The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, September 12, 1900, Image 1
VOL. XVI. LAURENS S. C, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER in, 1Q0U. No ?
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~r\ f~j~\ R, CARLETON QAINES lias
\\ II 11 vt'r-v na,i memory for (aces.
\\// ills frlcuds complalu that hu
\y/ passes them upon tho street
J \_J LI without recognition, and, on
the other hand, In attempt
lug to avoid this error, he has (some
times accosted strangers in circum
stances thnt were extremely erubar
rasslng.
The young man has a cousin, Miss
Jane Henicuwny, a tall, graceful girl,
with a profusion of dark hair and pret
ty brown eyes, which, however, one Is
obliged to view volled by eyeglasses,
for Jane Is somewhat nearsighted. She
lives in Trenton, but often goes to
New York shopping or visiting her '
many friends in that city. Thus it
would not be surprising to meet her
uuy day In the shopping district of
New York.
One may meet a great many pretty
women lu that region, and It Is said
that certain feeble minded creatures go
there for that purpose. Surely a man
must bo daft who would do It. for the
shopping woman Is too completely un
der the dominutiou of "the llxed Idea"
to be of Interest to uuy but a student
of hypnotism. She rushes along the
sidewalks In n state of trance, and the
luckless man who gets In her way will
thereafter view the all devouring trol
ley car with gentle unconcern.
Gabies was In the shopping district
atrlctly on business one afternoon, and
near the Intersection of Twenty-third
street and Sixth avenue he fancied
that he saw Cousin Jane. She was
proceeding westward with that relent
less fixity of purpose that characterizes
the shopper. Galnes overtook her and
laid a mildly restraining hand upou her
arm, for it seemed to him that she was
about to plunge out upon the crossing
and collide with a loaded dray.
"Don't run over the poor cart horse,
little girl," said Guincs; "ho has trou
bles of his own."
She uttered a nervous cry und sprang
away, but he fancied that she was
only startled.
"Pass over those bundles to me,
youngster," said he, "and we'll navi
gate the crossing together."
At this moment ho caught the ilrst
fair glimpse at her face. Where were
the eyeglasses that always perched up
ou Cousin Jane's nose? Where weru
the baby dimples and the smllo of
seraphic good will? This lady was a
very haughty person. Sho froze him
with the disdain which seemed to sur
round her llko an utmosphere. With
her face averted, as If the sight of him
would be too painful, she waved her
left hand ns one who cries "Avauntl"
The next moment, with head in air,
she swept ueross the avenue In front
of a moving ear and so close to the
fender that even the hardened motor
man turned pale.
How Galnes got away from the spot
he never knew, but It Is Ids opinion
that he crawled down through tho
trolley slot, for surely ho felt small
enough to have done so. Of course he
was entirely innocent, but a clear con
science Is a poor consoler at such times.
Thu central fact In nature was that
one pretty girl must forever think of
him as the lowest form of anthropoid,
the "masher."
Galnes had the misfortune to possess
that fatal gift of beauty which you
read about In old fashioned novels. He
was ouo of those conspicuously hand
some men who always get the discredit
YOU CAN'T HKLP IT," SAID HUB.
of being vain of their looks, though
they may provo by every act of their
lives that they uie more modest than
the lowly violet.
Galnes wat. aware that If ho bad
been inslgulucbnt and ugly the lady In
question might buvc paused to bear n:i
explanation, but that did not consolo
him. He took tho Incident very much
to heart and ludeed felt so bad about
It that he could hardly bring himself
to attend n social "function" to which
he was bidden for that evening. It
really did not seem to htm that a man
so disgraced as he was lit to go Into
society. Htlll he eventually mustered
up the courage.
There were a good many people in
the big ?Iiaw mg room at tho Blngbam
souse, Washington square north, when
(biincn made bis appearance, some
what late. Presently ho 'omul himself
m a corner with Jesslo Illnghnm and
became aware that she had something
of great Importance to communicate
"Natalie Clalr la here,' said she, with
the air of a small hoy announcing that
the circus has coino to town.
Mlsi Clalr was a young woman
whom Galncs bad CO times narrowly
missed meeting. Two years ago, when
the Clairs were about vo come to New
York to livi-, Galnes had heard so
Diucl) aboutTNatalle that ho hud begun
to dislike her. Many girls in his social
set knew her, and they all declared
that he and she were "made for each
other." The basis of that view, so far
us he could discover, was that sho was
tall and dark, while he was tall and
light, and that both of them hud tho
reputation of being very cold, reserved
and hard to approach lu friendship
or dlrtntlon.
As a rule ho did not like girls who
were cold and reserved. Suffering
from a chronic embarrassment him
self, he found It hard enough to get
along with girls who were Jolly, talk
ative and open hearted. Moreover, to
be slated as a girl's admirer beforo
a fellow has met her Is enough to kill
all chance of liking her. Uulnos was
glad when Natalie went abroad with
her mother, Instead of coming to New
York. Within two weeks he had beard
that she was home again. And now It
seemed he must meet her.
"There she Is," whispered Jessie
Blngham. "Isn't she perfectly love
ly?"
Qnlnes glanced across tho room, and
bis blood became lee water. Ho had
always regarded himself as a peculiar
ly unlucky man, but that Natalie Clalr,
of all people in the world, should
prove to be the heroine of the Twenty
third street adventure struck him as a
little the worst blow in even bis ex
perience.
"Of course I should be greatly pleas
ed to meet her," said he, and his
voice sounded In his own ears us If It
were being ground out of a phono
graph. "Hut there's no hurry. Any
time will do."
"What nonsense!" exclaimed Jessie.
"Of course you want to meet her this
minute. And they're bringing her right
over hero!"
Qalnes perceived that Jessie spoko
truly. A half dozen young people, with
the most obvious Intentions, were gen
tly steering Miss Clalr in his direction.
She, however, seemed to be wholly un
aware of their purpose until she was
within six feet of him. Then she start
ed as prettily us a frightened deer.
Qalnes looked anxiously Into her
face, and when he saw that he was
recognized he felt as one upon whose
shoulder the huud of the sheriff Is laid.
It was all over In a moment. Karly
In his life Calnes had been Introduced
to a Boston east wind, and once, when
a boy, he had been locked In an Ice
house as a Joke, hut Miss Clalr gave
him a new sensation. No one else ap
peared to notice the chill, though It
seemed to him that all New York must
be shivering.
He dared not say anything to tho
point among so many people, and so he
mumbled the ordinary nonsense while
waiting for a chance to escape. That
wus not to be, however. Ho saw Miss
Ringham going one way and Miss
Somebody Else going another way, and
there was no way at all for hlui. He
simply got left lu the corner with Na
talie Clalr, and If It hud been dono on
purpose It couldn't have been dono bet
ter.
A man of tact and assurance would
have found no difficulty In saying the
right thing, but Galnes lacked those
qualities, and his faculties were in a
panic.
"The situation is somewhat difficult,
Miss Clalr," he said. "You must be
strongly prejudiced against me, but?
but"?
What utter nonsense! Why couldn't
ho say straight out, "I saw you on
Twenty-third street today and mistook
you for my cousin?" He know as well
as anybody could that that was the
right thing to say. But tho words didn't
come to him.
"You can't help It," said sho; "nei
ther of us can help it now. Let us for
get everything that happened befioro
we met tonight."
And then she looked around with a
frightened eyo for somebody to come
und take her away.
Galnes felt ns If the black cap had
been drawn over his face. Ho had had
his chance to speak, and It bad passed.
Evidently Miss Clalr, knowing tho cir
cle In which he moved, had decided to,
tolerate him, perhaps even to bo silent,
about what she believed to be his black1
disgrace.
If Jane wero ouly there, bo could1
have pointed to tbo resemblance and'
hnvo told his story with a good grace/
He had heard that she was expocted
later In the evening. He would reserve',
bis defense till then.
Somehow ho escaped from Mlss>
Clare, and Immediately, to fortify his
SOUl, hu mentioned to a number of per-]
sons that, In his opinion, Miss Clalr
Strongly resembled his Cousin Jane.
Tho first two or three had never no
ticed It. Gntnes began to be alarmed.
Ho ran from one to another. Appar
ently there was not a human creature
present who had the eye to see a trace
of that likeness upon which his fato
depended. So It seemed that Jano's
coming ? would only heighten the Im
probability of bis tale, already weaken
ed by delay.
Many of tbo people whom ho ques
tioned spoko of a strong resemblaueo,
between Miss Clalr and Ollvo Trask, a
young lady whom Gaities had met sev
ernl years beforo. Would It bo possible
to substitute her In this story? Ills ac
quaintance was Just sutllelent to war
rant htm lu addressing her. Ho
couldn't call her "little girl," but prob
ably tho fact that ho had used those
words would not como out in tho ex
planation.
A sudden resolution seized him. He
would take the risk. Fearli g that his
courage would ooze away ir he hesi
tated, he sought Miss Clalr at once.
As luck would have It, be found her
with Jessie Blnghaiu and Olive Trask.
To his great delight, Miss Trask greet
ed him very cordially. His courage
mounted higher.
"Miss Clalr," said he boldly, "I
think there'll never be u better time
than this to set myself right for the
unfortunate mistake l made this after
noon. When I Bpoko to you on
Twenty-third street, I mistook you for
Miss Trask, whom 1 have known some
years. It was very embarrassing, of
course, but you kindly promised to for
get lt. I think, however, that a full
explanation"?
"I promised to forget It!" exclaimed
Miss Clalr. "Why, nothing of tho sort
ever happened. I never saw you be
fore tonight, and when I spoko of for
getting I referred to all the silly things
that our friends have said about us.
As to the Incident on Twenty-third
street, I fear you will have to take
your apology to tho young lady whom
you actually accosted, if you can And
her."
There was a moment of awful si
lence, and then Miss Trask came to
tho rescue, boldly If somewhat In
discreetly.
"Well, as Mr. Galnes thought It wnn
I"? she began and stopped, not know
ing how to finish her sentence.
Galnes groaned.
At tills critical moment who should,
appear hut Cousin Jane! Sho was ball
ed as the deliverer from an awkward
situation.
"Oh, Miss Clalr,'' sho exclaimed, "I
am so glad to see you again! 'See' Is
"JAN'K," OBIBO OAIKBS. "YOU HAVE RAVED
MY LIFBl"
hardly the word for me tonight, for
I've lost my eyeglasses, and you know
I'm half blind without them."
"How did you lose them?" asked
Galnes, rejoiced to suy something that
was safe.
"Why," said Jane, "I was coming
out of a store on Twenty-third street
this afternoon. There was a dreadful
crowd, and a brute of a man brushed
against nie and caught the chain of tho
glasses on a button of his coat. The
chain broke, the glasses fell, and tho
bruto stepped on them. And would
you believe what the creature did?"
He asked me to go to an oculist's with
him and let hi ID buy mo u new pair.
I lied, but the fellow followed me all
the way to Sixth aveuuo. I could set*
him out of the back of my bead, It
seemed. And Just as I was about tu
cross he spoke to mo again. Ho
said"?
"Jane," cried Galnes, "you have sav
ed my life I The muu who bad been
following you wus not the one who
spoke to you. It was I."
"You!" sho exclaimed. "Cau this be
possible? Of course I didn't look at
him, but his voice"?
"What did he say?" demanded
Galnes.
" 'Don't run over the poor cart horse,
little girl.' Little girl! Fancy ltl"
"And you thought It wus I, Mr.
Galnes." said Miss Trask Icily. "Well,
upon my word!"
"No, I didn't," said Galnes, with deep
humility. "I thought It wus Cousin,
Jane at the time, and later I thought
it must have been Miss Clalr. Hut ev-'
erybody said they didn't look a bit
alike, whereas you and Miss Clalr?
you know?I?I?though,, ;-ou wouldn't
mind"?
Tho sentence ended in something so
llko a sob (hat all tho girls laughed.
And then they agreed that ho had re
established his reputation, for he was.
proved to havo been guilty of only a
little white lie, which lu society entails
no penalty.
And they also agreed to keep the,
story secret, but It would havo puzzled
you an hour later to havo found any
one In the house who had not heard It
Importance of Reiclatrattem.
The breeder who laughs at registra
tion and affects Independence of It may
us well sit down, learn bow to nurse
dlscomflture and study *he uses of a
wlrfte flag which he Is suro to neod lat
er on, says The Sheep Breeder. The
history of the antlrocord men Is too
well known to need repetition. One by
ono they have yielded to tho Inevitable
and Joined the registration ranks If tot
no other and hotter reason than to pro
tect themselves' and their animals
against unfriendly doubt and criticism.
A poor registered sheep may not be
any better than a poor one unregister
ed, but bo soils for twice as much on a
certificate of puro breeding. The scrub
may occasionally get Into the record as
the devil sometimes gets Into Christian
society In the guise of church member
ship, but registration In the main Is a
guaranteo of puro breeding and 1s de
manded by the buyer as a matter of
protection If for no higher reason. The
breeder does not live who In these days
and in this country can long success
fully maintain standing for his flock or
herd without, the guarantees and amen
ities of the association r^gtetry.
Endive Is a useful sale? and should
be more generally grown In private
gardens than It Is at present, as It
may be had In lato autumn and win
ter when good lettuce Is scares.
Although not difficult to grow, jmt
It must receive fair attention to gat
the plants to produce heads worth the
trouble of blnnohlng. Its culture Is
similar to that of lettuce, but It takes
longer to mature and does not require
as a rule as muoh water, says John
iHobso" In American Oardsntntn.
TH K CO WON CROP Olf 18in?.iuoo
Secret ?ry ilostor's Ileport Nay* the
Tot?! Wah tf,430,41U Haie* South
Curolina Leads in Maniilac-iuring.
Secretary Hester's Now Orleans cot
ton exchange annual report was issued
a few days ago. Ho puts the cotter,
crop of (899 11)00 ?t 9,430,41(1 bales, a
decrease o( 1,838.424 under 1898 00. Of
this ho says that Texas, including
Indian Territory, shows a falling oil of
1)04,000, the group of other Gulf States,
consisting of Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Tennessee, Oklahoma,
Utah and Kansas, leu,unu, und the At
lantic States, consisting of Aluoama,
Georgia, Florida, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Kentucky und Vir
ginia, 17;",,000. Ho places tho average
commercial value of too crop at 3s",,">
dollars per halo against- 26.08 dollars
last year, 28 02 dollars year before last
and 30.76 dollars In 1890 07. and the
total value of tho crop $303,785,000
against $282,773 000 last year and $322,
553,000 too year before. JJo cabs at
tention to the fact that tho money
value of tho cotton crop just markotod
In 181,012,000 over the 1898-99 crop,
which was .1,S.W.000 bales more. Ho
puts tho total spindles In tho South at
0. 207.103, an increase over last year of
1, :316,071. Those Include 1,418,497 now,
not complete. The not gain In tho
number of Southern mills over last
year has been 113, making tho total
dow 003, and tho consumption bus been
divided as follows :
Alabama, 147,922 bales, an iucrsaso
of 15.150.
Arkansas, 2,380 bales, a docrcuse of
802.
Goorgia, .'130,110 bales, an lucroaso of
67,303.
Kentucky, '27,530, an incruuso of 007.
Louisiana, 10,420, a docroase of 1,005.
Mississippi, 22,650, an Incrouse of
2,666.
Missouri, 4.148, an increaso of 180.
North Carolina, 135,080, an increaso
ol 53,209.
South Carolina, 497,140, an incrouse
of 53,108.
Tonuo8see, 37,717, an increaso of
3,431.
Texas, 18,037, an increaso of 1,078.
Virginia, 48,427, an Increaso of 3,330.
Total consumption of cotton in iho
Soutli 1,507,112, au Increase of 197,713
hales.
In referonco to tho general manu
facturing industry of tho country and
its comparative progress North and
South, he says that up to within sixty
or ninety dajs an active demand pre
vailed for manufactured gouds, aud
notwithstanding tho mutorial advance
in the price of the raw material, duo
to shortage of tho crop and light
supplies the world over every available
loom and spindle In tho country was
busily engaged. Tho Chinese dlHtouh
ties brought this activity to a sudden
Halt, but not m ill tho amount of cotton
consumed had rouched a flguro in ex
cess of any year on record. Ho puts
tho consumption of Northern mills at
2,300,000 bales, which, together with
that of the South, makes an aggregate
for the entire country of 3,897,000 bales
against 3,580,000 last year, an increaso
of 308,000.
Mr. Hester further remarks that,
taken us a whole, the. year has been a
prosperous one for both the manu
facturor and grower of cotton. The
largo uicrcuse in manufactures is de
veloping more strongly tho necessity
for an Increased outlet In the wuy of
exports, to which mill owners have re
cently boon giving marked attention.
He contends that the oheok caused by
the troubles In the far Kast is an object
lesson showing that we liuve reached a
point where this country can not ab
sorb the quantity of goods manufactur
ed. Tho tendency, ho says, is Strongly
in the direction of domostic spinners
working up I he hulk of tho cotton
grown In the United States Into yarns
.ml fabrics. That this Is a revolution
which has set in so strongly, and
especially in tho South, that it is cer
tain In tho long run to provo success
ful.
In ids special report on Southern
consumotlon, made up from actual re
turns of all the mills In tho South, he
says tho facts in relation to consump
tion and Increase of spindles during
tho year are phenomenal. Nearly
every Southern State has outorcd the
held and in ail except Kentucky and
Missouri new mills aro being erected
and numbers of others aro projoetod
with certainty of building In tho near
future. Year by year old and anti
quated concerns havo been dismantled
or romodeled and tho Southern cotton
faotorios of to day aro of tho nowost
and latest improved machinery capable
of performing tho host and greatest
amount of work at a minimum cost.
How tho ind .istry has au vanned he
shows by yearly comparisons from
1800-01, showing an Increase from 330
mills in that year to 663 on September
I, 1000, a gain of 327 mills. Ho goes
on to stato that Interesting as the
above showing is, tho facts are evon
bottor empnasi/.ed by tho record of
spindles and consumption In tho South,
comparisons of which aro carried back
as far as 1800. Thoy aro :
Year. Number.
1800. . 205,350
1870 . 338,800
1880 . 601,300
1800 .1,810,201
1805 .3.177,310
1000 .0 207,103
Theso figures, ho remarks, show
more than could ho expro.-sed In
columns of words. Thoy indicate that
tho Southern peoplo aro in tho Hold
of manufactures to stay, and with the
advantage on thoir side, it is only a
matter of timo when most of tho raw
cotton produced in tho South will be
converted in manufactured form adja
coot to 'lie. cotton hold. In timo every
item of usoioss oxpenso botwoon the
producor and consumor will bo ollml
nptod and no sourco capable of pro
ducing profit omitted. Ono largo mill
writes him that during too yoar it con
sumed nearly 0,000,000 pounds of raw
cotton, which it purchased in tho eood,
ginning and using tho staple direct
from tho gin, without haling. This Is
posstblo In a great many parts of tho
South, and whilo it Is not resorted to,
is one of tho Horns showing advantages
that could ho galnod under stross of
competition with othor sections and
countries. Tho item of local freight
rates, which is said to havo militated
against Southern fnctorlos In favor of
those of tho Kast, Is ono that may lie
adjusted when necessity imperatively
demands,
Ono of the most Interesting features
of Mr. Hester's roport Is a showing of
tho world's consumption of American
cotton for tho past two seasons, which
he puts at 11,022,000 for 1880-1000, and
10,708,000 for 1808-1800. lie quotes a
dispatch to him from Mr. Thomas
Ellison, at Liverpool, the. distinguished
statistician, in which that authority
places the surplus mill stock In Kuropo,
of all kinds of cotton, at tbo close of
August, 1000, at 530,000 bales, 80,000 or
.vliicii ho credits to tho mills of Groat
Britr.in and 460,000 to those of tbo con
tinent. Of those totals Mr. Ellison ap
proximates tho English mills hold
ti-1,000 American and thu cuulinental
milla .'t.'hJ.UOO. Mr. Heater niakoa tho
total viaiblo anil invisible supply of
American cotton in the world on Sep
tember I, lt?uu, 1,118,000, against 2,890,
000 lust year, a decreaae of 1,778.1)00,
and tbo total vluihlo and Invlaiblo
aupply of all kinds of cotton in tbo
world on September 1, 1900,1,723,000,
against 3,701,000 last your, a decroaso
of i,i?7?.ooo lie tigurcs out that ap
proximately thoro are 134 000 bales of
old cotton now left over in tbo South
ern country, Including tbo stocks of
Southern mills, and approximates tho
actual growth at 0,101,000. lie gives
receints of new cotton of tho crop of
1000-1901 at delivery ports at 22,020,
and says this is coiididerably under tho
averugo of ucw cotton murkoted in
August during tho previous live years.
v it i ii r u SBWALL IH DKAO,
Tim Democratle Nonitiice Ibi- Vice
President In imoo Expires at Hm
Summer Home.
Hon. Arthur Sowall, the millionaire
ship builder, who was Win. J. Bryan's
running mato in 1890, died of upoplexy
on tho 5th inst. at his summer homo
near Bath, Mo., in the 05th year of his
ago. ills fortune la estimated at $.">,
OUO.OOO.
Arthur Sowull wus born In Bath,
Me., November 25, 18.'lf>. Ho camo
from u family Illustrious on both sides
of tho waier. Tho lirst Sowall to ar
rive in tho United States settled in
New York in 17:14. Dummoa Sowall.
tho groat grandfather of Arthur Sow
wall, removed to Math in 1702. lie
purchased tho largo tract of lund
which forms the Sowall estate and on
which stands tho big shipyurd of
Arthur Sowall & Co. Tho firm was ,
catabllshcd In \W1 by William D.
Sowull, and tbo first vessel owned
by it was tho Diana, a small trader.
From tliia beginning tho house has
developed to its present proportions ?
tho owner i)l a huge Meet of the lurgeat
sailing merchantmen afloat. In the 77
years of Its existence tho firm hua
built and own..d over a hundred vessels,
trading in nearly evory port In the
world. William 1). Sowall was sue
cooded in 1854 by his sons under tho
name of K. St A. Sewall, shipbuilders
und commlsainn merchants. Later it
became Arthur Sowall St Co., Mr.
Sowai' taking Into the firm Ins son
William and nephew, Samuel S. So
wull.
Mr. Sewall waa president of tho
Maine Central railroad from 18^4 to
1893, was president of tho Bath Na
tional hank, and waa un active olllccr
or dlreotor in nearly every corporation
in Bath, lie became active in politics
In 1888, when ho was elected Demo
cratic national coinmitteeman. Tbo
nomination for vice president In Chica
go in 1890 came to him ua tt surprise.
He waa deloguto to tho convention aid
left the hall beforo tho balloting com
menced. Wime, on hoard au Illinois
Central train bound for downtown ho
overheard a man who hud caught the
train as It wus leaving Sixty-third
street tell another passenger that
Arthur Sowull hud just been nominat
ed for vice president. Ho had never
met Bryan, and upon his arrival at his
hotel waa taken over to the Clifton
house and Introduced to tho head of
the tlckot.
Mr. Sowall waa married In 1859 to
Misa K-nma D. Croaker, of Bath. He
hua two son-, Harold M. and William.
Harold M. Sowall left the party of hie
father In 181)0 and joined the Ltepubll
nan party, giving as hla reaaon tho
failure of Democratic adminlatrutloua.
Ho was minhitor to Samoa and to
Hawaii under President Harrison, and
wua appointed apeeiai commissioner
tti Hawaii by Hresido.it McKinley In
181)8, and ia prominent In Kopuhllcun
politics in Maine.
WBATHBR AND CROP RKPOItT.
Weekly Bulletin of the Weather Bu
reau for South Carolina.
COLUMHIA. S. C, Sept. 1, 11)00.
Tho wuok ending 8 a. tu., September
.'Id, was much cooler than tho two pro
ceding wooks, hut continued hotter
than usual. There was a maximum of
101, on two dates, and u minimum of
59 dogrooa on September 1st.
Tho rainfall wuj general over tho
State, but waa light over tho extreme
northwestern portion. Many points
had from ono to nearly four inches of
rain, thoroughly relieving tho drought,
while generally the rainfall amounted
to somewhat less than an Inch, which
although beccticlul waa insufficient.
Tho general condition of crops la
greatly Improved, although the ruins
camo too lute to help corn, which bus
not improved at all, anil utubhlo corn
will bo a failure. Fodder pulling, and
cutting corn are tinished over tho east
ern, and Hearing completion over the
western counties.
Karly cotton shows no improvement,
and will do no more than maturo thu
crop of bolls it now bears, hut lute cot
ton iaaguin growing, blooming, und
fruiting. Shedding bus ceased, and
there is lets premuturo oponlng. Sea
Island cotton has attained but half its
usual Hi/..-, and is blooming to tho top.
l'lcklng cotton ia general and Is being
pushed since the cooler woather sot In;
some Holds havo boon picked over
once. Thoro la acomplulut of scarcity
of pickers.
Tho rice harvest is general, and
with few exceptions, tho yields are
very satisfactory. Upland rice will he
a failure
i'oas, sweet potatoes, sugar cane,
pastures, and fall gardens show tbo
good elToets of the recent rains, and
turnip bowing has bocotno general.
Tho ground Is in condition for fall
plowing, and preparations have boon
begun at placos to seed a largo acreage
of grain this autumn.
It is the opinion of correspondents
that crops of all kinds will ho very
short this year.
OUIt GKKATKST HPBU1AM8T.
For 20 years Dr. J. Newton Hathaway
has so successfully treated chronic diseas
es that ho ia acknowledged today to stand
at the head of his profession in this line,
His exclusive method of treatment for
Varicocelo and Ktricturo, without tbe aid
of knife or cautery cures in 00 por cunt, of
all cases. In thu treatmout of tho loss of
Vital Forces. Nervous Disorders, Kidney
and Urinary Complaints, Paralysis, blood
Poisoning, Khoumatism, Catarrh, and dis
eases peculiar to womon, he is equally
successful. Dr. Bathaway'a practice ie
more than douhln that of any otner spec
ialist. Cases pronounced helpless by other
physicians readily yield to bis treatment.
Write him today fully about your case.
He makes no charge for consultation or
advice, either at his ottioo or by mail.
J. Newton Hathaway, M. 1)., :HI, Houtb
Hroad etraot, Atlanta. Da.
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I BILL AH1? FAVORS A WALL
Norther item Halo tho South Any Way
- The Negro truest lou Not In It.
Wo thought that iniiyhe tho iato
Now York mid Akron riots would oven
up things, and tho South haters up In
Q od's country would call off tho dogs,
hut they lire still blowing the sumo old
horn. Thoy are hard up, however.
Some of tho hounds hu/u lost the trail,
and all aro scattered and thero is no
keynote to rally thetn?tho bugler's
don't harmonize. Some said that the
riot In New York was owing to a
corrupt Democratic administration in
that city. Tho Akron horror called
for another solution, and now thoy
boast that thoy saved the nigger, but
If It had been down South he would
havo boon lynched with Sum Hose
tortures. A late paper sent me as
a marked copy says that Southern
mobocracy has crossed tho lino and is
allecting the lower classes up North,
justns acontagion spreads in unhealthy
regions. It all comes from the South,
and there is no quarantine to arrest Us
progress. That's bad and sad L :t's
build a wall.
Hut seriousiy wo must warn our good
negroes not to cross tho line. It is
dangerous. Keep away from l'ana
and New York. Stay at homo and
cultivate our cotton and corn ami let
politics alone and you aro in no dangt
Idleness is your curso. If I had my
wuy I would re establish the old patrol
system and muko every trump negro
carry a pass or take a whipping. I
would empower the town marshals and
tho country constables to arrest evory
vagabond on the highv ay and If he
eouldent give a good account of him..elf
he should bo tied up and dressed down.
We old men know that ouu good
whipping has nu>ro effect on a bad
negro than five years in tho chalugang
Even a hangiug is glory, for they are
going straight to Hoaveu.
Last Saturday night a tramp negro
cut tho slat from tho blind of Mr.
(Jary's house and opened it and crawled
in and stole his paternal gold watch
and his pocket book within threo feet
of his head, while ho was sleeping. No
doubt ho was armed, and would have
shot Mr. Cary had he waked up and
resisted. Tho negro took a night
freight and was arrested at Kingston,
and tho watch was recovered, but lie
got away. We have got to do something
with these tramps. Oar chaingangh
are full enough. I repeat It, that no
good industrious negro is in any danger
In the South, and they know lt. Jim
Smith Is the biggest farmer In tho
Slate, anil he says there is no labor In
tho world equal to that of well
regulated negroes, and lie knows.
Hut the spirit of mobocracy is not
confined to the race problem up
North. The lynching last Saturday at
(Jillman, in Illinois, wkk against au old,
defenseless white woman?a doctress,
who was suspected of causing a young
girl's death by malpractice, but who
had uot had a trial, nor had any
Intention to harm tho erring girl. A
mob of 'Jut) men attacked her house In
the night, and sho defended herself
and her home and killed and wouuded
as many as bho could. They mortally
wounded bor und burned her house.
What kind of civilization is thut
Why ilident they bunt up the man
who ruined tho ;.,ii 1 v O.tr civilizuliou
down South has always protected
women, ao matter what they did. We
will not hang them for murder, for
oven old Mrs. Nobles was sent to the
chulngang.
Our women must iiave prot?. ctlon
from white brutes and black llunds, aod
wo would havo rejoiced If somebody
had havo given that scoundrel, Dr.
Wilkerson, who ran away with Iiis
wife's sister, a hundred lashes before
he wus turned loose in Atlanta. That
was a good easo for u little mob law.
If the law could uot roach him the lash
would. Hour, helpless, pitiful woman!
How you have, to aulTor in silence
anil live and dio with your wrongs
unavenged. How many hearts are
breaking now because of u husband's
tyraunny or his faithlessness to his
marriage vows. For her children's
sarfo she keeps silunt and buries her
secret in her bosom. 1 know of men
who made fame whllo living, and on
whose monuments fulsome epitaphs uro
chiseled who disgraced and dishonored
the uamo of husbund. 1 know some
svho aro not di ad who aro doing tho
same thing now. A woman chained to
au unprincipled man Is the most hclplcds
croaturo upon oarlh. Prometheus,
bound to tbo rock and the eagles eating
his heart, was cot worse olT.
Blaokstone says thoro is no wrong
but has a remedy, llo was mistaken.
Womon havo a thousand wrongs thut
are remediless. What kind of remedy
is divorco or separation or alimony '.
It is tho heart that is broken. It is
love and honor that woman wunts, and
was promised her at tho altar. If, as
a last resort sho leaves him, ho struts
around and claims tho children. "The
children aro mine," ho says. Tho man
who says that is a conceited fool. In
the first placo ho does not know for
certain that ho is their father, and If
bo is, he made no sacrifice to he so. All
tho pain of motherhood is hers. All
tho tender care and nursing and night
watching and generally all the prayers
for their safety and good conduct aro
hers, while ho is at ins bank or store
or otlico or shop or maybe at his club
or billiard table. Thoro was a time
when tho wife was tho husbands slave,
according to tho law, and tho children
were his property, aud it is hard to
eradicate that Idea from some men's
minds In our day. Woman has been
called tho weaker vessel, and men tho
lords of croation so long that It won't
obliterate.
Girls, bo careful to whom you chain
yourself for life. Hotter sow or be a
shop girl or a typewriter or a school
teacher or llvo with klndied or friends
and do housowork than take any risks.
Marry a young man who has good
principles and good habits, and not
much money. Tho love of money is
still tlie same old curse, and most of
tho young men want to make it by
short cuts und dishonest practices.
"Got money, got it honestly, if thou
canst, hut at all events, get money," Is
still their motto. The oagor, grasping
pursuit of money Is the curso of this
ago and generation. Huntington Is
dead, and left his millions behind,
and Iiis boast was thai all men wore
pnrelm 'alee, and when It was to his
lntei i ? i ho nought them, whethor thoy
wero legislator.! or Congressmen, or
judges of tho courts. Hospont millions
that way.
Some of our office seekers aro uoing
the same tiling on a small scale -buying
vo' )b -yes, buying uegro votes. Tho
white, primary didont nominate thorn,
and thoy have roniggod and roniggorod.
A little whisky and a few dollars will
secure tho darkles, and the foar b*
that tho white primaries will prove a
failure. Thoro aro men running for
otlico as independents who rely mainly
on tho negro voto, and can't be olectod
without lt. Such men ought to havo
contempt of evory good citizen. Thoy
ought to havo contempt for themselves,
and 1 reckon thoy do. Tho nogro who
sells his voto is not half as dopravod
as tho whlto man who buys it. Hut
Made from most highly refined and
healthful ingredients.
Assures light, sweet, pure and
wholesome food.
Housekeepers must exercise care in buying bale*
ing ixnvders, to avoid alum. Alum powders are
sold cheap to catch the unwary, but alum is a poi
bun. and its use in food seriously injures health.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO . 100 WIUIAM ST., NEW YORK.
we will know by walling, and If the
primary proves a failure, then lot us
nave the Hard wick bill or something
better, and may the Lord protect us
from unprincipled Oltioo seekers.
Bill Am*.
OUR PARIS EXPOSITION htOt TKlt
Pan is, France, Aug. 27, 1900.
Tili? Paris Universal Imposition in,
of course, not tlio lust. Thoro will bo
many others of greater or Ions magni
tude. They uro ovou now projected.
Expositions are also, like everything,
subjeot to the law of evolution. Tboy
are changing, changing, This one Is
both the most frivolous und the most
BerlOUS of them all, hut tho world us
one may look at it this moment, is hoih
frivolous ami sorluus in a greater de
gree than at any time In history. It Is
probable that a hundred or u thousand
years honCO, the historian will have
something to say about these exposi
tions. If tho Crusades were a civiliz
ing force, why not the exposition,
these crusades of Industry, of art, of
thought'.-' Ills possible that tho his
torian will refer to the Congress ol It >?
liglonsol the Chicago Exposition, and
to tho various congresses that moot in
I'uris us of more importance than all
tho wonderful mechanical Indexes of
matorial progress.
These rellcotlons came to me last
week at a reception given by M. Loubot,
president of tho French republic, to
the thousands of delegates of tho va
rious congresses now assembled in
Paris. To enumerate these congresses
with the programmes ol the questions
they will discuss would require more
space than the limits of this letter will
allow. They will perhaps not say any
thing orally that bus not boon written
or that may not bo road, but who can
doubt tho contagious enlightening and
stimulating influence of thousands of
learned, serious and earnest men ami
women striving, however blindly and
lamely, for Improvements, betterments.
Ideals.
Wo sing the praises of steam, of elec
tricity ami of tho greatest of all, print
ing, but tho greatest their combined
work accomplishes is to make such cos
moplitan congresses possibioand to pro
mote tho nine " when tho war drum
will throb no longer, when tho battle
rt igs will ho furled in the parliament
of man, tho federation of tho world."
Tho garden party given by M. Lou
I hot, tho president of the Fronoh re
public, was of gigantic proportions.
Thoro was no sunshine, the evening
was cloudy, no flirtations under the
treos, no malicious gossip, no laughter,
In that serious assemblage. The spec
tacle was historic, Instructive and do
contly recreative, worthy of tho dis
tinguished personages who hud come
from the four corners of tho world to
discuss most dlllloult problems and has
ten tho m?ren of human progress.
The> arrived about tho same time. A
greatorOWd silently collected about the
gates of tho garden, and waited with
patience. Thoro was no protest from
tho North against tho South, brought
together in tho crush. Diulects Irom
tho Neva and from tho CuadaUjuivur
wore intermixed in this cosmopolitan
river which Uowed beforo tho president
of the republic within the limits which
bad been assigned without tumult and
without friction. M. Loubot ami Mine,
l.ouhot surrounded by their civil and
military housobolds In tho hail of tho
uids-do-camp, received their guests.
The alTabailty of the head of tho nation
is these trying circumstances Is well
known. I say ' trying," for, Indoed,
one has to he the most amiable und
hospitable of men, for it is noo'uall un
dertaking to rooeive 10,000 guests.
Nuithor M.nor Mine. Loubot showed
any fatigue, and thoy did not desert
their post of honor until tho arrival of
the Shah. Mou/.alYor-dc-dlno did not
have on his Sunday clothes. Ho wore
on his head throughout tho entire fun
tlon his ordinary astrachan, and was
followed by distinguished persons of
his suites, who did not loavo him for a
moment, but it occurred to mo tliut his
smile was happier than usual when he
offered his arm gallarily to Mine. Lou?
bet. Whon I romombcr the sad and
careworn face of this potentate of the
! Orient on his arrival In Paris, and
1 when I see now tho animated counton
? anco with which It regards everything,
1 foar that bis subjects will not know
him on his return to Teheran. Persia
l as millions of people but fuw newspa
pers and not ouu la u thousand of hin
subjects will know thut his lifo wuh at
tempted in 1 'urls.
Perhaps tho most statesman-like
criticism of Paris und tho exposition
that has yet fo\ind public utterance Is
that made by Professor Geddos, of Ed
inburgh, secretary of th^ International
i'Mucatlonal Congross. Paria, Professor
Goddes points out, is uot a mere city of
plousure. It in ono of the great culture
centers of tho world and Is of no less
commercial than aesthetic importance,
for it lies on the intersection of impor
tant trade routes. Hut commerce is
not more her mission at this momout
than education. At this moment sho
is an enormous temporary university.
Thousands of wundering scholars, as
they did In the middle ages, havo come
to her to learn as well as to teach and
she is realizing the largest side of a
world's summer school. That tho elTocts
of tbe exposition will bo far-reaching
and enduring, it is Impossible not to
bei love.
StiitVKD Him RlCllT.?"Anything
wrong ." asked the hotel clerk of the
drummer who had just got homo from
the east.
" I was thinking," was the reply. '"
rode from Buffalo lo Toledo with tbo
prettiest girl I oversaw."
" Hut that didn't hurt you. Who
was she V"
" Can't toll."
" You didn't introduce yourself and
get her card in return ?"
" No."
"No particular trouble, oh ?" solloi
tiously insisted the clerk.
" Well, It was this way," replied the
traveler, as ho braced up for tbe ex
planation. " She sat opposite me, you
knew, and I tried for an hour to catch
her eye. She simply ignored me, and
gazed out of the window. Then 1 roso
and handed her a magazine, but sho
declined with thanks. Ten minute"
later I bought the latest novel oat,
but she said she didn't caro to road.
Thon I bought some fruit, but sho
would accept none. She also ig lorod
me when I triod to draw her < ut on
music.
" But you persisted ?"
"Oh, yea; that is, I was about to
make another attempt to enter into
conversation when the train came to a
halt at a town, and the girl heckonud
me over. 1 was there in au instant,
and with the sweetest smile you ovor
saw sho asked If I would do her asiight
favor."
" 'With all my heart,1 I hastened to
say.
" 'Well,' she said, smiling even more
sweetly, suppose you leavo tho train
here and lake tho next one that fol
lows, for you have made me dead tirod,
and I feel like taking a nap'" /- "
"Good gracious," whispered tho
clerk.
" Yes, sir," said the drummer, as ho
reached for a cigar, " and I want to go
up lo my room and sit and think and
try and Ii 'uro it out. Perhaps It's time
I left tau road and settled down at
home."
Candidatks kou BtiKOTOits.?Tha
State executive committee ut Its moot
ing last veek appointed tho following
Doiimcratt - candidates for electors on
the Hryan and Stevenson tle.kot from
this State :
At li-krge?It D. Loo, of Sumter ; B.
Hart Moss, of Orangoburg.
First District ?M. VV. Simmons, Ad
am's Hun.
Second District W. W. Williams,
Alicen,
Third District -Cole L. Hloase, Njw
berry.
Fourth District W. McH. Sloan, Co
la in hi a.
Fifth District? W. H. Pollock, Che
raw.
Sixth Dlstr! ;t M. S. Cantoy, Sum
nterton.
Seventh District- George Tuppor,
Sum morvllle.
?Tho surfaco aroa of the Chinese
empire is eighteen times greater than
that of Great Britain.
CA8TOTIIA.
neari the ll ? Kind Vj'J Have Always Bougfit