The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 16, 1905, Image 4
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, That Shows The
^o! the Evil in
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J^lTlil)'STATES.
A FATA* Stands Alone as the
?'n the Union that Does
nctcfn People JFD,toc?? AmoB* Her
nr., I I" A ^ a?d ^hc *8 P*"OUd
and Hrty x .
ont. ~
,t w.1 * t5rn 4rtl,DK flKurea have reoontly
N .EjAoI dished In reference to the
a of orlme In this country,
no leading magazines printed
vatlstical tables showing the
inv Acts '/* murders and homicides In
United States from year to year.
I j. xiXW Inoreased from 1,200 In 1881 to
10,6^2 In 1890. The number of this
class>of horrible orlmes was nearly
nine tlfi^a as large In 1890 as It was
fifteen yekfs before. There had been
a steady Indfease year by year. Since
then there nfca been a small decrease.
There were 8,076 homicides in 1903?
even times as many as twenty years
ago.
With the Increase in the number of
murders there has been a corresponding
Increase In the number of suicides
In this country. In 1881, there were
only 006 suloide: In 1903 there were
8,697?more than fourteen times as
many. Every year, with only two or
three exceptions, the number has been
greater than the year before.
There has been a similar Increase In
the number of divorces. Before the
Civil War the number of divorces was
very small. A divorce case was the
occasion for columns in the secular
papers. In some of the States there
was no provision for divorce. In others
it oould be obtained only by application
to the Legislature. But lax laws
have been enacted, and this evil has
been fostered until now there are probably
twenty or thirty thousand divorces
granted every year; that many
families destroyed; that many homes
ruined, under the forms of law every
year, In this country.
During the thirty-two years from
1869 to 1901 less than three hundred
divorces were granted In the Dominion
of Canada. During the same
porlod, nearly seven hundred thousand
... divorces were granted In the United
States. The population of the United
States is about fifteen times as great
as that of Canada, but the number of
divorces has been not fifteen times as
large, nor a hundred times as largo,
but more than two thousand times as
!arge In the United States as in Canada!
Two thousand times as many j
lMn-Xamllle8 have been destroyed by this
Otrl) fmA fhAiioan/^
vfii| WW uuvu^auu uiiuia an many 1
children deprived of the comforts and
blessings of a he me, in cur country
as in the s'ster nation on the North.
The evil has been rapidly increasing
for a generation, more rapidly in the
Northern than in the Southern States
but at a rate that gives grave cause
for apprehension. There is not one
.of the Southern States, with the ex
ception of Virginia and North and
* South Carolina, but grants more dl
vorces every year than Lngland and
Wales united with their thirty-three
million population; and in the Northern
States, Michigan furnishes six
times as many, Ohio eight times as
many, and Indiana ten times as many
divorces in any/given period as Eng.
Wnl/w combined.
The Increase lb a few of the States
'10 has been as follows: The number of
divorces granted, inoreased in
New Hampshire from 136 in 18(17 to
436 In 1809.
Ohio from 901 In 18G7 to 3,217 in
1900.
Indiana from 1,096 In 1867 to 4,699
In 1900.
Pennsylvania from 676 in 1867 to
2,889 in 1886.
Illinois from 1,071 in 1867 to 2,606
In IGBfl
au x uu\Ji
Alabama from 78 Id 1867 to G62 In
1886.
Arkansas from 121 In 1807 to 046 In
1886.
Kentucky from 292 In 1867 to 757
In 1886.
Mississippi from 49 In 1807 to 504
Til 1886.
North Carolina from 21 In 1807 to
163 In 1886.
Tennessee from 287 in 1807 to 801
In 1880.
Texas from 91 In 1807 to 1,320 In
1886.
Virginia from 90 In 1867 to 238 in
1886.
In eight States reporting statistics,
the proportion of divorces to marriage
In 1002, was as follows:
In Massachusetts 1 divorce to 10
marriages.
Michigan 1 divorce to 11 marriages.
Vermont 1 divorce to 10 marriages.
Ohio 1 divorce to 8.8 marriages,
i New Hampshire 1 divorce to 8 3
***-Arriagos.
Rhode Island 1 divorce to 8 marries.
^Indiana 1 divorce to 7.6 marriages.
\KmIna 1 Hlvnirna ts\ C mcrrlam a
Id these States there has been a
rapid inorease in the number of divorces
duilng the decade, and this
is probably true of the country at
large.
South Carolina is the only State
l that does not allow divorces. She
' has no divorce law, and will not allow
them for any cause.
Suoh are some of the facts In refer*
enoe to the oondltlon of our country
?a fearful prevalence of murder,
suloides and divorces -and an In
# crease from year to year in the number
of each which, if not ohecked,
Israelii be ruinous in its effects. The
,nd remedy will come when the consclen
,y (oesoitne people are aroused, and a
ioloPQbllc sentiment is created that will
ronrtrlr# and eoforoe better laws than we
n thoe'have. There are about twentyr
five different grounds upon which a <
m ditoroe is granted in one or another
States. In forty-eight out of
belibe fifty one States and Territories ,
i "assertion by one party or the other ,
for six months or a year or a longer ,
period Is a good ground for divorce. |
One of our exchanges tells of the fol- ,
lowing incident 1 ,
"A member of the Philadelphia Bar ,
Association was recently consulted by )
T- v> woman who asked how long it would i
take to obtain a divorce. He Informed ,
her that in the present state of the i
calendar he thought that ten months j
would bo sufficient.
1 'Impossible, said she. 'I wish to
L> be married again tonight.'"
lav., "Recently another lawyer was ask- .
Augusts he could not hurry a'ong the i
brewer, ay idecree, ss preparations i
' ?.% *
her second marriage, and that unless
the decree were signed It would be
very Inconvenient (or her, as the supper
for a second wedding had been
ordered."
And suoh Is the state of public
sentiment when these women have obtained
a legal separation, there are
ministers who will sanction and endorse
there action as right by marrying
them again, there arc thousands
In and out of the Church who will
recognize them as respectable. Their
social standing In many communities
would not be compromised.
The great truth Is lost sight o^ by
the present age, that marriage Is not
an institution created by the State. It
was ordained of Ood In the Garden of
Kden. The law of Its perpetuity was
laid down and enforced by Christ.
Legislatures have no powe* to add to
or modify God's laws., Only on the
ground named in tho Bible can the
marriage relation be dissolved without
violating the laws of God.
Another great truth Is that there
is far more involved In the granting
of a divorce than the comfort or happiness
of the husband and the wife.
The divorce of the parents Is often the
ruin of the children. It deprives them
of the father's eare, or of the mother's
love, and Its effect on them Is harm
ful. But the evil Is greater than this.
Lhstroy the family, and you sweep
away one of the props on which both
Church and State rest. It Is .a step,
a long step, in the direction of auarchy.
Society can survive the destruction
of the State, but it cannot survive
the destruction of the family.
The Church can survive the destruction
of the State, but it cannot survive
the destruct on of the family.
The family Is the unit, and It is the
foundation of society, and of the
Church and of the State. Destroy the
family, aud serious injury is Inflicted
on all that Is good.
ir the Church would refuse to recognize
&e in good standing those who
had been unlawfully divorced?if ministers
of the gospel would refuse to
marry them?If public sentiment
would emphasize their reproach, this
great evil would be checked.
We call it an evil. Is it not a crime?
And ought not the civil law so to regard
it? If it be a felony for a burglar
to rob a homo of a hundred dollars, lb
it not a more serious otTense for one of
both of those whose duty it so to pro
teot and guard it, to prove false to
their trust and destroy it? Should
not the civil court take cognizance of
the fact that whenever a family is destroyed,
somebody has committed a
serious ofTeusd in causing its destruc
tlon? Should it not at the time of
granting the divorce, decide also who
is the party whose fault makes it
necessary, and indict a penalty on the
offender commensurate with the offense?
We think the tide is turning, and
that there is some improvement in the
morals of the land. There are not
quite as many homicides now as there
were eight years ago. There are aim '
smyptoms of Improvement in the matter
of divorces in the last live or ten
years. And there is increasing spiritual
power in the churches. With the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit th t
many are praying for, will come a
change that will correct many existing
evils, and It Is rrom this source
that the remedy Is to be expected.
A SIKANGJ4 UAbE.
A Hard warn Store Found In a Young
Man's .Stomach.
A dispatch from Jackson, Miss.,
says four years ago a young man, 19
years of age, was snt from Jones
county to the asylum and placed in
charge of l)r. Buohauan. He set mod
to he broken down and suffering from
iome strange malady, a wasting kind
of disease. In cour.se of time the hos
pltal authorities began to treat him
for consumption.
It was noticed that he had a mania
for eating piaster olf the walls of the
building, wherefore he was confined
in one of the wards. A few nights
since he ate a hearty supper and retired,
but in a short while called for
water. The water was supplied, and
half an hour later the attendant went,
after the bucket and found the man
dead.
An autopsy was held and the physi
clans found:
Six brass wrenches, such as used on
water faucets; ten brass and Iron
screws, eight iron and brass nuts,
eight iron and brass washers, ten
pieces of bent wire, seventy-five Iron
and steel nails, some three inches
long; fifty-three brass pins, five keys,
forty nine pieces of tin, one 10 cent
piece, one penny, one glass bottle
stopper, and a miscellaneous collection
of bits of glass, which semed to have
been chewed up. There were also
enough collar buttons and buttons of
other varieties to have stocked a
haberdasher's store, rocks, pebbles,
crockery and other articles too uuraer- I
ous to mention, and all of which was <
encased in plaster and cement. 1
The case is the most remaikable
that has ever developed In the state <
of Mississippi, and the physicians
have preserved the stomach to be ex
biblted at the medical societies. During
his stay of 4 years at the asylum !
the patient did not seem to suffer any
pain.
The Old Ilattlo FUrh.
Governor Heyward has received a
letter from a member of the Eleventh
South Carolina volunteers, liagood's
brigade in reference to a eaptured ilag
of the company, which will be among
those to be returned to the state by
the war department. The wi Iter as
a survivor asks that the Hag be presented
to the remaining survivors of
the company, wh(se ranks, he says,
are being rapidly depleted by death.
It has not been decided what will be
done with the state Hags when they
are received, but the supposition has
been that they would le retained by
the state as historical relics. Until
their disposition is decided Governor
Heyward cannot reply definitely to
several requests of a similar oharac
ter he has received. ?
Murder end Mutolde. h
Mrs. Isaao A brains, aged 60 years,
was beaten to death, and Mrs. Sadie
Chatham, aged 30 years, her daugh- j,
ter, was fatally injured by the younger c
woman's husband, John E. Chatham, t
36 years old, a prominent druggist of ^
Chester, Pa. After murderously as- 2
vaulting the women, Chatham at- a
tempted to kill bis one year old child, p
ind then shot himself in the head ?
with a revolver, dying later at a hos- (j
pltal. The baby's head was grazed 0
by a bullet and one of its ears was a
badly laeerated, but the little one is n
not seriously hurt. The weapon used
by Chatham upon his wife and mother
In-law was a hammer.
1 C
A Fatal Jump. ^
Jno. E. MoCracken of Conway a
lumped from an Atlantic Coast Line f<
brain near St. Stephens on Monday h
night of last week and was killed. It tl
In not known why he jumped. n
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A BRIGHT 'OUTLOOK
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For the 8noceu oi the Fouthern
Farmer* Cotton Aiaociation. p
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President Hmlth Bay* the Farmer* ^
t
and Business Men Generally Will j
Stand lioyally to the Movement.
The Columbia State says Mr. E. D.
Smith, fijld agent ot the Southern
Cotton association, was in Columbia
Tuesday of last week after a week's
campaigning in Georgia. He visited
Augusta, Columbus and Macon in
Georgia and Opelika, Ala., where he
spoke* to a crowd.
Monday he spent at Union and twice
addressed crowds whloh overflowed the
court house?farmers in the morning
aud business men at night. They all
e xpressed deep Interest and be is satisfied
that Union will contribute
liberally to the support of the movement.
In an interview with Mr. Smith, he
said to a reporter of The State:
"As a result of my trip I am more
enthusiastic than ever over the prospeot
of success. Every State In the
cotton belt east of the Mississippi
river is hard at work perfecting its
organization, getting tho pledges
signed, collecting funds to defray the
expenses cf the local and general organizations.
"All olasses of business are co-opcratlng
enthusiastically:
"1 find that South Carolina has the
proper spirit, but it is not general
enough. I want to call upon every
county, where It has not been done,
uu uau a, meeting immediately or the i
executive committee and appoint an
organizer for the county at large ami
two men from each township as j
pledge takers, the organizer to tlx .
dates at once where he may meet the ,
people of the township to Instruct J
them as to the gem ml purposes of the (
organization; the pledge takors to ,
visit every farm and secure the pledges ,
of those who have not yet signed, and
to take the names of those who are
not signing and to push this work
vigorously from now until the time
for planting. .
"If time permitted I would write a
personal letter to the presidents of the 1
several counties In the States, but as 1
ray time is ho taken up and the time }
for action is so short, 1 have to use
the newspapers to reach the people In
time ?
"There is a general Impression
abroad that the west Is not standing 1
by the organization, hut has turned J
Its cotton loose. According to Infor- ;
mation received from the best sources
available to us, these receipts indl- *
cate co'ton shipped to the ports to be \
compressed and warehoused and not '
for sale.
"There Is a movement in every '
State to prepare for taking care of <
the cotton locally by building warehouses
according to the standard <
warehouse system. These warehouses '
will not cost more thau $1,260 to <
$1,500 If the waie room is sufficiently '
large to hold from 1,000 to 1,200 '
bales. 1
"Water by a system of forced <
pumps and tanks can be secured, and i
the maximum rate of insurance can '
be had on this cotton so stored at 50 1
cents per $100 worth. The different <
States are taking up this question and <
are rapidly perfecting ample room for 1
taking care of their cotton locally 1
through this system. This Is our i
ultimate salvation. '<
"The wheat growers of the west I
never won their light until they had j
completed their system of organizing,
placed their wheat In them and secured
loans to meet their pressing needs, <
and sold to the world at large their i
wheat whenever the purchasing world '
was forced to give them the price that r
they demanded. >
"I hope that every county in the '
State, and every locality shipping
from 1,000 bales and above, will take I
this matter up at once and begin to '
place themselves In a position where 1
they can store their cotton, and rapid- <
ly borrow money at the lowcat rate of 1
Interest; and where they can secure '
ttie lowest rate of insurance, and *
hence make themselves Independent s
of the fluctuations of the market and *
possibly so to dispose of their cotton t
as the world demands it at the price *
they demand. 1
"I wish to state again before c!os- 1
ing this interview that I hope thau *
all those who feel so disposed as well t
as those appointed by the organlza- *
tlon, will take the field, and for the f
next 20 days urge upon the farmers
the absolute necessity of reducing
acreage, and curtailing fertilizers.
For their encouragement I will state c
that in Alabama a general State or- c
ganizer has been appointed at a salary !?
of $2,500 per year. lie is aotlvely
engaged iu visiting every county of
his State with the co-operation of the ?
commissioner of agriculture and the v
president of the State association as j
well as the county organizer.
"In Mississippi Gov. Vardaman,
Senator Noel and other prominent j,
men have taken the tield and are urg- n
Ing the work forward. ^
"The newspapers of this State are Q
rendering valuable assistance, and we ,
ire sure that they will oonttnue to t
lo so.
"Friday the'Holding company' will
meet In New Orleans for the purpose ?
)? perfecting the final arrangements ,|
)y which the spot cotton of those who .
iare to contribute can be taken In the
>ool; and efforts will be made to con
,rol as far as possible the market for ,
uch cotton as cannot be held, and K
vill not be pooled, but forced upon ?
rhe market. (
"Everything now depends upon the ,j
armers to stand by their pledges; the
nerchants, bankers and corporations f]|
,re doing their part. It remains alone
or the farmers to do theirs. If they *
ail In this they need not expect nor ni
llill tl.n.. -> Ul
.... i/iiu; iinTD KI UUIIU bUHVK l/UO &NA18 '
ft nee of the world at large again to
lelp them In time of need." a)
Marled to Oerth.
While seven men were being hoisted n(
a the carriage in the Clear Spring **
olllery at west Pittsburg Thursday b*
he rope broke and the men were &
urled to the bottom, a distanoe of 68
50 feet. All were killed, lmmeditely
after the aooldent a rescuing ?||
arty was organized, with J. L Coke, l*
eneral manager of the Clear Spring
loal company, in charge. The bodies
f the seven men were found in a heap m
t the bottom of the shaft horribly <
langled.
Hanged for Mnrdsr. tO
At Borne, Qa , Bob Sutherland and ge
kmrtney Baker, negroes, were hanged m<
Wednesday for murder. Both negroes he
lade lengthy speeches from the scaf- of
)!d, admitting their guilt. Suther- te
ind killed two negroes and wounded 01
hree others at a dance last Christ- po
ias. Baker killed his wife. oh
GETS GOOD PLACE (
'rcaident Hoo?eT?lt Appoints Dcui*
X
oral District Attorney,
President Roosevelt has offered the
dace of district attorney for the
lorthern distrlot of Georgia to F. ?
barter Tate, late Democratic con*
;ressman from the ninth Georgia dlsriot.
The place pays 95,000 a year,
dr. Tate was in conference with the
resident Wednesday morning and it
a understood that he aceepted the v
ipp< intment. E. A. Angler is dts ,
iflct attorney now, but his term will t
loon expire and Mr. Tate will assume f
he duties of the office then. v
No Southern appointment made j
lince Roosevelt has been in the white
louse will be more surprising to south- r
)rn people than this, unless it Is the c
ippotnlmeut of Judge Thomas G. t
I ones, a staunch Democrat, as feder- t
kl judge for northen distrlot of Ala- c
jama. The two appointments are very
nuoh on the same order as both the j
ippolntecs belong to the Democratic >
party and the president pursued the (
lame non-partisan policy In selecting
>aoh.
The appointment of Mr. Tate, like '
ill at of Judge Jones, shows the presl- j
lent in a favorable attitude towards }
tihe south, since the selection uti- ,
loubtedly will meet with tlie cordial ,
ipproval of those whom it affeots.
In the fitness of Mr. Tate for the j
position and in the non party spirit in
which the appointments is made the {
president has struck a cord that will (
most assuredly find a hearty reception
In ttic whole south as well as in the (
Rate of Georgia. It has been known (
In official circles, here for somo time
fiat the president desired to have the ,
government in some way retain the ,
lervices of Mr. Tate whom he regards (
is one of the ablest public servants in |
Washington life. It has been the ^
Roosevelt policy to keep an eye out ,
Tor good men retlreing from congress j
ind as soon as it became known last ,
pear that Mr. Tate had been defeat- ,
jo ny Mr. Hell Tor renomlnatlon In his ]
llstrlct, the president took up the '
natter of sel< cting a place which (
night prove acceptable to him.
Sto?lliiK> Pure aiul Hlmplo.
Hy a vote of nluety to eighty the
National House of Representatives on ,
Friday voted Itself and the senate j
M90 000 mileage for the extra session i
>f congress held In November, 1903, 1
ind perpetrated what Is described by j
eadlng members of congress as "petty i
jheft," but what Is stealing, pure and |
ilmple. Mileage is allowed to mem- <
jers of congres at the rate of twenty 1
;ents a mile going to Washington and l
eturning home. They are supoosed 1
y> get this mileage for each session.
The extra session of congress, held In <
L903, ended the same moment the reg I
?u'ar session begun. There was no 1
nterlm and none of the members who l
roted himself mileage actually took 1
i-he Journey. The members did not 1
jven leave their seats. '
When an effort was made to put an '
sxtra mileage bill through at the tlrst 5
regular session, the newspapers dis- 1
ju sod the matter so severely that '
the movement became unpopular, and 1
when the bill was called up a mem- I
ber called for the yeas and nays, and 1
there was a stampede to the cloak 1
room. Practically no member was 1
willing to step Into the open and vote *
Tor the grab. When Mr. Sherman
Dflertd his amendment to the general '
it tlclency bill In committee of the (
whole, It was opp wed by Mr. Underwot
d, of Alabama, who was mainly 1
n sponsible for deb ating It a year I
(go. He was assisted by Mr. Little- (
Held, of Maine; Mr. Dearm ?nd. of 1
Missouri, and Mr. Baker, of New s
York. (
Mr. Underwood said that If this s
intendment passed the members *
would be collecting twenty cents a 1
nlle for a trip they had never taken. *
They had not left the capital city and 1
tot even the floor of the house. Mr. '
llaker denounced the amendment as a 1
'grab," and taunted the Republicans 1
jy declaring no Republican would dare 1
;o defend the steal. This brought i
Mr. Sherman to his feet, with the
ieclaration that the amendment had 1
)een adjudged right and proper by *
wo eminent members of the house, c
icting as speaker, on previous occa- N
ilons. A vote was taken by tellers *
ind the amendment was passed by 69 c
x) 49. Mr. Underwood called for the 1
tyes and noes when the bill was re *
>orted to the house, and the amend- (
nent was sustained by a vote of 90 to *
50." We have not seen the vote on a
he steal, but we feel satisfied that %
io member from this State voted f
or It.
c
Cotton KatliuftteH. (
The Idea of issuing semi-monthly e
otton estimates, instead of monthly ti
8tlmates, by the agricultural depart- L
nent, has again been rejected by the c
tepubllcan majority In the national v
louse of representatives. The senate f
ommlttee was favorable to the fi
lange, but the house members, at c
he instance chiefly of Statistician h
lyde, of the agricultural department, b
/orked its death. h
Mr. Hyde's chief objection to the s
isuancc of semi-monthly cotton cstl- if
aates, it appears, is the fact that b
hey will cost the government some
aoney, wherers the data upon which cl
he present guesses are based is ob- F
ained free from volunteers. That,
f he has not been misquoted, is his
rofessed reason for not wishing for a
hange. The Atlanta Journal voices "
he sentiments of every right think- b
ig man when it says: tx
"But suppose it does cost the gov- ol
rnment money to maintain a depend- t<
ble system of collecting information, ei
verythlng useful must be paid for. P'
/e don't exactly follow the argument fc
f the statist iclan to the effect that K<
he present system costs nothing, for N
irtalnly it takes up the time of the fr
^tmrbinerib oicrKH even to make n<
mssos at the crop. But even if It w
>sts the government nothing. It has la
roved itself to be a mighty expensive cr
rstem to the planters on numerous T
sessions, and an exceedingly unroll- ar
ale system always. o*
"If the department cannot get the Is
;cessary money to maintain a ays nc
im that Is worth something, It would is
) better not to lasueestimates at all. wl
jrtalnly in that manner the inter- th
ts of the cotton planters would not st
5 injured, and the department ofti- ly
als would not have to suffer under 1U
le general belief that they Insist on to
le retention of the system of monthestimates
In the Interests of the
arket gamblers.''
Dorteljrou lteaigna Chairmanship. to
George B. Oortelyou Wednesday wi
ok the oath of office as postmaster Ft
meral. At the conclusion of the cere- T1
ony he announoed that in a few days fr<
> will retire from the chairmanship th
the Republican national oommlt- ba
e. He will be succeeded by Vioe dr
talrman Harry S. New, of Indiana- Oa
lis, who will beoome the acting An
airman of the oommlttee. cn
X1TT0N WAREHOUSES
lecommended to K? Erected in All
Communities.
'Mr? Proof Houses Will Enable the
Farmer? to Plaoe Cotton in
Negotiable Form.
At a meeting of the committee oo
rarehouses of the South Carolina dlIslou
of the Southern Cotton aasoclaIon
held in Columbia Tuesday, the
ollowlng resolution was adopted
inanlmously, on motion of Capt. W.
B. Burnett of Spartanburg:
"That it Is the sense of this comnittee
that we recommend to every
ommunlty in South Carolina where
>he necessity for warehouses exist to
mild these warehouses through their
iwn efforts or by outside assistance if
referred, or if possible to attain
.hem at a cost of from $800 to $1,200
vith a storage capacity, respectively
>f from 500 to 1,000 bales of cotton."
The Columbia State says this Is
iractlcally a "call to arms," for wlth)ut
warehouses it will be wellnigb
mp sslble for the farmers to win,
md to ktep won, the tight which
ihey dow have well In hand. The
narket Is now showlug the effect of
.ho tight the farmers have been makng
to hold their cot to i for better
>rlces. Advices from Liverpool are
the effect that Eugllsh manufacturers
are organizing to protect them(elves
against 15 cent cotton, for they
jonlldently expect the market to goto
that tlguro. At very generous esti
mates thcro were 12,000,000 bales
'aised In tlie south last year, and notwlthsthandlug
the cry of "overpro
iuotlon" this is said to be 1,000 ooo
oalts short of what the demand will
oe, for the Egyptian crop is reported
v failure and the India crop will be
lttle better. If such is the case,
md these are the advices which the
jotton association has received from
luthentic sources, all the cotton
farmers of the southern States must
io Is to hold what they have.
It was developed at the meeting
that If the farmers In dllferent com
munitles iu the State will take the
proper amount of Interest in building
warehouses, it will be possible to make
irrangements whereby the funds subscribed
locally will be augmentsd by
the same amount by capitalists who
ire interested in tills great movement.
The entire committee was
present, M? ssrs. E. W. Robertson,
Columbia; Leroy Springs, Lancaster;
W. E. Burnett, Spartanburg; B. liar
rls, Pendleton; T. B. Stackhouse, 1)11on;
L. W. You mans, Kairfax.
Mr. Stackbouse and others of the
jommitt' C expressed the belief that
there would be many warehouses
yult, and that the movement should
ne started at once in order to get the
pulldings ready for occupancy by the
time the new crop comis in. Archi
tects and contractors were consulted
is to the cost of erecting warehouses
ind the information ncived was
very satisfactory, for It showed that
the cost is not prohibitive, and that
ilmost uny community which has the
progressive spirit can raise enough
money to build a warehouse which
will accommodate all the cotton
'alsed iu that neighborhood, or at
cast all of the surplus cottou.
On motion cf Col. Leroy Springs of
r.QnoQatA* ?*? -
uiltllVlVOULi 1 UUU 1U1 luwmg was udjpl;d
unanimously:
"That we urge upon the farmers
jhe Importance of storing their cotton
promptly on being ginned in thestan1ard
warehouses where they can get
negotiable warehouse receipts, thus
laving it from loss in weight and
lamage and putting it in negotiable
ihape so that they will not be forced
;o sell only at their own pleasure, as
t has been demonstrated by the ac
ion of the New Orleans convention
-hat reasonable prices can be maintained
irrespective of the size of
,ho crop by the judicious marceting
of the cotton, which can only
no accomplished by the effective
varehouse system."
Mr. E. 1). Smith, president of the
Hate division of the cotton assocla-ion,
was present by invitation and
>ffercd the following suggestion, which
vas adopted in the form of a resolu
-lon: "That any information as to
-onstruction or outside assistance can
)C obtained by communicating with j
he Columbia otllee of the Southern
Cotton association. That a copy of
-hese resolutions be tiled In this office
md that a copy he given to the press
vlth the request that all county pa>ers
publish them."
Mr. E Q. Seibels, as an insurance
xpert, told the committee, bv Invlta
ion, what requirements will be necssary
to make a warehouse wellnlgh
ireproof and an acceptable risk. Mr.
I C. Wilson stated, as an architect
ailed in by invitation, that thcae
warehouses could be built 40 by IOC
eet with grave) roof and best pattern
or $1,200, the sprinkler system to
ost about 25 peroent. more. Such a
louse would have a capacity of 1,000
ales. A 500-bale capacity wareouse
could be built for $800. If
forage for any more than 1,000 bales
\ required separate warehouses should
e built.
Mr. E. W. Robertson was elected
hairman of the committee and Mr.
'. H. Weston secretary.
Monnxltc in Greenville County,
Monazite in large quantities has
een discovered in the creeks and
ranches around Lennerman in Grove
twnsbip, Greenville county, and tons
f the mineral is being taken out aud
isted. The analys s by reliable min-aloglsts
show a vory large per cent,
ure monazite iu tbc samples sent
ir analytical purposes, and a trace of 1
)ld is found In every sample. A 1
ow York concern has secured rights ,
Om mOSt, of thn lonH
v><v iuuu unur;in III I;Ilttt |
jlnhborhood to mine the mineral j
herever traces are found, and the
nd owners get 15 a ton for the
ude ore when taken from the mine,
his royalty is paid for unmined ore. '
id It will thus be seen the land
vner where any quantity is secured
extremely fortunate, as he Is pot to ]
> expense whatever, and the mineral j
found only in branches and marshes j
here the land is unlit for oultiva- j
an. Monazlte is worth In a refined j
ate ab< ut 11,000 a ton, and is large- t
used In the manufacture of arc ]
;ht8, In combination with carbons j
r wicks.
Four Killed. j
By the breaking of a cable In the
irewsburg coal mine, near Charlesn,
W. Va., Wednesday, four miners i
ire killed and ten seriously hurt. .
>ur of the injured will probably die "
iree cars were conveying miners
)m work when a cable parted and
e oars were precipitated to the
se of the mountain, sixteen hum
ed feet, with lightning rapidity.
>rs and tipple were badly wrecked
d a number of miners frightfully
ashed.
TEe Old Stando
Grove's T
has st>ood the te:
over One and a Hi
of merit, appeal t>c
1 Enclosed with every bottle is
INTERESTING DATA.
Copulation of Kaoh State When Admitted
to the Union.
Does population make a state?
What are the great essentials of statehood?
These are the questions,
which, according to the Washington
correspondent for the St. Louis Post
Dispatch, are being discussed in the
senate. Tills correspondent says that
the population of each of the original
thirteen colonhs when the union was
formed was as follows: Connecticut,
237,946; D daware, 59 096; Georgia,
82,648; Maryland, 319,728; Massachu
setts, 378 787; New Hampshire, 141,845;
New Jersey, 184,139; New York,
340,120; North Carolina, 393,751; '
Pennsylvania, 434,373; Rhode Island,
68,825; South Carolina, 24,073; Virginia,
747,610.
The population of other territories
at the time they became states and
the dates of - their admission to the
union was as foil >ws: ' Vermont,
March 4, 1791, 85,425; Kentucky,
March 4, 1794, 73,677; Tennessee, '
May, 1796, 60,000; Oiilo, November,
29, 1802, 42 366, Louisiana, April 12,
1812, 76.606; Indiana, Deo. 11, 1816.
24 520-. MlftKlHHlnnl in imi ?
148; Illinois, Dec. 3, 1818, 63,211:
Alabama, Deo. 14. 1810, 127,001;
Maine, March 15, 1820. 298,336; Mis
?ourl, August 10, 1821, 00,586; Ar
kansas, June 16, 1830, 62 240; Mlchl
Kan, Jan. 20, 1837, 160,000; Fioridh
March 3, 1845, 72,000; Iowa, Deo 28,
1846, 153,000; Wisconsin, March 3 <
1848, 300 000; California, Sept. 9,
1850, 92 627; Minnesota, May 11,1858.
172,053; Texas, March 1, 1845, 150,- ,
000; Oregon, Feb. 12, 1859, 62,466
Kansas, April 13, 1859, 107,206; Wes! ,
Virginia, Jan. 19, 1863, 110,000;
Nevada, Oct. 31, 1864, 42 191; Nc- |
braska, March 1, 1867, 123 993; Colo
rado, July 4, 1876, 135,000; North
Dakota, June 2, 1889, 182 719; S >uth
Dakota, June 2, 1889 328 808; Mon
tana, Nov. 8, 1889, 132,159; Washington,
Nov 11, 1889, 340.390; Idaho,
July 3, 1890, 82,386; Wyoming, July
II, 1890, 60,703; Utah, July 4, 1896,
276,746."
Night Prowling Thieves.
Croup and Whooping Cough come
like a thief in the night, stealing in to
fasten the fangs of mortal disease upon
the children as they peacefully
sleep in tlieir little bods. Kennedy's
Laxative lloney and Tar, the new
discovery for Coughs and Colds, will
drive out these death-dealing demons
before the doetor can arrive. It protects
the lives and health of the little
ones. Contains no opiates. Keep it
handy I
Dr. E. Norton. 1
An Old Woman.
"Aunt" Charity, a colored woman
reputed to bo llOjears old, died in
Uuion county on Sunday of last week.
She had belonged to the Worthy
family for generations, and her age is
pretty well authenticated. (
Ilv t Im Tout n Knu I
The pills that act sis a tonic, and 1
not as a darstic purge. arc I)e Witt's
Little Early Risers. They cure Head- i
ache, Constipation, Hilliousness, etc.
Early Risers are small, easy to take
and easy to act?a safe pill. Mack
Hamilton, hotel clerk at Vallay City,
N.I)., says: "Two bottles cured me
of chronic constipation." Sold by
Dr. K. Norton.
Fatal Hot -I Ftro.
At Island Falls, Me., fire late Friday
night destroyed the Woodsmen's
hotel. The three year-old daughter
of Luther Hall, proprL'^or, was burn
ed to death and three others are believed
to be lost. Hall, the father
was so badly burned In trying to save
his child that he is not expected to
recover.
A DoHtruoMTi) I'lro.
To draw the fire out of a burn, or
heal a cut without leaving a scar, use
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A specific
for piles. Get the genuine. J. L.
Tucker, editor of the Harmonizer,
Centre, Ala, writes: "I have used
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve in my
family for Piles, cuts and burns. It
is the best salve on the market.
Every family should keep it on hand."
Sold by
Dr. K. Norton.
IMoanmnt aiul HarmlcHn.
Don't drug the stomach to cure a
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the mucus, draws the Inflammation
out of the t hroat, lungs and bronchial
tubes, heals, soothes and cures. A
quick cure for Croup and Whooping
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FSED. SmvEr
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
conwajtjl^C
LEARN TELEGRAPHY
And R. R. AGENCY?We alto t a!n you for
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17 yo?rs. Cm*ad board, low tui ion,
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ftco. OA. TELEGRAPH COLLEGIA.
Boaoia, Ga.
The Canning Business. "
Reduce your cotton acreage, and Increase
your Income by putting In a jj
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Large protlts In canning all kinds of *
fruits, vegetables, berries, etc. A card
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COJTWAY, S. O., "
ITTORNBY AT LAW
[ To Cur
I Take Laxative Brom<
- ? 1 ??
.
ird
asteless CI
?t> 25 years. Avei
alf Million bottles.
> you ? No Cure
t a Ten Cent Package of GROVE'S BLA
! The Guinard
COlvlIMU
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X Flue linings and Drain Tile. Prt
or millions.
SSmMULFYi
That is exactly what it *i. aFi
day at the State Fair showing its tir
Every Farmer, Oil Mill, Saw M
property should have them. For sa
COLUMBIA SI
CoUimbla. ^ O Th? ma
Southeastern Lira
CHARLES"!
Building Material of all kii
"KUBEROID." 1
tiisko | Morphine | (Jlgaret
'ablt, I Habit | Habit
Cured by Keeley I
1329 Lady St. (or P. O. Box 76) Oolu
?noe solicited.
liolp ttio TenknlH, ?
The Southern Cutton association of
[*eori/la nnuprl ? n u .intiAn <? >
n-_ , M *xu UUVIVII IU lllt'll
convention last week In wblch all
landlords are "earnestly requested U
contract with their tenants for a reluctlon
of 25 per cent In the amount
f lint cotton charged as rent, per1
plow, and agree to take the difference
In rent between reduction in lint cotton
and total amount charged in corn,
peas wheat, oats or other farm products;
provi led said tenants sign the
pledge to reduce acreage and guano
25 per cent for 1905." In commenting
n this resolution the Atlanta Journal
very truly says "it Is more to the
advantage of the owner to get a smaler
quantity of cotton, as rent, for
whloh he can get good pridfcs, than a
larger quantity which will bring
scarcely anything in the market. If
this resolution is religiously ac ed upon
throughout the cotton country, It
will also result in that other great desideratum,
a diversity of crops. In a
great degree the success of the program
mapped out hy the cotton asFO
elation depends upon the co-operation
of the landlords. They can not only
use their Influence toward obtaining
a reduction of the crop, but they can
a'so make It possible for the renters
to hold their cotton for good prices,
thereby contributing to their own
prosperity quite as much rs to that
of their renters." We ommend the
action of the Georgia convention to
all landlords. The plan suggested Is
the only one on which the renters can
assist in the great tight to maintain a
living price for cotton.
| Mies. AgnesWestl?y |
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1 Marlnetts.Wl* J
I 816 Wells Street,
Marinkttii, Wis., Sept. 28,4908. H
f was nil run down from nervous
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found that I was not gaining ray I
strength and health as fast as 1 B
ooula wish, and as your Wine of M
Cardul was rocommendod as such a H
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sex, I bought a bottlo and began
usim? it. 1 was satisfied with the
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found I was restored to good health I ,
and strength and able to tako up
my work with renowed vigor. I H 1
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far worn-out, nervous condition,
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AGNKS WESTLET, ?
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ures Piles Permanently !
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tha. This signature, ^ '
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