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THE SENTINE JOUR NA Eutered April 23, 1903 at Piokeus, 8. 0., as socond olass matter. under act of Cougress of Marob 3, 1879. VqL -~XVJS 1FIEdI, OUTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY APRIL 9 100 -8,2 Burei'au of ' FamrsIniform n --Condtseted by the South CarolfnR I.arners' diWational and co-operattive U"10o1. Coniwuonteations inti.nded for thisdepa ment should be aiddressed to J. Q. Strinling, eldieton. South Carutiia. GOOD. The amount of fertilizer tags sold in 'South Carolina up to March 1st Is eighty thousand tons less than same date last year, and one hundred and twenty thousand less than year before at same date. There are several reasons for this shortage; among which are the deteirnilnation among those that were forced to sell cotton bolow the minium price to pay for fertilizers. Another class have not paid for last year's fer tilizers and neither the dealers or this class of farmers care to trade more until last crop has been settled, and many that paid cash for fertilizers do not care to .sell out their cotton at a loss on cost of production and use the same money to grow another crop, with fair prospects of get ting a uch less than cost out of this years crop. To all those that have not sold cotton it is like exchanging a good and safe lot of bales of cotton for a very uncertain lot of acres of cotton in the field. Indications point this aftermath of the recent pan ic as forcing conditions u'pon the farmer that will ultimately re sult in his good instead of in JOHN u A IAHOUN KNEW. In digging lown in the ar chives of the old Pen leton Far mers' Society for material for our history of this grand old far mers' institution, we find that John C. t-alhoun iade a speech bfore this society in October, 1843; his toast being: "Agricul ture: The Most Important, but the Depressed Branch of Indus try." At F rt Hill, where Mr. Cal hioun lived and farmed when he macde this speech before the Pen dleton farmers' Society, is loca ted Clemson Agricultaral Col lege, that grand institution that, was planted there to teach farm ers sons the sciences of farming a di educate the youths of the craftsmen of the soil bow to ele vate their calling to that stand ard where the agriculturist of. this age may arise to that posi tion of power that will enable these sons of the soil to down ainy efforts to oppress the farm ing industry that Mr. Calhoun alluded to in his address 65 years ago. Thle Farmers' Educational. and Cooperative Union of Amer ica may accomplish this work; help us do it. Your local or cmunty union is about as good as its members make it. Good material well put together makes a first class . abouse; though we have seen some shackly buildings thrown togetIlpr out 'of good material, and . .'ome good buildings well m out of very ordinary ma terial b~y men who knew their basiness. Farmers' Unions are built on similar plans. -Our Farmers' Union need men with unusual ability for - organizers; we need men with (iplomacy, strength and conser vatism, who posess the tact to do effective work is welding the different factions of our farmers into one harmonious compact of the whole. The time for orato rial spread eagle speeches and resolutions of hell and damna tion to Wall Street and cotton exchanges has passed. We have got to get together and do the right thing first ourselves then we. can approach others with a clear conscience and win out. Abuse, bluff nor slander, can ever bring strong men of worth into the union. We must have good men to go after good mon. UNION NEWS. State President B. Harris Is now stiring up things in Union, Marlboro, Orangeburg and lower counties of this State. When you want a speaker or an organizer In your section start at It in time to complete the arrangement in due time for effective business. Arrange for only one good speaker from a distance, it costs too much to send so many, and besides you have not the time to hear more than one good speak er from a distance. Splice out with good local talent, you've got them! Advertiso the place and hour for your meetings; then open up business to the minute; if you have but five men on hand when the time comes go at it. Not one of four meetings we have attended commenced business in less than one hour late; at one meeting when the railroad fare was paid on two speakers from a distance, the members did not arrive in time to hear five min utes talk from their speakers be fore the train arrived to take the speaker to the next place. COTTON. While Congressman A. L. Lever, of S, C., and Culberson, of Texas, are working to estab lish a National Standard for different grades of cotton, we are glad to note in this connect ion that Mr. T. F. Alexander, of Walhalla, S. C., is the first expert cotton grader froni the cotton school of Clemson Agri cultural College to report to the fa mers of this state for duty. WThen we consider the fact that it was the movement of members of the Fiarmers' Union that is behind this cotton grad ing at Washington and the cot ton grading course at Clemson too, it is very encouraging to the union to note the good results growing out of farmers' imion work. This working of the grading and classifying of cot ton at both ends of the business should remove all opportunity for rake off here by unscrupulus handlers between grower.3 and. spinners.1 If the extremely large move-I ment of fertilizer to farmers at this time three years ago bore dlown the price of cotton then, why not the extremely small. amount of fertilizers going out nowv raise the price of cotton to day? "Nuf ied."'' The farmers are pushing their work these fine days and will. soon be ready to plant another crop. LIST OF CLAIMS ] Filed in the Supervisor's office for quarter ending March 31,! 1908. American Bridge Co., Chapman ford bgde,..$2,000.00 D. T. Alexander, bridge and road.................. 15.56 same, fodder......... 11.50 Win. Aiken, fodder... 20.00 W. M. Allgood, dispen sary constable........... 64 86 J. T. Aiken, fodder...... 7 00; J. E. Allgood, scraper... 20 00 A. F. Attaway, consta'l 4 001 J. T. Adams, lease of wagon...................... 7 37 W. M. Austin, road work....... ......... 3 50 H. Abercroinbie,con'ble 9 90 W. R. Anderson, road w ork........................ 1 37 J. E. Allgood, scraper... 20 00 A. F. Attaway, con'ble 4 85 W. M. Allgood, dispen. constable......... ......... 80 75 same, same, 84 81 Dr. J. L. Bolt, exam. lunatic...................... 5 00 Bell Tel. Co., rent........30 001 E. C. Bowie, corn.,...... 17 12 A. J. Boggs, salary........33 33 J. T. Bratcher, bridge w ork........................ 4 55 G.W. Bowen, salary,eto 22 70 Mrs. M. E. Brown, C. G. supplies..................... 8 95 C. L. Ballentine, road w ork............. .. ........ 14 00 S. A. Bryant, road work 4 50 S. A. Burges, aid to pan pers......... ................ 9 00' R. A. Baker, road work 4 251 S. H. Brown, do 1 15 G. W. Bowen, expenscs 15 00 J. L. Bagwell, road w ork.............. .......... I 75 'W. P. Baker, scraper... 20 00 W . C, Bramlett............ 25 00 ] W. A. Burry,bridge w'k 11 89 Warren Boyd, aid to old ] soldier....................... 41 00 ] E. C. Bowie, road work 2 00 W. A. Boggs, na'trate 10 00; i Andrew Blackston, road w ork........................ 28 28 .] W. P. Baker, scraper ... 1.8 33 And. Blackston, scraper 20 98 J. T. Bratcher, bridge work........ ......... 2 50 G. W. Bowen, salary... 26 75 S. A. Burgess, aid to paupers...................... 3 00. A. J Boggs, salary........ 33 33 E C Bowie, bd equal..... 4 00 W A Boggs, bd equal.. 4 00 same, same 2 00 WV P Baker, scraper.....30 00 1 M A Bogus, magistrate. 25 001 ,W Boyd, 01(d soldier....... 3 001 G W Bowen, salary....... 26 10 N A Christopher, salary.. 18 75 J H Casey, architect.... 62 00 i A L Cambpell, c. g. sup 26 35 1 Sam Chapman, rd w'rk 2 50 1 S C Chapman, rd w'k 3 75 1 W J Cronshaw, rd w'k 10 00 N A Christopher, salary 10 75 1 T E Craig, bridge wvork 15 00 J J Chastain, bd equal 2 00 J H Chapman, bd equal ' 4 00 Fred Chambers, work at jail..................... 4 00 N A Christopher, salary 18 75 J E Dobson, i 'd work... 10 00 R H Davidson, r'd w'k.. 3 50 W A D<bron, r'd w'k... 3 00] L R Dalton,bd equal...... 4 00 B P Ellenburg, rd w'k 1 530j S B Edens, road work. 5 03 W E Edens, bridge work 16 00 Easley Progress.......... 3 90 J S Fox, lumber......... 31 75 W W Fennell, cutting trees................... 75 il M Fendley,blacksmith 2 75 r S Fox, corn & fodder... 9 25 3 F Farmer, road work 2 75 ? E Farr, road work... 6 00 A Fendley, road work 5 62 vV H Field, fodder........ 7 00 F B Fendley, bd equal 4 00 same, same, 2 00 [olin Gilstrap, scraper overseer .................... 13 00 3 E Grandy, bldg C H.. 1500 00 r E Gillespie, bridge..... 17 85 ' W Gaines, r'd work 5 00 W Graveley, lumber 8 00 ) J Griffith, convicts... 52 00 3 D Garvin, salary, etc 102 77. B Galloway, .lumber.. 6 76 C Garrison, bridge..... 5 00 ) J Griffith, convicts... 52 00 'eterGriffin, C H porter 5 00 r M Gillespie, r'd work, 2 50 N M Gibson, r'd work, 1 00 r L Gilstrap, bridge,... 1 00 3 D Garvin, jury and w\it. tickets............... 757 80 3 1) Garvin, salary,...... 101 97 P Gilstrap, bd equal...... 4 00 W I Graveley, bd equal 4 00 W R Garrett. bd equal 4 00 W M Gantt, bd equal... 4 00 F A Gary, bd equal...... 4 00 N I Graveley, bd equal 2 00 J Griffith, convicts..... 52 00 ) A ,Gilstrap, rd w'k, 4 00 I E Gillespie, magistra, 10 00 I C Gantt, bridge...... 5 88 VI F Hester, constable... 12 20 same, samw, 1 00 I L Hendricks, corn,&c 9 5O Paul Howard, rd work, 3 80 W1,T N Hendricks, guard, 26 00 N G Hendricks, wood. 1 25 I T Hallum, salary, &c 60 58 6 E Hiendritcks, rd w'k 1 50 'ontinujed next week.) Bowen -Holden The latest social function in i'.cens was the marriage on Mednesday morning of Mr. Lobert Holden and Miss Cora 30wen. The happy event was solemn zed at the ho(me of the bride's >arents, Mr. and Mrs. R. A. 3owen, Rev: N. G. Ballenger >erforming the (ernbony. The near relatives and a few ntimate friends of both parties vere present. A delightful vedding breakfast was served. ['h house was beautifully and Lrtistically decorated, the color cheme being lavender and vhite. The costly array of handsome >resents portrayed the high es em in wvhich the bride is held. The (ut-of-town guests were dIrs. J. H-. Morgan, Mr. and vra. B. A. Morg in of Green rille, Mr. and Mrs. T. D. .Nor is, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Morgan, vliss Mattle Mae Morgan, Char Ie Morgan, Mrs. Epps, Mrs. Palls, Mrs. Clayton of Central mnd Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Banis er of Liberty. Mr. Holder is a handsome roung man of sterling qualities, Snative of Pickens, but now leading merchant of Dill vorth, Ga. He is fortunate in iecuring as a helpmeet one so mndowed with the true graces md charms of womanhood as diss Cora. The going-away gown of Co >enhagen blue with hat to natch was mo 4t hecoming to he bride. The happy couple lof t. on the [1.30 train amid showers of rice, >ld shoes and hundreds of good bvishes for a short bsrial trip i the south, after which they will be at home to their friends in Dillworth. County Commissioners Meeting. At a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners last Tuesday it was decided to ex tend the time for the payment of the Commutation road tax of $1.50 till the first day of May, and the same to be paid to the County treasurer. After that day all road hands who have not paid will be required to work five days or pay $3.00. J. B. Fendley, T. A. Kelley, Thomas Anderson, T. W." Townes and Jesse J. Lewis were appointed to inspect and report on the proposed new road from Walker Sizemore's to Porter's Chapel. On motion it was agreed to open the road recently /granted from the Pickens Cotton Mill to Ferguson's Crossing as soon as possible. On motion of G. W. Bowen a road leading from a road near Cross Roads Church by the Lewis Hill place to Gus Green's was adopted as a public road. A petition signed by many citizens of Easley township was presented asking that Thomas Smith an old Confederate Sold ier now 80 years old and his wife who is 75 years old, both of whom are very feeble and no means of support be aided by the County. On motion it was agreed to give eaqh of them $2.00 per month. On motion the Supevisor was authorized to have the court house grounds enclosed with a substantial fence. A petition was presented ask ing for a road to begin at the end of the street running by Dr. Shirley's in Central to intersect the Maw bridge road between Pilgrim's and Rampey'e. Approved Claims and' ad journed. 8-a to TkfiM. - "I can take 100 words a minute," said ono shorthand writer to another. "I often take more than that," re marked the other in sorrowful a'cents, "but then I have to. I'm married." Worth Two Men. "Len made the glee elub." "Why, his voice Is cracked." "I know, but it split the other night, and he's singing duets now."-Yale Rec'ord. And Now He Doesn't. Hlowell-Do you like congregational singing? Powell-i did until the cats in our neighborhood adopted the idea. Dlook Evolution. "Books" hav, progressed from tihe days when they were only wooden rods or bits of .bark. F~or theo derivation whieh connects "book" directly with "beech." both having been "boo" in Anglo-saxon. Is the favorite one. "Buchistaben." the German word 'for letters of the alphabet, means litevally "beech staves." Many book words go back to su'ch vegetable origin. The Latin "liber'." a book, whence comes our "libmry." was properly the inner bark or rind of a tree, especIally of papyrus. The Greek "biblon," whence "Bible" and "bibliophile," meant much the sanme thing. A "codex" was a block of wood, and "leaf" is obvious. A Compromise. A private moldier was taken to the guardroom for being intoxicated. He became excited. "Sergeant, am I drunk?" ho asked of the "noncom" in chargo. "Yes-take off your boots," was the Ireply. "But excuse rne, sergeant," the de linquent continued, "I am only half 4drunk." "Very well, then--take one boot off I" said his suerl.ta. -Lond- Saps