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' SALE OF TOBACCO
DURING AUGUST.
MULL1NS LED WITH LAKE CITY SECOND FOR
NEW MARKET KINGSTREE MAKES
EXCELLENT SHOWING.
Commissioner Watson has kindly
furnished us a copy of his report
for August, issued September 15,
on tobacco sales in the State which
embraces a summary of the seasou.
The total number of pounds sold
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during f??iM
ed at $l,12t>,704.38. There are 13
tobacco markets in the State.
The commissioner states in his
report that the reports have been
slow in coming in and have nearly
all been incomplete and full of inaccuracies
in the matter of calculations
of totals from the detailed
items. Since the tobacco season
opened in July and up to September
1, there have been marketed 17,525,
K42 pounds.
The following is the report issued
by the commissioner:
The summary of the season s re
ports filed. under the law makes an
interesting showing. The reports
have been slow in comiug in and
have nearly all been incomplete and
fall of inaccuracies in the matter of
calculation of totals from the detailed
items, making it a matter of
days of arduous work to check
them up in the form presented herewith.
In some instances errors of
calculation involving large figures
were made by the warehouse
clerks which had to be sought out
and detected and corrected. The
requirement as to reporting grades
has been shown to be almost useless
and certainly valueless, as the
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graues are worxeu uut, uy iuc manufacturers
at the factories, all having
different systems of grading, and the
warehousemen find it impossible to
intelligently report gradings even
in the crudest manner. All attempts
have differed widely. The
statement as to grades is, therefore,
merely indicative of the classes, and
the attempt is made to classify by
grades merely because the law requires
it.
Because of requests for the 'nformation
the report also embraces a
statement by markets which is of
interest and value. The only figures
in the report herewith which show
the production are those given in
the statement of tobacco sold at first
hand for producers; the other statements
covering resales. The statement
of sales for producers shows
^he amount of tobacco the faruier
briugs to the market and what he
receives for it.
Since the season opened in July,
and up to September 1, 17,525,842
pounds of tobacco have been marketed,
for which tne farmers received
$1 ,152,107.44. As is thus seen the
average price per pound has been
much below last season. In July
4,63<r>,423 pounds found their way to
market and brought $205,331,70:
in August 12,870,419 pounds were
marketed by the growers in the 29
warehouses of the 13 markets in the
State, bringing to the producers the
sum of $940, 835.74.
These figures would indicate a J
crop for the 1909 sesaou of at least '
32,500,009 pounds, and even a larger;
one perhaps, as there will very like-1
ly be not less than 10,000,000 j
pounds marketed in September and )
about 5,000,000 pounds in October.j
This will perhaps be the largest crop 1
of tobacco raised in the history of j
the State. Early in the growing
seasou predictions of over 40,000,
000 pounds were freely made. The
l3te rains, however, greatly injured
the crop aud tore some fields up
badly. The crop has not been a
good body crop aud the tobacco has
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not carried tne weignt it pruunsru.
Mullius has become the leading
market in the State with a long lead,
with Lake City ranking next from
the staudpoiut of producers' sales
and grand total of transactions as
well.
The following is the detailed
August statement:
iGr'd total, <i'd total
lb* *old. ! price i >aid
King*t re. !
I aki- < itv 2.360 r,Sl1 19-..23:' 90 j
conwa\ 3:1.*.:! 24.^ ?|
Partington ' ;'1 !
Kichi>1* ' ?u,026: 19.Mb '<?
Timmonsvi'lie093 lol.M? <;<
Florence ' '".,1, -I
Loris <? ?,.92': .K8U M
L..m 7V{,318! 56,1 S3 06
Manon.:::.::.: ?; !;; %\
..... O 7?1 .11? K i R .til
Manning 061.633 3*775 3?>
IVVon MW. a>-W0 71
TotaN j ! *>.263,1*93 1.1->6.7<?4 W j
The above report is supposed to |
cover the month of August only,;
since which date a great deal of to- j
bacco has been sold in the State. Up j
to last week we are iuformed the-1
two Kingstree warehouses had handled
more than a million and a half
pounds and the other markets also j
have doubtless increased pro- j
portionatelv.
LETTER FROM A SOIOIEB BOY.
fine Record in Target Practice?Hon- j
oring a Japanese Prince and Princess.
EJitor Countv Record:?
Please allow me space in your valuable
paper to give a few of the
happenings up here. We have just
got back from Ft Greeley, where we
had our target practice. We certainly
had a nice time over there; did not
stay but two weeks. Our company
made a tine percentage on the 10inch
guns; loaded and fired two
shoots in 54 4-5 seconds. I think
, this beat the world's record for swittntss.
Would like to tell you more
about our fun up here, but it would
take too much space. Will tell
your readers about our fine time
Tuesday, September 14. We had our
full dress parade m honor of a
Japanese prince and princess. The
Priuce and Princess Kuril of Japau
were busy at Newport from morning
until late last night with sight,
o
seeiner. The Driuce. accompanied bv
O J I J
Charge d'Affaires Kuri Matsu, Col
Kurita, military aid to the prince,
Col Thompeon, .Jen Pierson aud
Lieut-Commander Vogal Gesang,
U S N, motored to Fort Adams,
while the princess and her suite, with
Mrs Pierson, saw something of Newporr
in an automobile.
Arriving at Ft Adams, the prince
and his suite were welcomed by Col
Howe, USA, and his officers with a
salute of 21 guns. Col Howe detailed
Lieut Otto H Schroeder as military
aid to the prince tor the day. The
troops executed a battalion drill and
a passing review. In frout of the
stand stood the prince (weariug the
conventional dress and high silk hat),
Col Howe's staff officers at Fort Adams,
Capt William W Fullmer, of
the Naval Training station, LieutCommander
Gesang, U S N, and
three officers from the German cruisers.
Visitors from the cottagers'
colon v and others watched the man
Olivers. Wish you had been here,
too, Mr Editor, I am sure you would
have enjoyed the fun.
Hoping to receive the ever welcome
County Record in due time, will ring
off for this time.
I am having lots of fun up here
but want to see the Kingstiee people'
very badly.
Best wishes for your paper.
Yours respectfully,
L S Dennis.
Coast Artillery Corps,
Fort Adams, Rhode Island,
September lb.
p Wood's Descriptive Q
1 Fall Seed Catalog
now ready, gives the fullest
information about all
Seeds for the
Farm and Garden,
Grasses and Clovers,
Vetches, Alfalfa,
Seed Wheat, Oats.
Rye, Barley, etc.
Also tells all about
Vegetable & Flower Seeds
that can be planted in tbe fall to
advantage and profit, and about j
Hyacinths, Tulips and other
Flowering Bulbs, Vegetable and i
Strawberry Plants, Poultry
Supplies and Fertilizers.
Every Fanner and Gardener ihoald
have this catalog. It Is Invaluable In
Its helpfulness and suggestive Ideas for
a profitable and satisfactory Farm or
Garden. Catalogue mailed free on
requeat. Write for it.
I T. W. WOOD & SONS, I
O Seedsmen, . Richmond, Va. CJ
GOOD ROADS BONDS
Are at a Premium -Most Banks Eager *
to Lend Money on Them.
Good roads art- an asset upon *
which banks in many communities (
are anxious to lend money. Dis- t
patches announce ea "- coup*, f
tition for an issue of good roads 1
bonds by the town of Bristol and '
Sullivan county, Tennessee, amount- '
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Cincinnati bank at a price above
par. The fact that this was the I
second issue of good roads bonds by ^
the same community caused no ap-|*
parent diminution in the rivalry |
for the purchase.
But in any comuiuuity good
roads bonds constitute an investment
whose safety and soundness
cannot be questioned. This fact is
self-evident, since the proceeds from
good roads bonds are at once expended
in a manner to enhance,
often by more thau double, the
value of the security. For the
security back of a county bond
issue is. at last, the property of its
citizens; aud when a splendid system
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oi roaas ennauces me vaiue 01 mat i
property, as it always does, the security
of the investor is thereby
strengthened.
There can be no better testimonial
to the value of road building thau
the confidence of the investor. The
average tax-levying coifmunity consumes
what revenue it can raise
under present conditions practically
altogether in maintenance. It must
look to quick and positive accretions
in value from which to derive funds
for expensive yet needed extensions
?for income with which to pay
both interest and principal of bond
issues devoted to such improvements.
There is no improvement which
will come nearer to doublicg the
value of the taxable property of a
county than a system of good roads.
From the annual taxes upon such
increment ii is soon possible to extinguish
the debt so created. Authority
was extended to saveral Georgia
counties at the recent session of the
Legislature to negotiate bond issues
for building roads; other counties
are contemplating similar steps.
Experience ha3 shown that it is not
difficult to find a market tor bonds
ihe proceeds of which are to be put
iutc a paying investment Good
roads building is thus a simple busi- ness
proposition. It is a moneymaking
investment which not only
soon pays back principal and interest r
of first cost, but at the same time
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and throughout the future yields a
haudsome return to the community
which is sufficiently enterprising
and progressive to expend the effort
necessary to attain the result. It [
is something every Georgia county ?
can do in one way or another, and
those which neglect it must inevitab- r
ly fall behind in the running.?At- (
lanta Constitution.
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Nesmttb News- i
Nesmith, September 20:?Folks i
around here are verv busv harvesting 11
their crops. t
Messrs Arthur Cooper and Jim
Moulds of Lake City visited here
Monday and Tuesday.
School will begin Monday, but
most of the pupils who attended here
last session are now going to Union
High school.
.Miss Carrie Cooper will leave here
September 27 for Clifford seminary,
Union, S C, the following session.
Miss Iva Eaddy will leave on
Thursday for Winthrop college, this
being her second year at that institution.
blrii Fves.
How's This?
We offer One Hundred Dollars
Keward for any case of Catarrh that
cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Cure.
F J CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
F J Cheney for the last 15 years, 3
and believe him perfectly honorable t
in oil knoitiaoj t ro nonotinna un/1 ?
ill ail uuoiucor iiauoav/iiuua uuu I,
financially able to carry out any a
obligations made by his firm.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, *
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0. a
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken in- p
ternally, acting directly upon the P
blood and mucous surfaces of the c<
system. Testimonials sen- free. o<
Price 75 cents per bottle. Sold by
all Druggists.
Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
Announcement.
We huve placed an order for over
>100 worth of new job type, which
ncludes the latest up to-date faces
for all kinds of commercial and social
forms of printing. We are now
prepared also to do catalogue and
lamphlet work of every description, (
ix.ln.lii.rt l.i urirara* ttri0t.1i. 111 the TTlOSt, I
UV,1UU1IJ^ mn jvio wnvkwj ... ?
ipproved style. We have a special
ot of new type faces that will be
ised only for wedding invitations, |
/isiting cards, etc. (Jail and see sam-1 _
lies of work or let us send them to!
7011. Our job department is equipped
letter than any other in this part of
;he State. tf
Just as
Good as
The Stieff
is getting to he one of the
great talking p<?int< tor
many dealers and agent*.
It's a great advertisement
for the artistic Stieff
. piano, but we feel sorry
I for the leiiow wuo imn^
'.ie is getting just as good I "
when he buys the other I r'
piano.
Buyer, don't be fooled
into taking the piano said ^
to be just as go >d as the
Stieff. Get the artistic J
Stieff and you will have >
the best piano made with- (
out running any risk f
Write Today, |
Chas. M. Stieff j
Manufacturer of the 3
Artistic Stieff, Shaw, and ?
Sticff Self-Player Pianos- 1
SOUTHERN WAREROOM: (
5 W. Trade St. C
Charlotte, - N. C- 5
C. H. WILMOTH, |1 <
Imager. I j
Tax Notice- ;
The tax books will be open for col- i
ectionof taxes the 15th day of October J
lex t for the year 1900. <
Tax levy as follows: j
"or State, 5V4 mills J
" Ordinary County. 2\ " ]
" Special Roads, 1 " j
'* Roads, 1 " 3
" Constitutional School, 3 " <
A capitation tax of $1.00 on all male i
* ? r\f >! unH 1U) J
persons utiwtuii mc o^uo u* ??uu w ears,
also 50ceut> per head on all dogs, 4
lso 2 mills for retiring bonds in King"- j
ree township,4 mills for retiring bonds J
n Lake City township and 2 mills for <
etiring bonds in Greelyville school 5
listrict, No 22. J
Commutation (Road) tax, $2.00. <
Levy for special school districts as 5
ollows: No? 17, 26, 27, 28, 29, 33, 35,36. J
mills; Nos 15. 24, 31, 3 mills; Nos 19, <
0, 21, 22, 25. 32, 2 mills; No 18,1 mill; q
Cingstree, No 16, 4 mills special, 2 J
uiUs High school. A
1 will be at the following places men- j
ior.ed below 'or collection of said taxes: j
Oct. ^
Cingstree, 15, 16, 18, 19, 20 and 21 l
lebron, J L Gowdy's store, 22 J
alters, 28 j
Ireelyville, 25 and 26 j
iourdin", 27 }
iuttons, 28 '
I'rio, 29
larpers, 30
Nov. lenson,
V W Graham's store. 1
3loomingvale, 2
Uorrisville, 3
thems, 4
Jhurcli 1' 0, W R Graham's store, 5
Jume, 6
jamberts, 8
^rds X Roads, EaddyN store, 9
fohnsonville, 10
J ox P O, 11
.^rospect, 12
jeo, 13
icranton, 17 and 18
,ake Citv. 1? and 20
)ades. " 22
jakeCity, ' 23
\ingstree, 24, 26, 27, 29 and 30
Dec.
Cingstree, 1, 2. 3, 4 and 6
.Hke City, 7
Cingstree,
From 8th to 23rd and from 28th to
1st December, inclusive.
Those who desire to pay their taxes
h rough the mail would expedite maters
by dropping the Treasurer a postal
sking for the amount of their taxes so
s to avoid sending the wrong amount,
lso stating the township or townships,
if property is owned in more than one)
nd if possible give school district wh-?re
roperty is located, also state whether
oil or road tax, or Doth, are wanted,
.tter paying taxes examine your reiipts
and see if all of your property is
jvered. If not, see about it atonce.
By following the above suggestions
raplieations and additional cost may
e avoided.
J Weslky ' ook,
1-1-10 County Treasurer.
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p. p. p. 1
Makes Marvelous Cores io Blood Poisoo, Bleuatia and Scrofula. J
P. P. P. purifies the blood, builds up the weak and debilitated. p:vw B
stiength to weakened nerves, expels disease, giving the patient health and V
happiness, where sickness, gloomy feelings and lassitude first prevailed. H
In bjood poison, mercurial poison, malaria, dyspepsia, and in all biood mm
and skin diseases, like blotches, pimples, old ehi'iiic ulcers, tetter
bead, we say without fear of contradiction that P P. P is the best blood B
purifier in the world.
Ladies whose systems are poisoned and whoso Mood i-i in an impure eondition
due to menstrual irregularities, are pei u!i:ir!y l>eiv!ittcd t?v the won- >
derful tonic and blood cleansing properties oi P. P P., Prickly Ash, Poke
Hoot and Potassium.
F. V. LIPPMAN, SAVANPAH, CA.
Wofford College Fitting School, 1
SPARTANBURG, S. C. |
High grade school. Small classes. Personal oversight of students. Limbed
number. Six teachers. Large library. Excellent gymnasim. Charges 'fil
easonable. For catalogue address
8 I9 6t A. MASON DuPRE, Head Master. * 1
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Write for information and samples. *
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We are at your service every minute in the year, day or
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