The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, August 30, 1911, Image 1
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X The Girls' Rural Home Mak I
ing Club Organizing.
CONTEST OPENTO ALL 6IRLS
The Girls of Horry Are Banding: Themselves
Together Into Girls' .Rural
Home Making Clubs for the Purpose
of Improving and Making Home
Beautiful as Well as Perfecting Themselves
in the Science of Domestic
Economy?Their Undertaking is a
Most Worthy One and Should be
Encouraged by the Fathers and
Mothers of Horry.
The rural school girls of Horry
county are to have a chance at priz*
ea wiih the corn club boys this year.
The name of this club will be
known as the Girls' Rural Home
Making club and meetings will be
held at same time with the boys
corn club which will meet perhaps
on Friday after Thanksgiving day,
November, 1911. Time and arrangements
of mooting will be published
later.
Prizes will be awarded in the following
subjects:
1. Cooking.
Girls 15 to 21, best cake, first and
second prize.
Girls 15 to 21, best preserves, one
prize.
Girls 10 to 15, best small pan of
ccoked biscuits, first and second
prize.
Girls 10 to 15, best pickles, one
prize.
g II. Pyrography or burnt wood
* work,
f Girls 10 to 21, one prize.
* III. Basketry, Girls 15 to 21, one
prize.
Girls 10 to 15; one prize.
IV. Fancy work.
Girls 10 to 15, first and second
prize.
Girls 15 to 21, first and second
prize.
All the above will be cash1 prizes
and the amount of each prize will be
published after October 15, 1911.
The prizes will be ready aud eacli
will be a valuable one.
i V. Composition, on how to make
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and Keep a rural norao comiornuie
and beautiful on the most economical
plan. One prize a gold medal.
Girls entering this contest may
decide for themselves as to what
0 kind of cake, biscuits, picklos or
preserves to make. You may use
any recipe you like, get advice from .
mother??, but the cooking must be
alone by the girls themselves. Practice
on parts of contestants will be
her greatest aid in winning a prize.
In Pynograpby, or burnt wood
work, and basketry, the quality and
beauty of the work will be the greatest
consideration. In the fancy
work, the neUtness of the work as 10
the stitch, etc, and the piece that
wf! be of greatest service in the
rural home will be considered rather
v than the elaborateness of the work.
^ Girls, may dtcido what kind of a
^ piece to do and must do the work
f themselves.
, In writing composition, both th^
interior and exterior of the home,
* including yard, may be fully discussed,
especially the cleanliness 2,
the kitchen and beautifyiu^ the
v k itch eh yard,
Monev for the above orizes is be
ing and will be Raised by subscrip/
tlon.s from any one who feels like
giving something to encourage the
rural school girls in Horry county.
^ The following ladies are working
up the different sections of the county
getting subscriptions for this enterprise:
Miss C F Dubose, of Nichols,
Fioyds, Spring Branch, Wanamiker;
Mrs Saliie Hard wick, of
A Wampee and adjoining sections;
Mrs 13 F McGougau and Miss Essie
Derhnm, of Green Sea, Green Sea
and adjoining sections; Misses Sadie
and Ueba Dusenbury, of Port Harrelson,
and Miss Ida Moore of Conway,
are to work up all lower half
of county; and myself, Loris, Athens
And other adjoining sections.
These ladies may ask any one else
to help them in this work, take
names and amounts paid by each
person and send to me by October
IB, 1911. It will not be possible for
us to see anu usk every one pertiups,
that would wish to help to raise this
prizeimoney, in this case just hand
or send money to one of the above
ladies with name and we assure you
w it will be appreciated by the entire
clubs of home makers.
xsow girls enter this contest at
once and do your best.
Each country girl of Horry county
has a chance to win several of
these prizes and we hope to hav*
you all enter.
Any one entering this contest
must send her name to the county
organizrr, N'.chols, S. C., by Octo'
ber 1, 1911, saytbg that she wished
to enter the contest for prizes.
Please be sure to mention which
Surprise Wedding,
Miss Maude Belle Htrper, of Vin<
land, N. C., and Mr. J. B. Pitman,
of Conway, were married last Tours ;
day afternoon, by Dr. W, J. Lang
sion, at the Baptists Parsonage, j
It was somewhat of a surprise wedding,
Miss Haiper being in Conway
on a visit to friends, and who seemed
to have been kept in the dark, until
the ceremony had been perform'
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The bride is the youngest daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Harper, c;f
Vineland, N. C , and'is a very char
ming young lady, possessing many
of those sweet traits of character
and bearing that never fail to endear
her to her many friends. Mr. Pitman
is the efficient agent of the
Western Union Telegraph Cprnpauy
at Conway, with whom he holds a
remunerative position. They are
at present occupying rooms at the
Kingston Hotel.
A Japanese at the Methodist Church.
Last Sunday MrBuchi Muraoka, < f,
Hiroshima, Japan, but novv a student
in Vandrrbuiit University, Nash
vill*\ Tenn., addressed the Epvorth
League at 4 o'clock in the afternoon
ana a good size congregation at
night Both addresses were highly
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1UOIL UV^UX V Vs?
Mr Muraoka came to this country
eleven years ago while still a Buddhist
but was soon after converted
and joined the Methodists, He then
came east to enter WofTord College
in Spartanburg, S. C., where be
graduated in since then he
has been preparing for the ministry
at Vanderbilt Uuiversity. Aftbr
two years more he ex peels to return
to his native land to preach the
gospel of Christ to his own people.
Death of Mrs J II Oliver.
Mrs. Annie Oliver, the wife of J
H. Oliver, departed this life on last
Tuesday, after a lingering illness,
and after all that was possible for
loving friends and relatives to do to
save her life, had been done. She
leaves her husband and several small
children to rnourn the loss of a wife
and mother. The interment took
place at the LakeSide cemetery in
the presence of loving friends and
relatives.
Mrs. Oliver had those traits of
character which endeared her lo
the community, and she was ever a
faithful wife and mother. The sympathy
of the entire neighborhood
goes out to the bereaved husband
and children in this their sad loss.'
Conway Tobacco Market Leads.
That tobacco on the Conway market
has been briuging very fancy
prices, is proved by reference to the
following list of farmers who so'd
their crop here recently, in quantities
and at the prices as stated:
J. F. J hnson, 105 pounds 29 j
J F, Johnson, 50 pounds 19c
J. F. Johnson. 100 pounds 13e.
D, S. Creel, 309 pounds 15c.
D. S. Creel, 200 pounds 2 1c,
E. T. Lovel, 100 pounds 17<\e.
Daniel Kabon, 21)0 pounds 19c
H. B. Jordan, 478 pounds 2oc.
?f. D. Fid wards, 104 pounds 14c
J. D. Edwards, 07 pounds 22>e.
J. D. Eiwards, 187 pounds 14.]c.
Conway Methodist Church.
Services for Sunday September
3rd: Sunday School at 9:45 a in
P?'#?nr?hincr ?.t. 11 am f.Jloivorl hv t.lrn
administratioa of the sacrament of
the Lord's Supper. Epworth League
at 4 p m. Preaching at, 8 p rn
Prayer meeting on Wednesday
night
Preaching at Hoinewood on Sunday
at 4 p m. Welcome to all.
Funeral Notice.
Editor Herald: Please announce
through the columns of your paper
that Rev Joshua Harrelson will
preach the funeral of old Uncle Jim
Todd's wife on the second Sunday
in September at the Mishoe cemetery
in the Michael section.
W F Prince.
prize or prizes you wish to compete
for
Conway has in the past, and will
in the future, we hope, sec that the
corn club hoys are not loft without
prizes, and this year Lor is and the
rural sections of the county will see
that the girls have a chance equally
as good as the boys.
I spent two very pleasant days in
Loris a few weeks ago, and in less
than two hours work had bv sub
scription eighteen dollars and twenty
cents for prize money.
This, as well as numerous other
enterprises being made by the people
of Loris, shows that she is not
only interested in tho up-building of
this growing little town, but that *
she i? determined to see all Horry
county march up in the front ranks
of prosperity.
Lettie Harrelson,
County Organizer, S. T. A.
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CONWAY, S. C., THURS
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Offering to Buy Valuable
Land Below Its Value.
THINK WELL BEFORE SELLING
While Ilorry People Extends a Hearty
Welcome to All Person Who Desire
to Settle Among Them for the Purpose
of Battering rl heir Condition
and Lend a Helping Hand in the
Grand Scheme of Development, They
Have No Boom for Those Who Go
About Seeking Those Whom They
? May Devour.
would seem thatout-s-de peop.e
especially in Marion, Marlboro, Dillon,
and other noarbv counties, have
awakened to the p issibilities to be
found in Horry soil as an investment.
Many of them have purchas
ed. a very few for the purpose if
making homes, hut the great majority
of them, it seems, are buying
for speculation. It would be well
to warn the Horry farmer, to go
slow in selling his farm, no matter
who his proposed purchaser m-'y b\
for ho may rest assured that he will
not be able to obtain other lands,
either in this county or elsewhere,
as good as those ho sold, for anything
like the same money. The
real estate dealers from the other
counties, may offer what seems to
him as a very attractive price, ard
if the Horry farmer does not take
good time to think about what he 's
doing, he may be tempted to part
with his farm, and later he may
learn by sad experience, that he
parted with a fortune, and the only
thing of great intrinsic value that
he ever owned. Be careful in deal
ing with the speculator, because tie
is bound to know about the value of
your land than you know yourself,
and it is to his interest to buy as
much below the real value as he can.
In many cases he will not trade unless
he is sure of selling again, ard
that soon, at a large profit.
Will Be Open Till September 12tfc.
The Myrlle Beach Hotel will remain
open until September 12. 1.1111.
A special reduced rate of $2.50, including
room and meals, from Saturday
supper, including Monday
morning breakfast and will remain
in force over Seprember 3, Sep tern
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bor in. rno a u u oners special
week-end excursion rates from all
stations, good returning Monday,
and a most er joyablo outing can.be
had at a small eo^. Reduced rates
for children.
The Sunday train will bo operated
on the 3rd and 10th of September?
two more Siyidavs.
St John & Son, Managers.
Myrtle Reach, S. CIn
Loving Memory.
Mrs Elizabeth McDowell, wife'if
Thomas McDowell, of Collins Creek,
S. C , died at the residence of Jas
Murdoch on August. 10th, 1911. She
was the daughter of Mr and Mrs
Anthony MuckledulT and was born <
February 3, 1823. She joined tie
Methodist Episcopal Chuch South
and remained therefor several yeaws j
and then moved her membership to I
the Missionary Baptist Church
where she remained until the end
came. She was a consistent worker
in the church as long as she wr.s
able to attend and was loved by all
who knew her. I
She has been unable to get arourd
for more than a year only in the
house and her health grew gradual
ly worse until at last she took dropsy
from which she suffered until the '
good Lord called her home to live !
with Him in heaven.
The funeral services were con- ,
ducted by Rev El. K. Marlow and !
her remains were laid to rest in the
Collins Creek cemetery to await the
the resurrection morn.
Oh, let me then this God employ, I
To pardon all my sin,
And open to me the heavenly door
And let me enter in.
I know there's room enough for all,
Who truly wish to come,
So God 1 will my father call,
And that sweet place my home. j
Eliza Murdoch. 1
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Fair Notice. 1
September 7th, 1911, is adayset '
aside to clear oiT the Boyd cemetery,
11-4 miles from Lor is. The public j
is cordially invited, Come one,
come all. We want the ladies to
come, too, as well as the men folk<w
J A Heniford, 1
Loris, S. C. ]
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5DAY, AUGUST 30. 1911.
Inforinatian Given.
Editor Herald: Please allow ino
space for a few words as information
for "Taxpayer." It brings
about the old adaye the jaded Jade
will wince and the hit bird will Mutter
arul as lam hit, hence the flu iter.
. t ? s ?i. i. _ ? .. .u,.i >irp? Vlt4
I J3v.ll/ J w 155Q to tut*i x ua |/uj or"
is in bis rights when be asked to
know where and how the public
money is being used and he should
be promptly and courteously informed
not only hi 111 but every taxpayer
(whether large or small) has the
right to ask and know, lie is also
right in saying he heard me advocating
the publicity of all the financial
a Hairs of the town. 1 did then
and do now sincerely believe
that publicity is the bo.'.t dose for
any public affair and especially the
financial dep irtment.
VVnen the present council was organized
there were three new members
and wo were further handicapped
by the resignation of the
clerk who had served the outgoing
council, so we had to got a new
clerk, and 1 well remember about
the first woriv we did after he had
qualified, was auditing' uf a lot oi
claims vs Lite town of which some
were hardly legible, a great many
not itemized unci none sworn to,
and what was worse there sieraed
to be some doubt as to whether
some cf them had d en paid or not,
and the cleric said he had no way 01
finding ?.ul, so after seeing this
jumble of all'airs 1 thought this
ought and was a better system ol
adjusting such au important affair
as auditing claims va the town, so
at the next meeting of the council
f recommended two ordinances
which were passed and is now a law
of the town. First, that hereafter
no claims should be paid unless made
out on a regulation Oiank furnished
by town, itemized and sworn to. In
this ordinance there was intended a
double purpose. First, as an aid to
the clerk in keeping his accounts
neatly and correctly. Second, as
an aid and restraint to the claimant
The other made work for the clerk
and was thai all receipts and disbursements
of the town should be
itemized and published at least every
month, and the cierk instructed
to make the best arrangements he
oouid with either of the papers for
publishing the same.
Mow, Mr "Taxpayer" you must
remember that the town council is
the legislative branch of the town
government and here their power
ends. 1 hope 1 have humbly and
clearly made myself plain to "Taxpayer"
and everybody else.
Yours very truly,
S. T. Sessions,
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Death of Mrs llattic McCracken.
On Saturday night, August 19th,
1911, the death angel visited the
home of it W Met! rack en and took
from him his loving wife, Flattie
McCracken. She was fcho daughter
of Mr and Mrs IJ. S Chestnut.
She leaves a husband, aud a little
sou about three weeks old, a father
and mother, live brothers, three
sisters and a host of relatives and
friends to mourn their loss., but we
hope our loss is her eternal gain
She was a good wife and a kind
friend and was loved by all who
knew her. Her remains were laid
to rest the following Monday at
Hickory Gro^e church near her old
home.
It seems so hard to give her v>p
but the good Lord knew best. Oh,
it is so hard for us to know that she
is gone and can never return to us.
May God help us to meet her in that
beautiful land beyond tlie river of
death.
Our heartfelt sympathy goes out
to the. bereaved ones and may the
good Lord help thorn in their sore/
bereavement. Her loving noice,
Delia Chestnut.
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Coleman Chestnut Dead.
Coleman Chestnut died at his
home on the 17th of this month after
a lingering condition of nearly
three years. He was near the age
of seventy-eight years when he died
and was a hard working man and u
good farmer. His body was laid to
nr. the Mountain gravevard
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near the old homestead. He leaves
x widow, two boys and four girls
bo mourn their loss. May ihe dear
Lord comfort and sustain the aged
widow in her declining years till
she is relieved of her troubles here
below.
The Lord giveth and the Lord
laketh, blessed be the name of the
Lord. His Uncle,
A King Who Left Home
set the world 1o talking, but Pan
Vlathulka, of Buffalo, N Y., says he
dways KELPS AT HOME the King
->f all Laxatives?Dr King's New
Life Pills?and that they are a bless
ng to all his family. Cure constipation
headache, indigestion, dyspepsia.
Only 25 cents at Norton Drug
3o.
Rev W R Barnes, of Bucksville,
was in Conway on business last
Monday,
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Gathered by a Herald Man
on His Rounds.
CAUGHT 0N~THE BOUNCE.
Strav Bit* of New* Gathered t>y
file Wayside for tlxo Itiforniatiou
and Instruction of Herald
Kcadcrs-HnppciiiiiKS of Interest
About the City.
5 or <? doses "(>(>()" will cure anv
case of Chills and Fev< r. Price V*
Mrs A. S. Poalc relumed home
Saturday from Charleston.
Col D A Spivov hac been spending
a short vacation at HendersonviHe,
N. C
M?*and Mrs John Thompkins were
in Conway lust Thursday on business.
F A Stalvoy paid the Herald ollice
a pleasant call ou the latter part of
las'; week.
The cotton crops of the farmers are
generally good, and a good crop in
this county is expected.
John Daniels, returned the latter
part, of last week from a week spent
at Hendersonvilie, N. C.
W E Marsh, one of our prosperous
farmers near Conway, spent last
Monday in Conway on business,
Mrs. A, li. Collier, of Surry county,
Va , is visiting her sister Mrs.
A. B. McCoy, on Laurel Street.
C F Brown was in Conway on
business one day the lirst of this
week, accompanied by one of his
sons.
Our outire stock of dry goods,
huts, shoos, and ladies dress goods
and tr?minings still g >ing at your
own price at New York Racket
Store,
W. D. Cox and J. J. Rhuark, of
the Hamuli no > ction, were both in
Conway iuc I Wednesday on bu?iness.
Chief L it Ambrose returned the
latter part of last week from a vacation
j-potit in the mountains of North
Carolina*
D Tj Davis has reopened his shoe
repairing shop at the old stand and
would be pleased to see his old and
new customers.
Our fall Hue of dry goods and
notions are in. Come and gi3t your
choice before they are picked over
New York Racket Store.
J E and J W Dawsey have formed
a co-partnership and will conduct,
an up-to-date jewelers' business at
the same old stand.
F A Burroughs returned the latter
part of last week from Henderson ville,
where he had spent several
days in recreation.
Dr D T Riley will purchase a lor.
at Myrtle Beach, and will no doubt
m'cei a cottage thereon in time for
i he season of 11112.
D. T. McNeill, Jr., left Wednesday
for Georgetown in the interest
of the Southern Magazine Agency
of which he is manager.
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A severe siorm secmeu to inreaLer
the first of tbis week, but the winds
gradually went down and 110 signs
of a storm now appear.
D T McNeill, Jr., has returned
from Norfolk and points north. Ho
is here on business and will return
to Norfolk in a few days,
JTMishoe, the obliging railroad
agent for the Coast Line at Conway,
is spending a vacation of several
weeks at Hendersonville, N. C.
Miss Helen McCoy, who has been
visiting relatives in Surry county,
Va , and Eden ton, N. C., for the
past two months, has returned
home.
Miss Kafcberino Doak and Mr Sidney
and Alex Doak spent the weekend
with Mr and Mrs D T McNeill 1
at their summer homo at Singleton
Swash.
Among the\ew purchasers of lots
- - itr i a tr .
at Ivlyrtlo IJeacn is Mr vv jus i\mg,
of the Conway Savings Bauk. H*
is the purchaser of a very nice build
ing lot facing the ocean.
M. B. Anderson recently sold on
the Conway market, some of the li- ,
nest watermelons ever raised on
Horry soil. They were unimformly
large and well flavored.
W tJ Hawriraore, oue of the most (
progressive farmers of the Forney ,
section of this county, visited 'Con
way the first of this week. He is
blessed with a good crop this year. .
E. J. Roberts and wife, of Dog ;
Bluff township, were in Conway la^*. 1
woek on business. Mr. Kobcrts is *
among tho progressive farmers of
that section of our county. '
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Mr and Mrs W W Jones, of Mullins
past through Conwav the first of
this week, after spending a week at i
Myrtle Beach. They were guest of ]
Mr and Mrs C B Dusenbury, during
their stay there.
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NOTICE.
Owing to a wreck on the main line of
i the A (.' L., between Florence and Marion,
a shipment of paper failed to reach
1 us in time for this week's edition and
in order to catch the country mails the
Herald is forced to go to its subscribers
half its usual size. These delays
and accidents are very aggravating and
annoying, but as they cannot be avoided
in this life of disappointments we
can only grin and endure them.
38 MAGAZINES FOR 36 GTS
THJIAY'S M An A r/I\3 1/ UOMr
LM'K MAGAZINE?both one year for
only .T! Cents, retail value $1 ?9.
1) T McNEILL, JR., Conway, S C,
Mr and Mrs U" A Dusenbury *novod
to their now residence on the
corner of 5th Avenue and Laurel St.
last Tuesday. The business of
Dusenbury & Co at Toddville will of
course run on as it has before, in
charge of generul manager J P
11 arper.
Mr W P Vick is no longer with
the Now York Racket Store but
don't nass us by because he is not
in. You will got the same goods
for the least money.
Yours,
C. E. Barker,
Pros and Mgr N. Y. Racket Store.
If vou got a statement, please
give it your attention, and send us
something to apply on the account.
If you liud it impossible to pay now,
write us and we will gladly give extension
until the cotton crop is
coming in. We mu;t Insist on this
and we trust that those who are
owing us will not ask any further
notice.
Owing to an accident to the Caroli
nil loot', ynniloif tli?? iinntir ? lin
i & 11 (v iuo i1 ?.jvi u vuvjr ? iut uv t* iiu
were on their way to attend the unveiling
af the VV O VV monument to
the late Mr Kdgar \ra-on, did not
reaclh thfir domination. The
steamer , <> j nnmed on some s tumps
at lVach To < *, and all c Torts failed
to get her clV uet'l high tide. It
was then too late to proceed, and
the boat returned to Con way.
Mr. M. ft. Anderson one day last
weea, made the Berald a present of
a watermelon which was quite a curiosity
in its way, nothing like it ever
having been seen here, so far as
we know or believe. By those who
saw it at the office, it was called a
twin waterme.on, because it bad
two buds or (lowers, and two w??ll
defiucd interiors well ii I led with line
llavored meat, the two insides divided
by a partition of rino. All of
this was covered with a rind, and
the whole thing was carried on but
one stem. The melon was white
colored on the out-side and was of
healthy growth throughout.
How to Prepare Cotton for Market.
Norfolk, Va,, July 11), 1911.
The Norfolk and Portsmouth Cotten
Fxrhungc views with alarm the
abuses that have grown up in proparing
cotton for market and deem
it our duty to protest against these
anuses, to state vv hat they are, and
how they can be corrected.
The troub'oa have appeared in
the last few years and have grown
each year, The loss which primarily
is paid by the giuner and producer
of cotton, incidentally reaches the
mill agents, exporters aid mills.
The abuses are these: First, t?e
excessive us of bagging; second,
weight of bagging used; and third,
the weight of the bales.
Regarding the excessive use of
bagging, each bale should be covered
on the upper and lower sides, in
ihe press box, and on the heads,
and no more. The quantity of cov
oring considered sumcieui 10 cover
a bale is 22 pounds, which includes
bagging and bands, and any excess
over this will be deducted.
Second: As to the weight of the
bugging used, it was only a few
years ago when the bagging weighed
1 3-4 pound*, 2 pounds and 2 1-4
pounds to the yard, the heaviest being
2 1-4 pounds; now we hear of
bagging weighing A and 4 pounds
per yard. This is selling bagging
and not cotton. We would strongly
protest against anything heavier
than 2 1-4 pounds, and in cases
where the bagging exceeds 2 1-2
pounds we advise the ginnors that
just claims and deductions will be
made against such excessive weight.
Third: The light weight bales
have become more in evidence as
the heavy woight bugging has increased,
While there are rules
against bales of cotton under 400
i ?r?n n/l < !inrt 1 sales made l)Otll
for domestic and foreign shipment
arc required to weigh an average of
500 pounds per bale, it is urged that
shipments destined to Norfolk shall
average in weight as near 500
pounds poi bale as possible, because
an bales weighing 400 pounds or under
a deduction may bo made.
These suggestion* are made purelywith
a view of saving the producer
iudginnerof cotton from further
loss by correcting these abuses.
Norfolk and Portsmouth
Cotton Exchange,