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REPLIES TO GOTERNOR BLEASE. Spirited Reply of Marlboro Cotton Committee-Reasons for Refusal Fail to Satisfy. Bennettsville, Nov. 9.-Mr. J. J. Evans, representing the committee ap pointed by the mass meeting of Marl boro farmers, has made reply to the letter of Governor Blease. This comu mittee,. which is composed of Senator . B. Green, Representatives J. J. Evans, F P. B. Aegues, Don McQueen, Mr. Charles Crosland and former Unit id States Senator McLaurin, following the instructions of the mass meeting, telegraphed the governor asking for a hearing for next Monday in the mat ter calling an extra session of the leg islature to consider the cotton situa tion. Governor's letter was received , here yesterday, it having previously appeared in the press. The committee had hoped, at least, that the governor would extend to it tne courtesy of a hearing. The letter of Mr. Evans, which the governor will receive tomorrow, Is as follows: Mr. Evans's Letter. "To His Excellency, Hon. Cole L. Blease, Columbia, South Caroli.a ,Dear Governor: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your let ter of this date in response to my Jelegram requesting a hearing for the representatives from this county on the subject of an extra session. The request was made in response to the decision of a mass meeting of Marl boro farmers, held last Monday in the court house. My message to you was not through the public prints and I tregret sincerely that you did not ac cord us a hearing before reaching your decision. "Waiving, however, the discourtesy m to us, .it does seem that a mass meet ing of Marlboro citizens might have expected an opportunity to present the reasons which caused them to make this request. The right of the people to speak in mass meeting in free gov ernment is supposed to be sacred and will be a .protection against injustice long after the ephemeral power of the wily politican has passed away. True Democracy. "The old-time theory, and the only valid reason for a democracy, is to do the greatest good to the greatest num ber, and I do not conceive that there is any manner in which you could bet ter employ the functions of your great office than in assisting the farmers of this State to secure better prices for the products of their labor. It Is not a good shepherd, my dear governor, -who would sit on a stump and impar tially allow the bar and the sheep to fight it out The crafty and the strong ~should not be allowed to compet the weak and the simple to fight them on their own grounds, and the govern ment take no consideration of merey, justice and the eternal moralities. S"Your excellency says that the hold ing of the cotton crop now will do no good except to a few wealthy farmers. Most respectfully, we beg leave to ~differ with you on that question. Any advance in the price of cotton would 'be of great aCvantage, not only to a 'few wealthy farmers' but to every man, woman and child in the South. Cotton is the basis of our wealth. In this county not one-half of the crop has been ginned. Much is being held 'in the hope of help from somewhere. "Rich" Farmer a Myth. "I believe that a call from you for the legislature of South Carolina to 'meet in extra session, to do what she could constitutonally to aid in the present holding movement, would of itself advance the price of cotton ma terially. If the crop of South Carolina -is 1,200,000 bales, a cen.t a pound would mean six million dollars to the people of the State. "I think, governor, that you are mis ktaken about the 'poor farmer' getting no benefit; it is the 'poor farmer' who eeds it most; the 'rich farmer' can hold his cotton. It is the 'poor far mner,' operating under a lien and mort gage, that these times are literally crushing into the earth. Compelled to Sbuy his supplies at exorbitant pri.ces, he is now forced to sell at a cruel sac rifice. The fact is, my dear governor, the 'rich farmer' is a myth, the last Sone evaporated when cotton went be low 10 cents. "You speak of the mill mergers be ing the cause of all this depression. I think it goes deeper than that, gover-. nor. The mill mergers are the out Sgrowth of the business conditions and policies of the past half century. We are living in a new era; the principle of individualism dominant over the past is exhausted, and when the con sequences of a principle are exhausted, the structure built upon it crumbles away. L.#-N. Government Only Hope. "W,are living in a time when the principle of association is the con interests combined into trusts, there is nothing left productive labor, wheth er on the farm or in the shop, except to make their governments the vehi cles through which, by unity of ac tion, they may have some voice in fixing their share of the fruits of their own toil. It is a misfortune, gover nor, even if people were able to hold their cotton, for them to be forced to do so, unles adequte provision be made to borrow money. To tie up one hun dred bales of cotton means that much money retired from circulation. A warehouse certificate is now merely an asset in certain localities or chan nels of trade. "If the name of the State of Louis iana makes her cptificates good in all the money marns )f tnU world, why I should not the name of South Caro lina be equally good? Why can not you do for our State what Governor Jared Y. Sanders has done for Louis iana? Why co-li not thP nagnificent harbor and teriAnal facilities of Char leston be utilized for this State, as thosc of New Orle(ans :re for Lmuis inna. Mississippi and astern Texas? Th' harLor of Charlestnn is a Splen did assct; it b -ongs to Sorti' Cao :linla. W y n s t Has no nic. "As to the cost of holding an extra session, I am deeply gratified to learn of the patriotic spirit which prompted the senator from Newberry to refuse pay for services at an extra sessio I am not willing, however, to adm that the senator from Newberry had a monopoly of the pratriotism of South Carolina, and, if called on, I believe I the entire general assembly woulc serve in this emergency free of cost "The act of 1908, page 1,079, provides pay for the regular session. There fore, we may infer that the legislature expected that members called in extra session would serve from patriotic reasons, or that no governor would ever be so progressive as to call a. extra session for any purpose othe than to elect some man to office, as was the case in the extra session to which you referred. With assurances of my highest re spect, I am yours very truly, J. J. Evans, For .the Committee." THE DYING PIN~E-CAUSE, EXTEN'T AN~D REMEDY, II Since the location of forest insect field station 7 at Spartanburg on July 5, the agents of the bureau of entomo logy, United States department of ag riculture detailed there for duty, have been very -active in the study of the character and extent of the depreda tions by the Southern pine beetle in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Mississippi, .Teas Florida, Virginia, Louisiana, Maryland, Arkansas, Missouri and Tennessee. Observations by the agents and in formation conveyed by correspondents from all sections of the South show that in the aggregate a vast amaount of timnber has been killed by the Southern pine beetle during the past two years. The dying and dead trees ocu~r as scattering individuals or in clumps, large patches, and in some places whole forests. All are more or less conspicuous by their fading, red, black or denuded tops plainly indicat ing the presence of the beetle or the progress of its work. It has -been found that each patch of dying trees with their fading and greenish brown tops located- anywhere jinthe Southern Statessa menace t the living pine within a radius of three Ior four miles. The b.roods of the Southern pine beetle developing in the bark of the trees of one such centre 'of infestation may swarm in 'any di rection and settle in the healthy tim ber. Thus one or more additional patches is killed until nearly all'"of the large as well as the small pine over Iextensive areas is dead. When these centres of infestation are numerous within the area of a county, or even a larger section of te.r 1ritory, they can only be compared with taa starting of so many forest fires, and, as has' been demonstrated, they may lead to far greater destruc tion of merchantable pine than has ever been recorded as resulting from fire in the Southern States. There tore, they demand similar prompt and radical action on the part of the own ers in order to protect their living The More Important Evidence of the Presence and Work of Beetle. 1. If in clumps or patches of pine, where there is no plain evidence of serious injury by fire, the foliage fades Ito pale green and changes to yellowish and pale brown, it indicates that the trees are dying from the attack of the Southern pine beetle, and that the bark on such trees is infested with the de veloping broods of minute white gruhs and transforming beetles. Therefore such trees are a menace to the living trees. If the trees have reddish brown and partially fallen foliage, or if al! the folliage has fanen, it indicates that the broods of beetles have eme.rg ed and that such trees are no loi)ger a menace to the living ones. 3. If the trees die during the period between the first of March and the first of October, they will be abandon ed by the broods of beetles within a few weeks after the foliage begins to fade. 4. If the trees begin to die during the period between the first of Octob er and the first of December, the broods of beetles will remain in the bark until in March or April. (To be Continued). NOT THE MAN ACCUSED. ReT. W. A. Ferrell, of Gaffney, Exon erated by Atlanta Recorder. Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 9.-Another per son had used h's name in answering an advertisement a few days ago, and posing as a "romantic young ministor ,coking for a wife," according to tho' 1ev. WV. A. Ferrell, a Methodlst min .of Gaffney, S. C., vho alled on (corder :h Iroyles t:d,y, r3 lean voriN who hlnt impa:-i on him. "This zeamp's prank has got me n to a mess," he told the recorder. "The; story has created something of a s.,n sation in my State. My congregation: hare become stirred up and I have been the target for all manner of guy ing at the hands.of my friends. I can assure you I have been having a lively time of it." The recorder did all he could to help I Mr. Ferrell by giving hi ma letter ex plaining that he was not the man who was tried in police court under the r,ame of "Rev. W. A. Ferrell." QHICHESTER S PILLS .D1AM10N BRAND. Ladlea! Ask y9i ud;Ist for Chl-ches-teres Dialnond Uran rc Pilis in Red and Gold rretallic .. boxes, sealed with Blue Rillor. - -Take no otber. Buy of' youV DrugglaL AskfmCIrI.-CJfiSTEn !' DIAMOND BRA ND PILLS, for : yearsknownas Best. Safest. Always Relia.' SOlD BY DRU61ISTS EVERIM6. NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR MAYOR AND ALDERME OF THE TOWN OF NEWBERY, S. C. Notice Is hereby given that the reg ular annual election for a Mayor and Five Aldermen, one Alderman for each of the five wards, to servie for a term of' one year, and a trustee of the Newb. ry graded school district from Wards 4 and 5, respectively, will be held at the Council Chamber, in the opera house, in -the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, on the second Tuesday in December, 1911, being - the 12th day of said month, the polls to be...pened at 8 o'clock in the forenoon, and to close at 6 o'clock in the afternoon. D. F. Pif er, A. C. Welch and Alex. Singleton are appointed managers of the said election. By order of the Town CouncilI of Newberry, S. C., on this the 5th day of September, 1911. 3. 3. Langford, Mayor. Attest: J. R. Scurry, C. & T. T. C. N., S. C. Columbia, Newberry & Laurens B. B. Schedule in effect October 6, 1910 Subject to change withiout notice. schedules indicated are .not guaran teed: A. C. L. 52. 53. Lv. Charleston.. ... 6.10amn 10.00pm; Lv. Sumter.. .. ....9.4am 6.20po C., N. & L. Lv. Colu:nbia.... ..11.15am 4.55pa' Lv. Prosperity. .12.42pm 3.34pm Lv. Newberry.. .. .12.56pm 3.20pmn Lv. Clinton.... .. ..1.50pm 2.35pmi Lv. Laurens.. ..... 2.35pm 2.12pm C. &W. C. Ar. Greenville. . .. 4.00pm 12.20pm Ar. Spartanburg. ... 4.05pm 12.20pm S. A L Ar. Abbeville .... 3.55pm 1.02pa Ar. Greenwood .. 3.27pm 1.33pn Ar. Athens.... .... 6.05pm 10.30at' Ar. Atlanta...... .. 8.45pm 8.00arr A. C.L. 54. 55. Lv. Columbia.... .. 6.00pm 11.15aa Lv. Prosperity... .. 6.26pm '9.50ani Lv. Newberry.. .... 6.44pm 9.32arr Lv. Clinton.... .... 7.35pm 8.44aw Lv Laurens.. .. ..7.55pm3 8..20an Ar. Greenville.. ....9 '30pm 7.00amx 8.A.L. Ar. Greenwoo. . 2.28am 2.38am Ar. Abbeville.... .. 2.56am 2.08anj Ar. Athens.. .... ...5.4am 11.59pmn Ar. Atlanta.. ......7.5am 9.55pmu Nos. 52 and 53 arrive and deoart from Union Station, Columbia, daily and run through between Charlestor and Greenville. Nos. 54 and 60 arrive and depar Gervals street. 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