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COTTON CROP STATISTICS. I Cotton Ginned In Soutb Carolina Prior to Dec. 13, Crops oi 1912-13. Washington, D C, December 25:? The preliminary totals for the State were made public by the Bureau of Census at 10 a. m. Saturday,December 20. The corrected total and the amounts for the different counties for the crops of 1912-13 are furnished for publication in the local papers, as follows,counting round bales as haif bales, not including linters. I CROP. COUNTY. | 1913 ( 1912 Abbeville 30.833 ./ , oru Aiken 44.622 ?i'?: Anderson.... 66,452' 49'7R} Rnmht-rir? 25.866 ibq.^ Barnwell 53,506 40.326 Beaui'ort. 6,949 4945 Berkeley 12,815 10,352 Calhcun 24,840 19,0% Charleston 13,637 9970 Cherokee 16.636 13.328 Chester 29.864 29.886 Chesterfield 27,025 29.354 Clarendon 38,371 32.854 Colleton. | 18,108 13,805 Darlington 34,325 38,536 Dillon. 32,891 36,709 Dorcnester 1 15.922 12.371 Edgefield 30,819 26!o51 Fairfield 23,690 24.909 Florence 41,084 36,318 Georgetown 3,462 2.997 Greenville 38,717 29,811 Greenwood... 28,855 28,133 Hampton 18,097 13,408 Horry. 9.042 g g78 Jasper 5,999 4 ggg Kershaw 24,858 24,837 Lancaster. 21,915 24.302 Laurens 40,213 33 957 Lee 34.968 3^965 Lexington 24,322 20,774 Marun 16,855 17,624 Marlboro. 47,940 62.548 Nevberry. | 35,798 31,755 Oconee. 18,292. 12,694 Orangeburg 74,493 55.404 Pickers 16,418 11*205 Richland 21,553, 19*881 Saluda 28,691 22*491 Spartanburg 68,044 53157 Sumter 38.423 83)020 Union.. 19,117 16*797 Wil lamsburg 24,148 22 185 Tiork 37.166 38,001 Totals 1.277.6411 1,128,850 LETTER FROM ERNEST JO YE. Cchampion Corn Grower Tells about Washington Trip. Editor County Record:? I thank you and the kind gentlemen of dear old Kingstree for their liberal contributions in paying expenses for one of the grandest trips old Ernest has ever had. I got in Saturday after almost two weeks' solid enjoyment and pleasure. Do you wonder that I feel so grateful to the gentlemen and our next Governor, " - T-? T *jr : 9 tl. D non IV 1 manning; inc i imuniu was sick and we could not see him. | but saw the mistress,with soldiers as guards with their swords and uniforms on, standing by her. Our Congressman, Hon J Willard Ragsdale, sent his magnificent car around Sunday afternoon, taking us out to the National park and cemetery?the two ladies, Ralph Tate and myself, all from South Carolina, were the occupants. I cannot begin to tell all I saw or how I enjoyed my trip, and how I regret that I am now to step ovit, as pa is moving to another section; but to other boys [ beg to say that a trip to our Capital is well worth the labor and expense, to say nothing of the other reward of showing and demonstrating the possibilities of the soil of our dear old State and county. v xuurs giatciutij', Ernest M Jo ye. Hemingway, December 24. A Letter to Santa Clans. (Written for last week's issue.) Columbia, S C, December 17, 1913. Dear Santa Claus:? The country children in South Carolina have been very good during the past year They have attended school faithfully and have worked hard. Their fathers have also worked industriously and intelligently, and Providence has smiled graciously upon our State. They are all expecting a fine Christmas and many gifts from Santa Claus. The Rural School Supervisor has a special request to make of you. When you are making up your gifts for the boys and the girls of the Palmetto State do not forget some * "* i.-ci- x. i.L_ -i_:i good reading suuaoie 10 me cnudren. The country children in our State have little access to libraries, and many of them have in their homes few books which they can read. We should especially like to have you bring them a good paper suited to the boys and girls. The writer formed his reading habits through reading The Youth's Companion, which came to him weekly as a Christmas present when he was a boy. Please send many of our boys and girls in soutn uaronna a suoscription to this or some other paper, which will be a weekly reminder of your love for the children. If you will do this, we will promise you brighter and better boys and girls next year. Sincerely, W K Tate, Statt Supervisor Country Schools. CbamberlaiD's Cough Remedy. This remedy has no superior for couehs and colds. It is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or other narcotic. It always cures. For sale by all dealers. Cares Old Sorts, Other lenedies Won't Cora The wont cases, no matter of how long standing, are cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Paia tad Heals at the saa.s time. 2Sc, 60c, ?L00. 4' Pfcotoa by American Press Assoclatlc On the upper left is William 8ulz< Upper right is shown the scene attenc tared the steamer Volturno burning if encampment of United 8tatee troops r Happenings Attention War With Mexico Threatened. Sulzer Removed?Volturno Burned at Sea ?morgan and Gaynor Died By JOHN J. BREEN. WINGING like an aeroplane through the atmosphere of time, another year is gone Each day brought Its quota of happenings, fbine great and others small. There were fast and strenuous doings in the world of politics, the grim reaper exacted itB usual toll, playing no favorites; the menace of war between the United States and Mexico loomed large, and the Athletics again showed the Giants how to play the great national game. President Wilson from the date of bis inauguration started out to make good on bis promises of tariff and currency reform. After months of jockeying by both branches of congress and after many amendments had been written into the original draft of the ! document the Underwood-Simmons; tariff bill became a law. It is too soon as yet to say just wnat enect it win have on the prosperity of the country. It has long Tieen held by some statesmen that a new tariff bill will ; be a panacea for all ills, real or imaginary. Others have held that any tinkering with this important subject; would result in a national disaster. It j is too early as yet to say who are the false prophets. Having succeeded In passing a new | tariff bill. President Wilson at once set about getting a new currency measure Toward the end of the year his supporters declared that he would also win this fight. Just what kind of a bill would finally meet the favor of congress nonetvould say Some bankers maintained thnt any radical interference with the monetary system of -1- - IH nrnrb rHcoctpr lilt: l'UUUU,t V* UUiU nuia while bankers of the south and west insisted that money reform would (Treatly help the crops and would make for unprecedented prosperity. Sulzer Helpa Mitchel. It is agreed that the removal of Governor Sulzer was a big factor In the New York city election. Many who thought Sulzer guilty wanted to rebuke the forces that sought his impeachment Sulzer announced himself as a candidate for the assembly in a lower east side district in Manhattan He ran on the Progressive ticket and was elected. There was a union of the forces against the Tammany Hall candidate. Rdward R McOall. and -u, <*? : -i i ts of Yeai rjrrjaSf * tr^JKiT ? -.WijEK / 11PBE32 35 jliCS5teC%? % ^ 'i*. & ? 4 $ ^." ^ ^. ^v * V i'X'- ' tv :" >'.: / i ? ^ >> v-;i >n. ?r of Now York, who was removed as go> ling the swearing in at president of Wooc 1 midocean and Captain Inch, its comm tear the Mexican border. That Held In Ypar 101T ML A A M VU1 AV AV Middle West Devastated by Floods Which Caused Great Loss?Jessie Wilson and Helen Gould Brides John Purroy Mitchel was elected mayor. President Wilson took a personal Interest in the gubernatorial election in Xew Jersey und was pleased when the returns showed that James Fairman Fielder was elected. Fielder has been called a progressive Democrat, and his election was regarded as a personal tribute to the president In the November elections also David I. Walsh, Democrat was elected governor of .Massachusetts, and Henry C. Stuart Democrat was elected governor of Virginia. Whei President wiison entered 01tke be was confronted with the tangleo Mexican situation, and toward the end of the year our relations with that country came near the breaking point. Matters became so threatening that troops and marines were dispatched to the border line. A great lieet of American warships assembled in Mexican waters, and the border j patrol was re-enforced by several divisions of regular troops. Following the assassination of Fran Cisco i. Madero Feb. 22 and the assumption of the presidency by General Huerta. President Wilson flatly declared that this country never would recognize the new order of things, which was characterized as a rule of blood and iron. This government figured that Huerta was near the end of bis financial resources. The year had its usual quota of disasters and accidents. When the wireless on Oct 9 told that the steamship Volturno was burning in midocean there came visions of another Titanic horror. But the wireless brought quick aid to the doomed j sbip. and HOO or its passengers were removed In safety to other vessels that answered the calls for help. One hundred and thirty-six of her passengers and crew were lost. There were pathetic scenes when the ships bearing the survivors docked in New York city. Floods Sweep Middle West. The great floods of the middle west which occurred in March aroused the sympathy of the country for the sufferers. For weeks great sections of this country were under water. Entire cities were marooned. Secretary of War Garrison took personal charge of the relief movement It was impossible for days to get any authentic i . V (V ' at Home Mi I / 'nor a'ter he had been impeached, irow Wilaon. In the center are picander. The lower picture shows an news from the stricken territory, and exaggerated stories of loss of life were circulated. For days entire communities lived on the upper floors of tall buildings to escape the rising waters. It was a common sight to see entire families go drifting by on trees and small frame houses carried along by the rushing streams. A conservative estimate of the damage to property is $163,000,000 Other casualties which caused more than passing interest were two wrecks on the New York. New Haven and Hartford railroad; a cyclone which swept the central and southwestern states, entailing a loss of over 100 lives and several million dollars in property; thirty-four killed and many injured by the collapse of a pier at Long Beach, Cal.; twenty killed and many injured by the explosion of mill dust in a Buffalo mill; fifty lives lost in a factory Are at Binghamton, N. Y.; twenty killed in a mine accident at Tower City. Pa.; Hot Springs. Ark., was swept by Are. with a loss estimated at $6,000,000. In a wreck on the Mobile and Ohio railroad at Buckatunna. Miss.. forty-Ave soldiers of the coast artillery were killad and 100 injured. Two of the socia: events of the vear I which attracted more than passing interest were the weddings of Miss Jessie Wilson, daughter of the president and Francis Bowes Sayre and Helen Gould and Finley J. Shepard. Miss Wilson and Mr. Sayre were married at the White House Nov. 25 and went on a honeymoon trip abroad. axr. Sayre is a lawyer and when his engagement was announced was attached to the office of District Attorney Whitman in New York city. Miss Gould and Mr. Shepard were married on Jan. 22. Mr. Shepard was a railroad man. and Miss Gould met him while she was on a tour of inspection of the Gould railroad properties in the west Among the noted men who died during the year were John Pierpont Morgan. the financier, and Mayor William J. Gaynor of New York city. Mr. Morgan died in Rome, whither he went in search of health. Mayor Gaynor died aboard the steamship Baltic at sea. He had just been denied a nomination by Tammany Hall and had accepted a nomination tendered by a body of citizens. FTis death had a big effect on the New York city campaign. Other deaths in the year were James R. Keene. financier and turfman; Dr Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, founder of the Lowe observatory: Captain Oric R. Smith, designer of the Confederate flag; James McCrea. former president of the Pennsylvania railroad; Congressman ("Big Tim") Sullivan of New York: Benjamin Altman. dry goods merchant, and Charles G. Gates. The crowning event in the sport world was the triumph of Connie Mack's Athletics over John McGraw's Giants. Incidentally the series was a rebuke to the knockers who are ever ready to cry fake The series was ended in Ave games, the Athletics winning four snd the championship. ... I ff L WHEN Wl an order by 'pho direct purchase, every purchaser wants WHEN s stock of Attract ively-I is the best that o and your money < a lot more than it / to think it out. 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