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.7 HE IEOPLE'S JOURNAL VOL io.---NO. IS. PICKENS S. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1900. ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. . VALUABLE RE'LICS ti GIVEN THE STATE. ' MOMENTOICS OF MEXICAN WAR. The Palmetto Rtegiment's. Flag and ui hie' Beautiful dackson Vase Are .Al Given by Col. Jaines D. Blantiing t 1'realidelnit of Survivors' Assocla- m ion. .-vi The following lettsr from Col. J. D. A JBianding, the-distinguished Mexican eu war veteran, vptj received by Gov. Mc- cc SNeeney some days ago. It tells of tu gifts of ibcalculable value to be made T to the State and'contains history that ec every South Carolinian Is proud of. 'le Here Is Col. Blianding's letter: To Ilis Excellency, Gov. M. B. Mc- ko Sweeney. ti Dear Sir: In accordance with the JL resolution of the Palmetto R 0giment rc (Mexican war) Survivors' association, 01 as president of the association I have tt the honor of turning over in perpetuo (c to the Statu of South Carolina, through " you as governor, one of the two liags ai carried by the regiment in that war, di together with the regimental records. P' It is only necessary to state as to the .au latter that they are very -ImperfedtO .cl the general order book and most of' the m loose papers having been sent to and 8v lost in Chester during Sherman's III march through the State in 1805. Tne gi flag is the United States army regula- it] tion hlag presented by Gen. Wm. 0. 'v( Butler, then in command of the army ti in the early part of 18-18, to the regi- tI ment when detailed as guard of the gi national palace and archkves. My- re collection Is that Gen.. Scott. had ordered this IAg made, on account of the tattered and torn condition of the State flag which was worked by the ladies of Charleston and presented (it through the city council (T. L. Hutch. a inson, mayor) in December, 18-;4, to tic the regiment, and by It carried into the cty of Mexico on 14,.h September, 1847 Besides the skirmishes around of Vera Cruz on the routes to the valley of the city, it passed through the C4 battles of Contreras, Cherubusc6, Chapultepec and Garita do Belen, and ur there on L4h Sept., 1847, at 1:20 p. i., te the first flag planted on the walls of 'to the city, four hours before Gac. Scott, lit with Gen. Worth's division of regulars, m r.eached the Larita San Cosm. it s may be .asually stated that two com- re missioned and three non-commisBioned to oflicers were shot down while carrying w it-two mortally. The commanding ed general directed Major (afterwards su colonel ) Gladden n, to use the State m Ilag, but to encase and carry it back to tL, the State a3 a sacred relic. Soon after tgs the return of the regiment both Ilags b - were turned over to tha State and as kept in a glass case in the State house. er When Sherman first approachesl Co- tr lumbia, Capt. -W. B. Stanley, then fo president of the Palmetto Ilegiment Survivors' association, sent both flags Wo tp 'Thomas J. MIcKay (a private of Co. I iP) at Chester. After matters settled m down the regulation flag was returned M to Capt. Stanley, but he was never in formed what became of the State flag. It He olered a liberal reward for its re- cb turn, and novi, that sectional passions tih have subsided and a returning senoe of !be propriety and comity seems to be ac- de tuating both sides, I have also offered dc a reward for its return to the gover- W nor of South Carolina in hopes that it gi may be brought to light and deposited to with its companion amng 01he flags of re worth of the civil and Spanish wars at now in keeping of the State. or It may be Interesting also to state 1 as a matter of history that the regula tion [lag was loaned by the executive br committee to the First battalion South of garolina infantry (Liemkt. Col. Tho p, j son) organized for the Spanish war, bi which afterwards becme part of the i Second South Carolina regiment in- sl' fantry (Col. Wilie Jones), and was by to the latter carried to Cuba. Upon the , muster out of the regiment it was re- r turned to the ctummittee with the ac- aa comnpanying powder bag taken from b3y Morro Castle. 1t Is probably the only op hiag in the United States which has th been unfurled in the capitols of the vi only two foreign countries inv'aded by vi the United States. -tc The executive committee of the Sur- hi vivors' association also request that p they be allowed to pilace the ".Jackson vase " in the legislative library under y a glass case, and u.der care of the -,ec. p1 retary of State or of then lIbrarian, as la you may direct-.c The reasons for this request ar-e thet b~ the committee have no proper deposl- su tory for it, and that all " survivors " 1 may know at least where it is, so that. tc the :"last suryvhor," to whom it, will. o ultimately belong, may prove his claim' (how and before whom I cannot guess).p and take possession for himself. The cql.auseof the will of Glen. Andrew Jackson in reference to the vase is in the following words: " The gold box presented to nme by the corporation of the city of New *m York, the large silver vase presented ca to rue by the ladies of Charleston, S. di C.,' my native' State, with the large a pilctures 'repreisentibg tha~udfol ing of the American banner, prerseaited. 1, me 'a .b!, the citizens of.Southi Qaiolina.when it was refus'ed 4to p8 achbted 'by 4the United States Senate, I leave lb tudt, to my son A.aJackson, jr.,.-with tlired tions that should our happy country la not be- blessed with peade-, sr' eveont 'Uh not'always to-'be expected, he wil. at ci the close of the war or at the end of ti the con illet'present each of the said ini articles of 'inestimable value to that, Is patriot residing in the city or State Mi fromn which they were, presented who, yi shali .be adjudged by hid fellow coun-' .ti trymon, or the , ladies, to. have been U0 the moet, vallant in the ,defense pf,his *country and1 our cou~.ntry exights." In the fall of '1848' A.. Jackson', jy, executor, sent the vase to the gover' nor of Southf aL1rolina with' The rqiest 'o dispose of if, accord ing to W~be, ter irs of the. will of his testator. The gover- j-j nor reported that it was impractica- AV ble to obtain a decision what patriot oh of the State was " the most valant in ad The0 defense of his country and our1 country's rights." The exeoutor au ,,thorlzed him o .deliver it, to the emur-; .vivors 0f the Palmetto regimnent, (Ntex- si lean w~hto be disposed of by. them as rn they..gthought boat. ,Under tlhe ygov-] ernorecal-h maoi4 of the survivorAJ met in Columbia, S. C., organized the " Palmetto Itegiment g ur vivors' ased- ~ nresident.. The geutnm.'. ael lvasx n o .vase to the association, wbich 1 ged a resolution, to wit : That the 41e be kept by the executive coi- I itteo for and to be the property of L& last survivor of the regiment. Capt. Stanley died In 1892 and the idersigned ,was elected president id-ec-olicio the personal custodian of .e vase, flag and redords of the regi ent. It has been customary to carry the bse to the moetinvs of the National asociati6n of Mexican \f eterans when er requested to do so. It has been 9 rried to Washington, ). C., Charles- c n, S. U., Atlanta, Ga., and Nashville, 3nn., and I hope will be carried by me survivor (not myself) to Now Or ans, LPebruary,'1915. I shall deposit in the vase, for safe toping and future reference, a cer [led copy of extract from will of Gen. Lckson, and several communications lative to it, including this semi liclal correspondence, also a list of e present survivors of the regiment - ow numbering about .10), with their e spective companies and postolilces ; id that they may know of the present sposition of the vase (which in all obability will continue until the last rvivor shall estal)lish his personal aim), I will, with your permission, ake public this letter and your an for. I will only add that, though 6ving many descendants, I hereby ve my contingent right of property the vase by .reason of " last survi irship," to 11,South Carolina, my na ve State," and 4ils letter may be ken as concluoive evidence of such f t. . Very rdoepectfuly yomts, etc., c JAMJs D. BLANuJIN, d ,' Pres. Pal. R-g. Surv. Ass'n. d sumtcr, S. C., April 9, 1900. t On' receiving your assent to the re- d tests above made, I will carry over b id deliftr Tn persdn the article speci. G-oviXOn NIswiEE.NKY'S LE1TTERt. Go'v.. McSweeney promptly wrote W >l. Blaipg the following letter: S Columbia, April 11, 1900. )1."J. D. Blanding, Stimter, S. C.a Doar Sir, : It gives me great pleas- al e to acknowledge receipt of your es- a emed favor of the 9th, turning over g the State in perpetuity one of the ti gs carried by the Palmetto regi- o int in the war with Mexico. I shall ii e that it is placeu in the archives h. served for such historic relics ; and, i gether with the interesting history si lich your letter gives of this tatter- w and worn banner, have them put in g ch position that they may stand as a amorial to the valor and heroism of g e sons of Carolina who followed this sI ,g to victory in so many hard fought h ,ttles of the Mexican war: and also g a constant reminder to those who i( joy the same birthright, ", that a Alth, courage and Iatriotism endure f( rever." t,l The regiment that bore this flag v )n honor and distinttion, in every it ttle, for the Ainerican. army In its fi Arch from Vofa Cruz to.the City of n 3xico, and in this they were but a ruo to the instincts of their birth." 1 was this regiment, that led the a argo against the- compact front of fi . edomy wh'en othdr regiments had a b Call'd.upon by Gan. Snioids and h clined to volunteer on account of the C ,ngerous and hazardous undertaking. e: hen Col. Butler was asked if his ro- d1 ment was willing to clinch the vie ti 'y, his prompt and * characteristic W ply was, " Yes, every -man of them, pt d to the death." They fell upon the w emy like a tornado and the victory Ls won. w We honor ourselves In -honoring the U avcr.vb d patriottsni of the noble sons ii Car na-who'followed this banner. A it few of the members of this noble h ,nd survive, and they are scattered L1 de; but, wherever' tney may be, it o ould he a gleasing thought to themi LJ know tifat they and their comrades ti rio have abr'eady ansvired the final o 11 call and heard the last tattoo, p e held in such loving remembrance e the sons and daughters of their na- w re State. My prayer is that those of t1 is gr'and- old regiment who still sum - ii ye may have, in their declining 0 are, the benedictIons of a kind and ti nder Providence, as they have the g arty good will. of every true and 'fi triotic citIzen of the State. . 1i It is also with pleasure that I give -T rmission, in behalf of thc State, to tI ace the " Jac-kson vase " In the legis- c' Live library. and it shall be properly it. red -for' and' disposed of as directed .b) the Survivors' assoeiation. I am g re I voice the sentiment of the lpco- ft o of South Carolina when I express" you my' ippiccation of- the' g'ener- :ri s andl patrhotie spirit which pr'ompta fm u to give your contingent right of $I Oporty In the vase by reasoun of "last s1 rvivorship " to South Carplina, your ti stive State, which:.iUvo sef'ved ,t< long and so well and so honorably, riother' In war or in peace. L This lla .agdelp'e40m1s of the r egi- " erit ten 4he '(Fase shall' be prmoperly ea redl id' and as you direct as presl- r nit of the Survivors' association. I tve the honor to remain, a .:.. oursQbediently, ' i Governor of South Carolina. L -Jamecs it G;arfield, tihe son of thea to l,'rcsidofit Oprijold, hash enterod i e lists as a candida't6'for the I~tepubli- d n nomination for (Jongrecssman from e Trwentieth district of Ohio, 4hich cludes about, half the city of Cleve ndl and Lake and Medina counties- a r. Gatlield is a brillIant young law- g *r, and hams already made a reputa mias a member .of tho.Ohio Legisha- g re. -'. . OUJL -i..1' '. c O~lt' E T ga JAlar. .0 F~or.:'20 4im' ,1)rJ. dv tpn l lath away IsesoFJII sn ka e'- ated.tbronic diseas thatt ack edged toddy3 to standl d thme I eat oflhisjprofessioittillne 1ecuve ehd-ptreatlieent -for V ircnlrn tr~tr~ihu trhe aId t knife or cautery cures in 90 per centi. of 1 cas s. lIn the trqatmenmt of the loss of itl Forces; Net-vonus 7Disov-ders, Kidney a id. UJ rnar n ihz plAiin ts, Paralysis, Bl1o0( lJison lilg( 1lhuin at-m, 4at ar rh', and d(js sos -pecy il~ t'Q women, lie is equally t .eceassiI.: ,r. J.lathf.way's .practice, is oro thin doubit.,that'of ' fy ptner s pee- s i s.~ .Gases proletauteet} I: iep,ess .by other j. lyetsaurtifdily.'yield to: his t.eateMenL t, 'rtmmn ody:Jly' trSuut oaff 'cae e 'nfutes-no charge -for Vonmultation'on- a tIVeggeither atthieA-~,flee o~ b~y mail. d J, Newtou 1thawaygMt. 1. 4% Sq uth I roadireet. Alfa tp,4 '.GA.. ILL AlP LOVES LIT1'IE ONES. fo Sais It May Mean That 11e Is Growing Old-Ilis Delight Is to See tho iittle Fellows Einjoy Themn selves, That pony and dog show Is the best ntertainiment for children I over saw. reckon that Professor Gentry runs it >r the money that is in it, but never i2less he should be commended and onored for the pleasure that he has iven to thousands and thousands of bildren all over the land. The poet kid that Abou Ben Adhein was ad titted to Heaven by St. Peter because a loved lia fellow men, and maybe 10 professor will get in because he orked so hard to please the children. hildren are a big thing in Heaven. Suifor little children to como unto [e, for of such Is the Kingdom of :cavon" is the sweetest verse in the Ible to mothers and it utterly para 'zes the dogma of infant damnation. know there is plenty of scripture to itablish the doctrine of election, hut havo never believed that it applied little children. The maternal in inct abhors it. But this pony and dog show was a ost beautiful street pageant and was -ee to the hundreds who were too poor > pay for the tent performance. They ught to thank the professor for that. am poor myself, but I strained my ocketbook and took all our little folks i. They are still talking about it. 'he monkey who played doctor, and ic pony who laid down and groaned ud played sick and how the monkey ured him, and how they rode on the onles and the tricks of the beautiful ogs and ec on. How wonderfully fond i2 children are of little things, little olls and puppies and kittens, little orses and colte and calves, little tiny abies and little chickens. Old folks ke little children, and it is a sure gn that a man is nearing his second bildhood and that lils hold upon the orld is weakening when lie loves the >mpany of innocent children. Now I mn not so dreadfully stuck on the aver "e boys. When they are good they re very good indeed, but when they -c bad they are horrid. Oae lay a riand-child behav od h had at thle able that I told him ie stoldent mie any more, but should wail or eat the kitchen. When I got up and ,f, lie said : " Ganma, ganpa gettin' ighty old, ain't he ?" " Yes," 0he 6id. "Ganpa, he'll die some time, on't he ?" But 1 (10 love the little irls. I am nov in Llorida again, for the >od people kept calling me and the >ring has come and everything down are is so calm and serure that, I ain ad I accepted their invitations. The yal 1)aughters of tbe Confederacy e very strong in LPlorida and anked ir a little help and so I am here In ieir' behalf. I had two hours in Sa innah, but had to leave at 9 o'clock the morning and so did not see my iende, for nobody gets up in Savan ah until dinner time and some few lie )ed till next day. That's what 'ian owell told nic. I traveled with him I 'the way and enijyed his company, ir he is always the same good talker 3d lie gave me a graphic account of is rccant Havana trip. He likes the ubans, especially the Castilian class , who, he says are a high-toned, gpi oue and honorable people. le feared at our occullation of Cuba was going be prejudical to F'lorida, but lie stop d long enough down here to do away ith such 'appreheisions. Fiorida cannot have a substitute and ill always be the loveliest State in the nion-the natural sanitarium for our valids and the garden of the South. n old Georgia friend who has been 3re for some months told me today iat this State was never in so pirospeir is a condition as it, is todny and tha.t 1eroe is. more money here per capita tan there Is in Geor'gia. IEvery branch business and every industr'y is pros Dring and the peole generally ar'o >ntented and happly. hlowell says the orst dr'aw back upon the rural popula on is the lack of good, cool, refresh ig water'. Ile told about, an old friend his who came down here for the first me to visit an old acquaintance. He >t otY the train at Waldo, wheore his 'lend met hIm, and drove out to his t~lo farm two or three miles away. he day was hot and the old man was red and thirsty and longed for the >ol spring he left, at home. HI is F"Ior a friend pulled down the pole and the icket went, downt into a hole ini the round a few feet deepi and dr'ew it up ill of brackish, tepid water and said: Now, J1im, just help yourself .drink ght out of t~he bucket, in the old-. shioned svay ;'" and lhe did. ItL diidn't, dio him long to get enough and, he bid :' "I've got enough, Tomn: drilnk e l'est yourself, and when you ctome I my house I'll heat, some for you." It Is a becaumtiful priospect to look froQm to tiralits at this country now.' E~very il~e or two you see the truck farms~ In sitrut of vegetation, and the str'awhe es esuecially attiracteil my attention. dlearly love to see them by the acre nd look upon the pin1k and carnation >ldies that mingle so prettily with the reen leaves. A t almost every dtation ic crates of berries are piled up wait ig foir the express trains to speed them ) market. ,Tho9 are -now bringing $' ,3rate at the producer's station, and 'acro is money in the business. Chil ren, whtite and black, are seen pick yg thorn. Laittle girls get :i bents a hart aind l.lttle boys 2[i contif' for Io girls handle them more caro~pUy. nd,, don't steal every bIg (onc the-y nid. Trhe'n there are the now potatoes and imatoes and catbbages that are in full arvest and brIng good pric~es. As -to attic, you aire h ar dly ev.&er Out of sIg ht, them. - They arc not, great; bIg fat attle, b)ut onr lamentdd friend, Judge lark, said a il'ida bcifer- in fair cons it,)on .ma~de the best and 6.weetest beef 1.eak In the \vorld an(was .moro..like onison thani beef. Trho lumbd' .and urpentine nusiness down boe is on a cgular boom. iLumber that a year go brought only $12 a thousand now rings $24 to -$:J, and turpontino as adlvaneced fromt 21 cents a gallob > 63 cen ts. - I've got a good joke on myself oi' On imebody else. My old friend,, Phil trown, who used to run the old Mark-, am in Atlanta, wrote me a nice letter month ago and begged me to come ownl to Ocala and lbe his guest at the 'lant hotel that- lie has been trunnlng 1I the winter. So I me ti a.igt foi' the OWala house, and ho scened sur prised and pleased to sue me. We talked for some time about the good old times we used to have. I had had no dinner and not very nuch breakfast and was as hungry as a wolf. The sun wont -down and the big dining roomaa doors did not open. Some friends call ed to sea me, and It grow later andi darker but still those doors were clos ed, and I noticed that Mr. Brown mid departed those coasts. About -:i o'clock I ventured to inquiro of a laId what timo they had supper. He smiled at me and said : " We don't have it hero no more. This house is closed for the winter." Ie was very kind and took me to the door and pointed to a place where I could get something to eat, and I, too, depart3d those coast: with alacrity. The next time Mr. Brown Invites me I will go sooner or not go at all. B III. A . LUXURY AT PUll(J i-l'NsI., A Goverilnmenat Tranport is Cmo vertel into a Floating Palatam!e. Congressman Driggs, of New Yotrik, when the army appropriation ii wa under discussion in the 11 ruse, (nited attention to the conversion of the arlly transtort Sumncr into a 1Ilating palace ait an expense of $7150,0'0), and rad at description of its nagni licence whit I had tippuared in the Brookly I. is follows : "The visitor to the Sumner i, da. zled by the magnilicence wich cona fronts him on every side. The very best of everything that money can bat v has been provided. The ttartar- o'f the ollicers of the ship and the Cm:tn missioned men, who will be carricd i passengers, are liner than tlho:e on sone of the first-class trans-Atlantic ste amei rs. There are twenty-nine stateroons, ach accommodating two persons, and three double staWe-oomas. Tl'ese state rooms are larger than thos. on the aiverage first-class ocean linews. The bt-this and dressers aire mtade of solid mahogany, while the knobs and dcc >wations are of tle imiost expensive brasis work. Eich stateroom is pro vided with the Iinest quality of china ware, suspended on nickel supports. All trays and, in fact, every metal ixture in these roomis arec of the linest utility of brass, heavily nickel plated. " An Inimamentc French plate anirror in a solid brass frame, nickel plated, idornts each room, while ',wo cut-glass Luimblers, costing aIt wholesale price ;5 cents each, and two ent-giass water bottle, which cost * 2.T5 each, are amttong the other furnishings provided for tiae ollicers oCupying staterooms. lisclh stateroom is provided with an electric fan. The berth are furnished with the linest tquality of linen. Iah orately designed velvet carpets and rugs cover the stateroomliu i.oi-s, while engraved frosted glass covers the front door of each of these apit'tments. " Th2re ii ta itn te r-Orij torlto with a capacity of 6ak-ing s'vonty live tons, while the bakeries have ivens sullicient to furnish 2,000 loaves f bread daily. A butcher shop, Ice house, lau ndry, kitchen. electric liaght plant, and simillar necessary adjuncts, ire located in ro)is handsomely intished, the laors of wlich are cover . wiA tili i g or ai corrugated artificial atoic. " The main saloon is the most elabo ,ate as well- as the atoest expensive Cature on the shilp. The tables, ehairab .iosets, umbrella and cane stands, as well as all other woodwork in this 1oon, are of s6lid mahogany. " A to'lidl porcelain washstand, lit, for the matsion of a millionaire, occupies I coner in dach room. They are said to have cost about $50. The lloors of taosea roomns atrc laid with small tiling, while all the metal wtork is brass, heavily nickel-plated. D)'~as of washa roonas, with 'tharee dilferent kinds of showver baths, are scaittered over the stiip. The pluibi ng work tof .the ship is aill open, the pipes beig nickeled wherever exposed. Ti'ah kitcen ad joIning the d ining spiloon is. a model in .every res ett aind would'rollect credit on the .liantst ocean steamship or hotel. ft -is proavided ilth every thing that money can buy, ili the .ut~ensils and. othbor appaaius being of copper- arad nIckel." G;mN. GORD)ON AS AN EV\A NUINris'a. A sptecil to the lopuston Il'ost from "Genertal d1oh n lI. Gordon, commaitand - ;tr-i n-cief of. the U nited C~on federate Vecteans, who is on a lecture ttour in TPexai-, aitt-atded to revival ameeti ng in ilattesv ill e, CorycllI Coun ty, conducted-hy-/Abe Malkey 'tand at the conctl usioan of thet sermon the evange list cal let ont hin !i for rearksa. "-General (Iordon respondec. fromt his plaieo oat the platform near- jhe pareatch er in one of the most potwer-ful ex - hortaitions, it Is said, that; has ever boon h1eagd in .this State. 1Is remarks were address'ed principahly,to the Con federate veter-als present, it mtost, eloquaent p)Or-lode he depicted theIr ga-and and glorio'us aichievements as soldlier's in the sea-vice of theira coaaatry, moving ied/,rors to th -ighiest, pitch of patriotism; then in tender-est, tontes he made ain appeal to them to take up tho armor of Christ, that was subliime ahd absoluately reistlss. At the close. of this appeal about forty Coinfederate veterans camefor-ward. No such scene~ was ever- enacted before. 'lThe old gr-ay hia-red veter-ams crowded tiround thecir chieftain, one after another-, em baracing imi, and then they would fal Iuapon one ainother-'s necks shaonting, the teat-rs strecaming downt thteir faices. It, wa some ti me befor-e thme ebualli titon of re IlIglous fervor became sualiiently co:at tr-olled for othaers to reaich th pl at formna, butt about, one )1thunredl othaerr fIuaaly camao forwar-d faor parayers." ' -Jelf D~avis, til oetogeaian nt-ga-t whto died ait P alestline, Te'xas, titnt un dauy.hast, vais a formri slaive of I 'resi dent Daivis, of thte Confetderate Staites At the close oaf thme civil war- thte .x slave wvent, to I 'taleit ino a-omt hIs mit- - ter's h-omec in MI isslssippai, aitd hasi livedl evya- since noea- thIte fatm oft tarthe liton. lohan 9. lReagan, thte sole turvi vinag member of the Contfedertate cabinet. --Willard's hotel, itt Waishington, is to he torn downi this mothl totmake way for a- modern'm~aillh Id uol lair straue tare, llalf a centuriy aiit WtVill ardl's was nuambered among thbc gteait htotels of thn orld. A LOVE10ENT OF' TlE FAAtHiCS. Organiziig on ir the Purposo ofSecur log IBottoir Prices lor Cotton. The farmers of Troup County, Ga., hao startedt a movement for the pur ipose of getting better pricos for their cotton, and the plan laid out is intend cd to embrace the cotton States. The farmIIer, 01 Georgia aIo iniVIted to hold a conventian at Nlacon on tihe 12th of May, an. to unite In the movement which has for its object a general or gainizaltioni to correct existing evils in mitr0keting the cotton crop. The call for the state convention Includes bank Lr' and MIerilhants, as it is contemplat t to wecure concert of action on the par-t of all11 who desir'e to aid in ad vane in till, interest of Southern fairmer's and raiSe Chir condition to ab higher -eile of 1prosperity. The call for the convention explains the objects of the Southeru Cotton I roduecr's Associa tion. as follows : " The obj eCt of this associatmlon is to Itak 1undetlr conisideration a plan to or cini Li cotton prod ucers of the oIt1h for t he purpose of imarketing I heir I tOLL and cotton seed to better advaltagc than has heretofore ex isted. " .\ hcants and bankers' aid is ice t liy, ani we will endeavor to secure the co-operitioni of all mI zierchiants and bailkers in the South to assist In for wardinig the movement to success. '' I t is essential that at central bureau be etablisihed for the genieral Imanage lu1cnt of all the local Organizations and for the purpose of collecting and dis -cmiuating ali needed information re. 1ull rud in carrying on the work. Such information to consist gen ully of sile of fertilizers, acreage, ,!ond Itions of crops dulIrig planting, 1 Owing and picking season, including .veelly repots from every gininery in the Southern States and as to how miany hales art ginned each week. This inform ation will kCep us postCd it. to Lite probblc oitlpolt Of the crop dlui-ing tie fall and at tie end (if the ginning s-eISon will furnhih ab.,olutely cor rect inforilation as to the si/c of the crop. This Method willi place a -heckl upion the elfeet of fakle estimates bieretofolre g ivenri out, hy c, on spe Sculta - ltors Lii reduce the price of coLLon. " in ortler L)to let general antid per ialnen t organizat1ion tihe farmiers of Vlrou) Ctounty it) organizationl aemii led hercey citI at State convention to onsiduler tiis llIlovemient, to leet in Nia -on, Ga., on Saturday, M ay 1:2, 191t)." .'hie following is an outline of the ,orking plan of the new organiza ,tilln : Thle plani proposes to orgaizel-t , or .ub)ine, not less than : per cent. of tle eotton proticing strengih of tl South. The idea is to accoliptlisi this work viLh liln wh are bile tin ancially to hold tihe coton they pruc tI this year, for lb rCaonable lengtL of ti me, say six 1.0 eight months, if liecessary. 13anking aid maiy in many initances be nleeded, but a large porcentage of cotton Can always be used as cash, that i, 6i0 to N0 per cent. of the value of cot ton can be borrowed from banks, witL the cotton ats collateral. So that good cilII, v hii are not strong enough in Lhcinmelves to hold their cotton may Lb enabled to do so having it loan o it, ,o say about (10 per cent,. of its value. Nrialy men who are not strong enough ,o carry at least, a part, of their cotton AIre not ciligible to this plan. The plan Vill emlirace onlyq the miore responsible -lass of farmers. Othbers will he greatly beneitQd but cannot take part in the positive working machinery. One organization to the county Is thought suiicient. I t may he that some coutiLies are so arranged that two organizations .will be better. If so;, all right. -lachAiounty in the State is asked to. organiza w ith at,. least 2.5 pei' cent. of its cotton lrroducing strength, .anld all o)ver thiat amount pIossible, and each to have its president and secretary, with a parent ollice itt ai convenient pinIit. At this heaid ollie, shall be kept in some consistent form, reports of any iiatuire, from all the county olliece. Th'irough tbe growing season, these reports can be made at often as necessary, but in the gabther log seasoni Itby must, be made once ai week. These reports shll cntain any and all facts vital to the cotton grow ing brotherhood ; such as the amount, of fertilizer used by othbers as well as members, the numbers01 of acrcs of cot, ton planted, with othber crops, weather cond~litionsi, progress of cultivation, prospH~ect of crop1, cLI. WVhen gathiering begins, cachi memr heCr of this organiz1.atIin is toI report each week thbe amioint of cotton pick ed, ginned~l anid packeit. These reports mutst contain its neabrly ams possible bhie ntimhor of bales Packed at oeh gin niory, ams It is hoped to have all ginnaer ic-, consistent in thle order. Thiis know ledge is to bie abrraniged in tabulated for m1 andi kept at. the headt <,11ieu, cuoies of w hichi, abrrabngedt for Liihe pulrpose, shall be sent plromti y to ieh intli v iduaiil ofliie abnd kept for reference, so that eamch memb11 er oIf Lie o rgan in/tion can know precisely the existing con titionls, prospieg~s or re~sulta, -of any section, or the entire State, by weekly steops. It Ii pr1ooedl L~hat eabch cnttorz Stkb'te shalil be soi organ i r.ed ainil manbiagedl. it, was lso propo~tsedl stolhave froii each hleadi State- otlico weojc iy reportsa to the siyter beadi ollices, agpl. he~c head ollice, replorts septt prompy. Li) the coun ty oilices s thiat enchr indliviidua11lnmber oif this orgaizailtlin can keep ini close tOpeci withi tiho crop1 .conit ions and re sutit I all over thbo South. it is further in-tended tl iave whait miay be teorme' a dir-eting c'ilmittee in each State; and14 all thiesejStabto ctommitteos are to work in harmiony and knowingly with eachi other; to.habve before them al.1 the cotton helt jn'thie entire organization, and direct, the soiling of all cotton. It, Is not meant hy t-his for thbe commit LeO toi have control of the cotton, bnt cachi person shall control his own po)-. TJhis indicates the goold to be achiev ed for raw cotton. There are oithier features of help to como3 of organiz.a LIon, that cart- h~e afterward outlined and incorporated, but first It is desired to control tpoe price of cotton, antd thiIs can be done by organization, at small cost. It is entIrely ulnncessabry for the ae-1 cuompiahment of this putirpoise ito I n hotly any p)olltical featuo -oIn the plans. The farmers want the energies~ of the ntiren brother.hoo a i1 r .,,...tin to the aio l and tll impotallt purpose of handlir the cotton wisely. In the (itura the wish to ho untlestrieted and free t adopt any plan or suggestion helpha to the cause. The regulation of laboi the dilferunt modes of cultivation, e forte looking to the saving of middl men4's prolits, building of factorie developing of any resources, all cat ultimately, wisely and prolitably coi within the range of the organization work. TUN WIilB AYICS INCi)NT. Th Famois Trematy With the Sults of sualu- low the Amaerican Fiag Treated by ihi Sulus. The fact that LAeutenant Colon Webb llayes has been roliuved of Ili command in the if'hlipplnes and coming hiome has given to the publi a story which throws at great deal t light 1)011 our authority in the is lan of Salu, under our famnots traty CI gineured by General littes. I t 'Vill be r 10111iI hered lithitt Ois gov urnInent im adC conces-ions to 0ihe Su tanl of the Sulaus by whlich the palctic of polygaiy and the owning of blave are Cnitinued in thIat island, alth0ug the AmericanA Ilig lotats above it. Tb Sultan of Snul also draws a fat satar from the U nited States treasury, as i a number of his Chief lieutenants. 'Th story which the deosing or Li elute ant Colonel 11ayes brings to light, is a follows : ", During the cam palign juI, endt Col. 'ettit sent an ulliter and sever mien to an Island near the Snlis to cal ture an oilleer of Aguinaldo's arm who was hiding there. " The little party upon reachilng ti island were toid by Lato Atoo that, a cording to the provisions of thu treat signed by the sultan antid Gteiera hiates, Amuerlean soldiers could it( land with their gains. The you n Oflicer in chalrd~ge at first, demitlreud, b li Ially gaqvo way, an1d t1, sold ieis (i! Cibariked without arms. They wer i mmed intely 'sturrou ided by th e Datto soldiery anid other natives, Who rt lieved them of their tobacco, ituole anaad watches. The otlicerm wits fear fu of olfending tihe DItto's muen, and. h1 Imiad3e no mrotest, of conwqul aence. If asked thati Aguinualdo's ollicur he tui rendered to him1. " 'More tobacco,' demndititaed onec the Dato's lieuitenants. \lore tobaec wiVas given and atnotlh ar atr est, iamad for the inbisurgen, ollicer. ." Givo uas $20 in golt anid We wil fintd himh fo' v0a1,' said tbe I)atto. 'I'h ( IliOeUr ill charge prtde the 2o at the prisoner was tiarniet over to hlim. "Colonel I'ettit, approveA of Li diploiuatie ' aninater in which th prisoner-hiad baen secured. Lieuta i ant, Colonel illaves .di1aprovtd. 1 intilmnated that Conel l'ettit tid it know his biisinis, at said i le cou not atford to be coineeteal with it reg inent which had been subjected to kil( indignities without. redreis. Colon lUelii, iS siid to have ra uliuested ith Laioutenatit Colohel H ayes lne relieved Whatever we iaay have Lo say the sitbjecut of military disiplinc at the fact thLiat an i licur in the ar1 muIist, su bmnit 'to Lhe rulings of hb superior, pubilc sympiathby will cc tainly be wi l the spir it of nation 11id w b tWhich )rom pted Lieiutena Colonel llhatyes to rebel;;laginst the it digni ties olferedl U niteld States trool by the crafty Sailuas. !f tiiis incidet is true, as related, It dous not relle much lustro upon our standing as world power in, the usti mation of til Sullan of Siu. \Ve paid $20,000p,0 fdr the I'hilippines and thi Spaniar never tlehivuoed "the goodla4. aInd v seem to, havo- een eqiuaally ansuccet ail in. purchaviing dopniainon , froma- t Sultapl of Sul. WVI'ATlilt ANN) CILOP hi ltroi( Wet kly3 'lluin ofii i t hto WVeathcr I ruaa ii r' Sout h' Car-olia. Th'le vweckc eninig Mlontlay A\ pril 1 901), was cooltr than usaual. .with lig fruats ton thie 13~th tad .11Iih, in tile w torn, cintral atnu northeastern p~ortio butit niei ther fruaits inoir field cr'ops a fored injury. Th'le groaund howeva remains too cold for favorable goril Lion of seed. Rain occurred over Lho entire SL~j on the 11th and l'th, '-generally iugh biu , heavy in places, notably Sul'nme ville and vicinity,.whero .'1.29 Inches ft On thu 12th. The rains weren benc lied anti improveud wheat, (Jats,(.iher grai and pastaures, and rdndecfed grouandl Lb hatd becolne nard and baked ilt for ciu ~i vation, bitt the rain- inaerrupted-:far work over' the iauore westcirly couintie wheare the'ground becamib t~OO wet plo0w tin til Satur adaay. Heavy hall I tuhe 12tlh d a mtageal .corn aund hr uit t, r in IIirkc.cy anid .1ljoreheste, counic linil abto fell )i Ytor'k Conuty., lParmi work madle favorable pirogres~ texcept, over the north western p~ortion In the eastern' andi central- couantit corna1) pan ti g, on uiplanidaIs priacti cal lii.hed anal couisiderable replanl,ii hias been31 lone, miadi ne3cssatry by c worms, which destroy'ed stands. i10 cr'ows and -cut,-wora Wie vor~y ntam( ous5 in localitjes. Corn is, oni the who] ciiing up) to fisirly good stands.. little corn ha4 b'ecn planted in the'wi toi'd coubtices... Theure was much otton. plarrtedalhi ing the week, and l'n-a fipw places t~h worTZ is nearing corupletion, but,. Lo ,bul)< o'f ho rop remains Li) be p'ibte es[10eiall y 'in the aY~r e w este rly (con tlis, where land t.are nuot'all prnepar and but, little cotton- hus beena pliat~e in Mari'oii C00mny, tobacco. Jean planting was begun, but, elsew here'cL pl1an ts, ini bJeds, t'ret tool smaol to set, oat anad in amny- local ities artosea3re. I it planting con 1inuest~ , stL eaurly plapt ed comin g uap slowly. Aelonis, a'utg air can gardlens and trucek neecd warnmer weati .er. Sh ipmeunts of iasparaugs are heji ri miade, anid of strawbeurrIes uamvo begui In a few local ities the peach crop uniipr'omisig, bait genaralily enoug fr'u it, ha s set to alford a large Cr'c prospecct. A pyle andi pear trees al bl(oomin g ini thu westerni ploriorn W heat, conitinueis promnisi ng, atn~I oa have bI proved ;both are in A lii growling Lond ItLion and were favored I the prevailing weather. --Charles U.roadway Iious, the bum miiillilonalire, considers hionesty th greatest virtue, dchlaring that it en eras all othere, anti idleness the gret est, viC3 a it. ii thin-onirce tf all vie Always Lowest! Always Right! \\hen oir prilce retil the )ame. Our 'o')ik are ,al :t% , better. If it's 4;om id, it,4 here. It ;i - iterv, It's Hig t. Y1u1 s pret t ' h I a *cri 'i- YeC : iievert eIClc .s ti ev are facts anil n\e ily adivertie fact-. n()irl ,bivvt inl aivertising, is not simply to 4ay an11Y thing, that will bring the peoiple to our sloreN whetier we lia the , lti or nlot. but] to) tell you fact-.a.:nd mnh'11,-h faniis as we tll li\e Ip top. I t we adertie a thinl. we hanve it ; 11 1n1that you canl de 8 23 Shir Waists and Rcady Made Skirts. Our line complete. (t:r Wiss at 51'c, $1 001 and til vat not ie he-a. )t r ilk Waii i a .l Oi i is Simply a beatlvt . (ur L3 reaty I a i h S irt s 1 l ro $1 1il to $ I I' I S Ic i' Dress (oods, Silks '.2 and Tlun liigs. ()i tIn; i e we IIeel suay lit little. n it t wetcll kitnwn fat t Ia we %I\way \ h w;I-\\ tihee i 1 1 14 Inl I n n 1. T i sprinr. toir unle ti I- Lawns and Dimities in White and Colors. \\'e are 'h'win. th- lar'e-t varietv f Y y le Ill il'e IlIiatn e ci-etere. 'We 'all your111 especial ajtcl o Ini t o r Iluie if Irish it I im il , ;it ist', \\ <1ri ll . ' \ e e el e I t1 1 kfor rcenviIlc. SPECIAL BARGAINS! s As Lim!.- A, TheY L.:tst , d 1 "'ii1z 2 m t'orets1% I I t h ii . . pcialI inl the. Tiwem wor h 'Ve.seial L..c. 0 e s .\luln % loe orh , special ,w. \\earl.\ ria A.0 I'orset it is they best Ikadties ati chldbiren, w ear laven P'ar j (ridge Shoe; It's Ih bs( . .\Men, wear. lhanil V. N lti olds'Shoe;: it the beii. i hld i 1- \\'. allo I n v o wilmpet itor In to utulersel Il us R. Le R. Bentz, (1l.TO.N Kmle .' Man ager- Easlecy I Brau ch. I2M ii. ( 'ortner enltttrnc, 2101 Main St,. 1 u -% it FO- = : . - A Point in Our Favor. .'he' tim betr of peop'le whto lind ,nur$: : shlseual inl sutyle, lit and dui lrabltit tIVI to .te $5 ii shol s s~lind els hewlIe re ist rapidly Sncreasingj. A filer one1 saile weJ ((witn yoir r- table aind lt durale. 1as outrs. iPlow Shoes. It urt stocik of shoes for the farmiierst are bouhtmi frun li rsI. hndslt andI at Iowet euash ,r ie. I)u ine f tav' Ft ateti l $1 512, 200ant $291arei hati n iade, bestt white S ne price Io al * Pilun: & P A'1 TiON, 106) S. Main Street. Ii". I-~ P rst, dil' oor abve A phiceal d ui tiutioni lf redti-headed girls h- is, fort tunattely, ideiI. .'htty (anf b) foundttt ini eeryj ihalbited qutarter of P- the w orht bl, sas the( it,. LoIs411 Iepit bllc, is 'The soI-Cllletd dar'k racett are freq uent )te ly glor' ihed by3 glowintg loeks. The1i d,~ SpanIirds are1 8 warthy, as a rae, bp~t, n- the pu rest, blooded Castiliigntt f requent~t E1, ly' sho0w tracesi: of their Visigoth Ic cl. bilood by bhu eyes anid re'd hair. 'VT 1- infantUa I'ulaieh, wh~o visited this coun *( try ini I ;9, i red-headed. 1, l e-hiilred Itans aro5t~' fairly nutm U e~rous in I taly. TIhey tare miostt nlumor-m I .119 us i i (he n2('iortrn 'O pvluiCes, Wherei e thiere is tile grtettst inifutsion of -Ger 1- mant blood. A nd there Is no girl Iin g' the world pr'ettier thanl a red-halired 2. Italian or Spanilard, exceplt it be a red is hai redl A mi aln. h In Irecl a.d a red -haired'C giril is made P22 Iserable bly hteing called a ' D~ano."t 'c Tihiis epithet,1 i legacy of a1 thousand it. yearis ori moure fromt thle time12 when ts the IDaniei actuali1ly did override the IC coasts of B ritain. The~ amnount of copper)C produced In the (i.nlted States last, year -estimat id inog thte outptt (If D~teember-was 2(64, e (101 tons. TIhis amount Inince the v'- copper I in l julphte and1( shows anl ln t- eaiseI (ver time product~lon of i18 by in. aboultt 10.:5 petr ect.