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For straight whiskies go to Dunker's Saloon, 2O8-2lO N. 2Oth street. between 2d and 8rd avenues. Our leading brands: Sam Clay, Paris Club, Peacock, @l.OO per quart.
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China Expects Too Much.

Berlin, April 2.-Discussing the refusal of China to sign the Manchurian conven- tion. the Lokal Anzeiger says:
 China cannot expect more than the moral support of the European powers"
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Bonds.
Metal Ma -ket.

New york, April 2.-T'ile market in met .,s was steady in all experiments. Pig 1ron warrants were inactive at S9.50@1O CO.,
 per was nominally unchanged at
 cad was dull and unchanged
 vas steady at $3.90Q395.
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Earthouake.

Constantinople. April 2.-An earthquake at Cape Kaliakra. on the Black Sea, on March a destroyed the lighthouse there
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DIR. Y. E. HOLLOWAY,
 Physician and Surgeon.

Three-fourths of the persons who come to me to get cured of Syphilis, Gonorrhoea. Gleet, Structure, L O s t Manhood and other priv ate diseases have tried to get well by using oth- CT means. Why not come as soon as you find that you are afflicted? It
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IN, STOCKS AND GRAIN,

.chases and sales are made direct exchange for which the order is pondents-J. H. Parker & Co.,, c. & Co.,. Purneil. Hagaman 6 Co. rk: Fairchild 6 Hobson, New Or. yare & Leland. Chicago. ,e-First National Bank of ham. First National Bank of la
 PHONE NO. 11l5.
 attention given to orders over e and orders sent from out of the
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Call for Alabama Brewing Company's Extra Pale" and Standard" Beers. On tap or in bottles. Phone 1928

The map furnished our subscribers Is the most complete of Its kind ever published,
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C0THRAN & GO.

of Chicago Board of Trade and Orleans Cotton Exchange. and 2 Alabama National Bank
 Building. leased wires to New York, New and Chicago.
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Dry Goods Market.

New York, April 2.-Business in brown, bleached and coarse colored goods has been quiet. Prices are without change, but the demand Is readily met. Print cloths continue inactive Prints and ginghams quiet and unchanged. Silks in good demand and steady. Hosiery and underwear in moderate request; prices unchanged.
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COTTON CLOSED
 AT NET ADVANCE There Was Sudden Streak of
 Great Activity SHORTS WENT TO COVER Talk of Corner n May Was Not Taken Seriously, Although the Certified Amount of Cotton Will Not
 Exceed 5o,ooo Bales.
SHORTS WENT TO COVER

New York, April a.-The cotton market opened steady at unchanged prices to tn advance of three points, but developed a weak undertono, cables not responding to the satisfaction of the trade here. For q time the market ruled quiet, but sudden ly developed increased activity and strength on buying started by Greek house and supplemented by considerable activity for other substantial houses on investment account. This led shorts to cover freely and prices moved up five to seventeen points from the lowest to the highest figures with May selling from 7.S3 to 500 and being the fl. nest on the list Talk of corner in NJ was not taken seriously, although it l. claimed that on the present relation of D ices between tha Southern and ..gw York malket, the amount of ce titled cotton at New 1orA will not exc, 5O.0oo bales May l.
 The market was finally steady at net advance of two u t,,,l points on fu- lures and Sc advance on ..'.-& Tn movement of co--.i ia.l dad ehI' restrained buyins u sG...e extent.
 New York Apnil s..-Catton quiet; mid ding, s 5-1Jc; i>t receipts, 1851; gi ss re- ceiptS, l4,3,~; srltS U, s."- t' ifo'oeo' 'N ports to Great D. Il iii. to,l.
 Total today: Net e, irtv, iSsS; exports to Great Britola, .Ja exports to the continent. 15,1t, stock. 25S.4S7.
 Consolidattu: Net ct.D.s, 5t,d3, ex- ports to Great Bri,ain, Jl.Si,; exports to France, 93l6; cApo- u .o .he cuAtinent, 37, ,459.
 Total since September l: Net receipts 6417,4S1; exports to Great Britain, 2.45o, o,l5i; exports to France, 5SS, .y3; exports to the continent, 1,o35.530.
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New Orleans Cotton Market.

New Orleans, April 2.-The spot cotton market was irregular today but the de- mand was mostly for .ne higher grades. which are very scarce, and are being held for relatively higher prices. The poorer grades of the staple are neglected. while buyers and Hers are measurably apart in their views relative to equitable values for those grades more in demand Ihe ex- change committee advanced the price TOT all grades 1-16 cent. Sales today 5400, 1n- cluding 1250 to arrive.
 The market for contracts opened with fairly brisk trading in May and July, and with very little doing outside Of those months At the outset prices were very steady under the influence of a slight im- provement at Liverpool but weaker feeling developed and the sevral positions were hammered vigorously to loss of 10 points which in turn was followed by partial recovery, and after fuctuating spasmodically at times finally closed ? to 6 points above the c.osi::s of yesterday.
 New Or'sans tpri' %-Co'tan was steady, w.A ST e'e ij' bnles dlrnry 5%c good ord ary. 1-lcc; low mldd,.ns, 1-16c; m,6dt', ,. Si-i c: SC ,d m.adling, 7-16c; m.Ld IS faii -i,4; :eceipts, 6520 bales; s;ost. aoi.t 2 balcc
 Consolidated .tatt:ter, S't receipts, G5 1GG bales: exports tn nreat Britain, 31, ,s46 bales; to Frame, .3S6 bales; to the continent, 37, ,459 bales. eio k, IJS4S bales.
 New Orleans. April 2.-Cotton futures were steady: April 1.9S@7.99; May, 7so9 7.9l June. 7.s4dD7.S6; July. 7.S1072; Au- gust, 7.6O476l; September. 80 bid; Octo- Der, 7.1Sd7. 20; November, 7.14c7.16; Decem- Der, 7.14G7.16.
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EASTROUNI

F. S. Cannon. Third Vice-President and General Manager, Washington, D. c. s. IT. Hardwick. G. P A, Washington. D. C.
 c. A Benscoter, A. G. P. A., Chattanoo' ga. Tenn.
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DOUBLE DAILY SCHEDULE TO CIN- CINNATI. LOUISVILLE AND
 LEXINGTON
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 No. to Montgomery 5:25 am
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-12
A Horse on the Peddlers.

"Sic-em, Bill!'
The pedestrians on Cadillac Square
who heard this command naturally ex-
pected to see dog respond. Great
was their surprise, therefore, when
they beheld horse prancing along the
curb. He was nosing at n banana
vender, who was eXcltedly trying to
get his cart Of fruit out Of harms way.
The vender kept moving, too, and the
horse returned to his post in front Of
his owners fruit and peanut emporium
to wait for further interlopers. The
merchant has two of these horses, both
of which exhibit wonderful intelli-
gcnce in protecting their owners in.
terests from the encroachment Of no.
madic rivals. 1t is against the ordi-
nance for street peddlers to stand on
the public thoroughfare longer than Is
necessary to make sale, so the horses
are really relieving the policemen on
that beat of an unpleasant duty. 1t is
an advantageous corner, and many
peddlers try to do business there. Tho
horses, which are kept for delivery prr
poses, are stationed at the curb on
busy nights, and when peddler ap'
proaches the merchant slips the weight
and "sics" 'em on. Then he gives the
irate peddler the equine ha, ha.-Dc
trOit Free Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-12
y,ctor,a,s Great strength.

A writer in the Century tells how
Queen Victoria unconscio3sly over
taxed the strength Of her attendants:
'The Queen. in many ways so domes-
tic and simple, was always a great
stickler for etiquette and precedent,
and certain forms Of Difference were
insisted upon in her presence. This
must have tried her ladies in more
ways than one; for, possessing great
physical strength herself, she saw no
reason why they should not stand in
her presence; and they were expected
to take long walks, in all weathers,
with their royal mistress. In later
years the Queens outings in her pri-
vate grounds were taken In Bath
chair drawn briskly by favorste don
key; and a lady who had walked by
Her Majesty's side on various occa-
sions, and who was unable to keep up
the conversation from lack Of breath.
told me that the Queen had appeared
surprised at the occurrence. She was
evidently unaware Of the hardships
that these things were to more delicate
women, for, when she understood, no
body could have been more consider
ate. Kind and sympathetic.
"As an instance Of her thoughtful
ness foreign guest Of hers, who told
me about 1t, was much surprised at
Windsor, one Friday. at finding a
whole maigre dinner specially pre-
pared for her. The service was so
quietly and beautifully arranged that
,tho many courses of the TIVE dinners
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-12
AMERICAS NEW INDUSTRY.

California Erects the biggest Sugar Beet
Factory In tho World.
The American farmer has suddenly
discovered that he can raise with large
profit as good sugar-bects as there
are in the world. and the American
manufacturer has learned that he can
make those beets yield the highest
grade of pure sugar. Twelve years
ago the total production of beet-sugar
in America was 255 tons: six years
later the production had jumped to
$4,000 tons, and year before last ;(l899)
the production was about $4,000 tons.
For 1900 those who know predict
production exceeding 10000 tons,
nearly doubling the output of two
years ago and making the beet-sugar
yield of the country nearly equal the
cane-sugar yield. And thus out of
almost nothing. the United States has
built up sugar industry in half a
dozen years, the output of which this
year will be about double that of the
island of Porto Rico. And the work
has barely begun. In 1898. Michigan
had one sugar-beet factory; two years
later in 1900 she had 10 factories.
In California the largest beet-sugar
factory in the world has Just been
completed, larger than anything in
Europe, although Germany has been.
years at tho business. This enormous
factory cost $2,75O.O0O, and it will turn
out upward of 400 tons of sugar every
day, using 5000 tons of beets for the
purpose and consuming yearly the
product Of 10000 acres of land. Capt.
tai is always shy about venturing into
new Industries. but 1t has taken beet
sugar making to its heart Indeed, one
who reads Of the growth of the indus
try in Illinois. Nebraska. Colorado,
New York. Iowa, Minnesota, New Mex
leo and other states can hardly resist
the contagion of the beet-sugar en-
thusiasm.
At the rate at which the industry
is now growing. it will be only few
years before the United States will
supply her own sugar needs. great as
they are. thereby keeping at homo the
large profits Of growing bects and
manufacturing the sugar. and saving
the expense of shipping the sugar hun
dreds or thousands of miles.-Ameri-
can Monthly Reve" of Reviews.
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New Tancta silks,

Flowered taffeta silks are in much
more subdued colorings than last year,
but are more artistic. They are used
for evening as we'll as for reception
gowns, and oddly enough are COM
bined with plain silk. An exceedingly
smart gown that Is favorite model Of
the season is of light tan silk with
punches of pink roses. The skirt it.
self is strapped with bands of plain
tan silk finished with black tafeta and
hem-stitching in heavy black silk. The
waist is of the silk, in blouse shape,
trimmed to match the skirt with the
bands of pure silk, and showing IN
front n yellow lace over which are
straps Of black velvet fastened with
rhinestone buckles. The belt Is mar
row pointed one Of black taffeta and
the collar black taffeta stock. A
most original design has here been car
ried out, and the touch of black against
the light tan and pink is maryellously
effective. There is In the black, blue,
prune, green and white an endless va
rIety of design and coloring. The blue
is a bright China blue andis the smart
est, tie prune more fashionable than
The blue, and the green deliciously cool
looking, but red is newest Of all.-Har-
per's Bazar.
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ROLLING TEA.

for the force Of pickers to make the
rounds of the gardens, and this must
be done every ten days, or about q
score of times during the season.
An expert can gather anywhere from
ten to twenty pounds of fresh leaf q
day. Some Of the little pickers earn
fifty or sixty cents day, but the ma
jority do not receive more than twen-
ty or thirty cents.
The method of procedure after the
tea leaves have been picked is not a
very intricate one. The crisp leaves
are gathered, as plucked, into Swiss
trout baskets, where they are per-
mitted to lie as looselysas possible lest
they become heated. Each basketful,
US us is brought into the factorZ.is-
:saref1iiy examined i a--besng
weighed is spread to dry in a cool,
clean place. Tea manufacture proper
consists of two processes. In the one
the tiny oil cells in the leaf are broken
and the contents extracted by hot
water, while by the other the leaves
are once more dried thoroughly.
The product of such a method Of
handling is the green tea of commerce.
If it is desired to produce black tea,
two additional stages Of evolution must
be introduced-the withering, or prep
aration of the leaf for rolling, and
oxidation, which involves certain
chemical changes. To such an extent
has mechanical genius entered the
field Of tea production, that the black
tea secured at Pinehurst may now
fairly be said to be largely machine
made. The sitting, rolling, oxidation
and firing are all done by mechanical
process. a phase Of the handling Of
the tea in which the American grow
ers have exercised exceptional care is
found in the curing Of the leaf. No
direct sunlight is allowed to strike the
leaves, either when they are being
withered or during the process of final
drying.
The possibilities Of tea culture in
this country would seem to be almost
infinite. Not only may the standard
grades be raised in quantities, but it
is believed to be possible to produce
some of those marvellous teas known
only to dwellers in the Orient, for the
reason that no means has ever been
devised to successfully transport them
to this country.
1t costs upwards of fifty dollars an
acre to set out and raise the tea plants,
and thousands Of dollars must be eX-
pended for a factory in addition to
the constant outlay for labor. a tea
garden, when once established, how
ever, represents an institution that
will stand for centurics.-The Book
World.
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the pioneer tea plantation established

the pioneer tea plantation established
in the New World.
AS soon as the Secretary of Agricu!-
ture became convinced that tea culture
in the South was not only practicable
but might be made profitable rs well,
he arranged for the institution Of an
experimental plantation in South Caro-
lima. The site selected has proven q
most admirable one. Pinehurst, rs it
is called, consists Of about seven hun
dred acres of beautiful rolling country
thickly strewn with woodlands. About
fifty acres Of the splendid estate were
transformed into tea gardens, and this
apportionment has gradually been ex-
tended. The tiny seeds which had
been brought from the Far East were
left to repose in earthly beds, prepared
and sweetcned with all the care which
could possibly be bestowed upon a
couch Of soil. Diminutive shades were
even provided to screen these babies
of the plant world from the glare Of
the sun, and then the tea planters
anxiously awaited results.
At first the little immigrants did not
appear to take kindly to the foreign
cline, and the investigators became
so discouraged that they were we'll
nigh ready to give up the experiment,
when, just In the nick Of time, fate
smiled, with the result that these
American tea gardens now contain
thousands of bushes, each composed
of many separate stems. Better still.
the practical side Of the enterprise has
commenced to make favorable show
ing. The yield Of the plantation is
increased by one-eighth each year and
the tea produced is so vastly superior
to the black tea which comes over the
ocean that it sells for dollar a pound,
or three or four times as much as the
!mportations from China or Japan, and
thus nets the Government very
handsome profit on Its investment.
But because the ten which has thus
far been produced in Dixie has sold
for three or four times the price of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1901-06-12
their money, and presumably some Of
them will be satisfied with less profit
thor, tl,ic r.hnn nnmnotitinn hannneS

their money, and presumably some Of
them will be satisfied with less profit
than this when competition becomes
fierce.
The United States Government is
now planning to distribute tea plants
free to all Southern colleges that will
agree to assist the Department of Agri-
culture in establishing tea gardens on
their land. Special scientific agents
are being sent out to give advice, and
after a thorough investigation has
been made of the possibilities Of the
Gulf States for tea culture, expert
ments will be conducted in Tennessee,
North Carolina, Arkansas, Indian r.
ritory, Oklahoma Territory, A1iss0 p
and other border States. Z China c,
'c6nd dftions, rainfall and SOIL must
however, all be favorable to conduce
to successful tea culture, and the
American tea growers have already
discovered that it is useless to try to
propagate the pIauts where the winter
temperature is lower than fifteen de-
grees above zero. An average of an
inch Of rainfall every week in the
year is also essential. although 1t is
hoped to overcome this necessity by
means Of irrigation.
One Of the most tedious tasks which
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T uH century which has re-
Gently been ushercd into

IVY HH century which has re-
Gently been ushercd into
existence will see an ad-
dition to the already long
list of reasons why there can
never be repetition of that fa-
nous Boston tea party which helped
to bring on the Revolutionary War.
This new preventive is found In the
fact that long ere the present cycle Of
n hundred years is rounded out, Uncle
Sam will, in all probability, be produc-
ing within his domain sufficient tea
leaves for all the soothing beverage
which his people can possibly drink,
and mayhap will have some to spare
to his brethren across the sea.
That this will be highly desirable
consummation must be appreciated
even by the person who never slipped
q cup Of tea in his life. For one thing,
1t will enable the poorer classes to OBJ
tain good tea at lower prices, and for
another it will keep in the Golfers of
the American people fortune,
amounting to many million dollars an
nually, which now goes to feed and
clothe men and women on the other
side of the globe. Under present con-
ditions every man, woman and child
in the United States consumes about
twenty cents worth Of tea each
twelvemonth, and the immense aggre-
gate sum is divided among the tea
growers in China, Japan and Ceylon,
several middlemen and agents, and the
vessel owners who carry the precious
product to market.
The best feature of the new era
which is coming, however, Is found i'll
the fact that finer tea can be grown
In the United States than in the
Orient. This has been conclusirely
proven by some interesting expert
ments which the United States Dc
partment Of Agriculture has been con-
Quoting during the past few years at
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little Is that of securing helpers "a
wages low enough to enable competi-
ton with the ridiculcusly cheap labor
of the Mongolians. Machinery now
does much of the work Of preparing
the tea Cor market, but the leaves
must be picked by hand, and with all
the economy that can be exercised it
costs just about eight times as much
to secure the harvesting Of pound Of
tea in South Carolina as it does in
Asia. Even as it is the cost would be
greater had not the projectors Of this
initial tea plantation happily hit upon
the plan of employing colored school
children as pickers.
A school house is maintained on the
plantation, and in the intervals be-
tween learning to read and write the
youngsters are taught how to pick tea.
None Of these juvenile toilers can ap-
proach in rapidity the records of the
expert pickers Of Asia, but it is
claimed that they are far more careful
in the selection Of the leaves than
their rivals on the opposite side Of the
world. About three days are required
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has confronted the pioneer tea grow
ers has been that of determining what
species of tea plants give the best re-
suits when transplanted to this con-
tinent. In order to demonstrate this
n number Of miniature tea gardens
have been provided, and in each scme
particular variety is carefully nursed
under special treatment. Thus the
visitor to this romantic nook in South
Carolina may see. growing side by
side, Japanese, Chinese, Ceylonese and
American tea. The difference in the
quantity Of tea yielded by a single
bush presents as wide range in the
case of the different varieties as is
the case in the Orient, where the pro-
duct varies from one ounce from each
bush in Japan, to eight or ten ounces
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AG,:FANCIES)
H@ as@D

Pretty stocks to wear with dainty
lawn waists are made Of finely tucked
white batiste with narrow corded hem
stitched edges.
The small editions of the baroque
pearls have found their way into the
convenient little stick pins, sold fire.
quently in sets Of six.
Linen tints are to be popular during
the summer. Besides in linen itself,
this shade is seen in wash goods,
Shan-Tung silks and other fabrics.
Small bishop sleeves, plain IN style
or laid in horizontal or vertical tucksl
are more generally used with the
spring and summer shirt waists than
sleeves Of any other description.
The popular taffeta Elton jacket, al,
though often tucked all over. is also
seen hemstitched, or even plain. Some
have sn1a,, vests. plain or embroid-
cred, and some are trimmed with lace.
Large rings are set even into shoes,
low shoes as well as boots, which are
laced with ribbon an inch OF more
wide. The rings are three times as
large as the ordinary hole for the or
binary lacing.
A fob chain is now considered
the correct thing for woman to wear
attached to her watch. 1t is small and
dainty, and to be strictly proper should
>aave on the end either bunch OF
seals or q single rare gold coin.
A charming white boa is of white
roses and white lilacs, with chiffon.
There are long ends Of the chiffon held
in at intervals with shirrlng. Small
black rosettes and ends of black velvet
ribbon give character to the boa.
Collars and revers Of lace are sold
TO q great extent They form a very
pretty finish to q silk waist. and may
be picked up just now at low figure.
White lace, Yenisc or Renaissance. is
used, but Arabe OF black with threads
of gold makes very effective decora-
tion.
Pongee will be one of the leadinc
fabrics this summer. Models Of this
old-fashioned and useful material are
elaborately trimmed with guipure lace
of the same tone, and made with the
circular fiounce skirt, and bolero bod
ice over blouse Of fine white tucked
lawn divided in groups with q narrow
fns cream lace insertion.