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? BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. VOLUME XLI---N?. 30. The ; Fanners' Educational ?nd Cooperative Union of| America. CbjiDUOTED BY tl. ?. BTRI8UNQ. ?gS'-jG?mmaioattoDa intended for this department ebnuld be addressed lo J. C. # trihi lng, Pendleton, 8. O. '.B li j ~|-.'nm'.8MB.I. ' Notice. The refuter annual elcctica o? om- ? cera of tbe County Farmers Union will be held at Anderson Tuesday, IGth January, at ll a. m. , This will be the. moat important meeting of the year, and every mern* ber, whether a delegate oe not, should be present as the greatest questions of vital interest to tho Union will be dis cussed on this occasion. At this annual meeting is a good place to correct mistakes of our last year's work, and all who have any suggestions for the good of the Union, this will be the best time to bring euch subjects before the meeting. If you think that the fertilizer com bines are a good thing for the farmer, come prepared to give us Some new light on this important subject, which is beyond doubt the most interesting and toughest problem that confronts the organised farmer of today. Wei!, What Next? By our concert o? action tho great pest, the cotton bears, are new leaving Southern ?cotton iields in baste for tall timber, growling OB they go. While they have not bad as fine harvest this eeaeon as usual, yet they have succeeded in gettina in from $5 to $10 per bale on .something over sis million bales from the unfortunate dumpers, some of whom might have dono better if their poor taitb Tn them selves and the southern cotton grow ers had hot held them off from joining in with the. faithful, plucky crowd that are now standing guard over about two million bales. These retiring cotton bears know full well that they have about gotten up against the crowd that is ?bout as tough a problem as themselves? The cotton farmers that now have this remaining two million bales in their hands are able to hold it until the spinners are compelled to have it; that is the thing they done last year, and they are going to do it again this year. It is a great pity that more cotton farmers' did not stand firm with the strong crowd from the beginning of the season,. and drive the market lip to thc proper place earlier ia tho aau wNow is the time for the ruling ole-' ment of the South to throttle, this reckless element that has heretofore brought disaster to the whole cotton belt by producing iuore cotton than the trade could take. Now is the time for the better, class bf tenters,, land owners any supply men to sosie to gether and use their influence to pre vent trouble by over-production. The only.way to keep theBe reckless cropnere, and others from doing the wrong thing fe for the supply men- and laud owners : to control the situation Uko business men ought to do, and not allow this irresponsible, improvident clase to control tho situation '.hut may or may not perpetuate continued pros? gerity to the whole people of the outh. . The reckless fellows-most of them -cannot plant the land in cotton un iera the owners of the land allowa it to be done, and as a rule when this class pots tho land they cannot culti vate lt in cotton unless the supply men furnish the supplies. Therefore, if there is bad work done in this mat ter and misfortune comes again to the South tho bettor claes of renters, land owners and supply men will he re sponsible for this misfortune. You C???ut ?uy the blame on the improvi dent white men and free negrees! Above all, the safe rule in farming m the colton belt, tho safest thing on earth is to grow everything m tho way of supplies that your landa will grow. Never risk ? man to run a merchant farm-by buying many products to ?row into one - crop-who has not eopugh business or working qualities about his ' make-up to keep himself above cerf do ai. If] Misstatement* of Actual Fads. Never before in the history of the cotton trade h BB nu ch a multitudinous amount of "Beru" dopo and intention al misrepresentation of actual facts been given to the couth through paid advertisements io the columns oif the press and by the distribution of circu lar letters through, - the mails. Opera tors who are moving heaven and earth to depress future contracts and the prices of spot cotton aro cudgeling their brains in the modern art of iug gling figures and making new high record? lo distorting statistics in the supreme effort to make a small yield of American . cotton, take on the ap pearance of a plentiful supply. Han d reds of thousands of < dollars have been expended in the past two mont ho in cablegrams, telegrams/ paid arti cles in newspapers, postage and mar ket letters in an herculean undertak ing to deceive the public, discourage the farmers and local spot holders into rustling the remnant of this crop on the market, unsettle public opinion in the South temporarily so as to break the market and induce liquidation. The spinners have threatened to with draw from the market, which ia aa absurdity in the face of tbeir enor mous commitments of the entire oat put of tbeir mills for the next six* to eight months.. Prominent "Bear" leaders take peculiar interest in daily publishing comparative estimates of this cron with years that haVe gone before.' These tangled and muchly juggled statistics emanate from the ornees of gentlemen who breathe the atmosphere of a climate one thousand ? miies irom Southern cotton fields and j whose eyes have not witnessed the ac tual condition of a single cotton field in the South this year. The statistics and daily reports which tLey pat oat io the stupendous effort for private gain are simply the nightmares e" overcharged brains reflecting individ ual views in the forlorn hope of changing at least temporarily the laws of supply and demand. The interest of tho spot holder is not considered. The groat desideratum is paper con tracts ond hot air. Th on sands of pep-. pie read this "Bearish Dopo" ceattered over tho South daily andlrnow it to be false,'yet- they tremble in doubt and surrender their honest con victions and Southern manhood before tho edicts which emanate from tao fine Italian hands of their enemio. This crop can no moro be compared with past yields in the matter of pick ing, ginning and selling tbm could the enormous production of 1004. Let every mau in the South stand pat on the actual conditions which confront bim. Spurn those juggled statistics aa you would an adder invading the holy ?reci??te of your borne and remain sed and unalterable in your deter mination to secure higher prices for the balance of thia crop, which will un questionably prove to be ono oft the smallest grown in a number of years. Yours truly, , fiarvie Jordan. President Southern Cotton Actua tion. Consumption vs. Under*Production. The present rate of consumption of American cotton by the mills of the world ia slightly in excess of one mil lion bales of raw cotton per month, lt in estimated, as a result of careful in vestigation, that if the spinners can seoure the cotton and no International troubles interfere with the present enormous demand tor cotton goods, fully twelve million five hundred thousand bales of American cotton would be consumed between Sept. let, 1005 and Sept. 1st, 1000. Thie unpre cedented consumption of American cotton is due principally :o two caus es: namely: The increasing demand for cotton goods by the jobbing and retail trade of the civilized nations of the world, and the abnormal increase of new spindles within the past six months iu. England, Japan ana America. Since July more than four million new spindles have been added to the mill ing industry of Manchester, England. The Fall River Wils which wero shut down for sixteen weeks /ast year oe account of 'strikes are now ranning night and day. Tao se vital forcee will necessarily demand at least one million bales of cotton for consump tion in -1000, which were not required in 1005. In tba South new mills an being built and the equipment of old milla doubled in capacity wherevei laborean be secured. Consumption is only limited now U the spindle capacity of the world op orating on full time. Mr. Ellison, tin English statistician estimates con Bumption for the next twelve months under 12,000,000 bales of America! cotton. But Mr. Ellison represent the foreigh spinners solely, and it 1 a habit with him to under estimate a the beginning of each year and late on be forced to increase his figures ii the taco of bare facta. The price o cotton goods is very high and ad vanolng in most. lines monthly. Ii aome cases prices aro higher than the; have bee_ ?wenty-tive years. I the spring of i tx ? cotton ad vane ed to 17 cents pei po.-?d and ever available bale of cotton for salo e that tima was eagerly taken by th mills, the menufachers, jobbers an retailers were loaded with gooda wbic rould not be sold that season. Af w consumption ot the 14,000,000 bale ere of 1004, we find the mills of tho worl today with no goods on hand for sal? but from six to eight months bobin with their, orders, and the ?oa?ip trade in equally a bad condition. Wit the trade now it is not a quest ic of price, but the eerioua problem is the delivery of orders by'the mills. Tue Bhelves of the ?ovid are largely hare of cotton goodB and in many lines ab solute exhaustion bae taken place. Thia crop will not exceed ten million commercial balee, hence there must be curtailment by the mille before next Beptomber, showing that con? oumption haa gone beyond the ability of production. At the prices of cotton goods epiunera could have easily paid the farmers 12 cents for every pound of American cotton grown this year. If we ehould be able to hold back two million bales for 15 cento the spinners weald still ?et the cron ?t *n .average price under "12 centa per pound. But little cotton remains in the hands of the producers and local holders. If those who have cotton will hold it firmly they -will be well reworded later ou when the whole world realizes the shortness o? the crop and the mar ket responds to the actual conditions brought about by the legitimate laws of Bupply and demand. To the far mere, bouthern PreBS and tho business interests of the South generally, 1 ex tend herewith my beat wishes for a happy and prosperous now year. Youra truly. Harrie Jordan. President Southern Cotton Associa tion ._ _ - In the years from 1870 to the last one which has turned in its figures, American tropioal and subtropical im ports mounted up from, in round num bers, $150,000,000 to 9500,000,000, more than a treble inorease in a sic? gie generation. The last year's tables exceeded any previous record by moro than $30,000,000. - After a division of 95 years steps were consummated at a joint session of the-general committees, whioh, if. formally ranged ut?xt May by tho General A-*uoibliea, will unite the Northern Presbyterian Ghuroh and tho Cumberland Presbyterian* Church. Almost two dave were oonsUmed by subcommittees in arranging details for the union. - Seats on the New York exohaogos are now co m tu anding fancy figures. A few days ago a seat On the stock exchange was sold for tho record prioe of $88,000, and the next day a seaton the cotton exohaoge brought $22,500, whioh was also a record figure. It oosta a omart sam in New York to be in a position to be first-handed on some of the markets. Frank B. Klepper, the Republi can Congressman from the Third Mis souri Diatrict, is six feet four inohes in height and weighs 280 pounds. - J. W. Steele, known as "Coal Oil Johnny," i<* dying at his home near Franklin, PA. He was the most remarkable spendthrift in the history of the country, fie paid $5 for a shine and always tipped hie barber $10. In seven months he gave away $3,000,000. 4 Gals. Ti, & M. Paint and a gale, oil cont about $8 50 aud will paint moderate eiasd. bouse. Sold by F. B. Cravton, An derson, 8. C ; B. R. Horton, Xowndea ville, 8 C.; T. C. Jaokeon, Tv?. S* C=i W. W. Qrt/Bnn Polzor, 8. O.; F. Tu. Hopper. Belton, S.O. s . STATE NEWS. -- F. D. Stafford, of Sumter Couu fy, sold $25 worth of peases from ooo treo. - A. R. Sullivan, dispouser at Lau rens, has been acquitted of tho charge of breach of trust. - The uavy yard machinery at Port Royal will bo transferred to tho Charleston navy yard. - A large number of Poles havo established a colony near Aiken. They will engago in farmiog. *- An unknown friend of the Coo- ?i nie M as T. el I Orphanage at Greonwood d d?natod $1000 to that institution. ? - The capital ruook of tho now * companies chartorcd in the State dur ing 1905 amounts to $10,583,400. - During the year 1905 there were twenty-four homicides and thirty occidental deaths in Charleston Coun ty. t , - An election will probably be held in Chester County in the near future to voto on the dispensary ques tion. - Sylvester Brown, colored, who was oonvioted of manslaughter in 1900, has been pardoned by Governor Hey ward. - Two negro women have been lodged in jail in Chester for assault ing and killing a negro man while drunk. . - Three stills and 5000 gallons of liquor wore destroyed by constables in Spartanburg who raided in the dark corner. - Tho towards of St. John's Methodist Church at Rook Hill have passed a resolution condemning cook fighting. - Governor Hey ward has offered a reward of $200 for the arrest of Lone Kunbar, who is wanted for murder in Aiken County. - W. W. Jaokooo was drowned at Orangeville while fishing. He loaveB fivo small children, the mother having died two months ago. - Sweet Thomas waa killed at Zebelia, Union County, on Christ mas night by a skyrocket fired by Clarence Rochester. - The State Board of Canvassers has declared the recent voting out of the dispensary in Williamsburg Coun ty to be illegal and void. - Jim Boyd, of Laurens County, was shot through the windpipe by Walter Thompson 6everal nights ago. Both are well known white oitisens. Boyd may die. -The meeting of representatives of ?omen s ?JIUOB urna at nuu& til li u?? endorsed the plan of Supt, of Educa tion O. B. Martin to provide better normal schools. - At a raffle and day pigeon shoot near Manning. Henry Lilley, aged 8 years, was killed by the accidental discharge of a rifle in the 'hands of Clarence Isemao. ~ A mother ia Gaffooy County philo trimming dowu sonic shrubbery incidentally siruok her infant son i mb an axe and the child may die. - Tho commissioners of Uuion lounty have deoided to inoroaso tax 9vy of that county to 13i{ mills for he purpose of building good roads. - The tax levy in lUohland County las beer? roduood from 3i mills to 24 ailis. The reduotion was made pos ible by a out down in various depart ments. - Mrs. Edward Noble, formerly liss Mary Bratton, of this State, led at Norwalk, Cal. She was the ridow of tho lato Edward Noble, of Abbeville. - A oase of smallpox has developed a Lancaster. The patient ?B a pupil f the colored Normal and Industrial Institute. The sohool has been undor [U&rantine. - In tho ootton warehouse of the Eureka cotton mill at Chester last munday night 1,500 bales of eottou vero destroyed by fire. Tho loss is ibout $90,000 which is eovored by in mranoe. - United States- revenue ofiiosrs md State constables dostroyed three arge distilleries in tho "Dark Cor 1er" of Greenville County, together vith 5,000 gallons of still beer and 35* gallons of whiskey. - The leading Jowa of Florence bave organized an immigration and lionization Booioty. Tho oompany ii as a, capital stock of $15.000 audit is proposed to buy a lani o tract of ?and and bring .Towa from Russia. - Tho Sumter Item is authority for tho statement that a farmer at Dal zell in that County raised 4,600 bush als of oom on 90 aor<>8. O a ono lot of 2 acres he raised 166 bushels. The lowest yield was on a 37-aoro lot, 46 bushels to the acre. - Mr. J. E. Owens, who lives be tween Barnwell and Blackville, lost his barun, stables, provisions for the year and had bia ot o ok injured by fire on Sunday morning early. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been incendiary, as Mr. Owens does not smoke and had no fire around J-be premises on tho night of the fire, Jrlii loss is tu tal, there being no insurance ou the plaoa. / - A negro boy named Walter Tolei was struck on the head v?i?th an earth en pito her by Emma Galloway it Edgefield and instantly killed. Th boy was sitting on tho sidewalk siug ing and the woman said ho was mak ing fun of her. A quarrel rosalie* and ehe struck bim with the pitohoi producing instant death; Sh'? wa arrested and pu? in jail. - The Audubon'Society of Bout Carolina looks like an establishe thing. Some of the most promlnei men in every eounty have entere into tho plan and at the coming ae sion of the legislature a bill will 1 presented for passage, embodying pr visions uniform with those of nearly all tho StatoB, for tho protection of in aeot-eating, non-game birds aa well as the singing and game birds, and found ing the salaried office of State game (varden. The bill has good prospeots for passage. GENERAL 'SEWS. - There is persistent talk in Eu rope of war between Franoe and Ger many. - It is reported that thousands are starving in north Japan on aoeount of a famine there. - A boy io Pennsylvania killed his drunk father with a blow, while ho waa abusing his mother. - Tho printer's strike in New York does not seem to be so serious as *ras thought it would be. - Thirty thousand unemployed peo ple of London will bo brought to Vir? ginia to work on farms. - A Miohigan farmer for no as? signed reason killed bis whole family and committed suicide. - Because their crops havo been destroyed Cuban tobacco growers aro reported in desperate straits. - The North Carolina Cotton As sociation ia taking stops to limit tho ootton aoreage for another year. - During the year 1905 145,003 more people visited the Washington monument than during tho year 1904. - Thomas H. Paynter hfts been nominated by tho Kentucky Demo crats for the Senate replacing Black burn. - Martial law has beon proolaimed at Teheran, Persia, whore tho reli gious party is demanding a constitu tion. - London has a cemetery for dogs, whioh has boen in existence for more than 20 years and has several hundred graves. - OharloB T. YerkB, the million aire promoter, who reoently died in New York, left millions for charitable objects. - Observing his sixty-eighth birth day,' Andrew Carnegie caounoes that sc far he has suooeeded in gibing away $138^000,000, - Sir Archibald Q-eike, the famous geologist, predicts another deluge on aooount of the universal deoay of the surf soe of the land. - Twenty ooal miners and three mine mules were killed in a mine ex plosion at the Coaldale mines in West Virginia Thursday at' noon. - Under the terms of the will of Wolisoe C. Andrews, of Cleveland, O., the training eohools for the'giris in thstcity will have $3,000,00b-. --Senator Clark; of Florida, has introduced a bill whioh provides for the imposition of ? tax of ten cent? per pound on Egyptian cotton. Visit Lesser's Cut Pfiee Sale ! 1 YEAR'S GR Big Bargains in j We are glad to say that 1005 waa tho largest business year In our history. We wish to thank our many Meads and customers for their patronage during the past year, and we hope to merit a continuance of ?ame for the year 10?8. To make business, hum for January, we are preparing for- ./ ~ ; ?O Ladies' Jackets, formerly sul? for $3.50 and $4.00, now going at $1.98? Children's iong^ M 56 Children's Long Cloaks, formerly sold for $5.00 and $6.00, now going at 12.48. iadii^; Sweaters, Shawls and Fascin atp?rs. One ^ot Ladies' Sv*ateis, former price $2.50, cut price 98c. ; One lot Ladies' Shawls and F^Boinatora so' cheap you will not miss your money-out psicesmanging from 15e to 700. ;f: . ; u:-- v .I? .I* Wool Blankets. . ? few Wee! Blankets left, which will he closed out at a great reduction. Bed Comforts. A big line of Bed Comforts to be closed ont AT COST. All Our Wool Goods to Go at Cut Prices I tm pSj()00 worth of Pine Shoes for men women and chilldren at CUT Prices. ^^^^Sf???V.:? ' V' ^^^mB'^-r,^ ? '::v i ?Come to seo ne when you want 8hoes. Our motto : "High duality, Low Prices." '_ THE SUN FOR LESSER *CO. - .. . purchased $?K>0 ^orth of LA*>ISS3* SuLXXSLIKT Va VA& WTSAE which we will place on sale at Cut rrices. inspect our big Show Window and see the Cut Fi ices. You will be astonished. If Quality and