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The Chronicle to give $500 for EdiMtional Purposes. Particulars Next Week M ? - ' ' " 'Tis Not In Mortals to Command Success, but We'll do More. We'll Deserve it." -4* VOL 14. CHERAW, CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S. C. AUGUST 4. 1910. NO. 40 GREAT MEETING OF STATE UNION MANY RESOLUTIONS PASSED. Indorsing Various Lines of Work for Botterment of the Agricultural Class. j Columbia, July. 27.?The State Par- " mere' Uaton began its regular annual 1 session in the house of Representatives to-night with President A. J. A. Perritt ' Id chair. The programme of the Convention 3 is far aboTe the average in intelligence ( and there is an air of prosperity and good will pervading the assemb age. ' Id some respects it is the most impor- ' taut meeting of the State Union he d ' In several years. Reports show the 1 Union to be strong and doing good [ work in its be-itur tc the farming 1 class. At the meeting tonight definite plans and arrangements were made 1 to reorganise the Union, wherever 1 necessary, in counties already organ- ; lzed, and to push the work of organiz- 1 ing in those counties where organization has not been perfected. The ad- 1 dress of State President Perritt show- 1 ed the Union in the State to be in a ' healthy condition. All accounts 1 against State Union have been paid 1 and a small balance is in the treasury. ' The report of the executive commit- ' tee shows a slight increase in the membership of the order over its condition a year ago. The committee on < the revision of the constitution made < its report and several amendments 1 looking to the good of the order were i < ^ The number of members of < the State executive committee was de- 1 creased from seven to three. I The annual report of President Per- J rltt was in part as follows: i "We are g ad to note the good being I done by the pure food law, and believe the work of this law should be ex- i tended. It has been reported and It 1 seems t? be true that the union is re- t sponsible for a reduction in the priee t of fertilizers. In addition to this it is 1 gratifying to know that many enter- 1 prises are being e 'ganlzed in different < sections of the State for the purpose i of aiding the members of the order. i "The Union iu the country has < grown to such dimensions as to com- < mand the attention of our government I officials and legislators. They are trying to hud out in all matters what ! the farmers wish and legislation is : being enacted according y. As an ed- I ucator the Farmers' Union is of untold I value. Our members are becoming ] better farmers, better business men 1 and are making better homes, building . better schools, improving roads and ' In many other ways showing that they ' are awaking to the importance and ; nobility of the profession to which they belong. These things suggest the importance of more cooperation." President Perritt suggested that the members make every effort to own meir ittnua, ejeti wen houses, tobacco drying plants, grain elevators and other buildings. Should Have Help. In very county, he said, able mem- 1 berg should b selected to cooperate with the State officials in carrying on the great work begun by this Union. He exp aiued that it is too expensive for the present, even if it were possible for him to do so, to attend al these meetings when able associates in the community might do as well. Mr. Perritt was given close attention and he closed with much applause. The report of the executive committee was read by B. F. Keller. It follaws: "The executive committee of tb* South Carolina State Farmers Union begs leave to submit the following report for the te.m beginning Ju y 1, 1909, and ending June 30, 1910, viz: Owing to the aek of fuads for carry lng on tbe work fhere has been no general effort made at organization within the last year, but in several of the counties some good work has been done in this direction. Notwithstanding this fact your committee is glad to be able to report that there has been an increase in the paid up membership. "The committee recognizes the fact that during the coming year special efTort should be made to reorganize old territory and to Introduce the Union into new territory. To this end they have formulated a plan for reorganization. which they hope will be (Contiuued on page 4.) TO CONSERVE VALUE OF COTTON CROP SCHEME ASSUMING SHAPE. Would Make for Economy In Handling and Promoting Interests of AIL Boston, July 29.?Having Jor its purpose the revolutionizing of the cotton Industry of the United States, \ conference was held today at the pome of John Hays Hammond, Daniel I. Sully, the New York operator, and Scot Delgeish of Cairo Egypt, the representative of the Hirsch syndicate of London. Briefly, the idea is to establls. warehouses in all parts of the cotton prolucing district of this country as well ps in the manufacturing centres for storing the cotton crop, so that instead of selling It from hand to mouth, as has been the practice heretofore, it will be marketed th ough the entire yea.* when desirable. It is believed that economies will be effected in the marketing of cotton, which will result In a saving of vot less than $50,000,900 annually. The General Cotton Securities company, of which Mr. Hammond is president, and Mr. Sully is vice-president and general manager, is to be the organization through which this economy is to be effected. The Hlrsch syndicate,-it is understood, haB already underwritten the project. Would Aid South Greatly. Atlanta, Ga., July 29.?The project :>f Daniel J. Sully and associates to establish bonded cotton warehouses throughout the South and at various manufacturing centres throughout the country. th<> tentative plajifi_-i?f which have already been laid before janksers and cotton factors of the South by Mr. Sully in person, has met with a favorable reception throughout the cotton growing States. Following the visit to Atlanta next week of Messers. Sully and Dalgeish, the Atlanta chamber of comraeres yesterday adopted a resolution favoring the establishment of a chain of warelouses such as Mr. Sully proposed. Mr. Haxton, president of the chamber sf commerce, said the successful operation of the Sully plan would greatly aid the South in financing the cotton crop and believed it would result in ;he saving of millions of dollars yearly to the cotton growers. During the recent visit of Messers. Sully and Dalgeish to Atlanta it was mnounce that the warehouses, which It was planned to buy, or build throughout the South in time for handling much of the 1910 crop, would be bonded by the Hirschc syndicate of London. On the cotton stored in the warehouses negotiable certificates are to be issued, intended to be available as collateral in either this country o) Europe. Plan to Help Farmers Gloucester, Mass., July 29.?"An;> formal statement of our plans would be premature, as we have met today only for an informal discussion of the possibilities of the plan to establish cotton warehouses," was the answe'. that Messrs. Hammand, Sully and Dalgleish made tonight when questioner concerning the result of their conference today. The conferees wished to make it plain that their object in considering uucn a pian was noi 10 corner cotton, but to help the cotton raiser. Should their plan be consummate, they said, they hoped to be about the standardization of cotton and to assist the grower In selecting the proper seeds. No definite steps were taken today and probably none would be for sometime, they said. .! . XsXsXsXsXsXs^^ THE CAMPAIGN. ? ? Schedule of Meetings to Be | Held In This County. Brock's Mill?Tuesday, August 16. Cheraw?Tuesday, August 16, (at night.) Ousleydale?Wednesday, August 17. McBee?Thursday. August 18. Catarrh?Friday, August 19. Jefferson?Friday, August 19, (at night.) Pageland?Wednesday, August 24. Mt.Croghan?Thursday, August 2.">. ttuny?inursaay, August zo, tat night. Odom's Mill?Friday, August 2<'?. Court House?Saturday, August 2". Candidates must lilt* their pledge by 12 i.'cluck M. on Saturday, July !i<and they niust be accompanied by t!< fee of one dollar. Result < Held in Chester; * x * " ? * h 5 ^ ? < ? ' c y. ? o I S For (Joiif? m>n W P Pollock 296; 37 1J5 53; TB Bui tier 1| 0 1 8; D B Fin lev 26' J5 JI6 16 J For KepretUfiitutiveH IIJ DoukIOHH 69 7 13 11 T W SrrngKH 21 11 14 12 E Walker Duvall 277 42 131 61 I 'i Well* Valium 287 20 87 19 ! VTillium Holler 6 0 0 14 P J Sellers 1 1 20 18 PHJUant 23 J_o 20 _7 _ For Treasurer W A Douglas . 189 43 64 j 65 < S O (io(hIuI? 132 ^1 87: 9 J For Auditor I _ T% .too 11 K Qi 1t I J K JOH'CM <iai9 11 vim AV i Jno C Black well 28 7 13 18 D L Douglass 10 1G 19 12 Thou W Eddins 48 21 04 38 GOVERNMENT COTTON REPORT Condition 75.5 on July 25, Says Do- 1 partraent of Agriculture Washington, Aug 2.?The average condition of the cotton crop on July 25 was 75,5 per cent, of a normal, ac- a cording to a buletln of the crop report- e ing board of this department of agrl- C culture, issued at noon to day. The n average condition was 8.07 on June 25; ic 71.9 on July 25 laat year; 83.0 In 1900V. " wO in- 190and - 70.f- tta twi m average. Comparison of conditions by w States follows: _ w Ten year State 1910 average Virginia 80 81 S< North Carolina .... 71 80 ii South Carolina .. ..70 80 ni Georgia 70 81 tu Florida 70 83 M Alabama 71 78 tl Mississippi 71 78 tc Louisiana 69 78 pi Texas * .. 82 79 hi Arkansas 73 82 T Tennessee 76 82 Missouri 72 84 vi Oklahoma 87 81 It California 98 ? tl WHENT&UVl Just a few bushels of wheat pis MANY BUSHELS of grain; so v bank from time to time becor we will pay you will make it grc Make OUR Bank We pay liberal interest consiste BANK OF C Cheraov Acute or Chronic?Which! n si No matter if your kidney trouble is jj acute o chronic Foley's Kidney Rem- tl edy will reach your case. Mr. Claude d lirown, Reynoldsvllle, 111., writes us 11 that he suffered many months with ' kidney complaint which baffled a M treatment. At last he tried Foley's p Kidnoy Remedy ana a rew large not- c< ties effected a complete cure. He says, c "It has been of inestimable value to o | me." Sold by all druggists. Jci :>f the field County, _ |W I. . ? "O } f \ CO -c S :c -si?T "Ho x U 2; O r 25 ? * a. ! e 3 II I III 2 a & | i jir ' i, >. s t. s e S \a} 3g s a, ^ " " " ~ 49 (>2 275 10 64 96 32 67 74 0 1 8 I 26 2 6 29 41 22 J_1 _67 JH1_^2 _21 J_4 J32 J.4 10 29 73 1 5 5 6 20 19 10 75 2L- 48 27 1 27 43 [}(> 64 347 35] 90111 47 112 88 56 17 105 24| 61 69 18 63 12 0 11 22 2! 4 18 8 7 13 2 7 58 111 80 4 2 25 10 7 6 _80 _16i 7 2 9 _48 _7 33 65 333 44109 98 50105 64 l_8 8 19 __2l_17 _1_50 J0 *7 1 A.7 or! HO ?0 Sft fin 3!? 2 w 5fi| 2i 65 10 12 20 '5 2 0 88 if 4 6 0 12 18 34 63j 6[ 20| 14 4 44 10 CO-OPERATION 18 THE THING 'o Put tbe Planter on a Plane Wi the Heat of the World?Stroi Speech at State Union Meeting:. Columbia, July 28.?A feature of tl tate Farmers Union meeting was tl loquent and Practical speech of . !. Shuford, of'Newton, N. C.. chal mil of the Noith Carolina State Ui m. Mr. Ahufcrd aald in part; "The CtHaro ^aaanklnd is to blan e In the SAt^khave a product tt orld must~en^K and if we woul and for our r ghts the farmer of tt outh would have magnificent wealtl istead of let ing others coin oi oney. We are to blame for it. Ni ire's laws are the same every wher an will stand ills till nature fee! le strain and an effort will be mad ? right them. So it is with our pe< le and when our oppressions get to eavy, we get busy to correct thee he only remedy is co-operation. "The farmer is, because of his ei ronment, an ^dependent creator . is through society and ussociatio tat we develop. It i.i the clash < pHapvfstfti u IITII%P uwr iijft/ fOUR COIN PUT IT Ik IN THE inted in the ground becom nil me uiuucj juu yui hi wi ne a BIG SUM. The interei >w. YOUR Bank. nt with safety 4 per cen ;her.aw, . s. c. lind with raind that makes trm Land out. You have divide 1 the Sta ito districts and elected a member re executive committee from eat istrict, when what the Union i.teds len. The demand was never so gre >r men. "Ab a class, th? farmer is not : ^ell educated as are others, but I w ut thfearmer ^gainst the world I ommon sense ;if he will use it. ollege diploma! does not educate, nly Increases dne's capacity for ed ition. PrimaryCL! August 25, 1908. i ~ L A IK 1 I i ? I . 1 a - i Farm ? i I ? t s * I i tiv. ?<lsi?22-io o att,4*aaaaoa H ,)er 61 11 87 62 48 47 91 61 ?9jl715 tew 0 0 7 4 2 8 0 1 113 27 56 36 27 79 28 10 26 27! 688 ML j N. HJ 5 3 1 15 18 17 9 32 88; 406 Clems 21 2 11 6 32 5 1 17 8j 420 ?poke 35 26 101 63 100 56 07 78 44 1865 . , 20 24 108 37 43 17 0 32 8|ll27 aca001 6 11 22 46 81 16 2 8 9! 246 The 31 21 5 1 2 4 23 9 10 323 Mr. J. 56 53 7 19 15 25 3 19 488 with j 47 44 83 85 81 39 45 02 69 1832 41 33 44 8 47 43 55 38 U 072 Tbe was J 71 34 115 77 80 51 12 17 5 1325 on sol 12 26 9 1 44 6 29 10 8 890 at len 1 0 4 9 3 12 11 54 55 340 llBtpnf 2 25 4 6 7 2 44 7 0 465 large sion o eral q INFORMATION ON ?2 : LIQUOR LAW ? mers. bis ta ATTORNEY GENERAL LYON AN- raake .p SWERS QUESTIONS farmei them t tlons r" Rules that Whiskey Shipped Under Q_ terest Inter-State Commerce Law for "Per- empha lg sonaI Use" Should Not be 8eized? iD& wa ie Exists, Liquor Shipments Should be didn't ld Confiscated. Ther town g ie k Columbia, August 2.?Attorney General Lyon, this afternoon answered i_ certain questions relating to the con- [a whe struction of the liquor laws of this discove lB State that are of special interest Just uour c I now, following the recent ruling of Mount, Judge Memminger, of Charleston, on intense the storing of liquors in the prohlbi- C0ld I tion counties of South Carolina. The great i rulings by Attorney General Lyon are Oodl a: in reply to a letter he received from Qiscov e Rembert, S. C. xrttle I >n . - iay an ^ Whiskey For Personal Use ike tb B The following is the letter addressed emedy ' to J. L. Gillis, magistrate of Rembert, a?e8' 1 by Attorney General Lyon: a?y T1 "Your letter of the 1st Inst is at $1-00? hand. You ask that you be advised b? T. B upon the following question: "First: Is it my duty under the law as a magistrate to hav seized from any and all persons as soon as same is delivered to them by the express company or other carrier, where I have no reason to believe that it is for any Tripr purpose other than personal use?" "Assuming that you have not so stated?that such whiskey is shipped under the protection of the Inter-State commerce law, I answer to this questIon' No." Auai Illegal Sale of Liquor. 000 ac jelng "Where whiskey Is delivered to one 1909 ai by another express company or other carrier, and I have reason or lnformar farmer tlon to believe that it is being sold, South am I warranted under the law in Tennei seizing it as soon as it is delivered are fu and is it my duty to do so?" Assuming?though you have not so stated?that the liquor in question is not shipped to a county dispensary or a druggist lawfully authorized to sell ^out IC the same, I answer to this question? ^eorg ir "yes." Kentl "In answering the above questions Tenm Alaba I assume that you have used the word VI jgo j( whiskey as including pure alcohol and wine." t* Opinions Conflict. The The ruling by the Attorney General showei is in conflict with the ruling fo Judge and an Memininger's ruling at Sumter, in that conditi Judge Memminger held that whiskey J)orte(j could not be stored under the law in prohibition counties, that is to say that ?tates counties that voted out the sale of wis- try' ^ ? key through the county dispensary sec?n system. Mr. Lyon's opinion is that 8 whiskey for personal use, that is liquor demote 8 shipped under the Inter-State commer- m< a* ce laws, cannot be seized. It is inter- t0"ay* estitig to note the several seizures that the So ',8 have been recently made in Sumter, (*ent ' although the plea of the person from tc or whom the whiskey was seized was that Th< the same was for personal use. it genera u- al mei ouuscriue iu cue v^uciaw ^uiumuiu. <-uuia.5 y " IMSON EXPERTS AT MT. GR06HAN IE CROWD HEAR SPEECHES. erg Very Enthusiastic and Atten?Professors Goodrich and Har0/ Clemsou College Make Insting Talks. Croghan, July 30.?Professors J. arper and J. L. Goodrich, the on College experts 011 farming, to the farmers here today in the I house at 11 o'clock, meeting was called to order by Clifton Rivers and was opened (layer by County Supe;intendent ication Kiiby Rivers, first of the professors to speak . L. Goodrich, who is an expert 1 fertility. Prof. Goodrich dealt igth with his subject and was id to very attentively by the crowd present. At the concluf his speech he was asked sevuestions, all of which were ully answered and in such a as to satisfy those inteiested. ifessor J. N. Ha 'per was xt and last speaker. He talked ijects of general interest to farHe stated at the beginning of lk that he had no speech to but was going to talk with the s that were Interested, asking o butt in at any time with quesand he would try to answei He stirred up considerable inbefore he had finished his talk, sizing the fact that deep plow3 necessary and urging the farto use good cover crops and hefti dflder. He gAiu iuhi ilifiy 1 need the hay. e were quite a number of out of uests here to enjoy the day. rhe Best Hour of Life. in you do some great deed o: ir some wonderful fact. This t :ame to J. R. Pitt, of Rock) N. C., when he was suffering j ly, as he says, "from the worst ever had, I then proved to my satisfaction, what a wonderful nd Cough cure Dr. King's New ery is. For, after taking one [ was entirely cured. You can't ythlng too good of a medicine lat." It's the surest and best ' for diseased lungs, nemmor-.aGrlppe, Asthma, Hay Fever, hroat and Lung trouble. 50c. Trial bottle free. Guaranteed i 1 Wannamaker & Sons. i FARMING IN eased Interest in t ?Making the nta, Ga., July 27.?With 26,277,res planted In corn this year, an increase of 1,535,000 over id 2, 776,000 acres over 1008, the ( s of Virginia, North Carolina, Carolina Georgia, Kentucky, i ssee, Alabama and Mississippi rnishing very substantial proof States. lia Carolina Carolina ;la icky ;ssee ma jsippi Total table indicates that each State 1 an increase over 1908 in 1909 i increase over 1909 in 1910. The ion of this year's crop as leby the department shows the of the South leading the counississippi being first, Alabama #*?wl flosivcriu thlrri ttllU UCVI 5<M V..W great increase in the acreage : d to corn is considered one of DSt hopeful Bigns in the South In a letter to the directors of uthern Railway company, Presi- i i^inley called particular atten- ' ? these figures and said: < i increase in the acreage of iccompanied, as it is, by a quite ,1 adoption of improved culturthods, is one of the most enIng features of Southern agri- ?i BIG COTTON MILL COMBINE FORMED TWENTYTWO MILLS CONSOLIDATE New England, New York and Baltimore Represented in Big Combine With Twenty Million Capital. New York, July 28.?New England, New York and Baltimore brokers bankers and capitalists incorporated today the International Cotton Mills corporation under the laws of New York and with an authorized capital / of $10,000,000 7 per cent cumulative preferred stock and $10,000,000 common stock. V A statement issued this afternoon by Myron C. Taylor, president of the mills, sales and distributing agencies in this country and Canada which manufacture and sell 3,000 varieties of eotton fabrics are included in the merger. The properties consolidated represent 22 mills and 33 principal branches owning owning 10,000 acres of land, part of which is under cotton cultivation and employing 10,000 hands with an aggvgate annual output of approximately $18,000,000. Among them are the Star ke mills of Manchester, N. H? the Mount Vernon Woodbury Cotton Duck company, the Boston Yarn company, the Bay State Cotton corporation, the Eastern Mills and the Maryland Mills. Mr. Taylor is president of the American Commercial corporation and x director of the Bay States Cotton 'J corporation, the Boston Yarn compa-, v ay, the Lowall Weaving company, the mm .erests in the trade. Other officers ire Charles M. Warner, New Yore; Thomas M. Turner, New York, and P. T. Jackson, Boston; Augusta P. Lorng, Boston, treasurer; David H. Caroil, Baltimore, secretary, and S. Da/ .ies Warfield, Baltimore, chairman of he board. The officers are named as directors n addition to a'number of prominent nen in New England, New Yolk city tnd Baltimore. From Sickness to "Excellent Health." So says Mrs. Chas. Lyon, Peo la,111. "I found a prompt and speedy cure for * - 1 *- J I.! J..-M 4i.AiiklA nrkl/tli oacKiicne auu iuuucj uuuuic nuivu bothered uie for many months. I am now enjoying excellent health which I jwe to Foley Kidney Pills." So d by a 1 druggists. THE SOUTH > * 1 he Growing of Cora : South Rich of the fact that the South is constantly devoting more attention to raising its own food supplies. These figures are from the last report of the bureau of statistics of the United States department of agriculture. The acreage in corn for the three years iff these States is shown in the following table: 190S. 1910. 1910. 1,525,000 2,010,000 2,142,000 2,787,000 2,898,000 3,072,000 2,073,000 2,218,000 2,418,000 4,300,000 4,400,000 4,532,000 3.3C6.000 3,56$,000 3,639,000 3,350.000 3,575,000 3,718.000 3,050.000 3,233,000 3,524,000 2,650,000 2,810,000 3,232,000 23.501.000 24,742,000 26.277,000 cultural progress. It is one of the results of a general movement throughout the South in the direction of diversified agriculture?a movement which we are endeavoring to encourage and assist as far as we can properly do so." As the farmers of the South increase their yield of corn. th?*y will save enormeous sums which they have been spending in the West foi food products and will consequently themselves realize more from cotton and other market crops. Economic authorities ag"ee in declaring the American corn ciop the basis of the coun try's prosperity since in such a large measure the production of other crops in the South consequently means a greater share of the prosperity for this section.