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" - - ~ -"" ^ ^ ' - - I OUR BEST Everything of a I & J trusted to care recei tion. We shall be g of your business. . Wm. A. NICHOLSOf ?ses= - _ "EXTRAORDINARY COL. LECTION OF CARS." The Private Train, of Mr. Ogden, of New York With Friends, Stops At Rock Hill?Addresses By Various Ones. s * ????? The party which Mr. Robert C. Ogden of New York is bringing through the South, stopped several hours in Rock Hill last Friday, and were taken by President Johnson, acoompanied by Gov. Heyward, and Superintendent O. B. Martin, to visit Winthop College. Mr. Wm. Banks, off the Columbia State, and Mr. Zach McGhee, of the Spartan^ burg Herald were also present. The party arrived in Rock Hill in eight KinibnmA Pullman cars. The party assembled in the auditorium of Winthrop College at 10:30 o'clock, together with the Winthrop girls and faculty. President Johnson made a few remarks welcoming the guests to the college and to the city. Rofering to the party and its object he said: "I believe that the so* called Ogden movement, with which in education in the SonCh waa count* ed and which is so well organized by ? Mr. Ogden and others, has more to,, do with promoting a better under* standing of the Sooth's peculiar bar* den and the South's achievements in carrying the burden than anything else." Governor Heyward said that he would not make a speech, as the par* ty had heard many speeches already - a i a i on ttus trip ana v<?ua near many others. He would, however, in welcoming them, tell of some of South Carolina's achievements in education. South Carolina had always been in '* terested in education. It was one of the first states in the Union to provide publio education. In 1698 a law passed to secure a provincial library in Charleston. In 1710 the free school system was inaugurated J* by law. Records show that in the eighteenth century 114 Americans graduated in law in England. Of these, South Carolina, furnished 44 and Virginia 17. Great advancement had been made in South Carolina in recent years. South Caro^lina has a larger proportion of districts voting a special school tax thttt any other State South. He - - 'Signed more bills as Governor to ; grant this special school tax privilege Uian of ony other kind. He said that in welcoming these ladies and gentlemen and in expressing commendation of their purposes and the assistance they were giving the peopie of the South, he voiced, he be\ i lieved, the sentiments of the people \ of South Carolina. Governor Heyward presented the * invitations of Columbia, seconded by leading educators in this State for the Conference for Eduoation in the ^ \ A '^?Q^ to meet next year in Colum\ betters from the following were ,\v jnted: Columbia Chamber of jfe'- '( aamerce, Mayor Earle, 8tate Supt. .irtin, Governor Heyward, City L j^/oohool Board, 8. C. Collage, Clemr. ton College, Columbia Female College, Presbyterian College for ] Women, Furman University. f Supt, 0. B. Martin made quite a hit with his witty remarks, lie weliv .. .. ?. - . *>. ATTENTION tanking nature enives our best atten;lad to have a share I & SON} Bankers. r corned the guests, he said, in the name of aqarter of a million children in the public schools of the State and of the other quarter of a million who ought to bo in school. He criticised those who had opposed the work of these gontlemen, saying: 4%Wc- have some people and sqme newspapers in our State, who like a child in an Indian pappoose, strapped to a squaw, never sees the world till it has passed by." He expressed the highest commendation of these various boards ?*Mt. Robi. CJ. Ogden, responding to the addresses of welcome, said th at it was his privilege to bring some Ignorant persons from New York, New England and other portions of the North for some much needed;instruction about the South, lie said he was highly pleaseed at the instruction they had received hW._ and that he did" not think the faculty of Winthr. > College should consider the dar lost bemuse the regnlar classes had been interrupted, for while ihey'had failed to give th? regular instruction to the girhvthey had given some vepy ^Juable instruction t?j_ thi$.pos.t gradWtVTO^jjjjltUtory,,and q^ology* Tie said hedesiredto make some little explanation respecting the Ogden movement* ^ "There is no such movement. The only education 1 have had has been by contact with those merer rcarned than I and I would n$t presume to givo instruction" .Whatever there is in the way of a movement has been inspired by Souther men, chief among whom were Dr. Curry, Hon. Willian L. Wilson, Bishop Dudley of Kentucky, members of the faculty of the University of Virginia, of Washington and Lee,-and the Southern Institutions, through Dr. Edward Abbott, of Cambkdge Mass., was the first, one to suggest it. The Southern Education Board, an outgrowth of these conferences, consisted of six Southern and two Northern men. They have not presumed, he p*id. ?o come into the S?m'h country, to give any instructions as to education. It has had a fund for a propaganda carried on by Southern men. Those in other sections regard themselves as privileged to sympathize and as; sist in any way they can. At the conclusion of the addres-es the party was shown over the college, the ffirls as ushers. Th? ? o special Ogden train left Rock Hill at 12 o'clo<^p|br Cheraw and Tuskegee. Alabama, via Charlotte, Spartan-, burg and Atlanta. Supt. Martin, President Johnson and Mr. McGhee of The Herald, upon the invitation of Mr. Ogden, accompanied them as far as Spartanburg. Various members of the party expressed themselves as highly pleased with Winthop and its girls. SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON. Record Showing Number of Bales From EaelaCounty. Washington, Apri|, 21.?(Special) ?The census bureau has just finish ed a report on the quantity of cotton ginned in the United States from the crops of 1908. 1902, 1900, and 1899. These figures ehow the total nnmbei of bales in 1908 to have been 10,205,078, of which 9,859,472 ware square belet and 770,208 were round bales. In addition1, there were 75.398 bales ot sea island cotton. The production of cotton in the United States last year by States whs as follows: Alabama, 1,028,959; Arkansas. 741.236; Florida, 58.572; Georgia, 1,329,278; Indian Territory, 812.776; |Ksnsas, 75; Kentucky, - " 44; Louisiana, 858,568; Mississippi 1,439,294, Missouri, 89,288; North Carolina, 555,380; Oklahoma, 204,957; South Carolina, 813,351; Tennessee, 250,437; Texas, 2,5Q2 632; Virginia, 13,681. It will be seen from these figures that Virginia produced less cotton than any of the Southern States, and that the State producing the smallest amount of cotton was Kansas, with seventy-five bales, on increase of thirty balea ovhr . l i nnn m - - tun cruj) ui xijvi. xexas, oi coarse, ranks first among the great cotton producing States of the county Mississippi is second, Georgia thud, Alabama fourth, Louisiana fifth) South Carolina sixth, Arkansas seventh, North Carolinr eighth, Indian Territory ninth, Tennessee tenth, Oklahoma eleventh, Florid* twelfth, Missouri thirteenth, Virginia fourteenth, Kcntueky fifteenth; and Kansas sixteenth. Indian Territory > has held ninth position in1 pottsft growing for four years; OltUhema4 eleventh place for five years. Tennessee has been tenth in the list of cotton growing States for four years, and Virginia persistently retains fourteenth place. South Carolina remains the same as in 1902. There is lit le change in the poeitioigpf.sny of tho States, except Lbnia^aiy!^ arhfoh held seventh place last yfar, but went up to fifth position in 19Q& Th? total number of bales prodhce<i in each county in South Carolina during 1903 was a& follows: Abbeville, 26,528, against 27,007 in 1902; Aiken, 20,671, against 25,360 in 1 QOO. A A O KCT : . iiuutiouiij TtJyfJ'J I j B^dlUHt 47,827 in 1902; Bamberg, 13,928 against 15,962; Barnwell, 28,992 against 30,975; Beaufort, 3,997 against 7,524; Berkley, 12,083 against 14,882; Charleston, 8,690 against 10,340; Cherokee, 10,274 against 11,083; Chester, 19,417 against 22,211; Chesterfield, 14,120 against 13,784; Clarendon, 22,659 against 27,921; Colleton, 9,256 , against 11,892; Darlington, 22,719 against 27,719; Dorchester, 6,662 against 8,418; Fairfield, 18,960 against 23,653; Florence, 19,970 against 21.174; Georgetown, 1,950 against 1 657; Greenville, 27,704 against 32,523; Greenwod, 24,237 against 27,769; Hampton, 10,537 against 12,895; Horry, 6,181 against 5,314; Kershaw, 14,025 against 19,158; Lancaster, 18,834 against 30,151; Laurens. 32,005 against 37,155; L*>e, 23,257 against 26,856; Lexington, 18,752 against 14.887; Marion, 33,968 against 34,886; Q7 OAT :?. At tAA. iuaiiuuiU) "i ,wi agaiuat tiflt'lj Newberry, 29.847 against 32,640; Oconee, 9,520 against 12,806; Orangeburg, 47,912 against 70,211; Richland, 8,599 against 13,871; Saluda, 16,546 against 17,093; Spartanburg, 87,453 against 42,894; Sumter, 22,072 against 80,937. Union, 15,404 against 17,296; Williamsburg. CO,215 against 21,027; York. 28,106 against 80,744. Not a single county in the State shows a gain in production over 1902, and many of them show extensive losses. Orangeburg county, which is the greatest cotton producing county in the State, shows the heaviest failing off from naUfral causes, there being an immense decrease from 1902. The decrease in Darlington and Somter oountiea is partially accounted for by the organisation of Lee County out of theee counties. And ere on county is the second largest cotton eounty in the State 'and has held that rank a number of years. Marlboro is third and Spartanburg fourth. W. W. Price. Th? tbree-year-^ld son of Mr^ Lao.tU^BelJ, of Riverside in Lances*' tfr *M ran oner end killed l??t ^tpurdsy Ij^n freight brain on W*8 iQ toWn at court hy fif*on the night ofl^\pril 20th. The fire was disoottami about night end seemed to hayjfcph'ginated in a closet up a&airs. . All the furnijflK jpft the 4xceptg^ir of a piano wsU' troyed. hjffc reden had in* MMbc to the aoSoont of thirteen IumEu? dollare. Hp was not at ho^'Hfcd was with friends in Lanreujf for the night. . Colombia State says the story tbntue original hfjjjinatioe of secession c f South Carolina is in the pee* Jffi' m ? sobkuti oi a iiew Jersey women, is notc^'roct. Such a story has appewre'J in the public prints of late. Thtf S^ate declares tbst the doctimenf ifa$ lj!e archives of the State at Codulafci*, and that Secretary of State. Gaittt takes pleasure in showing it to of those who desire to see it. The pension warrants were sent out April 22nd by the pension clerk, Miss Kate Mayer, to the various olerks of court. The following are ounts sent eaoh 'county, loss es of county boards, expense e board printing, etc.: Ab~ AoAcreow, $10, 915.00; Charleston, $3,125.95; Cherokee, $5,054.12; Greenville, $10,$>7.89; Greenwood, $3,148.71; Hampton, $4,127.77; Horry, $4,767.61; Kershaw, $3,223.68; Lancaster, $5,743.69; Laurens, $6,624.02; Newberry, $3,587.89; Oconee, $7,207.20; Orangeburg, $1,425.42; Pickens, $5,099.40; Richland, $5,136 02; Spartanburg, $16,676.10; Union, $5,155.81. An attempt to wreck a Southern railway train near Campobello was made Thursday afternoon of last week. The result was that two negro members of the train crew, which was a freight train enroute from Asheville to Spartanburg, were injured and two cars were almost cle molished. The mometury damage is about $990. When the freight train was about one mile South of Campobello and running at a high rate of spee 1,- the engine struck a cross tie which had been bound to the track. The result. was that four freight care were derailed. Two of these were badly tofla up. The engine, strange to say, was not injured. It left the track, but remained on the oroas ties. The engineer and fireman were not injured at all. The South Carolina Cotton Oil Co., of which Mr. H. E. Wells is vice president' and Mr. M. C. Robertson, Mgr., has decided to erect a large cotton ginnery in Columbia, for the needs of the farmers of the Columbia market. The need of a new, up-to date plant of large capacity foas been felt here for some time, and ^it was decided to erect one upon the property of the company, which will have a capacity of about eight balee per twenty four hours. It is expecttd that as a result of the plant, Columbia will once more% beconje a cotton market of considerable importance. The cotton will now come in from the outskirts of the county that used to crt\ tn nmrhv (avm ?UkA??.K !* ? ?w ?? K??uuu^u an nno the wish of the farmer to bring it to | this city. 1 Judge Gary haa issued an importLjjf & "**. w; u.v" Ml *'*i ** Vs\'* f- >-^ s . iSISS^i 1 * - -3 r.m. fab?, i'll ?i|mi. .A - Merchants and Pti Is not quite (?) the largest Bank oa at the "Old stand" successfully, thirty-two years. d It baa a capital and suiphaf* IS pwyt FOUR per iWflW It has paid dlndetida amount k lumn alil We solicit your bakLuces, home the oourteelee that arc Usually exta conducted Bank. "' l I iir-mB9Sm ant^fecree in the now celebrated FdWhera' Alliance case, which will probably diapoee of the $16,000 now in the bank, which has fyeen awaiting' the order for some months. The or* der was that the master of Richland county, John 8. Yerner, should advertise for several weeks for all cred itors and stockholders of the Farmer's Alliance exchange to present to him all claims with proof preparatory to a. settlement There are several hundred sub-alliances throughout t&e State, who own stock in the alliance* each having about $100. BoshIm there are a large number of olaims filed, some of these being in form of enits, this being the c&ase of the die? ruption of the alliance. All of these will now be referred to the mastMjgj who will have the power to pass upon the validity of each. . k A COTTON BuintEJECTfO;' Refused Membership On New Tprk Exchange Out Of Spite. upon his application for membership, is the nearest admission on the patt of that body of sharks that none but cotton bears are wanted, that has : ever been made public. Read the I following and judge for your selves: 1 Thomas J. Majors has for many years been a member of the New Orleans cotton exchange, and has been during that time one of the foremost operators in the SouthVchief staple. Mr. Majors was in the historic syndicate which took actual delivery of more thar 300,000 bales from the New York bears in the summer of 1903, and thus routed a veteran army of manipulators. Mr. Majors, (or perhaps we should say the firm of which he was then the head,) failed during the crisis of 1895, but the suspension was temporary and all credit ors were soon paw apiiar lor dollar. His personsal cbaraoter is above reproach and his present wealth is known to be large. Not very long ago Mr. Majors applied for membership in the New York cotton exchange. The application was favorably reported by the committee on membership, but was rejected by the board of managers. Everybody hereabout marveled at the taboo, and the wonder deepened into amazement when the New York Times frankly declared that the episode simfly crystalized a resolve to have no more bull manipulators in the ranks of the metropolitan body. Such a reason is worse than no reason at all. We should be the last to deny the right and the first to affirm the duty which an exchange owes to the public. The character and standing of applicants should be scrutinized with infinitA pur A an fViof nn dn.m.cJn.. .w?...vj ww w"v?v MW uvo|/vi auuco may have the opportunity to play fast and loose with other people's funds. But an exohange is not a mere club after all, and the general welfare rquires that ,operators of all shades of opinion he represented around the "Kings" where prices for a basis commodity are made. What would not be said, and lightly said, if the New Orleans cotton exchange should rejeot an applicant simply because he chanced to be an invetorate bear? Mr. Majors has 'within the last few weeks, been elected a member of the Chioago board of trade. In the light of recent developments, concerning the Sully crash, we may be permitted to doubt whether New York can give moral instruction to the "Pits," whieh set the pace for the trade of the wprhl. . i The South, hat ling belitvad that i i 'iinrfr J. IX Abtbvb, Oubier. iters National Bank ^ ttuifi, bmt H continues to do bmminem S|f bom been doing for the post txi |n wkh Time-lock, mtMM br *n Officer, i flfcTOnata In Union combined. vey Augo or mmull, promising nil udod by mm obliging and cmrefully a iji i i f theNew York cotton nxebango was nothing more then a mighty hammer to pound values on whieh the pros? pentv of Bullions of producers depend. The hammer has not worked well firing the last four of five years beba^se nature's irresistable forces + h$**t)>oem en the other side. Novenhehes, the will has been there, thangh* the way has been blocked. The rteftfbers of the New Yoik cot- . ton exchange, may say with Commo* .Y^ dom Vanderbilt, "The public be J <h^V but they will surely find that tte-eavth is not theirs, nor the full^^|hereef. Mr. Majors has not betodBTt, nor has any real stigma, hbsk Pit upon him; but bis self constituted censors will presently discover^ that they have dealt themselvqf a fatal blow. True critieism, like^true charity, begins at home. fuDH opinion is not a spent torce, rvet^ in the city by the Hudson.? Novi Orleans Times-Democrat. fun weBrgotten TO SPELL. e$?3sed over \j>rtain pronouncementy. ?om high places that school hmld^eay and even college graduates m today, have not the knowledge of frtglfofrorthography that characterized the pupils of a generation ago. TheWfce as stated4 by the Brooklyn Eagle is: * ' The nnb of the matter is just this, the public-school children can not spell. The principals of the high ? schools know that they can not spell, as does everybody else who has occasion to receive letters from them. If a series of competitions were held, this most troublesome fact of the school situation to those on the inside might be rpvealed to the great body of parents and taxpayers. Then there might arise such a hue and cry for common sense and the fundamentals t of ?dn<*J?tion RH wonlrt otihatt ?- ? W M wuuuvjr VUC authorities who now make out our scientific and philosophical course of stud/, which slights spelling for gen- v-# ' , A eral information about everybody - .* ** % from Confucius and Buddha down to Admiral Togo. Assuming that there is justice in the Eagle's contention, the New Haven Register says: The seriousness of this fact need not be dwelt upon. It is patent to every man, active in any one of 'tlx? several walks of life. Not to be aljle to spell is to enter the race of life handicapped. To make it a chief and fit ? ??? vuuvatiun HidJT IC(|Uin3 a modification of the modern ornate system of eduoation, bat this would not be so much of an evil as it appears upon the surface. The Tacoma (Washington) Ledger admits that? Children who go to school but who do not learn to spell a great many words in the English language are no rarity now, but for that matter they never were. There are plenty of grown-up people who went to School in the trood eld d*<oa ?lion ? O J" they had 4'spelling-downs" every day who would make a poor showing in a spelling teet in almost any of the grades now.?Publio Opinion, April 21it. [' '. Fire! Fire! The annual meeting of the Farmers* Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Union county will meet in the Court House at Union, May 7th, (1st Saturday) 1904. All policy holders are requested to he present. W.' T. Jztkr, J. M. Grkkr, Plant Sec. and Tre*, - Sir