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IBELTON ~ ? - y - ^ ; NEWS AND ADVERTISING. a, l> New York Coito? New York* April ? 17.-The cottou market wan quiet today but price? ruled pt nc rai ly steady oo a bullish "view of the week end figure* contin ued reports that a large proportion of cotton arriving'here was found or too ; low gruuP/ ut pas? contraev re- ? quiienieutu ?nd apprapensious of un settled or unseasonably cool weather noulhwost. Closing prices were steady and net unchanged to 9 points higher with near months relatively firm. Spinnern taklnga Ol'American cot ton for thc week proved slightly ia I exsesfl on expectations, making the visible-supply, statement equally bul lioh, whlto local buyers also pointed out that tor; Ute fi ret time since- laat winter stocco* nt countod Interior town? were under iast Veer's. Dcmaud for new crop',dellveries w*a rather less edtlvp today- tbnn on yea tfrdoy'R m.iiy >>".. *em?R|fi??bn." bon&e? wero moderate buyers on the early de ed Inp, although the . weather ' map rhowed generally favorable conditions. Spot cotton quiet; middling uplands 13.10; gulf 13,36. No sales. \y Cotton futures cicded ateadjiJ ;V?i.'iS I Opened' Closed May. . .12.48 12.54 July .-. 1. . .12.66" 12.38 Auguct .. .'...?.O? 111* october .?fJ. :. n.63 ILK! December . .. .. .. .111.00 \ <? -- New [Orleans Cotton ' New Orleans; La,; April 17.-Con flicting Influenced held In tbc cotton market within narrow ' bounds today. willie tiie weallier.map was W-VDT abi?. so far as the cotton "belt itself was concerned, the outlook was to otormy and colder, weati^r. Reports from tho belt told of. < *n immensi amount of planting and of mnch cot ton coining up. but against this was the fear of.?am&co from the cold wave now on the Pacific .coast. Middling 13 1-16: sales on the" spot 1,825; to arrive 450. Cotton futures closing; May 12.77; July-12-67? Aug 12.37; October 1 J?6?;'; 11 -00. UverpSol Cotton Liverpool; April 17.-Cotton spot cteady ;. good, mi?Ull?ni5;,7.?^iSaAd|ttS? 7.::0; low . middling 6.80.. Sales 6,000. . SpcculoWqn and export 500. Recelas 2LO0O. Futures ateady. Golton Soeti N?-V . i, : Aptil 17. -C?tl0:: ?] j today f?krtcd* tiigher on scattering short efcvcrinR. 'jut later cased Off tinder diaVpccls of liberal toaders on May contracts and liquidation, for . woatarKatrcourit on the heaviness in lani, sinai prices were four points lower f$r May and unchanged to one not lowwilor the balance, -ino market dosed easy, j.-. . i ----1 Money Market CALL MONEY .ii tv.-Call money steady,'! '3-*..a*2; ,ruling rate 1 3-4; closing. 1 3-4 a 2. Time leans steady; sixty days 2 1-2; ninety tlftiyi?-^Sr'3-4';" six* months 3 a 1-4. 'Mercantile paper U 1-2 a 4. Sterling exchange . steady; sixty . dayn 4.85.25; demand 4.86.96. commercial bill? 4.85 1-2. Bar Silver 63 1-4. Mexican dollars 45 1-2 -ilroiiil 4 steady Chicago Grain Sg^Aprll X7.-~ Dashing of hat a way had been found to oil tho unwieldy stock of corn igq tpdoy rent prices tumbling Bottom' waa not reached until i! a fall o'. 3 rents under ?qe*da>. The : :. , is!; \. i ? ? tinlaUed au an ??ivantac? of! 1-8 to i-4c, oats varying from 1-8 a j 'WO? -THl iii 81 fl Pendleioh, S. V I l-4c down to a sixteenth, nain, and IntoVisions 'a' Bhade rowel* to W rita? ?fl [5 cents Coif on Good? New York, April 17.-Cotton gooda! markets wet? quiet And steady today! Yarns wore duii. Bilks were ia iuuu-H crate realest for falL Domestic wooli markets wore firm and quiet Foreign! wool markets held . steady but were! more quiet than a week ago ~ ? . ?. r ooooooooooooooooooode ? ; ". .H-t;Vi>- vS- > - t o DUN'S BEYIEW o o . ' o o o o o o opp o o a o o o o o o o ?o o New York, ?prlf 17.-Dtyn's review will say tomorrow : . ;; i- ''-Audverse weather conditions aceen tuite the prevailing qulctn?ss-in traite. te#flgbcfjj?^ ..are hot jtosut, .yat -ijtra&t?fso?ks ohne teed by thev bacKward Spring. "Thc!, supply ol' commercial paper continu?e ^?^JS?fmMt^^t feg rajPhiJlffdleWiWl'^fte red t>r^WOW Institutions. Confidence In tho future, ?IWTr--;'--: ls maintained, largely y be Iflj^V^?Ap splendid, agricultural-out. "Winter when >, ls Itt auch- shapo that I^TCQ tant year's banner yield- prob ? ably will bo surpasaed. Everything 1 ppi?^?it?'an increased cotton acreage, while other. leading crops are start ? lng ; well. , Speculative i nfl uer. rcs have imparted'some Oneness to prices of H fatwa '? ?tAOl??? hltf In. tx hrnoJ. ...... t,? ?fulfiliidlftoa are Btill' tending down ? ward. . "* "Failures this week numb-rod 310 against 2>5 loot year and Co tn C'aura corapated with 27." oooooooooooooooooooo BRAZING! ALFALFA, ooooooooooooooooo _? I Lavo noticed that Prof.. W'. ,, lafanvey-attributes thc loan bf a star -alfalfa to the-pestering of the field, lb a rocent issue, Mr. Walter Clark of Clarkville. Misti., a grower of 15 *?' experience, states that, pastur ngrdpes little if any damage. Mr. Clark, states that thc alfalfa should " pastured Immediately after cutting. Tn ?dt.sM^sc of a soraewhnjt'~(oft?nsii reading on the culture ano" .treatment of alfalfa, thia.hr the first time. I have aeon ph article froia an experlenc?d grower advising the pasturing of ul faifa fk-lr?B immediately after mowing) In foot there is almost a unanimity of opinion that this ls "the surest known ~ ;>r ?V."K?i>? uroasiei." tn ?rt ray reading 1 have been very forcibly impYcsred with thu Idea that to grate thefyoung shoots was sure to damage th., nrUvta ?ero1"** - In October, ?912, I seeded a five acre field in alfalfa. . The stand aud^t Icul?tion. were, perfect. .The flVst pu tin- on Apr? 15, 19JS^ gave a ton an a hali u> the ?.ere; the socon? cuttlpjfi in Maj gu vii a ?un io thii acre. After the first cutting a small corner of tho field-about one' squaro' rod-was ctn once when about half grown as .-.fil ing Tor pig teed At tho second cut ting thia' email patch was again about half grown, and wai mowed along with the full cutting. Thia treat ment of the small patch killed tho al falfa fhereo* completely. Mr.-'Joa. E Wing of . Mecttanicsburg, O.. re counted in tho Breeders' Oasetto a parallel experience last e?toraer. Atter my iucon? r?ii?u?g or"???????? In May. the Held was attacked by tho Unod blister beetle. These posts kept most of the young .alfalfa ?hoots ?.al?n off, so that my third cutting was very light,. Aftei thc??htrd cutting tho fluid bwcAino completely lmesleti ?erUh thc betties and tho stand of altair fa waa destroyed"--the toots being completely killed. I b?ltevo the wtirk of the; taxite? killed tho alfalfa, though l am not prepared to ?tate ?as a tar? they Hm. My ?lf?!fa was ni?? pastured; and in ca th. ease, the mp* ing was doue In the early 'flowering nlRsre.-^-A. O. SlnKletsry, In Tho Pro SMTtjtE?N BK LL Pi Celebrates HI? SVth An? elive, lelep . John Jacob Rogan, who succeeded Butler Ames In congrees from tba Fifth Massachusetts district, is a reg ular Republican with progressive tea* dencIcB, and he believes in. the preser vation o? tb? Republican party. He is an honor graduate of Harvard, and his heme is in Lowell, Dancing Idea. ? Mk? the one Bertrand married Ade fable-who knew that Co* s discovered America,and which lasaage cream to use and lr; lt Go at That-have.lime difficulty remem bering tho intricate "ii ni 1.i ffiiijjrf Ma*t*e and the Tango. Three of the right, two and a half south hy south east, da capo, seveh'ttack ?b?d 'M#-> and eo on. Why not raa.*^ mathemat ics attrnctiva, since 't.h? obliege*'are candyt?ff We! cls^tt^sT; Why" not the ? j Arlthrrcy??Bi progression Glide? Be ginning .with t)ie p?e-.step, the sum of the ?taper would .be.'"aI as 1 > %, And that Binominal .Bend: And- oh:*-?ai -oh! that Differential Calculus : gleer 7-P. P. A. in New York-Tribune. OOO OOO OO O O Oo o o Q .... ? o SIX AND TW?NTY o o o ? o o o o o o o o o o o ..Pendleton,. April 17.--The recent .rain? h?v? put thc ranncra back in their, work. ' Some or our formera have begun planting -cotton aced,-' while others haven't made any prcaratlona ?? their tlrth v?an Jalum np riu?'zrg tho pretty wether planting carn. -,---? mm to go to church oo Sunday with theifl whiskey. K tame of.isn't cut oufl Kouif ono IB going to get into trbuH We sooner or later. The church la nfl ptac. whatever to take liquor. Th? church la a hctiae of Qod and a placfl to meet and Worship oar Savior, nofl a drinking plsoe. fl M rn. t?. F. Whitaker ata?e a buainesj tri?) to . Anderson-last Monday. fl Messrs Shorty Kl rod and Slim Wfoufl aker called ai Mr. John Canon's ofl last Sunday afternoon. Mlaaes Eva Richey, Martha Elrofl nod Minnie Tims ?ero out drlvhafl Sunday afternoon. I The gardens are showing the goofl work given them by the ge^^mottorfl and daughters. I 8ucceaa lo The Intelligence? and itfl ?nany readers. fl ~-?--~~ oodoooooo.oooo o c B y *gjt?^ t ? . ? OOOOOOOQC?OOOO ?.' Little Virginia Ugo* -celebrated bot (ifth birthday 017 last Wednesday affl Lernoon. Quite a number of Mttlfl girls ; were with her on this occaslonH and .after playing many amusing games, they vere carried into flu: dru. lng room where the ta bio waa1 spread with delicious, cate? and fruit Mesara W. H .and J. R. Martin ol are; spending a few days hero with relativos.,, * Mr- and Hrs- J, ?. Everett of starr spent Thursday with their KOO"'Mr. sfl U. Lcv?re?. . " . I Dr. .!. T. Cook of Bewers vii lc, Ga., is stopping itt town for a few days vu HU a ?BaBW?1?-^ ? .- . 'WM Mr.; iou Sherard spent'last. Monday night in Mt. Carmel on business/ Pr. A. L. Smothers of Anderson/ waa tn town Wednesday ba business, -fl Miss Georgia Belle. Bashin spent last 'Wednesday in Anderson. Dre, D, A, B?rrigs und V. ii. Burton lays with her fri-indt ^ra. Richard Barnes of Barnes. Mr. Walter Martin of Augusta. Ga., s visiting his sister, *4rs. Augustus Mr. .1. J('no?\fl^^^K^lt>refl was a business vl^i^i^rx we't? Xliursfl ^jpn last Iwsdnea^jy Mi'?? .jMs^UaJI Entertained lite PrUA?^lasal^t lie.: home: ?1 River Street. : After e time pfvm?oh pleasant .convonaaMonij \ Mis?u?:Hel| served har guest .deilfttagaa/cresta and :aLt\ ? . ? .Dr. D.A. Uwrisejind.C., H. Harton '*ve *W?*%<?3W?L?t^'AMa^u ^?^c ?thcy,?ayeflflflflp^pg ,j Beering of t>o Stole Modical aseoci itlon. ! ; t Master,. Joa~Xor4e*. \m\sm%. ot-Utarr, ?iii I Td? short while this wpek with .er- cousin, Jack ?Levordw. in ;>?Mre; W.L. Kennedy of i^jwiidesvuie ?'ient Thursday tia town rlynds.. .Dr. H. Rv WeHrf oi-Andu aeon Av i.ere or a few dava on professions' iess; Mr.. and Mrs..Sam Andersen spent >art of Thursday, ia An^t^sfljpp^i^l 5Sr, Si Iv. Jonen o? the Virginia-Car mins Chemical CoUipnn>, who has i Deni the patt 12 months lr? New. York a here' Tor a short stay with friends l?d relut ives. il^m Mr?,, John MJL?TI who ;,as br.ca Itfefel ting har brothel-. Mr. .1.'iv McDonald, isa. returned to her Loin.'} in Chan? lier, G*. Mr*V Mi L Kay loft yesterday for ?. Carnal and Wellington, where she toea'ro make a vlait to relative*. t.LKK HMAS MA li KS GOOJtt Wit* fa Baltimore. Ja^h.Dunn of tho jJallixuore Orioles ?as'he?n 00 much impressed with his icw first has^mjtn. U teichman, that he Hs*'-sold Ii-ja Heaaer to the Bn rr aloin. a Chicago' ii developed thju f30.900 fu? ?i?i sssa iclt^t b" thc t"4** ?"~. 'f*w?^?mate3 have been VoV?O? 'and A nia?<;ii between F?ghite? Zlnnrr &nd Wild Cat Ferns may ebon be ck? jd tba Kaasae City or St. Loni?. Dot!) lre< bidding for the ho;it ahd Zluner -ares not wi Ich;-city get* H as ; long uroh on tue roate?* to ttoae player? who turned regulars. Oroh. hewever, was a ?rw?e . last.- s? v, hl?e was released to manns? the ;t>9*' cat ulacc narc ? OXFORD .?jc'? Hs BflHHHSHI 1 ?BBfflfflRB' g| Kout of tho best runners of OxU aity of Pennsylvania in a relay race o A. N. G. Jackson, G. M. Sproule, D. (Columbia Evcnlng Uocord.) j Thc "Toxu t" or tick fever ot cattle \ appears to ho chief obstacle to the auf-] ccsaful raising of cattle in the South-! lern eta'teSi thia section of the country j tiwrig- particularly - juaceptible; --lt j seems, to the parasite that causes tho iroublo. lt is a disease that blights the industry "In the Smith and yerny mipneral and Intelligent effort on the part ot everybody, lt csa be prevented. It la spread only by ticks and when those are exter ni1 i?*?i? tho dlseane will disappear. Rapid pruess ia being made Uv thu Federal eovurntnent *r.d some or'the States In the eradication or the tick. Seven years ago the govern ment, lu cooperation wita some of tho atates, began a systematic cam paign to oxterml&itia-s the ticks, an? up to this time mors than one-fourth | of tbs territory orig nally Infected has bcett cleared or thc ticks. The General Aesembly br South] Carolt?a, at. its rachat, session appro priated 9?O,0C0 to be expended under tho direction-'of fHomison eollege and in cooperation with the'I ederal-gov ernment in a campaign against- thc tick tn th? ?tate. The! arrival-in Co lumbia of W. K. I.e*is, expert or tho Washington Agricultural d?partement, to take charge of - the work- a? In spector, and his announcement that RELAY TEAM INVADES ?ru university. England, have sailed for t four miles. In thia photograph tho Nv Oaussen and N. 8. Taylor. as interstate dipping vat for cattle will be established In-thia city.and at dther points in the atete for the treat ment cf the farmers' cattle ia MiBieieat evidence that the work eradicating the Mpjfcrbn* begun taa? will ?be' vigoroasly "Texas. Fever" 1B described ta a bulletin Just leaned by the Fed?ral Agricultural Department, whtey paye the-name "Texas'* is eomewhat mis loading, us it la likely w> give tb? Im pression that the disease is confined to tho state o? -Texas. Vrob&oly..the !??nvM. appropriate-name ie "tlc-U fever " cd by me Spaniard? was probably inlroduc irtutlous of cattle by the -J"*? tb*1 e?"Hy colonita o, and Southern United otates, il cauBca continental icsses year after year during the early his tory of the conntry. Experience then showed that th?. invariable mutt of tho transportation o? Southern cut tle into the Northern states was thc of ali northern cuttle "tag the roadj ano on the pastures owr which the ?ontheru cattle had traveled; al though the latter animals remained perfectly healthy. li? tIto same way Nochern catt's taken Snath almost in variably succumbed io the malady. fr'or a lon? time the cause nf Tera* America to compete with the Unlver Englishmen, 'rom left to right, are: fovor remained ' e. mystery, hut wa? cleared up by an Investigation t scientists in the Bureau bf Animal In dustry about 1.300;. The work sh,? that the disease ls caused by a email parasite living within tho blood celia nf the: Cattle, and the Intermediate ?tage.cr development of this parasite occur-.; in a certain species ?f\j?w<^ Ung (Marguropus anmll?tu?>.. :in?n* making this tick the indirect but ab solutely essential factor in the natur al production of the disease. Since Texas fever ls spread..only through the hito of tho cattle viet*; lt follow? that bv extermh?t??n* th? ?cfc* ticks ure estimuted at more than $-10, OthhtKW a year, and lt in also esti mated thut the presence of tick? iosnir tin; awth of the South by an addition al ?S4^*iO,000.< The ticks may be dysiroyod by \ ri rions methods', such as dipping or anray J ?ii.-- catU svitLi certain pre parations or 'transferring the T?a?il? periodically front ?D? enclosure to uo other so a*, to gradually get rid *?! th?; tleke^lhaf..*?<* on tli?ni -grsT^t. and the one cost widely unod, Ie* to dip the cattle in a wolution or arsenic. ceffndgvegOecvTlx Tho new. publication of tho p?pairt? mept of Agriculture describing, thja disease and giving full information r garding lt. Ja known a? Fermera' Bul letin ?69. and may be obt?1riei! on ap plication to the Department at Wash ington. lt contains illustration^ of ticks and a map showing the i???cted region and- the progress that ha?* beau ?\?<h: In ?ytermtnatlne the tlc ?SAPTC3ED 8V MEXICANS.- j VE?IATJ month? ago Den and Telegraph order? for -Fan Tern? ot S?ee. BJdge?ey. two proininont Pauline.** tho SJclociie featare prodoc t>hotopl?y performers, ?oft Hew Hon? reported hy ?ol? Ba ros tel n, wi* horaehock trio to ?an Fran- the) manager, ct the BctactXe Poa tare ?st* recent fy firtl^?sl sr SK??.****^. >?, vars htm rore prsvaiiad upon to appear, tn j "The Add Teat* (Vlrter. ?Teo reata), raan) t>a*e~ apon ar? ?ncMr-j. Warren a^e?rigfen and deo Madl - ?*.**''* l?*'0- rn?? ia tht? (lratM.I?An i(r> thk IM^IA* m?*4* tii-~, ?"' urwl by Mexicans/* m two paru, j f ^ play* tho Oaf* of .> .-> i T > . .j, j Monica road, hs ono of the o)ost>-TH* latter half f?f the *-*r*mrt ro?i ?ri ELEANOR WO?DRU1 Eleanor Woodruff la one < anted members of th?? rn th waa I? often seen in moving ?Soitelin'o'i' Way" ri lowing the alory written by Although th? three reVia eeo gooft-fighting'?.cane?, the the terribie band to hand au the last reel. The rea ie irondsrfuL