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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
President iiarrie Jordan to the Cotton
Producers of the South.
To the Members of the southern Cotton

To the Members of the Southern Cotton
Association:
"The members of the association have
been appraised through the public press
from day to day of the work done by
the officers of the association at Wash
ington. AS a result Of their charges
the u~nreliability of the reports of the
department of agriculture relating ia
the cotton crop has been fully disclosed,
and the mal-administration of that de-
partment under it's present head has
been made evident.
Following these exposures, efforts
are now being made to divert public at
tention from the main issue, which is.
the imperfections of the department,
toward an attempted prosecution OF
anybody who can be found as a scape-
goat. Their punishment, even if it is
accomplished, is of secondary impor-
lance as compared with the reforma-
tion of the system which has made
their performances possible, and the
purpose of this address is to secure the
cooperation of the members of this
association in influencing in every legi-
innate way a reformation of the sys-
tenn, and a reorganization of the de-
partment.
"The membership of this association,
numbering nearly 1000, 600, included
the producers of the most valuable
product of American agriculture. The
cotton crop of the United States, and
its ~by-products is worth between $500,
600, 600 and $7OO, 600, 600 annually. 1t
furnishes two-thirds of our annual trade
balance, and in it's production and manu-
facture employs many million individ-
uals. No other product of the United
States is of greater or of equal impor-
tances. The practical monopoly of cot
ton which America enjoys, and the mar
row balance which has existed for years
between suficiency and scarcity in the
worlds cotton supply, render the cotton
market peculiarly and acutely s~uscepti-
BILE to the reports of the department of
agriculture regarding the condition and
prospects of the cotton crop.
COTTON GROWERS WORK.
Under the present circumstances a
great duty devolves upon the members
of the association. We are less con
cerned with what has been done by a
few individuals and the consequences
thereof, regrettablc as that may be,
than with such reformation of depart
mental methods as shall secure for us
just and accurate reports in the future.
Under the system at present in vogue,
and which promises to be undisturbed
unless public attention shall be aroused
to the need of reform, the reports is.
sued by the department of agriculture
are, in their last analysis simply the
individual opinion of a few officials OF
doubtful experience and honor by which
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23

of Co. F. and survivors of many COM
mands of the several arms of the SER
vice in the county, we had the pleasure
of greeting among other survivors from
q distance, Captain w. j. Cathcart, of
Columbia, Capt. A. B. Byrd, of the fa-
nous McBeth Artillery, and others.
We met three survivors of the 18th.
S. C.-R. p. Adair, j. Andy Jones and
Thomas Sem.
There were from Laurens: One COM
pany of the 18th, three companies of
the 14th, four of the 3rd, Regiment and
five companies of the 3rd, Battalion.
These were all infantry. OF the caval-
ry, 1 recall these: Companies E and A
of the 9th, A of the 7th, and a part of
B of the LIST,
When it is remembered that in nearly,
if not quite, all of these companies there
were away over one hundred men, we
figure that there we're enlisted from
this county 1000 to $500 men.
This Co-of the 18th, Cos. C E and F
of the 1Ath, are the Laurens troops
that served in the far-famed MCGOWAN
Brigade, commanded first by Maxcy
Gregg, who fell at fredericksburg.
This brigade was composed wholly of
South Carolina troops, to-wit: The LIST,
(Gregg's old R%egiment) 12ta, 18th, 14th,
ard Orr's Rifles. 1T formed a part of
A. p. Hills Division, or the immortal
Corps of Stonewall Jackson, from the
Seven Days Battle to the fall of Jack
son at Charlottesville.
After Charlottesville, A. P. Hill
commanded Jackson's Corps to his
fall in attempting to rally his troops
upon the breaking Of the Confederate
lines at Petersburg in the last days of
the ~Confederacy.
1t fell to the lot of this grand old
rigade-McGowan's-on the 18th of
May, 1864, at Spottsylvania Court
House, (after Grant had assaulted be-
fore daylight with overwhelming force
and captured the salient, afterward to
be known for all time as the Bloody
Angle,) together with Edward Johnson
and his Division of $500 men to retake
and hold this place for 18 hours under
the most awful musketry fire known in
the ANNALS of war. There is now in
the Meseum of War Relics in Washing
ton, >the stump of an oak, Is or 20 in
ches in diameter, shot off here by
musketry alone. The late Col. /. F.
Hunt, of the 18th Regiment, who COM
manded the Brigade for awhile that
day after the wounding of Gen. Nc
Gowan, in a graphic description of the
battle of the 18th of May, says that
there was a large hickory cut down
there in the same way, and that for
many hours the lines were only sepa-
rated by earthworks of a few feet of
thickness. That when the Federals
would reach their guns over the works
our boys would frequently grasp them
near the muzzle and turn the fire to
the rear. But our boys, true and tried,
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the value of the cotton crop may be,
and has been, affected as much as
$75, DOC, 600 in a single day.
mo such power should be delegated
to any individual, or statistical board,
except under conditions which guar
antee the most in%corruptible expert and
intelligent opinion, arrived at by the
application of the most scientific
methods and safeguarded by the most
scientific precautions. 1t is, therefore,
urgently recommended to the members
of the Southern Cotton Association that
through their representatives in con-
gress, and by every other means availa-
bic to them, they exert their influence
and that of the association toward Sc
curing the immediate reorganization of
the agricultural department, especially
with reference to its reports on the cot
ton crop, and that their representatives
in congress be requested specifically to
demand: Q) The establishment within
the department of agriculture of u bu-
reau, to be known as the cotton bu-
reau, charged specially and solely with
the duty of reporting upon the cotton
crop and all matters concerning the
staple. (2) The appointment as the
head of that bureau, at an adequate
salary, of Il man whose reputation
and antecedents SHALL be beyond re-
proach, and whose familiarity with cot
ton cultivation shall be an additional
guarantee of his fitness. (3) An or
ganization of the bureau so established
upon thoroughly scientific lines, as we'll,
insure no possible bias in favor of either
hny'or or seller, or producer or manu-
facturer can be pre-supposed or as
serted. Gay The passage of a law that
will be more specific in it's scope, and
under which government employees can
be prosecuted for giving away or sell.
ing valuable information as has been
done in the statistical bureau.
"We have no doubt of the zeal of the
officers of the department, but It seems
to be as misdirected in this crisis as it
was in the antecedent period. All the
powers and infiunce of the department,
of the lawyers and of every man of the
government seeems to be devoted to
the attempt t~odragneta lot of irrespon.
sible spectators. That there have
been for years leaks in the department
is as well known to the trade as the ex-
i~stence of the department of itself:
but these are insignificant as compared
with the fundamental mismanagement.
At this time, however, there is a man
ifest endeavor to divert attention from
the radical errors and deficiencies of
the department itself to the thieving
propensities of a few unworthy officials.
Let us not be mislead by any such mis-
directed energy. Let us reform at the
top and not on the side. Let us root
out the offenders, cleanse the personnel,
change the methods and renovate the
department from DOT to branch. Then
the cause of cotton and good govern
ment will alike be served in Roosevelt
tian fashion.
~(Signcd)
"HARVIE JORDAN,
President Southern Cotton Associatino.
ORCHARD CHEATHAM, Scc'y."
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SCHEDULES
c. N. & l.. Railroad Co.

Schedule in effect November 2lst, 1904 /:
No. 81 No. 81 No. So
Passenger Mixed cX- Freight cN-
Daily ccpt Sun cept Sun
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held these lines till Grant and Meade,
after hammering ten days from the 9th
to the 18th, pulled up for another flank
movement.
These great battles at Spottsylyania,
C. H., with the great battles of Fred
ericksburg, Charlottesville and the
Wilderness, all in ~Spottsylvania county,
make this one of the great, if not the
greatest battlefield of the world.
At the Gettysburg national cemetery
there are buried something over 5000
dead. At the Fredericksburg cemetery
there are 16, 600 Federal dead.
The writer having been badly wound.
ed at Spottsyleanin on Sunday morning,
the 9Th, (where Kershaw's Brigade, af.
ter marching nearly all of the night OF
the 7th, met in a short but desperate
and deadly conflict, the two divisions OF
Warrens's Corps repulsing the enemy
with the bayonet and dubbed muskets,
lay at the field hospital a mile to the
rear for a week, and was in easy hear
ing of the battle of the 18th and knows
we'll the part that McGowan's men
played.
Gen. Gordon tells, in speaking OF
Lees prescivnce in foreseeing the OBJ
ject and intentions of his antagonist,
that in the evening of the 7th, at the
Wilderness, while both armies lay
wounded and bleeding from two days OF
terrible battle, that he, Gordon, said to
Gen. Lee: Grant will retreat tonight"
Lee answered: ale will be at Spottsyl-
vania in the morning." Longstreets
Corps, with Kershaw in front, marched
nearly all night to meet Grants van
guard in that desperate Sunday MORN
ing battle at Spottsylvania.
For the martyred dead who could not
answer roll call, it may be said:
lyon marble minstrel's voiceless stone
In deathless song shall tell,
When many a vanished age hath flown,
The story how we fell.
Nor wreck, o change, nor winters
blight,
Nor times remorseless doom,
Shall dim one ray of glory's light
That gilds your glorious tomb"
o. G.. 7.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
Reunion OF Company F, 18th S. c. V.


Mr.. Editor: i had the glorious privi-
iege of being with the old boys of this
famous command in their reunion at
Sandy Springs Church, on Saturday,
the 10th. Everything seemed propit-
ious for the occasion. Who ever saw a
more beautiful August day? Who ever
saw a better ordered crowd? With
good roads, and the air made most
pleasant by recent rains, everything
seemed inviting. "A large crowd was
on hand. The good people of the vicin-
ity had made ample arrangement for
the comfort and pleasure of their
guests. Barrels of ice water that
lasted all day, with dippers attached,
free for everybody to drink. Then
there was lemonade and ice cream.
That sturdy, big hearted old Veteran,
Capt. j. P. Sloan, presided, assisted by
Veteran j. p. billiard.
The proceedings were opened with
sacred music, led by Miss Lula Black
well, and prayer by Comrade j. o.
Templeton.
tiiS Si tiIS gaining vi JIG IOli
by Sergt. McKelvy, of Greenville,
while Sergt. j. p. billiard (from the
records of the company accounted for
the "~absent."
Seventeen of the old company was
present.
(Comrade j. ID. Mock tells me that
II of his old Company E, of the 18th,
were present at their reunion at Wood
ruff OF the 18th, while 13 of Co. C of
the same regiment answered at Union
Church on the 12th.)
After roll call came an address by o.
G. Thompson, of Co. G, Sd Regiment,
followed 10y M. P. Patton, Esq, of
Cross Anchor, also a survivor of that
company.
Here at the request of Comrade Dill
lard, o. G. Thompson read a narrative
by Col. Joseph N. Brown, of the 14th,
who commanded the Brigade at the
Bloody Angle after the w%ounding of
Gen. MCGOWAN and Col. Hunt. This
was a description of how McGowan's
Brigade retook the works after the dis
t'oSSi w oiiiio III LIN Soity iloti III
of the 18th of May, and in correction of
Gen. Gordon's book, published after his
death, in which he, Gen. Gordon, gives
to troops of his command the credit of
r%e-capturing the salient, instead of the
troops of McGowan's Brigade to whom
it rightfully belonged.
A splendid dinner, with an accom-
paniment of hash, was served by the
good ladies of the neighborhood.
In the afternoon Mr.. f. P. MCGOWAN
made an eloquent address.
Dixie and other martial airs of the
Co%nfederacy, by Miss Blackwell and
young ladies, added much to the occa-
sion.
The meeting closed with when the
Roll Is Called UP Yonder."
Besides Comrades Snead and McElvy
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Power OF sulphurio Acid.

An instance OF the great dissolving
powers OF %sulphuric acid Is furnished
by an accident which occurred in the
chemical factories at Mulhousc, AL
SAGE. An operative was blown up into
the air md fell Into a trough filed
about three feet deep with smlphuric
acid, the temperature of which was
found to be 81 degrees c.. ten hours
after the accident. The death Of tho
man was only proved by the discovery
of his c%aoutchouc respirator, muzzle,
two porcelain buttons and other insol-
uble articles. Everything else had
chemically combined with the acid
London Engineer.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23

"Homc, Sweet Home" Pnync's song,
was originally n number In the opera
"Clari, the Maid of Milan" II produc-
ton brought u In 1923. The opera
was II failure, n nothing Is now
known OF 1t save tho IL song, which
became Instantly popular. Over 100,-
COO copies were sold In the first year
Of It's publication, md the sale In one
form OF another has been constant ever
since the first appearance OF this beau
tiful theme. The melody Is n Sicillnn
folk ong and was adapted to tho
words by Payne himself.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
RcnsonnbIe neoucst.

Judge-Have you anything to say
before 1 pass sentence upon you 2
Bank Wrecker-Yes. Don't the rules
allow you to take out time from my
sentence equal to the length OF that
miserable speech my lawyer NADER
Cleveland Leader.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
Spoiled Her Beauty.

Harriet Howard, of w. 34th. St.,
New York, at one time had her beauty
spoiled with skin trouble. She writes:
~ had Salt Rheum or Eczema for
years, but nothing would cure it, until
/. used Bucklen's Arnica Salve." A
quick and sure healer for cuts, burns
and sores. % cents at Laurens Drug
Co. and Palmetto Drug Co. 48-4t
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
EVIL of EnmiIInritr.

"a good friend" said Captain Bill,
"ls the greatest blessing IL man can
have. But men are like canal boats In
lois of ways. and II doesn't pay for
either men or bonts to get so close to-
gothcr they wear ono another's paint
oT."-Newnrk News.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
Easy Way.

81 want to do something that will
draw out the conversational abilities
of my friends" said the hostess.
That's very easy" answered Miss
Cayenne. "Give a musical."-Wash-
ington Stnr.
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w. L. BOYD. Laurens. S. c.

Who sells the l.. & M. Paint, Knows
it for a fact, that the l.. & Nj. Paint
has the reputation of being the leader
all the world over That its actualcost
is only $1.20 a gallon.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
M NNCnac

Shells there any insanity in the
SnobDs family! IIc-No. It's too bad
there isn't. 1t would give them Il lcgit-
innate xcu for some of their actions.
Detroit Free IrcsS
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23
1t Sometimes Happens.

Ills WIfe-You're home Mt last! I
thought you'd never come. Mr.. Out
late And absence instead OF making
the heart grow fonder has merely af-
fectcd the temper.-New York Press.
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Simple.

She-Miss Stify had always vowed
n would never marry. How did she
happen TO change her mind2 He
Why, some II proposcd.-Dctroit Free
Press.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-08-23

All n has to do I'm order to secure n
good nights rest is to wear n night
cap. We are assured that the great Sc
crct Is TO keep the head warm, and
then one may sleep like II top,-London
Draper.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19

Mr.. Fether" W s. Hart was the original Mes
sals In Ben Hur," and more recently was with
Home Folks" He has been leading man for
Nine. Modjeska, Miss Julia Arthur, Miss Mar
garet Mather and Nine Rhea. Mr.. Richards
gained fame as the old farmer in a Temper
ance Town and other OF the late Charles H.
Hoyts farces.
c. B. Dillingham; has specially engaged Wal
lace Brownlow and Miss Louise lie Baron for
the cast OF "Boccaccio." his next Fritizi scher
revival. to follow "Fatinitza" at the Broadway
Theatre.
Buster Brown" and Tige will play special
school children's matinees' at the Majestic
Theatre every Friday afternoon, beginning on
February "a, the curtain rising at 3 p. m. in
order to allow pupils Of the public schools, who
are dismissed at o'clock that day of the week.
TO reach the theatre in time to see the whole
show.
THE Dummy Shop" is extravaganza to be
presented by the Central Branch. Y. NJ. c. A.
on Washington's Birthday at Association Hall,
Brooklyn. The production is made up OF play
and specalities using hfty-two people and TAX
ing two hours in presentation. 1t is being
coached by Ed. A. Morris, professional stage
director. The incidental music will be furnished
by the full association orchestra of twenty-six
pieces, and the solos and ensembles are under
the charge of the Orpheus Singing Club The
cial work director Tickets are on sale at the
association office No 5O2 Futon-st.
The following plays will be performed by the
students Of the -Wheatcroft Dramatic
School at their next public matine at the Gar
rick Theatre on Friday: "A Bachelors Wife,"
by Miss Alice Yates Grant; The Devils Woo
ing by Mrs Florence G. Ruthven; When the
Wheels Run Down." by Mrs. Maud NJ Rogers;
The Picture Hat" by Llewellyn c. Humphreys.
The Free Kindergarten which is supported by
the Anne Brown School Alumna Association. is
doing an excellent work at the Jacob A. Riis
Neighborhood Settlement House. In teaching
little children. keeping them from the streets
and relieving their overtaxed mothers. the kin
dergarten has been so successful that the alum
ne beg cooperation in helping them to raise
the amount still necessary 40 complete the
requisite 400 a year and to add 10 the
doWment fund, thus placing the kindergarten
q self-supporting basis. For this purpose an
entertainment will be given on Monday after
noon at o'clock at the Manhattan Theatre.
The committee has been fortunate in obtaining
the following artists: Miss Myra Kelly. orig
inal stories; Mrs Clarence L. Graft soprano;
Hans Kronold. 'cellist; G. Aldo Randegger, pian-
ist, and L. Rogers Lytton, formerly Of Mrs.
Patrick Campbelrs company.
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts on
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19
PLAYS THAT HOLD OVER.

PLAYS THAT HOI-O Wv EIN
LYCEUM-"Mrs. Leflngwelrs Boots; funny
and well acted.
CRITERION-Francis Wilson in Cousin
Billy; mildly amusing.
HUDSON-"S -"Strongheart"; popular with the
young and an exploitation Of football.
BELASCO-"Adrea." with Mrs. Carter at her
best matinee Wednesday.
EMPIRE-"The Little Minister and "Op o,
Me Thumb" displaying Miss Adams's well
known personality Last two weeks
HERALD sQUARE-"The Woman in the
Case" by Clyde Fitch, with Miss Walsh as the
star of two or three theatricaIly effective scenes
GARRICK-"You Never Can Tell" by G. B.
Shaw.
MANHATTAN-"Leah Kleschna," with Mrs.
Fiske and fine company; one Of the seasons
successes
BIJOU-Warfeld. in the popular Music
Master" Matinee Wednesday.
GARDEN-"The College Widow" a genre pict-
ure of Western college life, natural. highly di-
verting and immensely popular.
MADISON sQUARE-"Mrs. Temples Tele-
gram; farce, well acted.
ACADEMY-''Sweet Kitty Bellairs," a strong
and entertaining comedy, capitally acted and
beautifully put on the stage. Last two weeks.
MUSICAL PIECES THAT REMAIN.
COLONIAL MUSIC HALL-AIixed BILL vary
ing in worth, in a very comfortable house.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19
COSTS s. TO MAIL A LETTER.

Five dollars for a postage stamp 20 carry a
letter from Bogota United states OF Colombia. 20
the United States OF Auericat That IS What Il
costs-in paper money-ond al tine necessities OF
life cost accordingly The financial situation OF
the country is perilous in the extreme, and the
new President General Reyes, VIII have dificult
task. II IS feared. 10 place matters sound
basis
Writing 70 the treasurer of the Presbyterian
Board OF Foreign Missions. an American now in
Bogota explains the causes 90 tee financial dis
tress Of the country He says that twenty-five
years ago Colombia coined b1tl gold and silver.
which circulated az par But tle law allowed all
debts % De paid In silver. and, that medium being
the cheaper. lt was short time only before sold
out Of use and became subject OF specula-
tio1 rather than circulating medium
In lSS5 the government began the issue OF paper
money and made IL legal tender for al public and
private debts Then paper did for silver Just what
silver had done FOR gold In years 10 took three
paper dollars 10 buy one gOld one. and prices for
everything had gone up at about the same rate
4 civil called for the issue OF more paper
money. with the result that L took I'VE paper dob
lars 10 buy gold dollar. Silver was then driven
entirely out OF circulation and practically 81 the
money OF the country was paper TIE climax
came as - result OF the civil war o, 1ses-ls4 which
called for the Issue OF so much paper money that
for the last year one sold dollar has cost Eoo n
paDsrs-lChicago News,
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19

patra-" Vaudeville owes more to Edmund Day.
perhaps. than 10 any other one artist Not
alons Soes he present many OF his own uttla
plays but he has written many others that are
being used By well known performers The ons
he Will present this week Is entitled The Sher-
in.' The scene is laid in Arizona and II has
the breezy Western swing to It. Music VIII oa
furnished by the Mes-StavOrdale Quintet. d.
rect from the London Hippodrome. Among the
many things they do instrumentaly is the re-
production OF the human voice The "VIlsSs
Choir is one other musical number. The rest
OF the bill viii be made up OF such entertainers
as Stuart Barnes, Colby & Way, Maddox &
PrOuIy. Parker's dogs, Female DrummerS' Quar-
tet. Reed & Shaw. Carmen Sisters. John Zirnmer
and the -blOgraph.
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19

The American Academy of Dramatic Arts on
New-York tribune., 1905-02-19

The week at the Irving Place Theatre will
open with a repetition (for the last time this
season. Of Gorki's study OF low life in modern
Russia. entitled "Nachtasyl" C'The Night
Refugee The impression made at the first
performance of this work. on Thursday last. was