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rn. ? ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1905. VOLUME XTJ-~NO ya .?nd you'll get tho quality which weare, ae well as tho corra ot style. ? 0?ft? to s?b wy you. -, TO FOR > " ^ ^ - AT T&IE -= I . ^ WW ajo^wor? Shoes al; any prioe, vfh$a you can get f A SS*!!^. ^e ^U ??y ."Solid tother 8hoea." no m*ift? ??ow L ^ Orr^ ^ft Ve^ ?tr01'^ *ine ofBOYB and QHILDBEN'S f .y;^W>^-aadwoaw.pioud.?6 8lateihatwohold end contioi tho ? '3/2*^; Bfaoe. Brad* in tho Cit7 ?nd County of ?ndenos. We > not only eell hut know how St ?,ho most Gorier feet, and there- * ^Thejre, aw;fi*An&ni#?j^ 3?^?N^?MS1?^^ ?ewpn^?n?ii f& hiiUi^eMCehUdTen ^ 4 tfoz,"* ;:Sto:tjp; jpow miod>. Buy. your Shoes in %hw Store*. L -'^^l^^ ?su. w - . v Tho Far mers1 EtacailoE*! and Ce-Operativo ??rioa of America CONDUCTED 07 tl. C.STRIBLINQ, ??f- Com nnU cations intended for thia deperluient fahould be 8d<ir*>med io J. O. ?tribliog, Perdletcn, S. C. Important Announcement to Farmers' Union Members, AU Farinera' Union men eboald bear in mind the fact that the annual elec tion for new officers for all local and county Unions is near at hand, and also remember that in tho near future wo aro to form a {State Union. Wo remind you of the fact that the success or failure Of tho Farmers' UMOU depends lnrgvly upon the quail- ? flcatlons of enoh and evory ofiicer in ?your local. County and State Unions. If we got tbe wron g mon in a position along our lino o? progress or? road to success will bo rough according to tho obstructions in it. If there ia a rough or nresing cog in ono of our wheels onr machinery will not mn smoothly. We must now begin to look forward to . eur annual elections in earnest desiri, to put an our beat men into placeevvi hero they aro moat needed, .regardless of where they come from or .whether they are fa von tea of oura or not. We want men in these posit iona to work for the good of tho Fermera' Union and it should not bo looked upon ao positiona. of empty honora! we want live, energetic men of good aonnd principles, good grit, and good judgment in all oarpositiona our Unions). Wc do not need men In : our impor tant positions, to Just simply recopy tho positions or alt down on their dig nity and honor and take the dry rot themselves aa well as give this con tagious disease to the whole thing around them! . . If yon havo read ?uv constitution ? need.not tell you that no ofiicer can be re-elected to succeed himself in the name position. We ore all down and ont On the nest election. Thia nomina! annual election will afford a splendid opportunity ito, all those who have aeon fit to ? crltioizo their brethren who have held impor tant posi lion o to take hold and ~. put better men in harness, which we are nure that , all present enc nm bo nt s should feel very much relieved. oiner- -jut mose impoitant work he Sore u? lies along thia lino nf educat ing farmera up to know the impor tance of farmers' .organizations, and bow they may beat come together in t:hese organizations, and become prent help to. easlv oth-r, we ssbcsUatingly eay that the most, important positions tc bo ittl?? at onr ann uni eiectiona are the men who are to be responsible to Unions for tho farmers' columna iu our newspapers and oar lecture bureau, ! which Includesotir organizers! : These important men must be, above all men, f ni ly qualified to know w -lat is wanted by our farmers and how to obtain the I things needed. ^ Our lecture onreau rana bur press [ men should he Of firm convictions and: posaoBG tho ability to take their posi tions among the people end maintain/ their positions with credit and honor, to themselves and the Farmers' Union against any and all oppositions. We want men to master oar farmer?' columns in our newspapers that wilt hew to the line at every lick, > let the obipa fail ns they may. Oar press men should have the manhood to .correct their friends that are going ?Stray to our Union principles aa-he would an enemy who fights our progress, i These men that we put forward aa our lecturers, organizers sad 'writers ? have ;ih their charge oar principles HQ Farmers' Union men and may., fal **? in their '.work1 nt times in order to court popularity as a stopping stone for e?me political < er other position .outside of our Union, and I have put aU on notice that whenever this is the case tho man that does it is )an enemy wlUn^ oar own raaka. Menial Ang?i ?t <?c??wS a^ Haif Ceait , Now, that the sotton speculator did reduce tho market price of cotton in tue face ot government and other ?j???btia indicating higher prices for cotton, all . ye o* little faith and leas manhood that have been lo3ing sleep OV?I these forced bearish prices of the cotton, and have in consequence there of suffered great mental anguish, we arise co make a move th*t we charge atleatt l?i cent* per pound for nil cot ton now on baud. Resolved 3od, that wo do not ccu? sider that we aro making- any breach of our prom'?? aai^w considering ll vw$t* ^briayine we feel that some of cor limbsr-knced brethren have suffered immensely from montai anguish io consequence of the forcing of cottou down in price I>y tba rapecu?atof?;.',?nd thsfeV we faft ^ojdd "otoi te ^^demiM^r/ar -^ai lo^at^l. a. enforced ui?ntal anguish upon our timid bre?hren?^^^^^li?|T^^:, \ ''^^^^^^^^^^!\^^: ?btia^^ anything done for their interest tho ^Fa^ers-nor^ people for that matter-can do but Htt&for te^ i?at*^^ crattem^ concert of actionjKSjroer'^ protect theircommonlot?tf?sfe, while the great f ???EX ers^w?ciwm wed Trnat?d to their t?CFamer8W?&vn titian; ?old dme aa?* UWfc farmera ?iready 'tkouw?|t? l' fy>i^)?^^a^ohe^attd*iin6w>?? our . bod)?/ .wliti^at?d'?tb?t' in ^o&r. Janott^ ?fgwja.*ffirjtt imtoiemeate t ?nd ;.; other timos the amount of capital that ia represented in all the manufacturing .interest of our country. And yet we .stand about complaining of the unjuBt things done the farmer as though we wero weaklings and not able to take care of our own interest. History hae recorded tho fact? mi:ny iinicj that in many instances a more haudl'ull of well organized men have put to flight largo armies of men that were not well organised or disciplin ed. We see the affects all around us in our every day lifo of concert of ao- ! lion in communities for any purpose. Thoy ihat would control others must first control themselves! t Face the issue ??foro /en-ooys.con trol yourselves flrsir ana then you can control the world. Farmers, atop grumbling and argu ing *bnut small things and go to work. Organize-^organifce first-then all o'.he: things will no easy. Dd not let tho little things in our every., day producers get in our way and obstruct our way to obtain' the great and good things in our reaoh. Organize! Organize! GEKEHAL ?EWS. J - The American hens laid twenty I billions of eggs last year. - 700 Armenians attacked the Tar tar village, killing over 400. *w Andrew Carnegie bas given $10, 000 for the aid bf the distressed Jews in South Russia. - Three one-legged men were elected as mayor of as many different towns on the upper Ohio.: -' The oanvaasipg board in New York has found many inaccuracies in the oount of votes east in the muni cipal election. - Columbus, Ga., had a $150,000 cotton fire. A much heavier loss was narrowly averted when the flames were gotten under o?ntrol. -...'^ - JameB C. King, of Chicago, gave $2,000,000 to establish a home for dependent old men. Work will begin on the buildings soon. - MayUth, 1906; has * been select ed as' the dato for the meeting of tho Southern Baptist Convention. The place of meeting has not yet beso ohosen. i. - A jury in OhiosgG on Wednesday, give MioB Mabel Bolanda verdlot of $15,000 against John Q'Noill, ft for mer alderman, for a breach of promise of marriage. ;;'vV>~rF?ar. ?remisent white men of, Hattiesburg, Miss.j have been arrest ed -uu ino charge or complicity in tho lynching of. two negroes, Ed. George and Ed. Brook. ?- ?Jim Walker, colored, was con victed in Atlanta of committing an assault on a white woman three weeks ago and was sentenced to hang De "Comber 8th, -*-^News has obme from Mexico that tho United States Steel Co^p&ny, has purchased tho famouB solid j run mountain at Durango, thc richest- of ;its kind in the world. -- Vraotically all the powers hive . aoopptod the invitation of . Emperor Nicholas bf'Rossie td tho second peace conference, which is to bo held at The Hague in May next. - Ooh J. M., Clark, brevet briga dier general in thy Confederate army, for; ? number. years agent of the. .Heaealero. ^vaehe Indians off Now Mexico, io dead. H? fi? 72 years of ago. r*-- Mendel Rawak, a ?lerk at the Kimball House cigar SUnd in At lante; was shot in the hip by Frank B. Meadbr. Hid wbnbd is said to be serious. Meador walked away and has ;tfw^?n. fbuod.;;'.. - BVbn Grover Cleveland has been i^ttab with the desire to go^baok tb tho far tn" and has pur chase d estates in wow Hampshire to. which ho may retire to rest from tho strenubsity of sots va life. Lota o? others aro doing the same thing. ?:?'Att' : Atlanta man ; wats g on tes ced to one y oar- o imprisonment it?V'-tt??'! penitentiary because ho would not pay hi? wife's fanerai CK pen sos. The un der taker i ndio ted him for obtaining goods under false pretenses, aol his conation and sentonoo followed. Two men ^entered a pit . bf the Midvale Steel Works io Pennsylvania and by means' of a leak 30,000 pounds blmo?ten steal poured in on them. AU traces of tba men were complete ly efiuiaed. The steel eompany will bury 8,000 poundo of steel ont of ro spsct for tho men. - It is stated that; the Japanese government baa decided to imme diately issue ; ?7 ne^r foreign loan of $260,000,000 at 4 per cent. which will ce used partly for oonvertiqg thb bi? ternal 6 per bent loan and partly for tho redemption of the in ter national ?0ft^:>;:.?V;. . v',r -~ The inhabitants of the Isle of Pinos; h ave declared, their, ; i nd e pen - debee of Cao* and h?ve7 ergenira'-r*. new government as a United States ?ttory.v? A, delegate 0? 'If?t?f* ^r?i be sent to Washington in order t? have Question s : affecting the future of the island discussed before. the Hobie of Representatives. ; - west snpnUfd with tho luxury for arrived Ufn St? Penh ^reseMa^t oash order-of $13,000 seat cast? ?Staate boase of tb? : Minnesota ea'^ftal^he carload eggregated half ? million packages, 2,600,000 eticks. roam in the Old Johnson home at XBX Pi^ii ?"oh ?* to be taroed into a nospiiaUe a memorial to the Confederate hero for the Toception or Mr?; Jackson abd Will ioriia the widow of .iba faMHraBlef tain to oe ||ito|*r\^ a i?w n'Bw may ?ea flt. " .^^B?SE^' STATE NEWS. - H. Logare Smith, a prominent farmer of Lee County, died from the effects'ofa bito hy a oat two weeks ago. - F. W. Wagner & Co., Charles ton, S. 0. reoeotly received a oargo of coffee from Rio Janeiro. There wero 12,500 bags. - A son of Clem Gordon at Rock Hill, who is about a year and a half old, foll into a well 20 feet deep, but was rescued unhurt. Tho oity of Greenville has re oeived $120,406, the prooeeds of tho recent bond salo, and all floating in debtedness will now bo paid. Miss Lilla Quigly, ono of tho toaohers in tho Mcmminger Normal School. Charleston, died suddenly in her school-' Jin of heart disease. Mrs. John Ilinson, of Lanoaster County, fell into tho firo a few days ago with her baby in her arms. Both were so badly burned that they aro expected to dio. ^ v - The Spartaoburg grand jury re turned two truo billa against Charles O. Smith former chairman of oounty board of control, charged with offer ing and with aooepting a bribe. - It is rumored that a negro living on the Tooker plantation near Plum Branch recently found a pot contain ing about $2,000 in speoie, which waB buried about two feet under ground. Congressman Johnson reoently secured pay for horses taken by Fed eral soldiers from J.. L. Brockman, Greenville County, Mrs. Louisa J. Balantine and LCW?B Martin, Lau rene County. D. C. Murphy, who was sent to the penitentiary for life for the mur der of Treasurer Copes of Orangeburg County, and who co cap ed, has been captured in Swainsboro, Ge., and will be returned to the penitentiary. .-- Aaafe in Barr's dry goods storo in Greenville was robbed o? $20 and some valuable private pspeirs by Ja?. Mack, formerly porter of the store. He confessed that another negro is implicated with him and he will also bo arrested, ??* An old family Bible owneu by Col. Jae. Daniel Pope, of Columbia, was captured at the. fall of Pert Boya!. It hsB since -been in the pos session, of a chaplain of the United states navy? who will now return it to its owner. -A tree being felled by W. H. Rast at Bowman, in Orsngeburg Coun ty, fell on Bast's nine-year-old son? killing bim instantly. Bast did not know that his son was nearby until the tree began io fall when the boy ran, direotly under it. Tho YcrkviUs Inquirer says ... ..J ID ??55 drunkenness ?a..Yorkvi?ie than wfaeu tho dispensary was there, and the situation along, the roads bas vastly improved. Where drunk mien were formerly common pu all the outgoing roads, especially on Saturday afternoon a, , there are but few to be seen. A negro by the name of ?on ?. part, living near Society Hill, Csp tared a wild turkey some days ago. The fowl waa chased from the forest by e los end upon reaching the house - of Bonapart, whioh was near by, the ! ohQBo was interf opted hy a eotter deg. : The fox returned*? the woods, but the turkey being almost exhausted. ' took refuge in some shrubbery: ana was easily pioked up. - The etib and bern of Mr. J. F. 0. Soruggs Who lives in the western part of Cherokee County WOB burned Wednesday evening.entailing a loss of throo cowa and ali tho corn and forage of Mr. Scruggs. The insurance\ oe 1 the destroyed property amounts tb* $110.00. Tho; fire is thought to have . been the work pf en! incendiary,- This ls the third fire which has occurred in that vicinity within tho last twelve months. Some of the books of the Union cotton mill sro missing, end the board bf directors have offered a reward of '?1,500 for th^lr return; unmutilated. This is the mill which got in suoh bsd I Shape on account bf the speculations in cotton of T. 0. Duncan, its former president. The salary of 910,000 a year allowed Mr. Duncan bee been stopped, and he wta requested to move his offioo from tho mill offices. r-; J. Bl Patrick, court crier and a veteran of the' Civil war, has gone to Orangebarg to attend a reunion of ?'Go?fadarato ?eterass being held ?uar?. Ho wai a member of, the Fifth cav alry, Butler's brigade, of tho 8 ou th Carolina Volunteers, C. 0. A.,. and bas not visited Orangoburg since 1864. The .visit of Mr. Patrick tp Orango borg recalls e remarkable feat that ho formed at the battle of Bigsley's ia ill, while a prisoner* . He got away 'from his guards, and eeiaiog the lan* yard of a cannon pointed at a close mass of Federal soldiers, exploded the gun and killed forty-seven men out* [right, while wounding many. In tho j confusion he made bia oaoape.-Char lestpn Fest-; IQ?h inst* - Mrs* Ann Bumbalow, died at the home cf her daughter, Mrs. J? F, lier, in Greenville Wednesday morn ing. She is said tb have been the oldest woihaa?? in this country, having be>,m born lu 17?7 in Gwlnetfc County, Georgia. For the last few years she ! isl made her hone with her daugh mtMhb bad seen many changes in ??s -;eenntry?' VAt her birth the *r*t president was st M living and theses* ond president, John Adams, wae the chief executive. Shs had varied ex periences io bef long life apd was an .intiriog^worker. She w?e- ?1 -only shoat; en hoar and it is eaid that it -ABE MADE IN ALL THE CORRECT jr Sack Goats Single or Double Breasted. 9 Belt-Back Overcoats, Single or Doubreasted GREAT COATS, j Chesterfields, Top Coats, Etc. ? . i If you wish to be clothed in the latest styles drop la and take a look nt "Eclipso" garments. Sou cannot do better, and the price will snit yon. FOR SALS BY _ ? uu Formerly W. A. Power & Co., WANT YOUR We are now ocoupying two rooino, which enables us to handle Goods in large quantities. We want your trade IKS* cana?1 we can give you value received for every dollar7? worth yon buy from ut. Below we give prices on a few ar* tides which ls in keeping with goods throughout our Btom t ; ,' 1 j ... i 1 1 1 ? '. ' j g% -; Best Patent Flour,; 1............. .,$5 60 Best Half Patent Flour............. 4 60 v Hog Flpur (sound and sweet)........ 8 50 Winter Grazing Oats............... 60 R.B. P. Oats.... 05 Best Green Coffee, 7 Iba..... 1 00 \ White Fish, per Kit. 65 / Mackerel,per Kit................. 1 10 Wo handle everything for mau and beaut, aud thinh will like to trade with us, J. "L. McOEE. 204 South Hain St. W. A. PAwnn D. S.^VANDIVER. J; J. MAJOR. E. ?. VANMVEK, VAN?lVEB BROS. & MAJOR, -DEALERS IN "VeliiQl?s and Haafoiess ! Please arrange to let us hare balance on Baggies by 1st November, and it wili bo highly appreciated. W^h?ye ? targe and well-selected. stock of BUGGIES a jd HAR NESS, and would like io sell you oe y tiling in our Urie when in need. Yontattuly, IVER BROS. & MAJOR.