prices for all the surplus
cotton the world can produce, lo has
been tlgured out that the world can
use 42 600,000 bahs of cotton.
"There Is another thing that Is
being done on a constantly Increasing
scale, ihe Chinese are Imp irtiug yarns
from this feountry and weaving It Into
cloth on their hand looms, like tho e
our great grandmothers us"d hack In
slavery days. What a tl Id there Is
here among these people, rich with
the stored up weilth of centuries
The cotton plant In China !s a little
stunted thing, wit i almost no Staple;
they can raise too many other cr p
of greater value 'or them to make
cotton Sell them our cotton goods
direct and bring hi ck their eampnor.
hemp, spices anc teas. I derived
most of my inform atlon ab ut China
frdm Minister Wu. and ho said the
south would tind its salvation In the
China markets, and he should certain
ly know.
Mr. McLaurln called attention to
tho fact that while tho merchaut dies
t ic prico on his wares and refuses to
sell until he gets a price satla'sctory.
the cotton farmer must take whatever
price Is c tiered, lie Is the only
olasi In the world offering a c unmodlty
for sale who has absolutely nothing
to do with the tixlng of the price of
that commodity. In 1898 when there
was a surplus crop, one 11 rm opened a
new market n China and disposed of
20.000,000 'vorlli of manufactured
goods, lie hi.d b cd a member of tin
committee to visit the president and
to ani>n!il tn minuriiio Il?? hn.l
( WW ' VI'VI. 1 IV ' H4VJ ntl II
the president Monday and had received
assurance ibat Mr Roosevelt would
1(1 ve the we'ght of his oflloo to pro
moting the interests of the greatest
industry In the world. He dec'arcd
that the representatives at Washing
ton get far away from tht ir p ople
sometimes until the people spank them
and teach them bRter manners. This
being taken as a philosophical and
go d natured acknowledgment of his
iwu political errors, was greeted with
laughter and applause. For /he reason
that the representatives g tso far
away, he argued, they should lie admonished
by Just such an orgai zitlon
as this.
In c nc'udlng Mr. McLaurln spoke
as f t ws hi refceenco to tan IT rovisl<
u:
"Why should t le wheat farmer use
free twine to wrap ills p/otccted
wheat, while tho cotton farmer uses
protected bagging to wrap ilis free
c it.ten? ' He showed how the south
Is discriminated agilnst in tin tariff.
Eisteru monopo ists have schemed
cunningly to plunder the south. Ninety
pjr ce.it. of tho Imports which are
admitted b > competition in this conn
try arc competing with products of
the south.
"Lot us demand that In the com
Ing revision of the tarltY our represen
titives see that the south *.ets her
share of all that is going, that we are
recognized as an Integral part of this
union, ready to share Its burden* and
if need be light its battles, but de
manding In return a full share of all
the heuctits of national life.
"Let us orgau'/.9 but keep our or
ganlzatlon out of pilitics. Let the
watchword be "measures not men."
I have no con tide nee in help coming
from any p ditlcal party now in existence,
until we are strong enough to
force it from any party that may happen
to be In piwer. A man never gets
justice until be is strong enough to
force It with a 'big stick.'
"The great questions with which
we are confronted have no place in
the little c ibvis, factions an! caucus
08 of political parties, for there petty
jealousies and sclfllsh ambition ever
outweigh the country's good.
"In conclusion, fellow clt'/.jns, I
give you this sen Jment, God bless
South Carolina; If she is right I am
with her; If she it wrong, 'bono of
my bone, flesh of t ly It sh, Gud bless
her still I am with her.' "
CHEATED A SENSATION.
A New York CoiiKi-CHtmian I>aren the
Houho to Hxpel Him.
Hefore a big vot; was taken in the
house on the shipbuilding bill Wednesday.
Mr. Itaker of New York, created
a sensation by i fferlng the following
resolution.
"That while this house viev/a with
horror the bellbente destruction of
human life, at all times and under all
circumstances, yet It declares as reprehensible
at was the murder of
Grand Duke Serglus it was not more
wanton than the massacre perpetrated
"by the Uuislan government on Jan
un; **iit* i tnuusiuus or unarmed
men, women and childicn were butch
ered in cold blood; and that it regards
i lie murder of those helpless, unof
fending men, women and children as
one of the moat dastardly crimes ever
perpetrated; that, In refusing to ex 1
press the horror of the people of this
country at that fearful tune, while
asserting that both the American government
and the people view the killing
of Grand Duke Sergiun with ah
norrence, the president lias not and
does not voice the real sentiment of
the people of the United States "
In an excited manner Mr Ilaker
asserted that ho had been told that if
lie Introduced the resolution, a motion
would be made to expel him from
the house. Bushing down the atsle
and waving the resolution in his
hand, he deposit d it In a be x provided
for such measures, and deticd
any one to make a motion to expel
him.
' Make It now!" he shouted. "Fixpel!
expel! expc-l! 1 tell you to introduce
your motion to r xpeli!"
Previous to this Mr. Pakcr i ad provoked
c mslderable dlssention by condemning
the president's action in
sending a message of condolence to
Emperor Nloholas.
Wants to I mi iliulgo.
A dispatch from Washington says
H< presentative Lever tiled with the
president Wednesday the app (cation
of Col. John C. Haskell to be one of
Lbe judges of railroad court to be
created when the railroad rate bill be
comes law, If it ever does. The application
mentions that Col. Haskell is a
brother- in-law of Wade Hampton and
personal friend of Hugh Thompson,
who was many years a friend of the
president
Oo<><1 lor WofTord.
The election of Oeo. E. Prince
makes tivo of the oiroult judges in
South Carolina graduates or Wotfoid
aVliTc tXid
A COTTON PICKER, j*
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A Successful Machine brought to At- *
. tention of Qovernment.
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The Apparatus Wan Tentc?l Near n
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Montgomery, Alabama. 1'lie j
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Tt'Hla Fully Ucterltiod.
A dispatch from Washington says "
reports reaching the department of ag- ^
rloulture indicate that a cotton picktrig
machine which will real'y pick
cotton has been invented and lias stood I
a practical test. The patent otfloe is ; 0
tilled with designs of ootton picking I
machines that liave bjeu tiled la tbe
past, 1 ut no entirely s&tisfac'o y re- a
suits h ive ever been attained. Last j
year a 1 apparatus designed bv O. A. j
Lowry, wiio invented the rount bale
glnnliH machine, was brought 10 the
attend )n of the bureau of plant In w
dustry >f the department of aerlculture,
a id the chief of that otllcc, Pro- t
fes;or B. T. Calloway, arranged to h
liave tl e operations of the dev ce In f
spected by J. F. Duggar, director of j
the AU.bima experiment station, and
C. II .illlngsley, an agent of t le department.
The tests were m ido near
Montg' irery. Mr. BilMngsley's *fport
lias reached Professor Calloway and
lias been found to contain many points
of inteie t. It is as follows: ^
"Bri'tlv slnt.rrt th<> irachinc
slsts of a frame on fcur wheels, wo of j a
which are llanged traction or drive ^
wheels: a f< i r horsepower gasoline j
engine which drives the sup j
porting wheel by means of sp ocket
chain (onnect ns, tin cirrylng the v
entire 1 lachlnt forward at a rat e which
is unit r the c ntrol of the operator. ^
The en :lr>e als drives the mechanhm t
which cirrles 1 he picking belts. The a
essential part >f the machine is the s
picking arms. There are elg'it of
these one for each hand of the four j
operators, who ride on the machine j|
fgr the purpose of directing these pick * ^
itig arms. Last, there is an engineer j
to guide tlie machine and four men or
boys (preferably t>oys) to point th tips ^
of these picking arms at the open bolls
as the machine moves past the plant, j
1 Kich picking arm may be likeued (|
to small tin trough closed on the sid> s j
an 1 bottom and open on the top. This f
trough is about 2 1-4 Inches wide and 0
about the same deep. In its botton v
runs an bndless belt of cloth and rub- c
t?er 2 inches wide and thickly studden
with metal tacks bent upwaid, something
like the cards used In making
t abs of wool and cotton, Ttiese tacks f
do the picking, tho contact of even a t
few libers being sutllclent to draw the a
entire contents of an open boll against c
the belt; which carries the seed cotton 1
up 4 f l into a reeeptae'e. This belt d
t ravels at the rate of 360 feet p< r minute.
The lower end of the trough ha- s
no sides or bottom, tl us exposing s
about 3 Indies of the underside of the I
studded belt, as well as its lower end \
and upi>er s do. Tills permits the pick h
Ir g of a boll either from above or from I
beiow or even makes possible the pick li
ing of cotton from the ground. 1 tried c
the handling of the arms and fi u id p
them so light, movable and nicely bal- c
a need as to m ike the guiding of that a
an easy task. c
"With cotton stems as brittle as I
those used In testing the machine, a tl
small proportion of bolls break ofT and e
both bur s and seed cotton start up t
the endless belt. Most of these burrs v
are knocked oft and thrown out by a n
uuse smau roner ana uy a series < f t
wire p us in the sides of the trough d
and about half an Inch above the out- t
er surface of the tucks or teeth of the I
picking belt. An effective brush re- J
mo\es the seed cotton fr< m the endless v
belt very thoroughly d
"I consider the principles on which I
the machine operates c >rreot and t
practical. In a few features It is in t
an experimental stage. The cotton
grower will demand the following requirements
of a cotton picker.
"1. ''horoughness of work; that is, c
the picking of a large percentage of r
the tot. il seed cotton in the Held leav t
log Utile adhering to the plant or cn a
the ground. a
"2 A product in p'cked seed cot- w
ion, no , excess! vely trashy or co italn- c
ing mu ih trash beyond the poss bllity [
of removal of clearing machinery at 1
the gin. a
"'3 Durability of construction, with a
such s mpliclty and llghtuess as to *
bring ts c iSt within reach without (
much expense for interest on ti e in ^
vestme it. 0
"4. E ronomioal operation; not re- *
quiring excessive labor or fuel, and no 1
great d igrce of technical skill on the '
part of th6 chief aperator.
"5. The capacity toplckrruck more v
lyuji iyu |'(;i i iky tllilll LUUIU UO f ICKCO j ^
by Held hands i qual in number 10 the Jl
crow re juired for the machine. u
The condlLl >ns under wh'ch the ^
test wore mad ) are described by Mr 0
Bibingsley as 1 illows:
"Cot xm p'ar :,s: Entirely dead, nrar
ly allcf the 1 aves dropped; picked S
once before an I now only about three n
and ont half b Us to the plant. The t
plants wore sm .11, about 20 or 22 inch c
eft hlgl , in 4-i'oot rows, thick in the a
drill, poorly t llnned so there were f
many plants together in many oases, vi
The variety was Peterkln, which has a
very small bolls, and. in tins case, I
contained a larjre percentage of im b
mature frosted bolls only partially t
opened. t
"Soil: Sandy or sandy loam, qu'te ii
dry, In which the machine moved b
easily. I n places crab grass was thick b
ly entangled with theopsn cotton, but t
this condition did not prevent satis- w
factory work, although increasing the a
trash. K
"To test the thorruuhncss of the t<
work, samples were taken of all the o
UOoH n/\f Ac 1 nff " ? ?? ? *
nwu vuuivu iciv uii|;ititi;u Ur UII WH' Q
ground on a definite number of plants, h
This was done wl ere the machine had is
operated, and, fur comparison, where w
the usual hand picking had been done. G
I found by ccmparisan that about two II
to two and one*half as much cotton a
was left behind by the machine as by c,
the hand pickers. I estimate the
amount of trash as, perhaps, double
that left by a careful picker, hub I
heard one man say that he had had tl
hands tx) get as much trash as the n
macuine. 1 think this trash would Ir
all be rem ved by the gin. It Is tco C
early to judge as to the wearing qual- d
1 ties of the machine. The weight of tl
the maohino, exoept for the engine ts
and wheels, Is slight. c<
"The cost of operation Is summed 11
up in the statement that four boys C
can do the picking and one man can b<
guide the machine. I think the labor d<
could be had at $2 per day, or, at the C
most, 92 60 per day. The oost of the f(
gasoline would be slight. I found that L
the machine movod almost exaotly 333 r<
feet per hour, Including the time lost ai
in turning and removing cotton fr< m U
the receptacles. As It picks one entire w
row under the,maohine and tws halffoi
rea covered in cue hour was nearly
ue-iifih of au acre. It Is possible for
he mivohlne to l>e operated faster
hau it was wheu 1 Inspected It. Durug
the test sevt rul counts showed
hat each y ov was gathering more
hau 100 bnlls per minute, or about I
found of seed cotton for each toy per
Qinubo, or 00 pounds per hour, or 240
founds of see 1 cotton per hour for
he machir e. This Is estimating that
t would require 100 bolls to make a
>ound, \ ut t' ore are many varieties
0 or "5 bolls of which will give a
1 uud."
The department of agriculture, of
curse, has no int. re t In the matter,
>eyoud Its general desire to do everyhltig
in lis power to uid ttie farmers
f the country.
k Ive Muit slain.
At l'ottsvllle, l'a., Saturday, live
aen wore killed and thirteen li jared
n an acci lent on N >. 2, slope of No.
c tilery, of th > Lylfcle operation, by
fall of top rook whi'.e a gunboat loidd
with eighteen men on their way to
rork was s,0,1kr down tiie shaft. Three
f Iho k lied were foreigners, while
he other two were American*. The
odles w? ro not brought to tho sur
ace until noon.
?he dead: v I
Henry 14. Moo e.
Daniel Degan.
Sylvest? r Pellock.
Poter Mostofhkye.
(ioorge Kutler.
Two of the loj ind were removed to
he Pi ttsvillo hospital and although
hey aro I adly crushed ah *ut the body
nd legs, thi ir In. urle.s are not thought
> be fatal. The others were out and
rulsed ai d suffered from other minor
uJurPs.
The tilp proceeding the one on
idlie.h the U. m fMirriirt tho
~V ? *? ,
ioat" kti' cker down some timbers on
lie east. rack. The car containing '
he men struck the disarranged propt.
nd tore others from the top of the
haft, ca isiiig a fall of rook. The
reiter fart of the lock fell on the i
urward end of the car, crushing the
Ife outo' the tlve men seated there
ieveral n n lumped from the "gunioat"
when they heard the timbers
tvlug away and escaped almest cer
aln death. ,
M'chael Degan, who was but slight- 1
y Iri ired, was found lying by the side <
f his brother, Daniel, who was killed,
le said that his br. ther did not die :
or several minutes after the fall oc
urred and thai he sp. kc to him and
vas answered, while both were weight- i
d down with tons of r< ck.
Tliv VViiKi'H ?>I Sin.
A terrible tragedy was enacted v
ew days ago in the olllee of a magisrate
at Jacksonvl le, Fla. Here Is the ,
,wful story as conveyed by an AssoIated
Press di pitch: Mrs Joseph H.
'"reeman lies mortally wounded, her
aughter, Miss Miy Brown, is dead
,nd City Detective YV. B. Cahooo is
eriousy wounded as a result of a
hooting atT.ay In the court room of
. L. Karris, justice of the peace,
Vcdtiesday morning. Mrs. Freeman
iid brought a tio n against ().vcti K
joadholdt/., charging him with ruin
ng her daughter. The parties of tin
ase had gone to the court room pre
tared f ir trouble. According to wit
icsses of the tragedy, Mrs. Freeman
ttracted Loadhold"/.'s attention by
alltrg his name and tited at him.
lis reply was prompt aud deadly. He
Ired live times and every shot took
ITect Mrs. Fret man was shot four
imra in me urease ana ner (laughter, '
vho had tired once, was shot in tile '
couth and instantly killed. Dotec- '
ive Caho >n, wh > was attempting to ]
lisirm Loadholdtz, was shot In the i
?ack, evidently by one of the women. |
joadhnldtz was arrested and is In Jail.
OS' pl? Brown, brotlier of the girl who 1
vas killed, arrived on the scene Immellately
after the shooting and was
ncked up for a time by order of Jus- ^
Ice Farrls to prevent further trouble, ,
tut was soon after released. I
lt> wKrd For A lUnoal.
Notwithstanding the faot that so
nany people have been victimized by
ascals pretending to be representing
loriodlculs fur which they take sub- 1
criptlonsat q ilte a reduced rate?hut ,
.lways payab.e ii advance?a sharper ,
:ot in Iris wurk iiere recently and se- ,
ured the names of many subscribers ,
o The Saturday Evening Post, pub- (
Ished by the Curtis company of Phil- ,
.de'pbia. This is a standard family ,
,nd 11 reside paper, and It requires ilt- ,
le solicitation get subscriptions. (
)nc of th sa vict imized here wrofcr to i
lie company, and Wednesday received ,
d the following answer: "The man i
vho secured your subscription is an
mposter, for whose arrest we have of h
ered 51 reward ol $25. lie has no au- .
horlty w hatever to act for us, and ,
ve are doing everything in our power |
o secure his apprehension. If you can 1
n anyway la the future cooperate with ,
s in securing h's conviction we will
e glad to turn over to you the reward
f 126.?The State.
A Mi .hIiik Bridegroom,
A dlspi.tch from Florence to The J
late say* last Thursday morning a '
Tan nam iH h i u.i ? ?
v. M?. llbll Ull K SI I'tt'lll) I
hero from K ternary, Georgetown a
ounly, aod registered with his wife f
t Hi rry's hotel. Ballenberger bought ,
rora Mrs. Boucheit the next day 144 [
rorth of clothing and gave In payment
check cn the Georgetown bank. Mrs.
louchelt found out that Mr. Billenergcr
had no money In the George
own bank, an1 he was made to re- j
urn the goods, and Mr. Berry, hear- r
ig of this asked them to leavo their r
carding place. B illenberger has not \
een heard of since. His wife was left \
here in the city at the mercy of those y
rho would help her. The city council's r
ttentlon being called to the matter, ^
ave her money to pay her way back v
0 Georgetown, her home. The son c
f tne miS'lng man was thero Thurs ^
ay looking for him, but so far has t
eard nothing of him. Ballenberger ^
1 said to be a very go -d man by those q
'ho know him, and has lived near [
eorgetown for a number of years.
le had been married married there
nd was on his bridal trip when he
line to Florence. u
Getting llncanv, t
n
a mspatoh rrom Charleston says c
Here is sine uneasiness among the a
umerous Republican ottfceholders K
1 Charleston and elsewhere In South t
arollna on aceount of the latest or- r
cr of President Roosevelt notifying *
ae cfllceholders that they can not retin
their federal commissions If they p
jcupy political positions. Many of- p
ceholders are atfeoted, chtctly State f
hatrman Dcas, whom many memers
of his party have been trying to
epose for some time. Collectors
rum of Charleston, Small of B au- /
>rt ar.d other tfllolals are affected, t
Ustrlct Attorney Capers' position as /
iferee and adviser to the president n
ad members of the national commit- J
K* comes In & different class and he n
ill not be involved In the operation b
f the civil service regulations whloh n
-- to h# In Sonth/lnr. f
The Old Standfl
Grove's 1
has sGood t>he t*e?
over One and a H
of merit* appeal t>(
Enclosed wit*h every bottl'* <
[ To Cui
I Take Laxative Brora
I Seven Million boxes sold in past 12 vac
TERM OF SIXTY YLAKS
In Prison Major C&rriii,*ton of UottikIm
for HtcttlliiK.
Major Frank Da L. Oarrlngtou, who
a as been given the remarkable sen
tenco of sixty years and tive davs by a
co .rt In Manila, is a native of Gior<la,
and was appointed to ll e military
academy from Georgia on i he 1st o'
September, 1874. Ho lu s served
throughout 1 is service as at. c Ulcer In
the First Infantry, with the i xe ption
of the perl d of the Spanish var, when
tie was HeuUna it colonel of the 8th
Jallfornla Infantry
He was assigned for dutj In com
mand of the battalion oi Filipino
scouts at the St. I. mis e (position
After reaching St. Louis oh .rgos wen j
Hied against him, and he w; s received
from duty there and < r.ierc d hack to 1
the Philippines for trial. Major (Jar
rington was entrusted with certaiu
funds to be expended in the c lice' i n
of certain poslt'ons of the Philippine
exhibit. Wnlle on a transport en route
to this country w Lh bis scouts an
auditor discovered the alleged short '
ago. Ah s'.ated In the dbp itches,
Major Oarrington made practically no
defense, his attorneys contenting
themselves with raisli gthe quest ion ol
jurisdiction and otli r technical points,
and the result was his conviction on
live different ounts, for each of which
ho was sentenced to twelve years and
one day.
The trial was not bv c urt martial.
but was under the civil law of the Is
lands, which Is built on the old Spanish
law. Toe heavy sentence is said by
i rtlcla's of the insular bureau to bo in
keeping with the policy of the Island
courts to be particularly hard upon
Americans convicted of crime, for
moral effect upon the Filipino*. As
Major Carrlngtou is now f>0 years old
the chances for his living out a sen
tence of sixty years cannot be. said lo
be particularly gcoti, even hi the sal
ubrlous surroundings in which Rhlbid
prison Is situated.
(Jire Your Stomach a Item.
Your food must be proper y digested
and assimilated to he of any value to
you. If your stomach is weak or diseased
take Kodol Dyspepsia (lure. It
digests what you eat and gives the
stomach a rest, enabling it to recupei[ite,
take on new life and grow strong
again. Kodol cures sour stomach, gas.
bloating, heart palnilat ion and all digestive
disorders. L. A. Super, of 1.11Lie
Rock, Ky., writes us: "We feel
that Kodol I >yspepsia Cure deserves all
i he commendation that can lie given
it, as it saved t he iif?- of <>ur lit t le girl
when she was three years old. She is
now six and we have kept it for her
constantly, hut of course she only
takes it now when anything disagrees
with her." Sold by
Dr. E. Norton
Uootllu in Court.
At Ilutler, Mo., while C urlos Kel- .
ly, ex oqcmber of tho St. Louis house ']
if delegates, was testifying Friday In 1
tihe trial of C larles K 'at/, there was i
i great stir at tho door of tho court >
room caused by tho entrance of tive 1
detectives and the local express agent
with the package containing the 8<>0,
K?0 boodle fund. O ie dete< lve oar- '
rled a shotgun. Tne monej was produced
while the lawyers aid detec
jives crowned about. Tlie i.otes weie
<aken out andc u itcd before the(jury.
Kratz, the defendant, suddenly b;
;ame pale and it was necessary to asdst
him to Jud^e Denton's private
room, he lost co isclou-ness. Toe trial
.vas delayed for more than a half hour
aefore Kratz ag iln en'ered I 10 room
lie trembled nntlcebaly as h > walked
,0 his acoustomed seat.
The SunHtilnoiil' :-tprl'ig
The Salve tha' cures with out a scar
s be Witt's Witch Hazel Sa ve (Juts,
durns, Moils, Bruises and Mi es dixap>ear
beiore the use of this salve as
mow l>efore the sunshine > f spring,
diss II. M. M id die ton, Th< bes. ill.,
lays: "I was seiiously alliic id with a
ever sore that was very pall ful. HeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cured me iu
ess than a week." Get the genuine,
told by
Dr. K. Norton.
CoimnltH Kulolilo.
At Georgetown on Monday nUht of
ast week a sailor, Arthur L. H ire by
tame, a mere boy of 22 years, com
nlttod su'clde with ciloroform on
>oard the schooner Edgar (J Ross in
rVlnyah bay. From appearance",
'OuriK Hare belongs to people of
ne,ins and refinement. lie was well
Ircssed and possessed an excellent
vardrobe. He was the pet and life!
if the crew. Letters containing en-'
learin? terms In excellent composition
and handwriting were found on
lis person from his father in Tor into,
lanada, and bis sweetheart, a Mhs
tortha Hayes of Uhlcago.
That rick 11 nx 1.1 thft Throat.
One minute after taking one Minite
(Joutrht Cure that t icklinir in; ti?n
? ... I hroat
Is gone. It a;'Ls In the throat
lot the stomach. Harmless good for I
hlldren. A. L. SpofTord, post mast <i "
t Chester, Mich., says: "Our little v?
Irl was unconscious from strangulaion
during a sudden and terible
attack of croup. Three doses of
)ne Minute Cough Cure half an hour
part spcedilv cured her. I cannot
raise One Minute Cough Cure too
much for what it has done in our famlr."
It always gives relief. Sold by
)r. E. Norton. ^
Don't litkfl fhetn.
A man named Nick Britton, near
iloolu, tired on an Automobile conalning
Judge Benet and L .wyer P.
l, Wilcox. He protested against automobiles
traveling the road. B. A.j^
enklns of Sumter the driver of the
machine, dismounted and argued and p
luffed Britton into allowing the automobile
and Its party to p:ss without
ird
asteless CI
>t> 23 years. Avei
aif Million bottles.
> you ? No Cure
a Ten Ce.U Package of GROVE'S BLA
re a Cold in On
to Quinine Tablets. ,
>nths. This signature,^- Jgra
entertaining and Instructive
wV ? way of euro In your own ho
\ /\ ponso of u local doctor or druggist
v .^ j vii..11 .> mhiiik i ?ji iv tniiury ami
ior?7/ hundreds of men whom I bavoci
yr^ for the hook. In these 2."> years I I
r new and original and differs wide
to euro men in half the lime, in a simple yet tt
way to tret back >our Vitality anrl strength. V
worn you are, and so thoroughly that you will i
arc affected 1 will enclose lx'stdes theO-l-piuro Ix
that I ean inaUonstudy of yourcaseand reix>rt
books that i will sotidto mon freoon recol i m i
ritO mo today sure. UK. J. NBWTON HATH
88 Inman Building 22 1-2 S(
: The Guinard
2 COIvITMB
Z Manufacturers Brick. Fire Proof
o Flue linings and Drain Tile. Pr<
or millions.
Southeastern Liin
CHARLES!
Building Material oi' all kii
"KUBEROID."
KILFYRE! KILFYR
That Is exactly what it Is, abb
day at the State Fair showing its lir
Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M
property should have them. For sa
COLUMBIA SI
Columbia, S. O. The ma
Whiaico | Morplilne I Clgaret
Habit, I Habit | Habit
Curod by Kcele y J
1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 15) Golu
?nee solicited.
lICHorvod Popularity.
To cure Constlpat'on and Liver
troubles by gently moving the bowels
tnd acting as a tonic lo the liver, take
Little Early Risers. These Famous
Little Fills are mild, pleasant and harnless,
but elTectlvc and sure. Their
miversal use for many years is a strong
guarantee of their popularity and wselulness.
Sold by
Dr. E. Norton.
I Take * I
WINEor I
CARDIII I
AT HOME | |
Are you a sufferer?
Mas your doctor been unsuc*
Wouldn't you prefer to treat fi
yourself?AT HOME?
Nearly 1,.r>00,000 women havo I
bought Wine of Cardui from I
1L-!- J ' ? *
1un:ir uruggisia and have cured B
themselves at home, of such B
troubles as periodical, bearing H
down and ovarian pains, leucor- I
rhrra, barrenness, nervousness,
dizziness, nausea and despond- I
onoy, caused by female weakness. I 1
'l'hcse are not easy cases, f ,
Wine of Cardui cures when the jA
doctor can't. I
Wine of Cardui does not irtf- I '
tale llio organs. There is no T^ai* H
in tho treatment, itisasootning i
tonic of healing herbs, free from B <
strong and drastio drugs. It is H ,
successful because it cures in a I .
natural way.
Wine of Cardui can bo bought B t
from your druggist at (1.00 a B (
bottlo and you can begin this I
treatment today. \Vill you try it? B' (
I caftes requiring special directions. js5
addr*".*, giving symptoms, Tho I.odlo* M ,
A(t?isor y Itapt., The Chattanooga I
Medlclno Co., Chattanooga, Tonn. t
TiTwoo^
' I
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWAY. S. C.
.-FRRDStalyry \
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
CONWA Y, S. C 1
Vb.^CARBROUGH~ '
CONWAY, S. C.,
A '.Ulin / LAW.
hill Tonic
-age annual sales
Does t?his record s
, No Pay. 50c. \
1 !
a f\/tx7 Cures CrIP
C Jm^U In Two Days.
fa, on every I
/<?jc7s?r?s-?.^> box. 25fLA
. . :wHr* w'4
ust a copy of iny Cl-pturo book on lost y,
rous debility, impotency, stricture, 'J|
.moment of the prostate. blood pois?.iijjf Mr
diseases resulting from tlio above, suct^k-, ~
s of tho sic in, rheumatism, urinary disorderly
i, rectal diseases, etc. It will tell In plain and
,>le lancuaire nil that you want to know. It la
and will open your ey s. It will show a simple
me, privately and without the publicity nncl ex.
I bavo been practicing this speciality formoro
have In my vault's the names of hundreds upon
tred of theso diseases sifter they had written mo
have developed a system of euro that is entirely
ly from tho old methods. WlthJj,! am enabled
froj \ < way. . Wr.n me and I v flfrdiow you tho
<>\X- manhood and bea th. no nuiYter how old or
daycurcd forever If oiwlll mention lmw you
toknSelf Examination Itlankon jour disease so
to j-ou f ree of eliarj.'i'. ; have eiit htot her medico*
name nd address, tna alnitiuuuiarked euveioPfe
AW A V,
>ulh Broad street, At.rnta, (ia.
Brick Works, i
IA S. O.
TerraVottu Building Blocks, lor 2
pared to till orders lor thousan Is
?
ie & Cement ' o
on, a. c.
lids. Hitflt Grade ttoofliR
Write tor prices.
E!! KILFYRE!!!
ro iCMl >r. O 11 i ior iu > i every
e fighting qualities,
ill, Ginnery and auy one owning
le by
OPPLY 00..
ohinery Supply house of tho State
i f\n urnjf aaa rooaooc
| Habits,
^iiwtltulc, of H L.
mbin, fci. 0. Confidential corre*p?.
11* it
MUSIC. |
2 When you mal^e up your &
mind that home is not ho lie I
wit hout 1M mo or m Organ,
2 come heio, or write us, and J
we will sell you the %jy.ht m
sort of an instrument.
Kanjr torniH, m?| full vidiio, g
Address. 8
2 MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE, S
S COUJMIMA. S. C. 1
PIANOS AND OKUANS. g
?m ? ? tn 11
T. S. HOI LEYMAN, M D.t
THE SPECIALIST.
Cures all diseases of men. Los
manhood, syphl la (blood poison),
gono*hoea, gleet, stricture, var;noeele,
hydr >cele and al private diseases of
men Catarrh In all faVms curo4
quickly. Pilei cured without operation
or dete ltii.n from biHln*ss.
tJ idrr guarantee. Rjoms 4:il and
122 Leonard building, Augusta, (la.
Wrlv) for bo me treatment. Ofllce
hourn: 9 a. m, to 7 p. m. Sunday's
!) a. m. to 2 p. m.
De WITT'S
Wi 1CH HAZEL
SALVE,
XI** ORIGINAL 4 ><7
A Well Known Cure fdrfllti.
4
"urea obstinate aores, chapped hands, eoterna,
akin diseases. Makes burns andacalda
>alnlesa. Wa could not Improve the quality
( paid doubla the prica. The best salve
hat experience oan produce er that oieoey
:ao buy.
Cures Piles Permanently
DeWitt's Is the original and only pure end
janulne Witch Hazel Salve made. Look (or
he name DeWlTT on every box. All othecs
ire counterfeit. rasrAsso ?v
*. a. Da WITT A CO..CHICAGO.
Dr. K Norton.
jonway-Seashore R R
DAILY SCHEDULE.
si Myrtle Beach 7 a .n*
it Conway 7:40 a. .m
j? C >nway 9:<J0 a. m
it Myrtle Beaoh 9:45 a. m
j? Myrtle Beaoh 1:30 p m
k.r Conway 2:15 p. m
iV Conway 5 30 p. tn
ir Myrtle Beaoh 0:10 p. m
W'/EariTRlMM/
Th^gfamoui little plil%
"*| " nwii