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Cotton Growers' Associa-I tioc. % Annual Reorganization and Reelection of Officers. President Harvie Jordan, of Sit- cotton association, lias issuer! the lollowing: The annual reorganization and <e? eolion ot ail the officers oi ?l?e Southern Cotton Association to all the C'tton growing conn li? s and parishes is near at hand \11e election ol officers and deie lit w lor all the civil suhd-.vis i<<i s, to.vnships, militia districts au ! school precincts, as they are iillVrent ly lerined in the several aiuU'.g, will hike place on the li si Saturday in I) cetnber. Farmers, merchants and bankers ?" ? urgently requested ir? m *et mi that day at. their local me-?t in it points in the various sec Hons ol the county and eho se Irani one to live delegates to represent their county organiza lion. The county or parish meeting will be held at the county aeat on December the 9th, or the tollowing Saturday. These dele gates will then perfect their conn ty organization by the election ot ollicers and the selection of from one to three delegates to repre aent their county or parish at, the TV a i vr on ueposit Your money. How Some Persons Have Lost Considerable Sums by Not Putting Their Cash in Banks. Spartanburg Herald. A Mr. Fowler, a farmer of Saluda county, had nearly one !h Usand dollars stolen from him week, in the usual manner, so >o speak. Mr. Fowler had sold atraekot land and, instead hi depositing the money in a dhnk, took it home with him and ibid it away among some oats in jus barn. Next morning when be went out to the barn to see inw bis money was getting on he Jpuml it missing. Day* alter day the papers report instances of a similar na tare and yet people go on hiding their hard earned money in old jocks, old jugs and I lie like and tick in cracks, old boxes, trunks and such receptacles, at once a temptation and i n in i at ion to %hiev( 8. Many such instances have been reported from this state. Green wood county has furnished two or lor^e within the last tew years: who nil Hill mail Wilt' Kt?pi *hout $3,000 ill an old broken pi'Z under bin bed. One fine day be left the house for about an fcour, something he was never in the ((habit ot doing, and when he returned he found half ot hits savings gone. The robbers had considerately left him half. llis u.;,a ... ? _;?:_ 1.1 fiiui \y n n }il (1 J* Ule. The second was a native who kept Home $000 more or less in an aid trunk. lie may have bragfed about it. At any rate one day some one struck the trunk with the rod of "give it up" and rite money gushed forth into rtrange hands. It was never recovered. Another member of this family fug in the habit of carrying his teueral ??Hte meetings. The stale meetings will be held at the differe ?t state o * pi ta 1 -? on January 3rd, and the delegates i?u chosen by the county organ 7. a'ioas on D -oemhnr 91 It wd led their s I a e officers lor 1900. , ltd also the members of the ex ecutive committee of the Smith, ern Cotton association on the 'mine basis of representation as lor 19^5. The executive committee ot the national ortriniz at ion so chosen will meet at Hot Springs, Ark , 011 the third Toes '.ay in January, 1900. PROMPT ATTENTION I'KUKL). Farmers throughout the cotton t>?*ii ere urged to promptly att? 11 1 this call on the tirst Satutday in D cernber ami get the machinery oi the lo^al orrruiiza'ion irt mo n 1 . T .A 11 a 1 I /<n uon. rouow mo cun^rent meetings up nnd let the associaiion get (?u a sound systematic and substantial basis. Members ol the Farmers' union, and other organizations are cordially and earnestly invited to join the association that every farmer in the South may cooperate shoulder to shoulder for the one pur pose of handling the great staple crop of the south at profitable prices to the producers. The p ess is earnestly requested to publish this call. money around in his capac ous breeches pocket. He went to see "the show" one day and was re lieved ol his healthy wad, hut b.\ " some strenuous work on the part of the officers he got hack his money. Instances might he multiplied, | but these are near home. They I urn auffii'iMnl In ctnnr tl>ni rvw. v ll> ' " ^11" " L II rt I llf'licy hid away at home is a mighty un' sate thing. Deposit your money in a hank, in your home bank il you have one, and if not in the nearest bank to you. Even if a man is content with his sayings and never wants to invest, he should carry these savings to the bank. " There might come a time when r he wanted to get help to make ' an attractive investment, and il : so he would find it all the easier ? because of his bank account. J And, a fact woith consideration, 1 the bank account helps him to economize. There is every argument in favor of depositing your money in a bank, and not one lor Hiding it away about the house or barns. M t Thanksgiviving Joys. f The Almighty Father has blessed our Southerland, bountifully, l his Season. Our fi? Ids have yielded their increase. Cotton is King once more, and is doing his best to make the land smile under his beneficent, reign. Let us lie glad. And rejoicing ourselves, do not let us lorget the hundreds ol ti ot little fatherless children gath ered into our orphanages. s L"t ns make this year the best \ that they ever had. q Send good stores of corn, flour, <i meat, syrup, eggs and butter. a Send money that answereth all e things. t In our own plenty, do not let v ur forget to npread the table of I AiTf nAiint n r a UM DUUDLd-LU BEDSTEAD, 48 IN. rhe famous 70-in. rollBedstead. A bargain For a leader, we can fit you u] rhe old time Split-bottom Chair )ur price 70 cents. The regular n stock. We have the largest, ] ind are trointr to surnrise vou vvi ?o away pleased. Remember th ind get particulars. T e Underselling Store. hose who have no'hi tr It was Job who sai : 411 I hav. ?aten iiiv m r-*l invselt alone ind the Failn rle-<- have not e i'en hereof, tie i 1 1 tnii.e arm fall rom the shoulder b! ?do and mine inn be brok n irorn the bone Mining Machinery. I I Dr. E. C. Brasington Buys l Lot of Machinery to Develop his Gold Mine. The Charlotte Observer, Satur lay says: Dr. R C. Bra-i- irtoji, of Ker hrw, 8. (/., has pur< based *?! the Viihemina Mining Company. : |uantity ot niaHr >rv, e-Mis>Htinj: ?l drills, boiler, ft mp mill. etc. nd this equipment will he mov(I to Sont h Carolina a' < to o and ised there to develop a mine "Inch has just been opened on he laud adjoining the well ?$2.40f ; $4.5of :> a complete Oak Suit, bureau, w: for 45 cents. An open cane bol $1.25 Oak Rocker at $1.00. A g newest and most complete line of th the rock-bottom prices we are e handsome $50.00 Suit of Furnit Williams-Hi known Hallo property The' Wil eminn n ine is locale 1 in I'aw Cre? k townBliip s >me -ix miles out ir-.m Charlotte I).-. Brisinjrioii in a well known phy sician of Kershaw who lor years has been interested in mining development. > The Emperor and Empress of Germany have lei it he under stood that they w.ll not receive presents of any kind on the I WPTl t V fl It 11 nrinirurooi'ti ? ><" ... J iniu v "I *11 n? ? wedding, which will occur next year. Notice. For the information of the public, I hereby give notice that I have received a communication from the (tovernor of the State to the effect that under the Dispensary Law, whiskey shipped into the Mate, in I lie name of a firm or in the name of a person oilier than the person claiming it, is liable to seizure. Persons desiring whiskey for personal use, can order name shipped in his or her own name, provided it is marked "for personal use." It E. VVylie, Nov. 7th lflOfi. Mayor. RNITURE urniture.. vve have some of the best bargains ever offered in odd BUREAUS 1 A solid oak Dresser for $5.00, 600, 7.50 and up to $1850. Big stock of Side Boards ? prices in reach of all , $10 and up, no dining room complete without a sideboard. T Here is the greatest bargain ever offered in A LOUNGE Something1 everybody should have and they j* are now going like hot cakes. Old price $5.75, now going at $5.00. SSMHSSS All colors. We also * have the Valour and Leather Couch, $10.00 wGBhy and up. Mahogany parlor suits and in odd ishstand and bedstead for $9.90. Ltom Diner, regular price $1.00, ood line of Willow Rockers now Furniture in Lancaster county giving. We guarantee you to :.:re we are giving away. Come jghes Co. The First National Hank of Lancaster, S. C., Solicits Recounts of individuals, llrms and corporations, and offers to depositors every facility and courtesy consistent with sound banking. \ Interest allowed on time deposit. Safety deposit boxes for rent. Col*- > i respondence solicited. . a K M. GAOXTON, Cashier. | CII AS. I). JONES, President. / I -s I INCACTED Si I'UCCTCD kniiwiiw kit IW V*(IL?) 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