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Eutered April 23, 1903 at Picken, S. C., n secuoid class matter, under nt of 0oigres of March 3, 1879. VOL. XXXVI PICKENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1906. Far'liers' Union Bureall of lInformnationi. -Conducted by the South Carolina Farners' Educational and Co-Opcrative Union. Conmmunications intended for this d epat nient should be addressed to J. C. Stribl;ng, Pendleton, South Carolina. Direct Inquirer to these Oflioors of State and National Farmers' Union Will be Answered With Pleasure. Giving al Information in their Depart inents. National Fartners' Union. President National Farmers' Union Atwater, Georgia. Vice President J. E. Montgom, ery, Gleeson, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer R- H. Mc Cullough, Beebe, Ark. South Carolina State Farmers' Union 0. P. Goodwin, President, Lau rens, S. C. B. F. Earle, Secretary-Troasurer, Anderson, S. C. M. A. MahafTy, State Organizer, Willianston S. C. Farmners' Union Bureau. J. C. Stribling, Chairman, Pen dleton, S. C. T. T. Vakefiald, R. F. D. Pendle ton, S. C. Joseph Kitt, Pomaria,, Newberry County, S. C. J, D. Williamnsf Phoenix, Green wood County, S. C. W. C. Moore,Groenville, S. C. * R M 11 cent is low water mark for Farmers' Union cotton. It don't matter what cotton reports are nor who makes them, 11 cents is the minimum price and don't forget it. No matter who is right or who is wrong in thoir quarrels among Maadik the Cotton Associa tion and the Farmers' Union, we are to have 11 cts. or more, or there is no ",rade for sure. About how many acres of cotton have you seen this year that won't pay for the guano used at 1.0 cent AL. cotton? Do you know who it is that goes ( about shying around getting up those cotton reports you hear so much about? About six times out of seven he is a little sneaking sly rascal that knows well how to do ruch jobs up to the interest of cot ton bears. Present prics-10 cts. for cotton is justified by Governmeit reports; this basis of Government reports would call for over 11 ets. for cot ton. 10 cts. is big room for spec. ulators. IDid y ou over see a teacher send a boy out for a swvitch to whipi himself with that he did not bring ?back a sorry switch? If he did not bring back a poor switch you may as well write it down that that boy was a fool. But still we now and then hear of merchants giving in bearish re ports - to etton buyere whor be must surely know will use this club to hammer down prices to the ruin of his own customers to whom he expects to sell their accounts whether prices are profitable or not to his customers. The whole truth about tile erops i8 the very thing that these shrewd cotton manipulators don't want S-they report a large lot of farmers that are making as much or more cotton this year than they did last, but they etop right there and don't enquire for the facts in the case. The large maujort.y of these men have increased their own cropa of cotton by planting lands that were cultivated last year by tenants or ?others, while their whole farms 4will niot average much above half last years crop,. 0 * * lBrothren, he0 of (and cheer- Thme Dark est Hour of thet Night are Said to lhe .inet Hefote Dnay. We have goodl news comling to cheer you up that can only be given you undeor door1s. Many theories ave been ad vancod as to what would be the best plans of getting your cotton directly to the spinner upon the cheapest plans. But sooner or later many of these have been shown to be theories only and have offered no practical solutions of the problem of direct trade with the spinners of our cotton. All along we have been bambooseled into the belief that it was abso lutely necessary to have a tremend ous capital put up for this busi ness, including personal investiga tion by some of our best business men, we are convinced that every bale of cotton carries within itself sufficient currency or capital to de. liver it to the spinner anywhere upon the farce of the earth. * * * All the bluff and blow about it being necessary to create a large capital-like cotton speculators have to do-be!ore cotton grow*,rs can have a direct channel of Itrade with the spinners of the world is a fallacy. Close investigation of the cotton trade, as carried on by many, will reveal the fact that pro ducers of cotton have all along furnished the capital In the way of cotton margins itself sufficient to conduct the business. Don.t talk any more about the producers of cotton having to have more money than he already has in his own cotton bales in order to go into direct deals with spinners. A way is being opened up to the Farmers' Union for direct trade with the spinners that is beyond doubt the most practical and cheap est plan ever offered and is abso lutely sate to all parties. Mr. Alow Pay. We heard a merchant remark some months ago, that he found out that a certain party who had done some trading with him was mighty slow pay, and that for this reason he did not care to sell him goods. And yet this man had it in his pow0t to meet his obligation as promptly as any man in the community, and he might have stood as high with business men as any one of his fellow citizens, and instead of having them shun him and refuse him credit, he could have caused them to seek his trade, and do eire to sell to him. Of course, he was not a rich man, but he handled ready cash enough to live like a gentleman and to move in the best cirles. The remark of this merchant impressed us and made us feel that it was a great pity for one to be careless in the management of his financial affairs. It is so unjust not only to a man himself, but to his family. It is impossi ble for them to have. that social recognition that they would have were their.parents prompt in meet,. a feeling among people that such a man Is wanting in honor and that always hurts. And then: it pots a man to great disadvanitogt, in the matter of making purchases. Not only is his trade not wanted' but when he makes a purchase, he usually has to pay more than the man does who meets his obligations promptly and cheerfully. A Certain Cure for Croup Used for Ten -Years WVithout a Fanlure. Mr. W. C. Bott, a Star City, Ind. hard ware merchant, is enthusiastic in his p raise of Ohn mberlain's Cough Remedy. His children have all been subject to eroup and he has used( this remedy for the past ten years, ando though they much feared the croup, his wife and he always felt safe upon retiring when a bottle of Chamberlin's Oough Rem ody waso in the house. Hlis oldest child was subject to severo aIttalcks of croup, but bhiB reedy never failed to elfect a speedy mure. He has recommended it to friends anid neighbors and all who have used it say that it is unequalled for croup and Whooping oungh. For onile by Piokens Drug Co. Sore Nipples and Chapped Hands PIE&IMAGE CASE-3 TAKEN UP. Higgin.s, Hilton and Atwell Not To Bo Prosecuted, Pens-acola, Fla. , Nov. 28.-After a lapse of two days., during whicli lime other caws were heard, the U. B. COtM Tuesday resuned the eon sideration, of peonage cases, andl the ,eneral conspiracy indictnent against W. B. Haarlanr, 0. W. Irmata Robert Gallagher, Oscar Sandor, E. Ncewldep, Archie Belylinger, Hur ry Halverao, W. E. Grace, C. C. Hilton, 0. E. Huggins and, Johi At well, ier allget Conspiracy to com nit peonnge, was called. The district attorney announced that the government would not pro :eed agaitst Hilton, Huggine and At well, and an. order of severance was entered. Manager Harlan, of the Jackson Lumber company, had already been :onvicted upon this charge, and coun iel entered a plea of abatement, but the prosecuton demurred on the ,round that it was an entirely differ :nt case, and the demurrer was sus tained. The jury was then selected xnd testimony began Wednesday. EDWARDS HURT; MAY BE FATAL Father of Congressman-Elect Edwards Fractures His Hip. Savannah, Ga., Nov. 2S.---It is feared 4hat T. J. Edwards, of Daisy, Tattnall county, will no-t survive in juries he received last week. le was struck on the hip by the sw(cp of a s,tump puller and very badly in jured. His left hip is fractured and bie has several interna.l injuries. C. G. Edwards, congresFiman-elect from the irst ecs'ressional dis: rict , has gone to his fatboes bedisfdo. He was in Savannah Tvonday and szate.d that he believed his father was fa tally injured. T. J. Edwards, is a well known south. Georgian. He has represented ''attnall county in the. legislature and has occupied other positions, of honor and trust. He is a member of Mc Law's United Confgderate Veterans, and attended tho reunion here a few weeks ago. HIts friends throughout the state hope that ho -will get. well. He is so badly injured that it has becu deemed i.nadvisable to brng him to Savannah to put him in a hospit al, as his fawily wa.ated to do. Sugar Merger For Louisiana. New Orleans, l.a. , Nov. 28. Plans- to form a $28,000,000 merger of Iwlislana sn.gar plantations and sugar houses were announced Wed nesday by a committee in charge of the project. This committee con sists of Henry M. Mitchell, Reuben G. Bush, B. A. Oxnard, of New Or leans, and Charles Moore, of Schrie ver, La. The Leon Godchaux com pany, owning several of the richest plantations in the state, is one of the baicking interests. 'Phe plans con template centralized management. of the plant.ations, centrally located su gar houses. and erection of a refin cry at New Orleans for handling the product. Short Mourning. A wvell knowvn yachtsman was do. scrllbing a winter lhe spent at Nice. "But the Nice beggars!" lhe said, laughing. "The splendid, sun drench ed Promenade des Anglais, with its ivory white villas on one side and the blue Mediterranean on the other, is al ways haunted' with these beggars. "One of themn accosted me one morn ing as I came Out of the Cercle Medi terranee, a fashionable French club. "'Monsieur,' be said, 'ne little son, for the love of Ireaven. My poor wife Is strvying.'...., "'Why, looh heNo,' s tid I, 'e1yUlss week I gave you some money to bury your Wife, ad now you tell me. that she is starving. How eon that be?' "'But, monsieur.' said the beggar, '1 have a mew w1fe now.' " A Suals RD"ash. 'The following epitaph is conied from a tombstone in Brandon, Vt., marking the grave of a cbild who died at the age of a few days: Sweet maid, she glanced into our woyld to see A inmil of our misery. She turned away her languid eye T'o drop a tear or two and sigh. Sweet maid, she tasted of life's bitter cup. Refused to drink her portion up. Bhe turned her little head aside, Disgusted with the taste, and died. More Than likely. IlomanticelHe (with his arm around her waist)-All this seems so familiar to me, dlarling-the quiet night, the whispered wvord, the tender look.I wondler if it Is a memory of some pre. v'ious existence? P'ract ient ShMIe--No, W'illiam; it Is mnore likely a memory 0of some prlev'ious sw~eethoa rt.--*lteteree. Oldest Baptist Clergyman Dead, Cambridge, Mass.,* Nov'. 28.--Rtev. William IIowe, a cententarian, and the oldest U1apt.ist clergyman in the~ world, died today at his home ini thin City. Dock 'NiI Sc Con'amned. Portau'}, W. I. , Nov. 29. ["rom telegraphic ovders received here from the uvy dp ' aI ment t Vashingt:m,, stopping all work on the old wooden dry (lock, it is believed that this hisotoric structure which hsa held some of the moat famous fight ing ships of three American wars, is to be condeanod. The dock has been in active service since 1850 and among the vessels it has held are the Oonstitution, the ICearsarge and the Raleigh. The original cost of the dock was over half a million of dol lars. In the past two years over $100,000 has been expended in un successful efforts to make it service able and there is understood to be official opposition to spend any more money on it. Four Men Burned to Death. St. Louis, Nov. 28.-FPour men were burned to death and probably 35 wero injured in a fire early on Wednesday that practically destroyed the Lighth'ouse hotel, conducted by the Salvation Army, at the north west corner of Ninth and .Market streets. .\lore than 200 tnen were asleep in the building when ihe fire was discovered, IIe grcacr number being on Ihe second and third 'loors. All became panie-tt.ricken and before the iirem en arrii' and could stretch nlets, mrny had jinped -rou the up per windows and werc picked up crushed and nnconscious on the sireet pavement below. The four dead have not bveln Identilied as their bodies were burned to a crisp. One Fireman Killed. New York, Nov. 28.-A fireman was killed and flve other men were more or less injured in a mutiny aboard the Mallory line steamer San Jacinto, which arrived here Wednes day. The trouble occurred on- Mon day. The dead fireman was named Pistro Noiscera and death"was caus ed by a blow on the head. On ar rival of the Jacinto at her dock here, Inenuel Conchero was arrested and was charged with the murder of Noi sera. IIistorie Old New Yor'k. Greenwich % illage, in New York city, was first brought into rirominence when Sir Peter Warren, descendd froml an anlcient- Irish family and vice admiral of the BIritish fleet, sett'led thu.re in 1'744. le married Susannah DO I ancey and settled on a fine estate of more than 300 aeres, running friom Christopher street to West Twenty first. It was laid out like an English pavTI$, with splendid hedges and ave nues of 'trees and a fine old mRlIsion, which was the resort of all the quality of old New York. His three daughters all made brilliant marriages inI Eng land. One became the Countess of Abingdon, and her name is preserved in Abingdon square. On the division of the estate at Sir Peter's death the homestead fell to her. She sold It to Abijah Hammond, who sold It to Abra ham Van Nest, and it is still remem bered by many as the old Van Nest house, demolished in 18G5. Among other distinguished persons who have lived in Greenwich were Oliver De Lancey, William Bayard, Washington, Vice PresIdent and Mrs. .Tohn Adams, Aaron Burr and Tom Paine. Barrow street was originally named Rteason street in comp)llment to the great in fidel's best known book, "Age of Riea SOn." Bad Symptoms. The woman who has periodIeal head acnes, backache, sees imaginary dark spots or specks floating or daneing before her eyes, has gnawing distress or heavy full fteling in stomash, faitna spelui, drag ging-downi feelIng in lower abdomSnal or pelvle region, sufl-y satled or exited, Irregular er painful petods, with or with 09t 9tFic .1s suBerin usT9 idifaniis tha i have - Vyt * . t all obqove symptoms are k~yto be present In any case at one time. Ne.gleefed er ba*#ytM red anid such case's Qfen run into. mitI# whiichi de maind the surgeon%h knIf 'f hay db n&ot result fatally. No medkIenexat h,as such a long and numerousF record of ures In auchb cases as Dr. IeIree's Fa,vorite Pre.e,Ftp tien. No medIcine haa suich a strong proOestional indorsemnt of eaeh of itsi a4veral ingredient-worth more than any umber.of oriniary non- rofessional fes timnonials. The very best inigredlents known to medIcal alence for the onro of woman's peenilar aihnenrts enter inoits composition. N~o alcohol, harmful, or habit-forming drug is to be found In the list of Its Ingreditents printed on each bottle-wrapper and att.ested under oath. In any c<miltilon of the female system, Dr. Pierce's FavorIte PrescrIptIon can do only good-never harm. its whole effect is to strengthen invig(irate and regulate the whole femiale system andl bspcially the pelvIc organs. WVhen these are dIo ranged in functIon oir affected by disease, the stomach andl other organs of dilgestlion become symIiipatheticilly~ deiILrage, the nierves are wea'kenied, and Ia lonig lIst of bad, uinpleasanrt symptoms follow. Too much mulst not be expeOctedl of this "Fa vorite PrescrIptIon." It- will inot prformi mIracles' wvIll riot~ cure tumiors-nro mned icline will. It will efteni prerentI themi, If taklen In timre, an th1 iius the ope'ratinrg table andi the surgeon's knife may be atvoided,d W~omenr suff'ering fromi disenses (of long standinrg, are Iivitedl to ('onlsult Doctor PIerce byv letter,' free. All 'correspoeeii. Is held 'as strictly p)rivate and sacredly 'onfidi(enitial. Address Dr. it. V. Pierce, liuffalto. N. Y. Dri. l'iere's Medical Adv'iser (l(000 pagen) is sent free~ on receipt of '21 orne-eent Stiam pis for pa )er-coveredl. or 31 stiis for cloth- -hann,I o' Addesa a .. oe Recommends - - -- - - - - - - Senor Quesada, Cuban Ministe Senor Quesada, Cuban Minister to the Ur an article in The Outlook for July, 1899, by G, speak at the Esteban Theater, Matanzas, Cut lences under the spell of eloquent speech and citement, but I have rarely witnessed such a eulogy upon the dead patriot, Marti." In a Y written from Washington, D. C., Senor Quesn "Peruna I can recommend cine. It is an excellent strer is also an efficacious cure to complaint of catarrh. "--Goj Mr. Will A. Hoffman, IHgorstown, TI Ill., writes: wh1i "I gl1dly give my testimonial with a I the thousands of others who have been th,ai cured by the use of Peruna. of e ''I had catarrh of the head and -i throat. I took cold easily and was faAt dizzy-headed. w r i "I was all rundown and hardly able full to work at all when I began using I,e Peruna. ve "But, now, after using it about six A months l am well and st onrp. QVERCOAT ~ .thi9. Here are two of the a single-breasted boxy garment o er similar but double-breasted. You caz get those splendid Overcoa and fancy fabrics costing from $15 .C design. are in the herringbone mia this season. Remnember that those garments are skillit by some of the finest makers in the countra Sohlosa Bros & Co., and others. The fit is p ty all that could be desiried. Let us show y H. Endel,3 Henry E. Joneos of Tampa, Fla.,j writes :"I can thank God for my present1 I-ailh, due to Foley's Kiney (ure.L: bried dootbora and all kind of kidney m1ies5, bnt nothing dIono me1 much good ill I took Foles 's Kidney Cure. FourTe mottlesi cured1 me, and( I hiave no more ain in my I ack and( shoulders. I amn 62 n vears 01(d, uad sffered long, but thanka o Foleys Kidne y Cure I am welhl and( Sig n'u walk and enjoy myseIf. It io a____ )caeure to recomrmend it to thoso need img a kidnoy medicine.-' Parkins Plhmr maoy, Libert.y, and Pi -kens Drug Co. If you have loat your bo.vhood spirit8, TO couramge and eon)fidenco of youth, woe of- ee fer you new life, fresh oourage and free.-bti dom from ill healt h in Htollistor's Rooky tion. td Mountain Tea. 35 conts, Tea or Tablets, offer. Pickens Drug Co. aregu Th Pe-ru-na. r to the United States. ited States, is an orator born. in sorge Konnan, who heard Quesada a, ie said: "I have seen many aud. in the grip of strong emotional ox. scene as at the close of Quosada'a tter to The Peruna Drug M'f'g.Uo.i dla says: ' as a very good niedi 1gthening tonic, and it r the almost universal xzalo De Quesada. )ere is no remedy in the world eh h^.+ proven so popular for catarrll 'eruna. 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