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WOULD INCREASE /VALUE OF jKOnON Protest Agalnrstthe Prac tice of Mixing the Staples. AfUEti'lCAN GINNERS , CAN REMEDY CUSTOM ' Through the Department of Agrlcul tore They are Urged to be Careful In the Matter of Mixing tirades, Whereby Producers May be Protect ed from Loss. Washington, July 15.?Secretary Houston of the department of agri culture, received a protest from the Manchester (Eng.) Cotton Association against the practice certain Ameri can glnners have of mixing various staple cottons In the same bale. This ' fact was stated in a brief dispatch Saturday afternoon. "You will appreciate," says the let ter of protest, "the serious conse quences that this growing practice mnst have upon the quality of, the American crop, thereby effectively re . dnclng It momentary value." Secretary Houston is urged to make ' reprsentattons to the cotton ex changes of the south, asking them to Inform the glnners of the necessity of keeping different seed cottons of various staples separate and not to gin different qualities together. At the department it was pointed out that tho trouble was due largely to the disclination of the American . ?inner to take the time after ginning one kind of cotton to clean out the ginning machine before he introduc ed another staple. It was said that the value of a hale Is often lessened from $1.50 to $4 by resultant mix ture of gradeB. It is pointed out that cotton mer . chants sample each side of the halo and rate It by the worst side, so that the mixture of cotton in the first layer would result in such a bale being rated "mixed" whereas prob ably only ten or twenty pounds of It might be mixed staple. Even If the second run of cotton is short staple, it loses in value by having the first layer mixed with any other kind. Tho department urges particularly upon cotton growers to limit their cotton growing to one variety, or else provide themselves with seed cotton storage houses In which cotton of a single staple Is stored. Where stor age houses arc used, the cotton pro duct can take a large quantity at one time to the gin and be certain It will not be mixed with previous runs. Where, however, he takes only small quantity of cotton at a time all these bales may have a first layer of mixed cotton. It also urges cotton producers that it they cannot provide themselves with seed cotton storage houses and gin large quantities at a time, to In sist that the glnners clean out the ginning machine and take the old roll of previous cotton out before ginning new cotton. This would probably cost the ginner a loss of time of about $10 a day but where frequent changes in cotton are run the losses to the nroducer8 may well amount to $50 or more a day. The presence of a mixed first layer in cotton bales Is found particularly serious In times when cotton is plen tiful. Wthen cotton Is scarce, cotton merchants are not so particular, but when cotton la plentiful, they use lie. presence of a mixed layer as a weapon to lower the price paid for '.he entire bale.. The loss to the pro ducer in this way is very heavy. . i .,..?,.. KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT if Maslsst Appearing Man Proved Hb Had Right to Criticise Youth ful Art Student. An art student was copying one of Abbott 8. Thayer's painting* at the !*ew York Metropolitan Museum of Aft one day, when a plainly dressel nww who looked as if he might be a mechanic approached and, poeting hlmaelf at the young man's elbow, matched him as he labored over his ?sbject. "You're got the angle of the mouth wtoag, and t. '.eft eye is too oblique," rseaarked the ~.an decidedly, v Tbe student blinked angrily and the hand that wllded the brush trembled slightly, but he took no notice of the unsolicited criticism. "There Is too much yellow in your fleeh tint," continued the man. "Still no reply from the student* who ostentatiously slapped on -nor* yellow In the high light on the nose. "Did you hear what I ?aid?" ques tioned the man. "*Ye?, f heard," responded the stu dent wrathfully, turning and glaring at his modest looking critle. "What do y<m know about It, anyway?" "I ought to know something about It," waa the smiling response. "It was I who painted the picture." MIXING OF STAPLES JEOPOOIZE VALUE English Spinners File Complaint Against Practice of Mixing Different Staples In Cotton Bales. Washington, July 12.?Secretary Houston, of the Department of Agri culture received a protest today from the Manchester (England) Cotton As sociation against the practice certain American ginners have of mixing various Stapel cottons in the same balo "You will appreciate," says the let ter of protest, "the serious coisc .?uences that this' growing practice must have upon the quality of the American crop, thereby effectively re ducing it3 monetary value." Secretary Houston is urged to make representation? to the cotton ex changes of the South, asking them to inform tho ginners of the necessity of keeping different seed cottons of va rious staples separate and not to gin different qualities together. At the department it was pointed out that the trouble was due largely to the disinclination of the American ginner to take tho time after ginning one ftlnd of cotton to clean out the ginning ma chine before he introduced another sta ple. It was said that the value of a bale is often lessened from $1.50 to $4 by resultant mixture of grades. It Is pointed out that cotton mer chants sample from each side of the bale, and rate it by the worst side oo that the mixture of the cotton irr the first layer of a bale would result In 9UCh a bale being rated "mixed" where as probably only 10 or 20 pounds of it might 'be mixed staple. Even if the second run of cotton is short staple, It loses in value by having the first layer mixed with any other kind. The department urges particularly ?upon cotton growers to limit their cot ton growing to one variety or else provide themselves with seed cotton storage houses in which cotton of a single staple is stored. Where storage houses are used, the cotton producer can take a large quantity at one time to the gin and be certain it will not be mixed with previous runs. Where, however, he takes only a small quan tity of cotton at a time, all these bales may have a first layer of mixed cot ton. It also urges upon cott >n pr idt.rers that If they can not provide them selves with seed cotton storage houses and gin large quantities at a time, to Insist that the ginners clean out the ginning machine and take the old roll of previous cotton before ginning new cotton. This would probably cost the gin ner a loss of time of about $10 a day, but where frequent changes in cotton are run, the'losses to the producers may well amount to S50 or more a day. The presence of a mixed first layer in coton bales Is found particularly serious in time when cotton Is plen tiful. When cotton is scarce, cotton merchants are not so particular, but when cotton is plentiful they use the presence of a mixed laver as a weap on to lower the price paid for the entire bale. The loss to the producer In this way Is very heavy. POINT THAT ATTRACTED HIM Vegetarian Dinners Had at Least One Good Idea That He Could Appreciate. After steadfastly declining many invitations to public dinners a man astonished his friends by attending three vegetarian dinners. "Are you a convert?' they asked. "I am not," said tho man. "I go be cause the vegetarians have one cus tom that deserves to be encouraged. Their speechmaklng precedes the din ner. Anyhow, It did at the three din ners I attended. That Is a most com mendable custom. It ought to be adopted at all dinners. Everybody is in a hurry to begin eating, and they don't take time to meander through a lot of dull speeches. "I don't know why the vegetarian* reversed the usual order. None iof them that I asked could tell. Person ally, I think it Is because they are so anxious to get away, and order a square meal somewhere after their ap petites have been whetted by their >wn little snack that they can't wait or the speaking. I may be wrong. Jut the speeches are put out of the way first. That is the main thing." Reply Coupon*. The man who boasts that he sever writes letters has been prodded into epistolary activity. "It was a curious little square red etamp inclosed in a letter I received from England that drovo me to It," he said. "The stamp .was marked three pence. It was totally unlike any stamp or souvenir I had ever seen, and I didn't know what use to make of It. The postman was also nonplussed, 'icd only at the main postofflce was the riddle solved. It was a reply cou pon. English stamps would have been no use for mailing a letter in New York, but tho coupon could be ex changed for United States stamps. With a reminder like that thrust un der one's very noso the most con scienceless letter writer is bound to re ply." BANKER'S SENTENCE COMMUTED BY WILSON Newberry Banker hag Sentence Re duced to One Year and a Day. Washington, July 11.?President Wil son today commuted to one year and a day the five-year sentence of Mil ton A. ?Carlisle, convicted at Green ville, 8. C, October 26, 1910, of misap plication of the funds of the National Bank of Newberry, 8. C, of which toe was formerly president. Carlisle, who is 73 years old, has not yet served any of hlB term and the President com muted the sentence with the privilege of reconsideration at any time it ap peared thait continued imprisonment would dangerously Impair the prison er's health. Carlisle was Indicted on 162 counts and acquitted oir all except Uvo. An investigation by the department of justice Indicated, it Is said, that of the five counts ho was probably guil ty on only two, Involving less than $200. Ofllclals of the department of justice say that the bank lost about $10,000, but Carlisle was not held re sponsible for the entire loss. Friends of the prisoner wanted him pardoned on account of his age. The trial Judge and district attorney recommended a commutation to fifteen months. Rlease Asks Pardon. Columbia, S. C, July 12.?Follow ing the commutation by President ?\Mllson Friday of the five-year sen tence of Milton Carlisle to one year and a day Governor Blease Satur day wired the president asking him to grant Carlisle a parole that the stain of Imprisonment might not rest on his children. Milton (Carlisle was convicted at Greenville, October 26, 1910, of mis application of the funds of the Na tion Bank of Newberry, of which ho was president. He Is 73 years old. There were 102 counts against him, totaling a sum approximating between $60,000 and $70,000. He was convict of about $200. The wire of Governor Blease fol lows: July 12, 1913. Hon. Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, Washington, D. C. What you have done for Milton A. Carlisle of Newberry is highly appre ciated. The remainder is so small that I request not so much on his own account, but. for his good Christian wife, Iiis children and his little grand children, and to save them from the stain of the disgrace, that you Issue parole, so that the name may not have to be entered upon the penitentiary records. I feel that Carlisle has been punished sulllclently for what he may have done and am appealing for those who will suffer more than he. Action on your part relieving him of sentence, under parole, will be ap preciated by all his friends and I be lieve will meet with the approval of all the people of South Carolina. So far as Carlisle himself Is concerned, It is believed here that one year will be as fatal to him as five. Cole L. Blease, Governor. CAME BACK TO HIS MEMORY Long Years of Captivity Had Not Ef faced Early Teachings From Mind of Elephant. The following Is an Instance of an elephant's good manners and of the tenaolty with which an idea once re ceived by him adheres in his mem ory. When visiting the London Zoo, an Englishman who had seen service In India got permission for his children to ride on me of the elephants. After the ride wished to give the beast a bun and to make him say "Please," using in this connection the phrase "Salaam kuro" (make a salaam). The man animal regarded the man gravely for some time, eagerly eyeing the bun in his hand. At last memory came to the paohyderm'a aid, and up went his trunk, and he made a most correct salaam, | The beast's keeper was much as tonished, asking wh&t the performance meant The Britisher explained that It was a point of good manners for an elephant to raise his trunk up to bis I forehead If anyone waa going to feed him, and that frequently elephants would ask In this polite manner for something when they encountered anyone who seemed likely to offer them food. The keeper assured the visitor that he had never seen the elephant do this before, and that be had been in charge of the beast since Its arrival from India a long time since. For 17 years this anlmnl had never heard these words, and had always taken his food without this mark of good manners.?The Sunday Magnttne. Serrices at Mountvllle. Preaching services will be held at the Church of Eternal Hone, Univorsa list, in Mountvllle, on night of July 20th, at 8:16 o'clock. The musical programme will be In charge of Mrs. M. T. Clock, wtth Mrs* Mlldrec. Sim mons organist. The sermon wilt bo by Dr. DeLwno. Afl the community are lnvtt*4 to he present. HUGE CONVENTION OF SOUTHERN MERCHANTS Atlanta Expecting to Entertain four Thousand Merchants during Great Convention. Atlanta, Ga., 'July 14.?The chief topic of conversation amlong the wholesale business houses of Atlan ta at present, Is the forthcoming Southern Merchants Convention which is to be held In that city during the first two weeks of August. It is ex pected that at least 4,000 southern merchants will attend. These conventions which are held in Atlanta during August and Feb ruary each year, are a result of the fact that at that time many merchants are in the city buying their spring and fall stocks. The idea back of the convention is to take advantage of the presence of these business men and discuss some of tho problems which confront tho individual busi ness man in the south today. The Merchant and Manufacturers Associa tion of Atlanta, which has charge of the arrangements for the convention, has drawn up a program which indi cates that all the merchants who at tend will spend not only an enjoyable time, but a profitable one as well. There are over one hundred speakers expected and these are drawn chiefly from the ranks of the merchants themselves. There will be open parl iament for discussion and it. is ex pected that each visiting merchant will return to his big fall business with one or more new ideas which will be of material help to him. Among the subjects which are to be discussed are "Diversity of Crops", "Credits and 'Collections", "Selecting Help", "Merchandising as a Character Developer", "Buying", "Keeping Sales Up and Stocks Down", "Special Sales" and many other topics of paramount importance. The entertainment of the guests has also been well provided for and there will be barbecues, receptions, lun cheons, baseball and theater parties, etc., where the merchants will be the guests of the association all through the convention. r********************** CROSS HILL NEWS % % ****????#!?*'?#? ^?%HMtl?' Cross Hill, July 11.?This corre spondent received a card from Dr. J. H. Miller last Saturday dated Giant Causeway, Ireland, July 1st. He and Mrs. Miller are well. He says it is cold there, has fire in his room The meeting at the Baptist church closed Friday night. Rev. Mr. Law son of I.aurens did ;he preaching morning and evening during the week. Good congregations attended and it is hoped much lasting good will result from the meeting. Two ladles united with the church. A meeting will begin next Sabbath at the Presbyterian church. Rev. G. M. Hollingsworth, a former pastor is expected to come and assist Rev. W. D. Ratchford In the meeting. Miss Mamie McDaniel is visiting Miss Lizize Bryson. ' Misses Sallle Boozor and Ruth Work man, are visiting Miss 'Mary Miller. Miss Bettie Hill is visiting her broth ers, Messrs. A. M. and J. C. Hill and their families. Mr. Jenn Goodman has invented a well fixture device. He has applied for a patent. He is having fixtures made and has sold a goodly number. It is very handy and easy to manage. ' We hope his patent may bring hlrr good money. Farmers have about got the grass out of tho cotton. The prospect for a jCrop is rather discouraging. The plant is very small as a rule for the time of year, and rain is needed badly. Mrs. W. G. Boazman has in her pos session a very old paper. A copy of "The Charleston Weekly News" of date Sept. 14, 1854. Jno. Cunningham, edi tor; P. H. Hayne, asst. editor; W. V. Payne & Co., publishers. This cor respondent had the privilege to see this old paper the past week. This correspondent has part of an other old paper "The Telegraph" pub lished in Columbia, W. B. Carlisle, edi tor. The date is June, 1850, and it contains remarks by Daniel Webster before Congress on the death of Pres ident Zachary Taylor. This paper says "The passenger train on Colum bia and Greonvllle Railroad is now running twenty-two miles from Co lumbia, June 13, 1860." Crlof Census. In a certain town of Vermont there was a lively widow maintaining a hoarding house, who was Joined in that enterprise by her brother, a widower. Now It so chanced that their very Bret guests were a young widow and her father, who had recently lost his second wife. An agent from the as sociated charities came to investigate a case of distress In that neighbor hood, and this was the first house she hit upon. "Of whom does your family consist?" she Inquired of the mistress. "l?Jl remnants!" was the reply. LARGE CONGREGATION AT THE GOSPEL TENT Sunday Mi; lit Service? Attracted the Largest Congregation Yet Assembled On Sunday night Evangelist Evers addressed the largest congregation that has yet assembled in the Gospel Tent, corner of Irby Ave and Earle street. His subject was "The Origin. History and Destiny of Satan." As Scripture text after scripture text was used and commented ou, the people sat In rapt attention and at the conclulson of the discourse many de clared it to be the most remarkable sermon they ever listened to. The Evangelist said in part, that Sa tan was created by God, an angel of light, was given the most exalted po sition of allcreated beings, but was not satisfied with his position and de sired to be like God and rule on His throne. He rebelled against God and His government and as a result of his breaking the law of God, he was cast out of heaven. He came to this earth and through deception caused our tlrst parents to sin and thereby lose the dominion given them by God. For six thousand years Satan has carried on this war against God's government by deception, until, as the Apostle John says by the inspiration of God: ' The whole world lleth In wickedness". The evangelist further stated that while Satan was now the prince of this world yet the time would cocae when that which was spoken by the prophet Exekiel would com-:- to ;ai< Thou hast defiled thy sanctc&rtea by the mul titude of thine Iniquities, by the ini qultiy of thy traffic: therefore will I bilug forth a fire from -the midst of thee, It shall devour thee, and I will bring thee to ashes upon the earth in the sight of all them that behold thee*. All they that know thee among the the people shall be astonished at thee: thou shalt be a terror, and never shalt thou be anymore." Ezekiel 28:13-19. On Monday night Evangelist Achen bach gave a thrilling discourse on the "New Jerusalem", Its beauties and glories, showing what God has pre pared for all those who love Him and keep his commandments. The evangelists state that they have prepared an especially interesting pro gram for the baalnce of this week and a cordial invitation Is extended to all to attend the services. - NEW** OF THE WEEK IN TOWN OF CLINTON i (Continued from Page One.) Carter of 'Cross Hill, spent the week end in Clinton. Mr. Paul Mayzk or Columbia, has beeVi visiting his mother. Mr. W. C. Harper has returned to Clinton, after a week with his par ents in Anderson. Mrs. T. J. Duekett is visiting her daughter, Mrs. P. B. Johnson In New berry. Misses Dorcas Mason, Hattle Phin ney and Blanche Adair are visiting Mrs. R. D. Young in Laurens. Mrs. W. S. Bean is visiting Mrs. Granville Taylor, in Ashville. Miss Mary Reld of Laurens, Is vis iting Miss Agatha Bailey. Who Said it was Hot? If you will just come in and look at our Soda Fountain, your temperature'will drop a de gree or so and if you will put a glass of de licious Fruit Syrup Soda Water where it will do the most good you will be glad you are alive "in the good old Summer time." All the flavors you ever heard jrif and some new ones. V-/ POWE DRUG COMPANY On The Square Laurens, South Carolina ?> f <$> X <$> X X <?> X $><?> TWELFTH ANNUAL EXCURSION ?TO? Atlanta, Georgia ?VIA? C. N. & L. and SEABOARD TUESDAY, JULY 22,1913. Leave Columbia, S. C,. 10:00 a. in. Urmo, .M.-~.... 10: 24 a. m. Ballentine, . 10:33 a* m White Rock,....J. 10:40 a. ra. Hilton . Chapin . Little Mountain . Slighs. Prosperity,.a. 10:44 a- ln 10:53 ?? >?. 11:05 a? m? 11:13 a- m? zi:ai a. m. Newberry, .^.....?. TI:39 ?? m> Jalapa, ..U.. 11:56 a. m. Gary. Kinard . Goldville. Laurens, . Clinton,. . 12:03 p. m. . 12:10 p. m. . 12:17 p. m. . 8:2^ p. m. . 12:30 p. m. Adrive Atlanta 5:15 p. m. Price #3-50 3-50 3-50 3-50 3-50 3-50 3-50 3-50 3.50 350 3.50 3-50 3.00 3.00 3.00 3.00 Tickets good fo reach starting point returning not later than midnight of July 26th, 1913. For further in ormation, phone or write? E. A. TARRER, Com. Agent, (Columbia Newberry and Laurens fey, 1 Phone 1040, Columbia, S. C. J. S. Etchbergerj, T. P. A., Seaboard Air Line, Phone/ 574, Columbia, S. C.