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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
FREE SEED DISTRIBUTION
The Agricultural Department Is
Senting Out Large Bulk of Gar
den Seeda

The largest annual seed distribution
ever made by the government began
last week by the shipment of garden
seed to farmers Of the Southern States,
and will continue until every part of
the country has been reached. The
Southern States, where planting times
comes earliest, will be served first, and
the Northern States last.
The demand for government seeds
by the farmers Is constantly increasing.
In the past Representatives have found
1t necessary to purchase seeds to sup.
ply the demands Of their constituents
and as a consequence the appropria.
ton was increased at the last session
of Congress from $130 900 to 9l7O 900.
This will allow an increase in each
Representatives. quota of seed Of over
5000 packages, each package contain.
ing five or six varieties of seeds.
While the Agricultural Department
is charged with the enormous yearly
task of getting these seeds ready fol
shipment through the mails under the
frank of the members of Congress, i
has been the custom to let the contrac
for furnishing and packing the seeds
to private individuals or firms. Las
year California planter secured tn,
contract, but the distribution Just tc
be made and the one for next yea
will be executed for the governmen
by the New i ork Market Garden AS
ISOLATION. This hrm has leased tn
large building No. 1910 d street
Washington, and is establishing plan
of machinery with which to do most O
the work of packing.
A newly patented machine for film
with seed and scaling tho little Oh
velopes is to be used. Eight of thes
machines arc being installed. Fac
one has the capacity to all and Sci
seventy envelopes " minute, and th
eight machines are expected to do th
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

work heretofore requiring at least lO(
girls. Not withstanding this great abo
saving device, it would be necessary
for the lirm to employ at least enc
hundred girls. This force will bt
worked in day and night shift, and
the plant kept running constantly.
Besides the envelope filing ma
chimes, several other machines are tC
used for making the envelopes. Sew
eral carl 'ads of paper are now stored
in the basement of the building to he
used in this way.
In speaking of the seed distribution
Secretary Wilson said "This distribu.
ton of galdcn seed is not a matter of
particular pride with the Agricultural
Department, but is one of our duties,
and we endeavor to discharge it. All
the seeds sent out will be tied for
yerlnlDation, purity and variety. The
work in the ID street building will be
constantly under the surveillance of
inspectors from this department, and
everything will be done to have the
now to be made better
and more expeditlously accomplished
than previous ones"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

TIE RUNNING OF A FAST TRAIN.-
A speed of ninety miles per hour was
recently made by the Black Diamond
Express of the Lehigh Valley railroad, ,
says the Railway Review. The tram
conslsted of four Pullman cara and an
Atlantic" type engine. The train
was thirteen minutes late at Rochester
junction, and on this run to Manches-
ter an attempt to make up the lost time
was made, and was more than accom-
plished. One section of the road a
distance of 81 miles was made In ex-
actly three minutes and forty-one sec
onds. For the last 800 feet of that
distance the brakes were applied, slow
ing down for train order board. The
first four and three-quarter miles by
actual blue print measurement was
run in three minutes and eight seconds.
This speed was timed by three watches,
| which never left the hands of the men
holding them. The total distance was
covered at an average of eighty eight
miles an hour, and the rate for the
first four and threc-quarters was ex
actly ninety miles per hour. On the
same run the distance between Roches
ter Junction and Manchester, 20.1
miles, was covered in nineteen minute,
and ten seconds. This time was taker
from standing start at Manchester
the speed being reduced to rate O
twenty-five miles per hour through tn,
Manchester yards.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

railway is of the same baseless char
acter. The stock referred to was issued
in exchange for the stocks of the old
companies. Everybody in the finan.
cial and railroad world knows that the
terms were not liberal. Indeed, the
organization was peculiarly drastic
one. Leaving out of account what may
have been originally paid on the old
shares, the reorganization managers
levied heavy assessment on these old
stocks, and also on some classes of
bonds, and the security holders had to
pay these assessments in order to get
any representation in the rcorganiZed
company. The Richmond Terminal
shareholders had to pay $40 per share
and the East Tennessee, common stock
holders had to pay S7.20 per share;
and besides had their holdings reduced
40 per cent. SO hard were these terms
considered that many of the security
owners sacrificed their holdings rather
than accept them, and the reorganiza-
ton syndicate had to step into the gap.
Ii The interstate commerce commission
does not know all this it is inexcusably
ignorant on most important sub ect,
coming directly within its province.
And what benefits have the security
holders who came in under the rcor-
ganlzation scheme received thus far?
They have had no dividends upon their
holdings Of common stock, and today
SIX and half years after the rcorgani-
Zation, they find these shares quoted
IN the market at the munificcnt figure
OF II. When, therefore, the managers
0. the company sought to protect these
against the action of the
interstate commerce commission in
threatening a large reduction of the
company's revenues, they were evil
IDENTIFY doing only their duty. The
commission in denying the request for
:. rchearing might at least have re-
trained from injecting abuse into the
refusal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

ened at the top. Pve been through al
That before, and was not surprised. In
tersperscd with our daily ami nightly
pleasures we have music, good music,
classical music of the great masters
and minstrel music with choruses from
all the band and even my wife, Mrs.
APP, was constrained 10 play the
Caliph of Baglad' - with her first
born daughter-her daughter. Music
is our famiiy's gift, for they all play on
something, and all have voices Tor har-
mony Of sweet sounds. This gift,
suppose, comes from their mother, aud
her touch upon the ivory keys is still
as delicate as when she was lassie of
sixteen. | used to think that l, too,
had melodious voice, and sometimes
would venture to hist the tune in Sun.
day school when the tune hyster was
absent and, like the crow who tried to
sing, | thought did " finely. No.
body else ever told me so, and one day
my wife said that my voice was little
cracked and if she was me she would
not try TO raise the tunes in the church
any more. 1t was a revelation that
shocked me, and have never sang in
church since, or anywhere else There
are voices in chmch choirs of the same
KIND, but nobody will tell them. They
are called talsetto.
Farewell Christmas-fnrcwe old
Santa Claus--while we all rejoice, let
us not forget that Christmas CONNIE
norales the birth of the Savior of men
the nativity of Kris Kringlc, which
means the little Christ child" 1t
Is well enough to rejoice, but we
should at the same time reflect and be
grateful. BILL ARP.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
Total production

| Inc increase in production is still
more remarkable if we consider that
IN 1900 the average weight per bale
was about 225 pounds. BY 1920 it
had increased to 2GO pounds, 1910 to
800 pounds, from which period the
weight has steadily increased until the
present average Of about 506 pounds
| has been reached.
While our producing power enables
us TO supply the world with the raw
material, we view with equal interest
and pride the rapid increase of our
spinning industry. In 1850 the
quantity OF cotton consumed in this
country was less than SOC, coo bales, in
| 1870 it had increased to 900 900 bales,
and last year the takings OF the mills
amounted to 3 500 900 bales
These striking figures are very large
~ the result Of the recent industrial
enterprise of the South.
The opening of the Oriental markets
presents new avenue of trade, of
which our cotton-goods merchants will
not be slow to take advantage.
Briefly, the outlook for the cotton
trade in this country is one of great
promise.
WILLIAM V. King,
Superintendent New York Cotton
Exchange.
The Industrial progress of the South
Is recognized by the superintendent of
the New York Cotton Exchange in his
communication, and IN the same way
it is imprcssing itself upon the atten-
ton OF the whole country. In the new
century sOuthward the star of progress
will take it's course, aud the great field
OF development is here. The building
OF the Nicaragua canal will be another
great factor in the development of this
section. 1t is true that the people of
the North, East and Northwest have
the fortunes, but in searching about
for profitable investment they will find
the South the Diost inviting field.
There is abundant room here for added
population AMI capital, and there is no
other section of the country that Of
Icrs so many advantages TO men and
money.
Maj. John w. Thomas, president of
the Nashville, Chattanooga and st.
Louis railroad, a practical and far
sighted business man, has truthfully
declared that there are associated and
conspiring factors in the future growth
or this section of the United States
that no other country in any age has
ever offered TO human energy. He
thus summarized these factors:
81. The capacity of the soil of the
South to feed five times the popula-
ton it has at present.
90. The large area of its coal fields,
embracing $4,000 square miles that
have seams of workable thickness.
:" 3. The large quantity of IRON ore
found in eight of the fourteen Southern
States.
"a. The ability, by reason of the
chcapncss of coal and iron ores, to
make cheap iron, which is now the
standard basis and meter of civiliza.
ton.
go. The national advantages for the
manufacture of cotton and wool.
"G. The large extent Of forests and
the thousands of industries that will
naturally spring from the presence Of
such forests"
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
THE STATE PENITENTIARY
Result OF the Years Operations
The Permanent Inprover,ar+.

me books OF the State pcuitentiarv
nave becn for the wear Of 1000
ana thc accodhts have been balaiccd
inc report Is now in course of prepa-
ratlon' The figures Indicate that thn
| pehltentlary under the capable man.
| aScment OF Capt. ID. j. Gmnith will
make perhaps the best SHOWING of o,v
| OF the State institutions. Cam, Gri0th
and the board of directors are rcrriv-
ing congratulations from those advised
Oh the results of the Years operations
ana particularly in regard to the per
ihancnt improvements made.
Including amounts spent for pcrmo-
lleiil improvements tins wear tho ins,i.
tulion VIII show Il net earning of S2G
4S3.O', which takes no account of ,he
amount OF corn and other prulucts
from thc talms during The pasl vcor
used al the institution for maiuIcn-
anCc.
Inc year opened with S9.SS& 81 on
hahd. The total receipts for the wear
were $50, ,12G.3G IN actual cash. TThr
total disbursements were S7l.S7n OF
leaving cash balance on Dee, n L,si
OF S3,933l2, TO which amount shouII
DC added the estimated value of 31S
paleS or cotton on hand-Sl3.l2O-
ana S2,9G2 due for convict hire and
oats, making total Of S20,OlG.l2. 70
thls also should be added the follnw.
ing disbursements for permanent i'm
provements, making the nct profits
lrsC given: New prison buidinr. go
fon.oo OF the contract price of &i4 go
rc1ormatory, $1,000; arteSi"n W. y,
81 10; barn, 81 900. gravel roof ON
hosiery mill, $50; new boiler, etc
)! LOO; recovering guards Quarters
Silo; mowers, binders, mules, etc,
~ ,l42. The total receipts we're ac,
tually therefore So O0S.3G
Inc population report will show
that there were Sol prisoners IN con.
iinement at the close of the wear 1SoD
From the courts since that date 24G
were received; II were recaptured
making total of ,O5S. There were
~ discharges, a pardons, % escaped,
70 died and l killed white ,ryu,1 l1
escape, leaving in the prison on Dec.
81, 1900. 795 prisoners.
IT Is hoped that the new prison
building will be ready for The use of
the prisoners by Feb. |. The work is
progressing we'll.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

a historic SITE.-A delegation
from Virginia has appeared before the
House committee on military affairs
relative to the project of having the
government acquire the titles to the
historic site at Yorktown, Va, where
the revolutionary struggle closed with
the surrender of Lord Corvallis. The
delegation included the Virginia Sena-
tors and Representatives, A. o. Mauck,
the owner of the property, and several
members of the Virginia House of
Delegates.
The site includes five hundred acres
and the old Moore mansion which
sheltered Washington, Lafayette and
Rochambcau when the surrender was
consummatcd. AT the hearing me-
MORALS were presented from a number
of State Legislatures asking that tn,
government acquire the place. 1t wa,
explained by those who were heart
that aside from Its historic value, tn,
site was suited for national encamp
ments and for q naval rendezvous, O.
the waters Of Chesapeake bay ant
York rivsr come together near there.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
THE CENTURY IN COTTON.
The Outlook for Our Chief STAPLE
is One of Great Promise.

One of the striking developments of
the South has been in the increased
production and manufacture of cotton
AT this century milestone we are tax
ing backward glances AT the progress
we have made, and to the South gen
orally anything relative to cotton is in
tercsting. In the New Years issue of
the New York World appears the fol-
lowing:
10 the Editor The World:
The close of the present century
suggests brief review of the cotton
industry of this country, the remark
able growth of which--from a crop of
about 5000 bales the year 1850
VIII be shown by a ance at the fol.
lowing Sourcs.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

1t may be stated as an indisDutabe
truth that no man ever succeeded nj
farming who was ashamed of his crOps,
says the Southern FuIm Muyuxinc. 4
man whose farm is 50 poor or whose
uiIage Is so bad that his crops arc
worthless had better abandon his cali
ing and get at something else. If his
land is poor he should cmich it. Ifhc
negccts to work his crops well he is II
failure already. There is an intense
pleasure to the intelligent farmer to so
direct the operations on his farm as to
produce crops Of which he will be
proud. He then rcjoiccs in his
vocation. His mind is ever on the
alert for new improvements either for
lertilizlny his soil or for cutivating his
crops.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO
Some Advantages Which A Modern
Man Has Over His Predecessor.

| onc nunufed years ago man could
not take a ride on steamboat.
lie could not go from Washington tc
New York III a few hours.
He had never heard of q Pullman
palace car porter.
lie had never seen an electric light
| or dreamed Of an electric car.
lie could not make cake of ice as
hig as lump of sugar.
He could not cool himself under an
electric fan or warm himself at steam
radiator.
He could not send telegram.
He couldn't talk through the telc-
phone, and he had never heard of the
hello girl.
He had never seen 4 shirt waist or q
rainy day skirt.
He could not ride bicycle
He could not call in stenographer
and dictate a letter.
lie had never received type written
communication.
No matter how grave crime he
committed, he never could be electro
cuted for it..
lie had never heard of the germ
| '''S'AJ VI "oillCt oNSI DuClll ana
bacteria.
He never looked pleasant before a
photographers or had his picture taken.
He wouldn't have known a complex
lens from gin Hickey.
He had never heard of Neptune and
Ceres.
He couldn't measure the distance be-
tween the stars.
He knew nothing of the chemical
composition of the stars.
He had heard Of oxygen, but would
not have understood an allusion to
liquid air.
He had never heard of the molecular
constitution OF matter, or the conserv-
alton of energy, and did not know
that he was descended from monkey.
He could not predict rain or an
nouncc the coming of cold wave or
a cyclone.
He was aware that there was such
thing as electricity, but looked upon
it as germ.
He never heard q phoncgraph talk or
saw kaleidoscope turn out q prize
fight.
He never saw through a Wcbster's
Unabridged Dictionary with the aid of
a Roentgen ray.
Io had never taken ride in on clu-
vatOr.
lie had never imagined such thing
as typosetting machine or n type
writer.
He had never used anything but a
wooden plow.
He had never seen his wife using q
sewing machine.
lie had never struck match on his
pants or on anything else.
He had never hung up against a gas
post.
He had never seen searchlight or
drunk cocktail.
He couldn't take an anaesthetic and
have his leg cut off without feeling it.
lie knew nothing of geology because
geology knew nothing of itself.
lie had never visited free library.
lie had never purchased ten cent
magazine which would have been re-
garded as miracle of art.
He could not buy paper for nickel
and learn everything that had hap.
pened the day before all over the world
He had never seen Mccormack
reaper or self binding harvester.
lie had never crossed all iron bridge
or travelled in u public omnibus.
He had never sailed through tho
SueZ canal.
He had never used deadly explosive
or tried smokeless powder.
In short there were several things
that he could not do and several thing,
he did not know.--Memphis CONNER
c.al-Appeal.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

a ROMANTIC MARRIAGE.-Chi
Grove, n. G., was the scene, ON Dec
10th, Of very romantic marru,oc in
wh'ch Newberry County had part, as
thc parents of the bride live near
Pnmarla. ~ few weeks ago Miss Cor
nclla Beatrice lIcntz, went from the
latter place to China Grove ostcuslblv
to visit her aunt, the wife of the Rev
Jos. =. Werlz, but aS a matter of fact
and as she soon informed her relatives
TO meet Tor the first time the gentle
man who is now her husband. The
1acts OF TINS interesting episode are
these: -Four years ago Miss IIcntz
ana several other young ladies who
were at Mount Amocna Female semi
nary, Mt. Pleasant. n. c., formed a
close friendship with cIassmatc, Miss
Belle penland, of White Pine, Tenn.
Miss Penland was married soon after
TO Mr.. VIM. Taylor Hale, of Morris
town, Tenn. Her death occurring
within short while, Mr.. Hale naturally
informed these friends of the death Of
his wife and a correspondence grew
out OF the circumstance between each
OF the young ladies' and himself. This
correspondence, begun out of mutual
sympathy and affection for the wife
and friend, soon developed into a
more personal regard on the part of
the TWO leading characters in this little
romance in real life, resulting in their
marriage on the above date at the
Lutheran parsonage at China Grove by
lhe ktV. Jas. q. Wcrtz, the ceremony
taking place at ) O'Clock. after which
an elegant supper was served by the
hostess and at half-past seven the cou-
pie 80 romantically united left for the
nome OF the groom near MOrristown,
Tenn.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

Considerable excitement was created
on the streets of Camden few nights
ago by shooting between w. ID.
Goodale and Allen Dcas in the store
of M. Baum & Co. Mr.. Dcas had
some previous difficulty with Goolalo
and walked into the ore where he
was working, ano aftei ONE hot words
they pulled pistols ahI fred several
shots each. Go,dale was not hit.
Deas, however, was shot in the mouth.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

The tohl number of inquests held
during tho year just closed by the
Coroner of Charleston County was IS,
divided as follows: Murders, 26:
drownlngs, 15; as results of railroad
accidents, etc., Is; burning, 4; mis-.
cellaneous, 8; suicide, g.; accidental
shootings, 0; explosions by lamp, l
justifable homicides, 4.
This country exports nearly $40 900,
600 worth of fruit to England every
year.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

q n - K ~ ia. L a.
Bsars tho ~ Tho Kind You Haye Always Bought
"s'a'''' q &>NAzlIx
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1901-01-09

q "A - REA.
ssars tho ~ Tho Kind You Hae Always Bought
q ~t&AzI&x
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-03
WHEAT A SHADE higher.
Trading Was Light. However,
With Every One on Buy.
ing Side.
Corn Opened Easier and There
We're Liberal Offerings
OF Oats.
Cattle Steady to Weak and Hogs
Weak at S5.75 to
$6.l2.

Chicago. July S.-Higher cables i'm
parted steady feeling to the opening in
Wheat today, and prices We're a shade
higher. Trading was Very light with
nearly every one on the buying side.
September opened a shade to l4M% of a
cent higher at 661s to 66ss. Most of the
trading was around 661sQfsl.
The steadiness prevailed turnout the
latter part of the session and the close
was 1sQl4 higher, al 66is 966l.
Corn opened easier. with country trad.
eis buyingquite freely. The feature to the
trade was the selling by professionals.
September opened unchanged 10 !. of a
cent lower al 46i2 to Il. but the majority
OF the early trading was around 46ss.
Trading was continued With a narrow
range and the close was "a lower at i6ss.
Oats opened shade easier i'll sympa
thy with corn. Offerings We're liberal.
but very little grain was wanted The
buying was mostly by the country trad
eis whilA the professionals sold. Sep
tenlbsr opened shade lower to a shade
higher at 2Taa to 277s. and early trading
Mas confined within these limits
The heavy receipts OF hogs both here
and IN the west cause. a weak opening
in provisions.
No SESSION tomorrow thollday.)
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-03
cHALLENGERs TRIAL RACE.
Tho Two shnmrocks Make Racing
Trinl on Open Sen course.

Rothesay First clyde. July 3.-The
two Shamrocks started on a thorough
racing trial over Il forty-th mile tri-
angular, open sea course. A brisk
breeze was blowing when the start was
made. In order TO give the Shamrocks
fair trial in the open sea a triangular
course was laid out for today's race.
starting at Garrock Head, then to Holy
Island. around Erin. thence out twelve
miles TO the southeast. around Erin
again and reach back to the starting
point.
Sir Thomas Upton invited the report
ers aboard the Erin to witness the rae
ing. but Watson cancelled the invita-
ton. desiring to preserve the secrecy
with which he has endeavored to sur
round all the challengers movements.
The challenger took up position on the
weather bow of the older boat, as she
crossed the line. and rapidly opened the
way, Shamrock L. following in her wake.
At the finish of the actual racing
Shamrock i. led by minute and half.