Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The market has b been playing around nine and a n half and ten cents but few farm- si ers indeed have yielded to the b temptation and sold their crop, tl Recent reports gathered by The ^ State indicate clearly the incli- h nation of the farmers of the state P as well as all over the south to hold cotton until it reaches the si price desired and required by tl the Southern Cotton Association, ai The fact has been brought out that a large proportion of it has k been gathered at this time, much tc more than is usual before 'fhid w October. The reports are long and full, G but after a careful perusal of them will come the deliberate conclusion that eleven cent cot- h; ton is on the^way and that the |l people will noia tin tne last minute. The people of the south u have a natural monopoly and la they are going to show the world h that the people can combine and P fight and win. Over the snow a of southern summers, as cotton Q was called by a famous South h Carolinian, there soon will break s the brighter dawn of prosperity V for the whole people. h We synopsize briefly the re- s ports for the benefit of our read- I1 ers: p The farmers are holding in 11 Sumter, though the prevailing h price is 9 3-4 cents. The market a receipts show an increase of r , 2,000 bales over last year. ? s In Marlboro county the cotton a crop this year is much larger * than that of . last year. The farnfers there are determined s and organized. Cotton is selling r there at 9.50. ! In Kershaw there has been a I Sain of 2,000.. Here the farmers 11 ave been selling, but what they I I--? oaM fVtoir urill C nave uut ancauj ouiu unuj n ?? reserve for high prices. The J average price for middling here * is 9 1-4 cents. \ ' In Greenwood there is a gain 1 of 3,000 bales over last year. 1 I Most of the farmers are holding. * The prevailing price is 9 1-2. * In our neighboring county of ' Cherokee, there was cotton re- J ceipts of 7,000 last year, and this > year they amount to 5,500. Farmers holding. Local market 1 price is 9 3-4. 1 Florence is holding well and receipts even up with those of last year. In Tillman's county, Edgefield, the receipts show a gain of 1,386 bales. Three fourths of crop already sold. Farmers have been selling it as fast as it was ginned. Local price 9 9-16. Over one thousand bales increase in Marion. Very early crop. Fields practically all picked. In Chester last year tnis time receipts amounted to 8,200; and this year they are only 7,000. ? Farmers holding. (Continued on 5th page.) f of Court 0PSj i Carolina, I EST ON :s of Deposit. ; -i ni rup cmiTiiEnki ? ? - ? I lit. ouu i nLKIN AU I UniN. Pretty Pen Pictures of . Georgia Scenes. The following from the pen of ley. A. W. Bealer is clipped rom the Atlanta Journual. It night just as well be a picture if our prosperous Palmetto itate. The evening time has come, "here's a sweetness to the ireezes that sweep upward from he Gulf. The stveets of the eautiful little city of Thoma^ ille are filled with smart vehicles, i which women and children, all i white, are being whirled about rom place to place on pleasure ent. The sun is moving in lajesty adown the western teeps; he marches along an amer colored pavement over which le Lord, to beautify his pathray to the doors of darkness, as thrown a veil of pink and urple hues. The birds are chirping on every de and from the gardens before le stately palace of the millionfp JJ q woll O a fwvm *-Vi? /Innwiirnir ?? J.1WIU tuc UWI najF l the ,humble laborer's cabin, -"ere Jie rests beneath th^eir >ses bloom in prodigal profusion > delight the passing stranger ith their cheery smiles. This is fall time in wire grass eorgia. But wait! The, sun has gone and night as come. There's a hush over >1 the town broken only by the ir away lowing of a belated cow pon her homeward way, the tzy bark of a dissolute cur upon is nightly rounds, the far away laint of a negro's voice singing plantation hymn that goes uivering upward toward the steningstars; and now, soft and weet as the cooing of a babe List awakened from his nap, I ear the first timid ndtes of the ong of a sleepy mocking bird, t floats dreamily from his airy erch within the china tree ^nd t seems as if, in his dreams he iad caught the echo from some ngelic chbir and was seeking to eproduce it. The song grows tronger and bolder, but there's bout it a minor strain that is tot heard in his davlicrht song. As he sings he wakes his own oul as well as all the listening light, and for an hour or more le rivals and even excels the irima donna of the stage, as le, without money and without >rice gives a grand open air con;ert to all who live within sound >f his voice. He awakes a neighwring warbler, and then another ind another until the silent night s vocal with the voices of these peerless singers of the south. It seems to me, when at last the songs have been hushed that the very hills should laugh and the trees of the field should clap their hands in applause. While you walk along the r.tu/.n|.n vAnnnimn. ?-VlA flnnrOr CTC\ r. 9U CCkO pasi3111^ 111C nuriv? (>? dens that are blooming everywhere the are lilies, unknown tc northern latitudes and the nighl blooming cereus send out theii perfumed breath to ride upor the breezes of the night, to de light your very soul and to mak< the waiting senses swim withir the magic spell of the autumr time. And while you walk you lool upward, and there, like a silvei crescent on a field of blue, tin young moon, with her attendan star looks down to smile upon th< beauty of the scene. Truly this is fall time in win grass Georgia. But hold! The fields of corn, all browi and bare, are rustling in the breezes, the trees are putting on their parti-colored coats, the cotton fields have whitened beneath the sun of September, and are gleaming on every side; the brown-backed quail are whistllhg at the sunset hour as they seek for shelter within the * waving fields of sedge; the fattening pigs are rooting in the pinder fields i and grunting a> song of "hog and hominy" in the days that are to come; the timid squirrels are cutting nuts within the woods; a wild turkey, down yonder in the river sWifrip, is yelping to her youngsters as she leads them to safety for the night upon the limbs of a spreading liveoak; the straining mules are pulling the groaning wagon loads of corn to the crib of logs that stands with open doors to receive this fatness from the fields; the laborers with bared arms of black are singing from the whitening fields; the roads are lined with cotton wagons, and the towns are filled , with buggies and mules and trading farmers. Ah, truly, it is fall time in wiregrass Georgia! Rllt. that nr?f ollf ?' ? ? AW ?&VW Ull Come with me out into the open air. The night has gone and the new day has begun,'' Tt.ere is just enough of crispness in the October air to invigorate, just enough of balm in the sunshine to soothe. The sun, with fairy fingers, has touched the dew-laden grass, and lo, a million rainbows quiver at your feet; and now, magician that he is, the king of day seems to have dipped his brush in golden colors ana with, consummate skill he paints the pines, the oaks and the magnolias in ruddy hues and throws a halo of beauty across the towering palace and the i humble cot on the corner. i The winding river, blue and J beautiful, is running low along ? circle; over there, not far fronv * the bank, where there is a bend \ in the stream, and where the J current eddies round and round, 1 there are dimples and circles on ? the surface showing where the ] trout and the red breasted perch, 1 hunorrv for the oak worm and the grasshopper, are striking for ' their breakfast. They seem to i be in a saucy mood, and are dar- ] ing the angler to come forth i within|the glories of the dying day i to tax his patience and his skill, i This, indeed, and far more 1 than this; more than I can tell, is fall time in wiregrass Georgia. And ever since I have been back I have breathed in the beauty of the natural world, and have spent as much time as I could outside of the house where I could enjoy all of this feast that nature spreads for the soul that is in sympathy with her and the God of whom she preaches. Spider's Terrible Bite. Young Robert Mulvihill, the son of Mr. Jas. Mulvihill, the barber, came very near losing his life Sunday on account of his having been bitten by a very , poisonous spider. The victim i AC 1 J b* ?L sunereu agonies auu ins wnuie body turned black. After steady work lasting about five hours yesterday, the sick boy was brought out of danger by Dr. J. G. Going, who was called in. The spider is of ordinary appearance, differing only from others in that it has red spots all over its body. Through the bite of the same species several persons in this community have been brought dangerously near to death, and one man died at the Excelsior Knitting Mills sometime ago as a result of a bite of this kind. The spider will be sent to the director of the United States bureau of Entomology at Washington for inspection and examination. Marriage Postponed. c We regret to say that owing to r the illness of Mr. Milton Lee ? Willis, the marriage announced t in The Times to take place Wede nesday, 11th inst., at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Wil e burn will not be solemnized on that day. We sincerely hope for as speedy recovery of the prosi pective groom as possible. worroRD College had narrow ESCAPE. f|f Thieves. Bob - Student, Who Roomed in Building, and Thpi Set Tire to fixtures. Spartanburg, Oct. 9.?Fire was discovered in one of the rooms of the first floor of the west wing of Wofford college last night about 9 o'clock. The room was occupied by U. B. Millican and another student, both of whom 1 were; at church. When the I uaaiot were discovered, a trunk I in the room belonging to Millican was consumed and the fire was spreading up to the ceiling above. Prompt and effective work on the part of students in cottages near by and the police prevented aconflagratinn, which would in all probability have reduced the historic institution to ashes. In the room was found the tray of Millican's trunk and missing from it was a tin box in which he kept a valuable gold watch and a lot of private correspondence. This was clearly indicative that robbers had entered the room in the absence of its occupants, broken open the and in striding a match rtad allowed the fire to fall in the trunk on top of a lot of combustible material like clothes and stationery. Some clothes were also missing. This morning the tin box and letters addressed to Mr. Millican were found in a gully in rear of tlje cottages behind Wofford college. There is no clue.?Greenville News. j The Red Devil. ! With crowds of little negroes ? ind some white boys flying after i it and the windows of the stores < and the doors crowded wLh t &ger and curious faces, Union's 1 LUicia^c ui tuc numour,. Mr Ed, Goodman, he is speedily earning how to operate it. It is i capacious machine of the latest < model and is one of the best on < the market. Sunday afternoon, the chaft'eur 1 with some lady friends was whirl- 1 ing along Church street when i the horse hitched to the buggy in which Mr. Green Bailey was seated took fright and ran away at top jjotch speed for at least a quarter of a mile. Mr. Bailey, with presence of mind, managed to overturn his horse and thereby saved both himself and the frightened animal serious hurt. The only damage done was to the shafts of the buggy which were broken. -Neither Mr. Bailey nor the hors9 was hurt. Satisfied. Mr. Simeon Hyde and Mr. James Simons, attorneys, returned to Charleston this morning from Unibn, where they at-, tended the meetings yesterday of the stockholders and creditors of the Union and Buffalo cotton mills, isoth lawyers stated to an Evening Post reporter that they were in possession of no facts of interest that they were at liberty to disclose, other than the matter which has already been printed in the newspapers. They had no statement to make on the probable success of the reorganization scheme, but they seemed satisfied with the results of their trip to Union in behalf of their clients.?Charleston j Evening Post^Oct. 5. I Unveiling of Monument to Revolutionary Hero. I A monument to the memory of j Col. John Thomas will be un! veiled near White Stone on the 17th instant. On that occasion an address will be delivered by that learned scholar of South Carolina history, Col. J. J. Dargan of Society Hill. Col. John Thomas, it will be remembered, was a famous Tory fighter and /\f fUrv M!A4-a /In ? < A* in i/iua octuuii ui uicdutic uuiiu^ the Revolution had no equal in courage ^nd bravery. To this day many interesting traditions in regard to him are handed down. The monument will be a fitting commemoration of the services of this distinguished soldier and patriot. F. M. FARR, President. T PI Merchants and Planl Successfully Doing Busim wamm Is tho OLDKST Hank in I* I has a capital ami surplus < is tho only NATIONAL It I I has paid dividends sinou B I nays KOI" It per cent, in! I is the only Hank in Union I B has Dunflar-Proof vault, I pays moro taxes than AI.I WE EARNESTLY SOLIC p . The Choral Clnb Entertainment. In The music lovers of Union as well as those who wish to spend a pleasant evening in a delightful way are looking forward to re the entertainment to be given by th Miss Elizabeth Grimball, the elo- ke cutionist, assisted by the Union in Choral Club. The program will th consist of vocal music and in- pr strumental, the violin figuring in on the latter. There are many ex- ev cellent vnif*p? in ni.-i- Tr . ?ii tnc v^nuiai v^illU 1\1 and they will be heard to splendid Ct effect on Friday evening. Miss in Elizabeth Grimball, who formerly es lived here, is everywhere recog- on nized as an incomparable artist er in her work and has no peer in do South Carolina as an elocutionist. Among the selections which she has rendered with telling effect co is that beautiful lyric of James an VVhitcomb Itiley "An Old Sweet- hii heart of Mine'' and it is to be uc hoped that this will be included pr< 3n the program. of The entertainment will take mi it eight-thirty on Friday night yo in the opera house. Tickets are ca] in sale at Duke's Drug Co. and die prices are tWenty-five, thirty- em ive and fifty cents. pri Near HonelTram. SU,; Wreckers are plotting the tai leath of passengers and train en 3rews on the Columbia & Green- en yille division of the Southern wi Railway. Two attempts to ditch trains were made on Sunday poi morning, two miles north of coi Honea Patch. tin Train No. 12, which left Co- ba lumbia at 8 o'clock, struck near tic Honea Path a piece of iron known ! in railroad parlance as a bumper be kunckle, which had been placed on the rail. The pilot knocked it aside without damage, and when the train reached Belton, the engineer told the engineer of train No. 15' which meets No. 12 there to look out for trouble. Moved se by his brother-engineer's caution qu the driver of train No. 15 slowed w; down in passing the danger zone, ar The bumper knuckle had heen bi replaced on the track, where it gi would have ditched the engine if he it had been running at ordinary hi speed. The train was stopped to and the niece of iron nicked nn Tf and carried to Columbia. The so crew of neither train could find to anyone near the scene and there be is no clue to the guilty persons.? Greenville News. V( Big Real Estate Deal. h. An unusually large transaction s, in real estate took place this i week when Mr. R. A. Jones, a \Q wide awake young business man formerly treasurer of the Ratlilf l Dry Goods Company here and e now about to open up a large t general merchandise store in the t< Townsend building next door to o: the People's Supply Company, ti bought from Mr. Macbeth Young four large and valuable lots. The first of these was the desirable space next to Nicholson's bank and in which the park is now h situated. The old laundry site f, was the second. The last two a ' lots are on Virgin street next to v Mr. G. C. May. All these are a desirable locations and are valua- \ ble property. The value of real c estate in Union is speedily going a up and :.this investment, though large, was an excellent one. Mr. Jones stated to a Times reporter that he might build a large storehouse on *tne lot next c to Nicholson's, though he is yet c undecided about doing so just v now. x s J. D. ARTHUR, Cashier. : e lers National Bank, sss at the "Old Stand." it ion. >t link in Union, ntiwr to ?310,400. terest on deposits, inspected ??>" " < olileor. and Safe with Time-I.oek. i the Manks in Union combined. (H ;iT YOUR BUSINESS. | SULLY'S LETTER. iteresting Communication From Famous Cotton Man. The following letter has been ceivecl from Daniel J. Sully, e great leader of the bull marit two years ago. He is collectg subscriptions in order to fight e bull campaign for higher ices for cotton and bis mhoo e which will appeal readily to ery subject in the realm of ing Cotton. Mr. Sully was in >lumbia this spring, and is now the South again in the interts of higher prices for cotton the market. His superb genalship assures almost beyond ubt his success. New York, Oct. 3, 1905. Dear Sir: Higher prices for tton will enable the farmer, d those who are dependent on n, to buy more of your prodt, and to pay more for your Dduct, whether the product be your brain, your labor, your ne, your press, your workshop, ur railroad, your farm or your oital. Your interests, there, will be chanced in proportion to the ce the farmer receives for his ton over and above his cost of Mixtion. ccess, you will help to mamn the price of ?fcharehy abling the cotton farmer to rich himself, and he in turn 11 enrich you. A.ny subscription can be desited in any Bank or Trust mpany in the United States, s subscriber authorizing the nk to telegraph said subscripin to my order. ^nprM?l infnrmotipn fp cnKc/iw s/|y VVIM* in J.VA. 1I1MV1V11 tV OUUOV/i 1" rs. Yours truly, Daniel J. Sully. Union's Liquor Laws. "The city of Union passed a ries of ordinances on the liquor lestion since the dispensary as voted out. In one of them ly person within the city is fordden to have any liquor or to ve any to any other person. If i is not permitted to have it mself, he would scarcely be'able give any to any other person, ordinances! can make a people ber and temperate Union ought contain that people."?Newirry Herald and News. /est Springs Victorious. The Hampton and West Springs aseball teams crossed bats on le diamond of the latter team aturday and the score was 19 to in favor of the West Springs mds. Johns in the box for lest Springs was a wonder and amb, the star" catcher, caught i.1.: i-i. - a- i very tiling uiai came ms way. he captain of the West Springs ;am is Mr. J. Boyd Lancaster, ne of the best local players in le county. Restaurant Moved. Mr. C. Vaughan has moved is restaurant in the building ormerly occupied by the beer ispensarv. The choicest edibles /ill be served there with fish nd oysters in season, and Mr. faughan will be glad to welome his friends as patrons at my time. New Office. Mr. Henry M. Holmes, the real state man, has opened a new >ffice next door to Tinsley's, and vill hereafter transact his business there.' \.