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_i the Need Fot Credits or Cl A Ringing Message by H. S. Moble Farmer's Union? and One of Leaders of Org There is a difference between com mercial banking and agricultural banking-a great difference. In Amer ica we do not recognize lt, but in the older countries o? the world it is ire cognised, plainly recognized. It ls written in their political and finan cial history, that agriculture can not live under the. same system ot finance. that commerce and manufactures can and I am going further and say to ?rou that there has never been a time n the history of agriculture when ag riculture was forced to maintain it self under the same system of banking and finance aa commerce and manu factures that it has progressed. irvj Hence other countries .than, ours haye evolved and .had in operation' for years many and Varied "different' sys tems of agricultural finance, separate entirely at practically all points from their financial and. from their manu facturing finances. They have rural credits and then they have their com mercial banks which carry commerce and manufactures. . Thoy have their agricultural banks that carry; tho hi-, vestment* and'the personal credits of the agricultural-classes, and the ag ricultural classes have their equality of integrity and opportunity to deal among themselves, and it is so regu lated that one man has'but Very lit tle opportunity to take advantage of the other man, and so men of equal ability deal with each other and the consequence is that fairnea ^sexists. In America we have been 'compelled to try to carry on the great occupa tion of farming by dealing with com mercial banks to do that, farming. Now it is a known fact that in mod ern times agriculture will not pay over 5 per cent, on the investment, and yet in the South we are paying at least 10 to. 15 per cent, for our finan cial assistance and we are getting but little ot that assistance:from the com mercial banks. We are paying, any where-now listen to me, for I am telling you tho truth-we are paying anywhere from 50 to 200 per . cent for commercial: backing, on a; ii business ' that scientifically is said and .accepted by the authorities'of; the world will not pay over. 5 per cent . ?Can you wonder that the .farms'are gully-washed? Can you wonder that the farm-homes are 'dilapidated?* Can you. wonder that the country schools are poor, uninviting and monstrosities of ca?3=e55, gl?nding by thc ?ida ol the road, tho most desolate places in the country outside of the graveyard, bocauso the;wealth of the community there, brought out of the ground by. the sweat' of those people? ls. diverted from them through this 50 to 200 per cent of merchant's tax '" placed on them, and this enormous 10 to 15 per cent tax of interest put upon them - by the commercial banks? This ls true In the-'South. The essence or the wholes thing, ls just "this:- A commercial banker on demand has to instantly find, money to pay his depositors ; he agree 3 to do lt When you give him a deposit there ls not a word, said but the spirit and. life, and law of; the insti tution are that you can go back in. tho next five mi nu too andi draw it out again: without a word being said. In other words, it ls. a demand payment the banker receives from you.as a der;, posit, unless you nisKo a contract, with him for a time deposit That be- ; log true, these banka can not. in the very nature, of their lives, and in the' very nature qt thou? law, and the.Very-! nature: of their, being, make long-time Ipabs, - ' " ? ' ' " ; ?On^ the/other-hand, . the history -of agriculture teaches that lt can ndt.Hv* > and progress under anything but long time lpa?B. K^jS?^^j^^(0t. >l? % i "fr '{-A <^ i ?'f-;.fryyv.. ,1S!r^ anta ? m .opiJifof lunutre em -?OJ Tho kiddies, are t? -v<ng. theii folks are beginning ??.ttsl tho fit ? 4'j?\ ? ?< ? j Kow Is the Vm |oi*>:,}*nr i until the final rt.?h. . Shcp^ n6fr;; are easiest to make and'thp. me give you their best attiihil?n. .??e merchants Acif ' ^derso?;: huslness in tho advert^] They aro offering choicest <bsrgt vertsements..in : thia paper from) pieierwiih. s^gg?sirons io CuriB-oi th>ee: thing?: ;Y."; .v ;\ Shop'eanyV Shop in Andaison ' : . A1 v '.; V. And- ten* tho . mwi?,????st?"j ?I Saw ?ear ?d la-The Intel y, President of the. Arkansas State the Clearest Thbkers Among anixed Farmers. There ls the exact point in it, and that ls the reason agriculture haa to pay the enormous Interest that it does, and that ts the reason the bank er-can. not lend as he. ought to do/or maybe ca a lot of thorn would like to do, to.the man who ls farming. Then this drives the man who ia farming to go to,the merchant for bia finan cial, resources, and in. tho.South of the men who have raised cotton, almost 80 per cent- ot them have r ' td that cotton, not OQ bank finance . but on the supply merchant's, finances; not on th eenormous 10. to 12 per cent in terest, but on the yet more enormous 50 to 200 per cent profit demanded by the time merchant That ls'the condi tion our farmers are in today, and that is the condition they Will stay in until the statesmen of this country wake up und realize that these men in the woods, are not. the. greenhorns that they are supposed to be; that they do know the necessities of their lives; that they do. know, these de mands, and then look backward to tho . experience ot tho countries from which- fro cdma and acknowledge th a' ve are 200- to 300 years behind - tin times with regard to right dealing wi(h agriculture. . And when you come to do teat you are going to give the United'States of America a separate system of agricul tural finance. You can. caji it rural cr?dits; or whatever you please, but lt will mean that you are giving the backing of the United States govern' mont to Initiate and put into, opera tion. in the United States a govern ment rural credit law that will-let toe man without commercial experience -and education deal with the banking institution of which he ls a living, vital part, and deal without all Of the cards being stacked against him by reason of the superior Intelligence and ability of the man with whom he deals. * s "We had it proved to us, in the meet ing with the, secretary of the treas ury and the Federal reserve 'board, in Washington, that .the commercial sys tem can not financ?'the agricultural system without taking so great risks a3 to create a panicky feeling that makes them hoard up their vast sums ~I believe the secretary said $360,? 000,000--in their vaults. And a farri er who came inta;the First' National Bank in Birmingham the ether day with'five bales of cotton or a'receipt for fivo.bales.of cotton from,the bond ed warehouse, and;asked for a loan,' and said to the.bank: "Mako your own terms for the loan, thc amount of interest and take my receipt, and be-1 hind that my note for that loan,? and.' the. answer, to hun-was: "We have nor. any money to lend to farmers on cot ton." That was. rt hank that wes car"' ry lng, I think, as I remember 44 per cent of ItB reserve, most of it drawn from the Aldrich-Vreeland currency. That la a bank, of which ono of tho members of this Federal reserve board was the president before he came to Washington, and the man -Who made; the' deal or. attempted to make the! deal la. in. thia, room right now while I eneajfc ? ... . Some people who do not study thes?? things blame the merchant we will say, and some blame ?he banks, but those who study conditions deeply rec? ; ognise that it is tho reBult of a cause, and: when you .change the cause you f-elievo tho body politic and.the social community from the evils to a largo extent. ; >Aid' th? cur* is to take ' the fermer ou?i\from, under the /comui?rv ! cl?t'; bank?r gi s*2t?m? put him under an agricultural banking Kystem. dive him a, fair, square deal and he will solve the question. h: .'. Hf: S. MOSLEY. i tS ipuai 80T??a si JpiMIS PIO v ey ^l^ tho. chinkey, . . The old .st.touch of tho Ohrlstmas spirit^ ?bji'ist^iis shopping, po not wait j at/.y^nrifl.(Blsure when selections n and; women in the store? can j^re giHng,?yott.4b4>,^t.;njw?-,)qt.S ^. columns: or Tho Int?jiiii^^Vi linn: ?|t??4w??^pr?ces.: v-? Th? /?d-* nqwj nu til. Christmas will,bo re ?as ; shopp era. " ; ?' ?em ember th eno . * . . > ' It?geacer.^ KAU OF ? ELEVATOR SYSTEM AN AUTHORITY ON SUBJECT DISCUSSED REQUIRE MENTS 4 i ' GRAIN NEEDED Expert Describee Conditions of Success in Q \ntity Storage Rates. . One ot the interesting features of the grain campaign -which has been started in-this State is the address by : A. Q. Smith to the farmers. Mr. Smith not only is an authority on farm management and is an agrlcul Iturlts bf distinction, but he is also a native'of the corn belt, and'having spent his youth and having been edu cated there, his views on the Question ? are doubly valuable. In reply to < ; Questions in a number of towns he 'has said that there ls a profit in.corn, BO proved by the .success of the II Ilinois farmers^! The farmer there gets 'Sn average of 55 to.60 ?;ents a bushel for his corn, but be bas no fertilizer bill to speak of. However,-he has but the one crop a year, whereas . the thrifty and Industrious Southern far ? mer-may produce two crops of dif i feront kinds, the one fertilizing the . other, and and each makng a profit j The Western farmer on his corn alone makes a profit When Ute price "of corn occasionally runs too low tor him to mako a profit, he U3es bogs as a Bide crop, and In "this way insures his profit, for the hogs fatten on the grain on. which there would be no ' profit and: there is good profit in hogs in that manner. < As to Elevators, ? When asked at several places about the advisability of an elevator system, Mr. Smith has. stated that hts idea fa that an elevator for the handling of grain would be impracticable unless I the farmers in the contiguous territory .should agree to produce for th? eleva tor-, 100,006 bushels; over, and above their own requirements. Very frankly, ' Mr. Smith- stated that there is no de mand for elevators in every corner of the-State and some placea will, take a risk-in building unless'there:1s a.deflr. nlte -understanding among tho fann ers to produce the grain. In some Bec- ' . tiona It' was reported that tho farm ers had said that-they would plant if (hey had a market, showing that there ls no unuuibtandiug beiwee? them amt Ith? local dealerg.. ' Until there is some euch understanding, said; Mr. Smith, the proposition Is danger-i jous. ". -'- r. .;..>..?..; . : ,'' . J BuBlnesf ' tuen who are interested in ! thc elevator and milling; proposition, Bald Mr. .Smth. should go about the matter just as Hens would with refer-^ en?e .io-establishing a ?pickle factory in some place where there might be' 'a.fool to. start a pickle factory where there is no raw material and- where there ls no pledge, from the surround :mg country to produce enough for the plant to work upon.. Unless there is a definite understanding, between tho , fermer? sad the owners^ there might I ; be : elevators and. no grain. It is Just' the same, thing aa the starting of . I creameries, which have failed in some. I sections because the farmers had not pledged, themselves- to send their I cream .to. the plants '. 'to be - converted. I Into butter. \ A grain elevator would not be a' good investment or a paying proposition unless tho basis of supply j was assured. ; . ' . I . AB to Financio ?j. The- financing of the. proposition should hw, done by. tho farmers, or largely hy them, for ?conomie . and other Treasons.- In his section ot the i country, said , Mr. Smith, there are four of those elevators, within Six miles of his home. And ho has learned that ^another ono ls being put! up.\by the firm' represented-by^Mr. Stratton, who has been making the grain cam paign with Commissioner Watson's, party. - j Tho plan advient ic *~ ic'ijvacor-1 peri???? Kim about ?12,000 cattai, stock, ?20 ; sh?r>s .*?t tiQO'-esxm.-'INovj one ls permitted to own more ; than \ five shares and 'when-*a; eh^ at-an^ time is ordered for sale, the trannae fa handled by tte board of direct so that ; the propertyVmay not tale vihto.^ the nanas ot tho ele trust' . '.' '. : '-? _que?itly' the company' //.wfll-j'g?v building propositionfinanced in . ._o;way. - aa ^ let the farmers pay for their stock in gran at. tho 1 end : of ? the first' neason. ??^'oethe farmers\wM*]wfcm$':< raot tmiy/nialdng^ crops1 tojpaytor the landet are sled After, paying stpcraomwra; a timawi? a*, the uspal rate of. interest, tho rc mnndor ot the -profit. among the fanners . wtto;rbrought^ in the grain; and thia sometimes,amounts tpv as*.1 much aa; ? cent cr * moro per, bushel aoTa h?nup. ?he;8hlpp?hr?ates. :aii.' OVin W,? (MUI av v.;?x? . Smith waa- asked about tho, rnarkota I and if prt?sl^ld^?? gaatotee&??d, is. ot course/thowf^ai -, i-*i->-iiJ n\-II-ir "ii'* ii-'r-?*? } (COMT?NiTl?? OK FAGS 8BVBK.) A Reguh adjoining PRACTICAL ADVICE FOB THE OUCH A HOIST j Clemson College Distributing New Bulletin OB Pruning^ EACH PHASE FCLI? TREATED Every I'armor Who linn Pmlt Trees Will Fina Helpful Things In ?PracUeslcPruuIns.'' / CLEMSON COLLEGE, Nor. 26. - "Pruning," says F. J. ender, associate horticulturalist of Clemson 'College, in the beginning of,, Bulletin No. 167, Practical "Orachard Pruning, ot, the South Carolina Experiment Station, is one of the most important opera tions in tho. successful handling of any orchard and lt is very essential where the best results are desired from any fruit plant. Unless pro perly pruned, no fruit tree or vine oi any ??ort will produce fruit of maximum size, color or quality, nor attain a full and proportionate de velopment of its wood parts. The number- of unprimed orchards all over our state furnish striking exam ples of these facts. They fall to give profitable returns in many casca for no other reason than that they are allowed to remain from year to year without being pruned. "This. condition is generally de plored by the owners and exista not from an absence of good inten tions on their part but on account of a lack of definite -knowledge of how to prune and the , benefits to be de rived from this practice. I believe there is no person who makes any attempt ht growing fruit who j does not desire to produce the .best It is our purpose therefore, in this work to point out in a concise, practictal way, the fundamental principles of pruning and the methods of pruning the leading fruits of Snith Carolina that will best serve the needs of the fruit grower and the gerenal farmer." Prof. did er's bulletin is ono of the most thorough handbooks on prun ing ever issued.by an agricultural college for free distribution. In for ty-seven pages, lt discusses every phase of pruning ss it affects the or chards of South Carolina, It ls free to every farmer-in the State who applies to Clemson College for lt and it should .be in the hands of ev ery one in tho State Who has even a few trees that h? cares about In writing ask for Bulletin 167. The first hilt of the bulletin con tains general subjects of vital inter est and importance to every, orchard* 1st in the state, such ns tho individu ality ot fruit tir?es!'how, and when to prune, making , buts, protectin? wounds, forming ' the head, - heading back,1 Bumpier treatment ot 'young trees, pruning the n?glectefl ?trf??'.fta guiatlb'g amount of fruit a tree should u^?fr/eteU,' :A,Z; ^- :r: .'. Wt & Next, there is. fr" detailed ;an? sim-' plo'.'description' of the'' pruning'tools that'.a'farmer/should.''have' 'with' an estimate' o? the approximate cost of the necessary tools. This will bc found a help to .the ihexperiericed. ' Th's remainder of tho bulletin is devoted to individual discussions of pruning methods for each ot .the common fruits of South Carolina and here' information IB presented that' should leave1 ho orchard j owner un certain as to how to pruno any rbi bia trees. Peach, plum., cherry, apple, pear, quince,' pecan, persimmon? fig, currant "gooseberry; bunch grape, muscadhie grape, raspberry^ . black berry, "dewberry- each is--given in. dividual treatment by Prof. Crlder in his" bulletin. '. Thirteen large platea graphically represent in the following illustra tions the methods that are sot forth in print, in the bulletin. The. Hessen for pruning is approaching sad farm era have more reason this year ' than ever before to take care of., their trees and have' -them produce, next season all that'they can with p-.'c-flt.and saf ety.; AU.1 farmers who.-hiive orchards, however' small,"should "possess them selves of Bulletin NO. 1'.'6. Which will be supplied free to ajl-vho apply for it as l?^'4fl;the;subply.. jgjffl, '?& SOUTH CAROLINA EGG MASH liost EconcBsical PonHry Feed For Pseln ThU Staie. ; .'F. C. Hare,poultryhusbandraan. of Clemson College, is receiving .scores ot letters each, week that indicate & "most unusual act'.vity in poultry, rais? lng in South Carolina nt this season and a large number of tko- inquiries addressed to hts office concerh poul try; feeds and feeding metb^i. /CK* f??Gn?uK ip?^n'r Tr~&n& by . Mr, '?sS?,'iB considered the most econom ical and valuable egg-making food for this State: pounds Cottonse?d meal. ... ... ... .100 Wheat bran ,. ..... GO ,Waieat'B:hbrta ... ..i?:y. :W --. SO ?rouh? Hmo rock (fertiliser lime.. Ground charcoal., -vii >'?\*r'$S SaitU?.. ... Bleep; this mash in tho house, before .rt?i^^lioii?i."*ail ,the, time. Put it In \a covered box with slats around, it. or a hopper,. so* hons can not ; SOO nor .waste the mool. bo,*not ralfiM, willi water and; feeji .only onco -ai day, as, in this-way. hens wJH overred.iM ihAti Btjuii? nbout and become chilled. Feed the mash, dry and let: the bens consumo ft gradually, 'as nature inr tended. The ground Urne-rock is ag ricultural Unie, Jiot the burnt- limo " for whitwashlng. Th? - ground y be. eliminated if it con y procured, hut alway add te-sa?t-:' Anything txvSe!!* Nothing Sells fcs?j?fc ir We?kly Feature r Counties. Contribto ?M TIME TD PLAN! SEVERAL.VEGETABLES ENGLISH PEAS AND IRISH PO TATOES SHOULD BE PUT IN GROUND HOW TO PLANT Potatoes Should Be Cut and Roll ed in Air-Slacked Lime. Plant Deep. Now is the season for the planting < of soveral v?rlettes of vegetables, es- ? pocially English peas and Irish, pota- t toes, according, to Forman Smith, tho i well known seedsman. Thrifty gard- ( ners are doubtless aware of'thia fact. ] but those who are not so well versed \ in matters of thins kind will find the suggestion of value . If they intend , planting their own gardens. , English peas planted now or in t early December wi)' furnish tho plant- , or thereof with food of this type In . thc forepart of the spring. As for . Irish potatoes. Mr. Smith anyB that . the best. Information obtainable on the subject advises cutting the seed potatoes and rolling them in air- ! slacked lime and planting deep. The 1 lime, it ?B stated, will prevent the po- 1 tato rotting and the dep planting will 1 protect it from freezing. Cotton seed J meal only b'iould bo used to f?rtil- 1 ize Irish potatoes now.. Mr. Smith' says that tbo Irish Cobbler ls the best 1 variety of p?telo for planting at this i time ojf. iii?? year, though the Blls* I ls well adapted to this section. . 1 . Not only is it time for planting ' peas and potatoes, Bays Mr. Smith, but I it is the proper time for.putting out ? cabbage and lettuce plants. I v Seed Wheat Scarce. ! Continuing his talk od the . subject' , of seeds, Mr. Smith steted that wheat j can be planted in this section, un th ? the latter part- of December. . Seed ? wheat in thia end adjoining counties Is particularly scarce, recently he j spent four, days touring Oconee, Pick. . ens and Anderson counties in search , of seed'Wheat and.-was able ?to purv . chase> only 12 ! bushels. Ho says that ; the demand for seed wheat in heavy j in all parts Ot the country and espe cially the.lower part of this state. l?o ; declares that-there pre not more than ten farmers in the county who plant .wheat. Every year South Carolina j sends out ot the stete Borne twenty m i li i-.i ns of dollars for .flour and yet South" Carolina raised wheat is a. bctisr food; produc? ?.nan the ,Weatem Wheat; lie says. Mr. Smith has been receiving seed wheat from Christian , county, Kentucky. Mr. Smith also states, that a con siderable quantity qf soghum cane io ? going to be planted in Anderson ..county this year, judging from, the number of inquiries he has received = about cane seed. There are two var ieties, well adapted for this suction. . he states, the sugar, drip and the Jap- . anese ribbon. It Takes Time and Intelligent Effort ot Readjust a Cropping System? - A reorganization or rearrangement mont of Southern cropping is a neces sity, not alone, because, ot the low price of cotton, but also because, it is impracticable to maintain qr increase, soil fertility when so largo a pro portion of the- land ls pl&hted to one crop... The'greatest hardship results from - the. necessity for a sudden change: .If during the past five years B?me force' could have: gradually, brought about the changes which aro now be-v lng suddenly, attempted, nothing but good, would have r?r?ie?a/ But it lo impassible for any farming section to. make ? su ch changes as 'are how de manded1 without great loss and much : hardship. ' The changes now bein ? made- are practically all desirable j and if -they could vbo made gradually during a period ot three er four years they would provo-profitable: bat there ts so much involved rh. the r?ar?ng? ment of a system of farming that falk ures are Inevitable and these failures Will drive, many . h**kinte the old \ one-crop sya?*24 of; faixnlng, !>' even' tbou??i me price of cotf?i should re- : main so near .the bare cost of produo- I Upn. ? ? . ? - ? I . It ls w> small task. fd*;people to , Ipanv to grow hew crops- and this is espeo'ally true under . our conditions ? of; she rt time tenantry ard ignorant iahor Moreqvm\ when tho successful gr iw?r o? a new crop ha//been learn ed, les* tlUn half the difficulties have be?n bviarebite. "We mu it also estab lish marketing facilities and markets and leam hfiV to prepare tho-, fern "dqctefor eal^v The-tMfigs. whick; so. many are now. vryingy tb do aro simply, wwii-; theProg^/re* larmer has b^^advocating: ali these years. They could have boen Introduced ,wlth much less throublo and expense had W?Tltaj^- a iew, yeara back, , but it ? is human- to do little-more than we aro compelled to do by stress tit con-' ditioaa 'f; v ' '? ".-.'? ? ' . 1 . nw- ?-ai..'t^.JlK. .j.? . r.o vnuuut nco a vitoonir, viu .ann guise/'- as some assert; lp; tho, pres ent- conditions, but .unquestionably m?he good will eome from the greater production of food and feed ? crops which wo are now. hoing forced to ' learn how to product be^p^ehaaed at; t?o' a^eattyprJoa. W Cftuw.-<ifr?rtK rofy>?wl < tO?*?*p^C r?s tioria^ysiem&?^ could l^vatdt^ev&o.^u-?der/mpre,J fay->( for the Farmers o liions for t?iis page BIG M&ETI? OF FARMERS AND BUSINESS J MEN TO CONSIDER GRAIN ii ELEVATOR MATTER j ' fHE PROPOSITION - .. - \l mil Be Explained Sn Detail and t Stock. I - ? Persons coming ia from tho rural 1 ilstricts report th:it farmers generally ( ire much Interested in the gathering j o. he held here in - the court house 1 loxt Monday ?reek for the purpose of t h o rough ly understanding and "Putt-; t ng across" the proposition ot erecting 1 n Anderson a grain elevator. it The general. commltteo which was. j c ippolntod for the-purpose of working ip interest in . tho 'gathering >has' not ! jeen idle. The members, have spoken 0 their friends and. ncciualntances On. he subject and'requested them' to urn out for the meeting to be hold in the court houae on December eales lay, which will be.tho 7tbi This gen eral committ?e consists of well known \ tmsineBS men of the city and promt- -<j :ient planters. Consequently the poo- , pie in the rural' districts are hearing <i ?bout the proposed gathering- aa well is those living in tho city. " ! The sub-committee which was ap- j pointed for the purpose of arranging ? 1 program for the gathering will con- , Ter early next week and get - every- , thing in readiness for the meeting. ; it i? understood that they will get ' two or three good speskers for ..the ^cession, and after, the proposition ! lias, beeb thoroughly explained to. those present will make a strenuous effort to raise enought stock subsorlp- j tious on the spot to warrant steps be- < [rig taken toward erecting the eleva- * .The general plan, as. discussed at ! ?gathering of farmers at tho Cham- . of Commerce last Tuesday, ia to i blish here:a ?10.000.elevator.. It i lo proposed to 'organize a stock com-, pony and sell shares of ?.tock for $50 , each. It is understood til at it is /pos- < elble to erect tho elevator when; 20 ' nur ?nt nf th?? rtftnltnlofnnlr'-Vipf? Vinnrt- 1 f Anderson and g?arf?y receivedo G ?2V ?aid In, the balance ot ibo debi being ecu red by. grain. It ia proposed to' lave the elevator managed, by-a board if directors consist?a)?; largely of armers. '; . \ As explained ut me rioting at the Chamber of Commerce , early in the reek, the erection of a grain eleva or here would o'reato s market for train; purchase grain from the farm rs at standard market price's and pay * hem cash for the same; clean , and ;rado the grain and put it,,in ."com- ,% nerclal shape. Facilities/for storing [rain, will,'of course, be Included in ] ho lay out . and farmers not wishing o sell their grain Just at the time lt s brought to the elevator - can store t Just aa they now .atoro and hold heir cotton. Fair weather prevailing on Decein ?er 7, there ls every reason to believe hat tho court house will harbor, for his grain elevator rally, one of tho argest gatherings ot Anderson Coun y farmers and business men on reo ft?-, : . .U-. :.i & i l?M?f^PORT 'CHICAGO,' NOV. 2?.~mgsf'\t?gner;,*,,?* Bulk f?.4??7.60;;'ligh?! '^KlOteiT.?t); J - rifcsed' $7.?B@7:70?Mh??vy 17.20@7j75}'V/ r?ugh $7.20?7.3?y plg? 56.OO@f0.75; 'r f ? Cattle ''st?ad);.r''''?atItb,|bbet 1 steered $5.85? 10.50; west?rn. steeds $5.40@ .? ).00; cows and heifers ?3.60@9.20; salves $8.25all.60. '.i . ? > Sheep higher. Sheep ?5.50?CSG; pearling S.C.50@8.0Q; lambs- $6.75? ?.30. . . i , . ' i^iverpoqi (Cotton ?? LrviBP.POOU Nov. 26.*-Cotlon, spot, in fair demand; prices] firm; Ame'ri mn middling fair 5.48; good middling 1.80; middling 4.48; low middling 3.97 good ordinary 3.23; ordinary. 2.78. Sates 8,000 bales, including 6,600 ' american and 800 for speculation and export. Receipts 12,240 balea, Includ ing 11,793 American. . Futures closed quiet. 'ViMay! * arid Tune"'4.18; Jnly^arid'?Mgt?kt^^t-at1 October and' November1 ber'?nd December-^; ^toflarV^a?d; , .. ' ? ' * ' , * .-j uti> , I '?I ni ? tv ?ff .'BK'' ^?O? tr/ilK- . nu .. :-. TaUtmg Ahout Shoes ? Tomorrow we are starting a sale that ll is really "Some Sale/' WeVe pwt piii lo some two or three feundrefl pair and I markeri them cash from 98c to I $t^;tm^ sofa $ii?a>t?^^ j LADIES Quite a good ri sizes and te'ath? ers, and we are cure you' mm p rices named ^-Of coil?s? i? yot? come esgr^^oj^lt fi be mofe