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Mer's Union Bre u ol information -Conduotod by' the. t Carolina Farnebl EdUea nal and Go-Operatlon Union. ommunications intended for 'thi tment should be addressed to .J. ing, Pendleton, S. C. 'ng 'Grass and Blantin Grass. t week we saw two men digginj ermuda grass roots out of thei n patches and another farine ling these sane roots to his'farn ting the roots out on the sam 1 of lands near by. This reipind that it takes good grass and littli k. to grow fat stock and a den it of hard work, guano and othe: n"s too worrying to mention t4 W cotton. We know of' other men that ar ing to kill out the whiskey evil b, epilng it out of the country, whib hers are trying to kill out all thi iiskey inl the land by bringing i and drinking it up. Now and then, some ittle cub of i tton bear, or a little pig of a cor -at.ion hog,. remids the Farmers ion of the fact that we shoul cuss these subjects of such vita crest to the south upon a higl ane. Well, noW, we agree inl par this. Boys, don't aim too higl on 't over-shoot the thing. DraN our bead at just the right plane t< it the game; let 'em have it broad "side in a manner to bring your gain to earth. Don't Quarrea Over the Skin Befor You Kill the Ootton Bear. Ever see rabbit beagles stop chas ing a rabbit to quarrel over the gain before the rabbit was eaught? Nc these have more comllilion animal senls than some of we Cotton Associatio1 and Farmers' Union men who pol up now and then and go to quarrel ing with each other about who is eni titled to the skin of the cotton ben before the old heifer has been killed It matters little to the average cot ton g3rower who kills out. the cotto, bear and spelcilatiln! element just s we -et them out of tile way. The great rank and file of the FaRI mies' Union and the Cotton Associa tion are inore interested inl combinin the forces of the two organizations fc. good strength and hard fighting o eotton prics next. fall than we all inlelevating the interest of a few oil cials in both organizations who kee up strife for their own selfish end Violations of the S. 0. Fortilize Law Clemson College collected $1,334.0 penalty money from i leven comipanic for sending out fertilizers beloi grade and other Violations of the lal last year. If there is one farmer i the state whlo has colleced( one dol iar pen'alty money or shortage. whie they can do, wve have not 1heard of i P. Farmers, you ar'e simply sleeping ove your privileges. We calculate thata Lleast *7000 could have been recovere 3by the farmer's if they had kept u with these violators by re.ading up o these fertilizer bullet ins that. are 1b4 'gsent ouit from Clemson Colleg (4your counlty' huiess agecnt canI -1 tell y,ou hiow to prioc'eed to rci sover shor tag.e and( penalty write V C. M\oore, GIreenville, S. C. You state business agent. HeI, 1no doubl will take p)leasurle ino figuring thi matter up for you:1 ' It is to the cred'iit o.f'the f'ert ilize of 12 com;anies who fell shiort Ias year ettlied upl claims promllfptly, (n1i one comnpanyv whlo is char'ged $66 oin ei'Aht below~ grade saimles( is sti contIesting2 Clemson 's elaim for pena ty. paper1 r'ead hbefore thle Powersv'll Un ion on t he social featu lres of: thI .President: lie founders of the Et(ucationi 1Co-operative Union, in their in uetmin, laid down as one of' th eiples. To constanlt'ly strive i ro enitire harmony and good wil Sg'st all mankind, and briothllC among ourselves. gatheri the tear's of the distr'es! lie bl-ou e I the n-.arlty'i , the lon'e mnocenit ,childhood, the sweata t laho". the vii't i' of a 1happ) --fhe F iobhte.s -:" .6 kno,v of thme greatest questions stil ed is howv to make life mor le by filling it with the ever elation between the people a jove along the highways of lif or. It is the littlo edurtlesi( o have learned as 'human h< extend to 01ne another' tiln more than altythling else innk~ 'dlh tIje living. .ooul Amake everyone r'ealiz nevei' de his duty to his fel giftq without their sympathy 'and I love. 1 A man that hoards his money and refuses to .ell his f> i i. ma . - called weai .i.d stiniry . n have uj more moral right to hoard your sym- t a pathy and love than you have your a money. Life is too short to think of nothing but the almighty dollar. The worst feature of it is that in this mad chase for it, turns the hand of every one of us against his neigh r bor, and our neighbor against us. r It mllakes :' at hen '.. ought I 4e throbbing with love anl abode of 3 hate. By the cultivation of a. spirit s of sympathy, sociability, love and 3 helpfilniess in the Union. The home 1 and the church will have a new ally, i e .constituting a powerful agency for >..'ood. To encoura-e individual honesty and soliety, thrif't and tihe noblest, u ih wrik shuld always be our aim inl the Uniolr. D It's better to fall out than it is to t he kicked out. How things thint are none of our business do interest us. i Try to be content with youi lot - even i t !:s.1. a cor'llet, . A good thing iabout being too poor is you don't have to have cooks. .1 t RURAL FREE MAIL DEIJVERY. Mr. McGraw Reports Conditions in This State Good.-Twelve Hun dred and Eighty Petitions 0 for Routes Sent in from South Carolina tince Last July. B News and Courier. Washington, April 10.-The report Ol the operation of the rural free de a livery service up to Apirl 1, 1907, made public today by the Fourth As 0 sistanlt Postmaster General, indicates tlat tle s'rvi'e is inl a hIealthiy Col L dition in South Carolina, no routes - having been cut off since the begin ning of the present fiscal year, July r 1, last. For the entire state there have been referred to the department for aet0on since last juily a tohal of 1,2.0 petitionlis asking that 1mw .1routes lhe est1bislied. divided aiong, the var ionls Conlgressoinal districts as fol lows: First district, 84; 2d district, K 128; 3d district, 249; 4th district, r 244; 5th district, 236; 6th district, 2 131; 7th distriet. 20-. It will be seen O tIt the 3d and 4111 dist14ets, rep resented by Congressmen Aiken. and P Johnson respectively, have filed practically the same number of peti tions, while the 5th district comes r next and the 1st district comes last. Of the total number of applica tions filed asking that new routes be s established there have been made 599 V adverse reports. There are now in i he V state ill opleratioll a total of 637 "I routes, and1( 49 pet itionls for new -rioutes ar'e still penldinlg besides those Ithat have been 1141 mnionett. South Carolina is oneC of the few rstates inl tihe south which has not1 suf Sfercd mnore or' less in the matter of a~ havinIg these routes cut off, and to P her rep)resentatives inl Congress should be1) given the cr'edit for' the large num11ber' of r'outes' ini operaztioni at this -1111 the United St ates 11. a whole 55,103 1petit ions for the serv'ice had .*lP(l heeneeived upl to April 1, upon01 r whiieh .15,827 adIverse rep)or'ts wereC t, made, and( there were oil A pril 1I, 37, e 461 iroutes inl operiat ion, upon which 37T,:100 reguIla carr'0iers L15w'ere employ it tion1 has been4i ta.ken1 anld rote orltS d y 'eed establ)1ishedl. The sum of11 $1,.337, 0 976.32 was available for' new~ servie il (durin thle r4ema1inder of th einrren1121t - 1iscal year'. Th'le tact t hat Ithere seemls to be( a eneral ('0 2Ipressi on tha 1 the 11 ruri al (' cariers of th' le mlail are0 hly: uderI inl t- sominet hing on t he side has led h"ourt hi A ssist ant Postmaster ,General il DeGr aw to makel( the~ following state e ' 'Riealizing that it would lbe just a to inlcrease5 tile pay of the rurai'l car-, 11 ri01s, and1( at the sameW tim In protect y t he matlihs from1 being paldded with ma.1 t ter up~on w'hlich 1no post age was - paid, the post.office depar'tment in hi creased the salaries of the mleni from f $00, which they werec then receiving, y to $720. In my reccent repor1t I ree .ommnendled thant there shold bIe a fur Il ther' in1'cease of salar'y to $900, anld e this increcase will go into effect at y the beginning of the fiscal year, July s 1. e ''This .shoulid enable the entrrier's to a hue fairly paid anid to have the means2l ne111cessaryW to pay for the malfintenal.nee 1 .of thiri horses' aind vehicles, bult the e rplies io lof(I '' V carryn packagec,s and1( of' soliciting" (orders require'd carefli e thought 'anld discrimination. neces |- sary~ to make1( it agr'eeable to the gen] 1 .noal publicas well an o h'nanve such >rocedure conform with the posti -equirements. I'A carrier is entitled to.carry an mekage in bulk. larger than tdi vbich the postofllce department wi ake, but lie is not allowed to receiv -emuneration for his services froi ,he )er011 who sends the packag ni all cases lie must collect for hi ;ervices from the recipient of su< mekage. "There was great complaint on ti )art of the various newspapers i -ertaill localities against the carrit .avoring one newspaper more tha he other, and thereby increasing tli irculatioii of the favored one to i letriment of the other one, And ina nuch as the carrier was in a positic 0 Solicit aiid deliver iiewspapers v I side issue it is reasoilabile to heliev 'at. lie could readily increase i "irvulatlionl (-X aIny niew%Spapevr lh hi erritory. " Also if a carrier were alhlwed I -ollect 1'rom a itiriamit who desire o shi.p goo s lo h *l, I patroiis 1: linani of, the Carrier, it wolult infrlt nee the cIIrrler to try to increase tI nisiiess of the merchiant. having suc aIicilities for deliveriig, and at at 'ate would cauise people to buy at ti tore ot' siel a ierchianlt, merely b use it would he convenient. "'Thiis woulild necessarily work iardship w-ith the merchant who d ('I employ the carrier as a delivei iremt aid for that reason it is be hat all packages carried by the ca ier which (10 not confl.ict nor coii )ete with his regular mail busine )e collected for at their destinatio "During the early part of the wit er and thronghout the most of tli vinter carriers resigned in great nm wrs because the pay was deemed I hem inadequate, but since the late nerease has been assured by Congre! here ha:lve Leen no more resign11; ions thaln are usual, that is, of tl 17,000 carriers there are usually i iverame of 60 resignations per week. P. H. McG. The People's Prospei Paid Up Capital - Surplus arnd Individt.i Stockholders: Liabilit For protection of dep H. C. MOSELEY President. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. Better a conservative inte return when wanted, than a h about the principal. A National Bank is a safe [ makes it so Likewise our E >f prudent conservative mana DIRE G. W. Bowers. J. A C Kibier R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. Hunter. D RETFROMI cae it u.,. Of -0r tal from us qur of Ve t way.01 ery an bet ~ ~our ghi of ou o -* TCREEK furul AcoN,HA THE i STATEMENT. Of the condition of the Newberr3 y Savings bank, located at Newberry 1 S. C., at the close of business Marel i 19th, 1907. e Resources. in Loans and Discounts ..$251,673 5( 3. Demand Loans .. . .. .0 9,393 4, is Overdrafts .. .. .. ..... 5,791 7 h Bonds and Stocks owned by the bank ......... 4,550 0( ,o Furniture and fixtures 1,900 0( n Due front banks and bank r ers ............ 20,353 11 n Curreney .. .. .. .....6,539 0 G Gold .. .. .. .......... 510 0( e Silver, nickels and pennies 2,913 91 . Checks and cash items 10,550 7] s $323,175 6] U Liabilities. e Capital stock paid in ..$ 50,000 0( U Undivided Prorits, less S taxes 'a idi.. .......... 29,777 ME d Due to bn)lks and bank y eism .... .. .......... 15,503 5 t- Due unpaid dividends .. 301 21 e In1dividuial deposits sub h .iect to cheek .. ...... 217,511 5 y Cashier's cheeks...... 81. 61 e Notes and bills redis counted .......... 10,000 04 $323,175 6: d STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, y COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. t Before me came J. E. Norwood Cashior of Newberry Savings Ban] - who, being duly sworn; says that thi is above and foregofig statement is i . true condition of said bank, as showi 1- by the books of file in said bank. te J. E. Norwood, 1- Cashier. y Sworn to and subscribed befor 5t me, this 25th day of March, 1907. is W. C. Tyree, (L. S.) N. P. for S. C. G Correct Mtest: Jas. Mcitosh. P Jas. K. Gilder. B. C. Matthews. NatiOnal Bank ity, S. C. $25,000 OC 1 Profits $5,000 OC Cs . . $25,000 O( oi!.ors. M.*A. CARLISLE, Vice-Presideni GEO. JOHNSTONE, Attorney. rest on your deposit with its safi igh rate and a feeling of doub )eposit. Government supervisi6i Ooard of Directors is a guarante gement. ;CTORs: W. P. Pugh. .Jno. B. E eliers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. Bowers. )UR DISTILLERY HlK ULL EXRESS .- PR[PAID $2.85 and we will ship you in a p)lainl to marks to show contents, four..full VILLOW DALE RYE, express prepaid,. if yoni don't find it all right and the er tasted. sentd it back to uts at our ex your S. .85 will be p)romplltly refunded. fair of&r.? >er we mt e dlistillers, so when you buty 1a nave the2 entormtous profits of thte deali dd all chantce of adulteration. You are .ing our whiskey just as it comes fromt ry, without being tampered with in atny >refer cornl whlIskey, we -will send1 you artsof our ALLAN SINCLAIR'S CORN 4or $2 .80, express p)repaid. You can't :r corn whiskey from anybody else at, rantee of perfcct sdtisfaction6 tumontey )c>s.w)th e~very shiptndntt we mxake. You : t n i oal wvith us as thte owniers vpanytv~ tee rsutrces of a~ illiont dllars! > xactly\ as we say. SWIF2T CREEK DISTILLING CO., MACON, CA. egistere.d DMtIlley No. 29., SwIft Creek. Ca. .~ THE EXCHA Of Newbei CAPITAL Checks on us are. recof ted States, and every m check gives you an adde Your money on a chec Bank is absolutely safe a gency. Remember, too, ,a p pounded semi-annually i ment. THE EXCHA J. D. DAVENPO E. R. HIPP, Vici M. L. SPEARM GEO. B. CROMI "The Bank After i rescription Which we use are without ey We believe in PURITY. We constantly preach PUI We always practice PURI cines. PURITY counts, and coun Ask your doctor. MAYES' DRL Quickest and --TC Savatinah, Wayc ville, and all Fl -via CHARLESTON AND W RAIL Lv. Laurens daily, (East; t Lv. Augusta Ar. Savannah, (Central Ar. Waycross Ar. Jacksonville Close connections made at Ja Through Pullman Sleeping C and Jacksonville. Round Trip winter tourist exci sorts now on sale. C. H, GASQUE, - Agt. Laurens, S. C. ERNEST W Gen. Pass. Agt., Tnis is our reg'ulaw tions and filling family r Pelhamr's Roliab IAs a cure for that stubl TR Peiham's Pectora Pelhams White Pi Pelhamn's L.axativ Vinol, the Tnoic I Our stock of Fresh G date 1907, has arriyed. Wmi. E.PelJ R'Eliable D NOE BANK rry, S. Ca $50,000 nized all over the Uni Ln who receives your d degree of respect. king account in this nd provides for emer ay 4 per cent. com n our Savings depart NGE BANK. RT, Prest. 3 Prest. AN, Cashier. 'ER, Atty. pour Business." a Materials : ception the purest grade. ZITY. rY when preparing medi ts for much, in medicines. S IG STORE. Best Route ross, Jackson orida Points ESTERN CAROLINA VAY. 3rn Time) 1.50 P. M. 10.20 P. M. Time) 2.45 A. M. 6.15 A. M. 9.10 A. M cksonqvilie for all points South. ar service between Augusta irsion tickets to all Florida re GEO, T. BRYAN, Gen. Agt. Greenville, S. C. ILLIAMS, Augusta, Ga. rk, prep i. > eceipts at le Drug Store, born cough and grip, Y L Syrup ne Cough Sy rup e Cold Tablets ?econstructor arden Seeds, bearing hFmi&SOnI, rLi gg IAtRs.