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Farmers' Ut By G Local Organizations Are Bodies-Many Bend Agriculturists Throui The Unions. (By J. Whltner Reid, Secretary.) Thc farmer often loses sight of the advantages and benefits of organiza tion while he is looking around for something to better his condition. He fails to grasp the idea that organized activity and well-directed efforts along educational and cooperative Hues -.viii necessarily accomplish more and latter results than individual ef forts can possibly dr.. In union there is siren gi IK Concentration of effort, when well planned and directed, fur nisher: power and gives good results. Tho Farmers' Educational and Co operativo Union of America ls an or ganisation that began in Texas in 11102 and entered this State in the fall of 19GG and the spring of 1907. The ?'?e-'inK preamble to the constitu tion wih give the objects, aims and ] purposes of the organization: Preamble. "In the course of modern industrial j development we find it necessary that] thc farmer not only apply the prin ciples of scientific agriculture, but that he systematize his business by cooperation and apply the principles of scientific commerce. ?"Expensive and tasteful methods of exchange have boen a constant drain on thc farming class, and spec ulation has been allowed to demora lize markets and prevent the normal] op?ration of .the law of supply and] demand. \ "Tn enable farmers to meet these conditions and orotect their interests, the Farmers' Educational and Cooper ative Union of America has been or ganized for the following Purposes "To secure equity, establish Jus tice and apply the Golden Rule. "T0 discourage the credit and mort gage system. "To assist our members in buying | and selling. "To educate the agricultural classes | In. scientific farming. "To teach farmers the clasBlflca-] """.i . Ci?jr??, wuiuvBUV ?uuawiji luu the process ot marketing. "To syst?matise methods of pro duction and distribution. . Constitution "To eliminate gan&liug lu faim nroducta by Boards of Trade, Cotton Exchanges and other speculators. "To bring farming up to tho stan dard of other industries and holness enterprises. "To secure and maintain profitable and uniform prices for cotton, grain, live stock and other products of the farm. "To strive for harmony and good will among all mankind and brother ly love among ourselves. "To garner the tears of the distress ed, the blood of martyrs, the laugh of li icent childhood, the sweat of hon "-i ta ocr, ann tu? virtue of a happy home as tho brightest iewels known." Thcso purposes are all good and are for the uplift of the agricultural Interests ot the country. The plan pf t organization is to secure local un ions in which the individual members are enrolled, five being the minimum for a charter and fifteen, or more, being preferred. When fire, or, more, local unions are organised in a coun ty, delegates from same meet and are organized Into a. county union. The State unlnn is composed of Its offi cers and the delegates from the coun ty unions. The national anion is com pqsed of tts offiecTB and the delegate? from the State unions. The farmers' union offers to the farmers of. this and other. States au organization ' to assist them to help themselves - by coop?ration. The - ad vantages and benefits may bo briefly stated principally along three lines. First tho educational advantage? to be derived from membership .are very important. ' Every local union should he ? school for the study of scientific agriculture. Subjects for discussion and a regular cours*, of study servo to mnko the moetihgs attractive and helpful. We can come in contact with al) the government agencies for the instruction ot the fanners tn scien tific -and , ecouomlc production, such as the United States farm demonstra work, ethe state department of culturo, and Clemson coll?ge and orlletlhs and farm Journals ch bet ter. in nn organised capacity ai individuals. Organised work tn this tine produces better results than individual activity. ' Social aad Fraternal Beaefiti In the second plac? may be men-, tinned the social ead fraternal fcsw-T fita from meeting together regatarlyj A before that Hine, go the Nucleus to Larger |its Are Derived by the h Their Associations in from time to time with the inter change ot idees and the development of a community spirit While lt is true that. the union is primarily an educational and cooperative organisa tion, yet at the same time it is a fra ternal order and has advantages and benefits along this Une also, which aro simply indicated without giving d stalls. The third Une .ls cooperation in buying and selling. Those things that can best be handled in large quantities, boxes, barrels, cases, or even car load lots, such as fertilizers, fertiliser materials, farm supplies, etc., are in most cases bought through the-union on a cooperative plan. At each meeting of the local union there should be a roll call of the members present for cooperative buying to as certain the needs of each and make up an order for same and arrange for the purchase. Much can be saved by the members in -this kind of co operative work when properly man a?edv Cour.;y unions do the same kind of work on a little larger scale than the local unions, through their' count/ business agents. Many of our local unions and most of our county unions in this State have accomplish ed a great deal in the line of coop erative buying. As a concrete exam ple ot this work it may be stated that Jackson's Creek local union in IY.chland county purchased fertilizer materials for home mixing on the co operative plan last season and at the current prices that were quoted for the mixed .goods the union saved be tween $350 and $400. Many examples could ;be given in different parts of the State. Some of our county unions are doing good work. Dorchester count)' union has a county .business agent ?hat is an active worker and la large volume of business has pass led through his office during the past Ipcason and bis work bas been of much Ibcnefit to the members of the farro lera' union in that county. Loxing!' . J ?Saluda. Sumter and Union mar bf Intentioned as counties that are ' ?good work through the union. *?, ?not the purpose ol th 1? article to. ?i?>i ?many cohe/?te examples, as thai I ?would miike it too long. * We wish to) ?point out the advantages and benefits ?of this kind of cooperation and indi-' ?cate ita possibilities. . I Cooperativo Belling ls also very im ?portant In fact it may be said to ?bo more Important, If anything, than ?cooperative buying, for the farmers ?should be sellers more than buyers. H At each meeting of the local union ?here s'Jould be a roll call of the ?members present for cooperative Bell in? to find out what tho union nab to ?seit It should then be the effort of ?thci union to assist, the members to ?phd. a ?i?rke? for what they have to ^L2po?? cf and.tbay should sell to-j ?tether in a cooperative way. . Woii? it i? tr?? timi u?i ?s much ?accomplished in the line of coopera tito, selling as in cooperative buying lit the farmers' onion in this tUate, yet some sales hare been made to the ad ?ntntage and benefit of tho farmers In ?ijiHi il ot the unions. This 1 a field ?thht has not been developed as yot in ?lila part of ihe country. We should ?lim our attention to marketing and ?loveiop thia important side of our ?work moto. Collective marketing eau not be done without organisation, ?fitts farmers' union furnishes the ne ?cessary machinery to lUrt tho de ?hoopment' of this work ard carryon DO... , l UBESWrO CATTLE. American Hertford Journal. The South wants puro bred cattle opt cannot buy them until it can sell Its ieppcoT?. An appeal has been ui^ie to the North to assist in finding a ?n^rabt tor the cotton, and many have Irps?baded by buying the Southern ataptp at ten cents a pound. One au txnnobifc manufacturing concern has agreed to buy a bale of cotton tor every automobile lt sells. In view of tho certainty .of a largely reduced te of cotton next year, and Ute tty that tba iBhtropean war will another crop of cot makes it appear that at ton. cents a pound ls at least in vestment. Why wouldn't ft be for some Northern brecd to a few carloads of Here fords ?own and trade them for opttohJ A broposlilbri to accept a bale of cot ten at ten cents a pouud. amounting payment on each anl appeal to some.of the farmers who want cattle but theta until they realise on ?bove 8 cents we will Oil The War and Will tho European war, by causing an increased demand for agricultural products, benefit the farms of this country? It ls by no mear .1 certain that It will. The savings of the world in one year may amount to $500,000,000 or ?C, 000,000,000; the war will destroy that amount of wealth in three or four months. Consider the resulting scarc ity ot capital. throughout the world, the consequent restriction of produc tion, the diminished supply of labor, the increase In the rate of interest. Farmers cannot escapo the ef cts of such economic disturbances. Suppose that most farm products do I advance: does lt follow that there will I be a real increase in profit to the far mer? Will farmers as a group lose more than they gain on account of the I higher prices they must pay for every thing they buy? Farmers are consum ers as well as producers: they are buyers as well as sellers, even of ag ricultural products. Suppose that wheat goes to 11.50 or t2 a bushel. Hew many farms in one hundred raise wheat? Only twenty three. Consequently, seventy-seven farmers must pay exorbitant prices to twenty-three farmers for one of the principal articles of food. Most wheat farmers buy their flour from tho merchant; they will have to sur render In that way some of the profit that they may re?oive for unground wheat No form produces everything, or nearly everything," that its owner needs. Potatoes grow on only one-half of all the farms, and sweet potatoes on- only eighteen per cent of them Cotton may go to fifteen or twenty. Cents a pound, bul wo must remember Letters Fro\ Farmers' Rights. Brother Farmers: Did yon know /ou or e the worst abused of .any other Iclass of people on earth? And why is lt thus? Now listen, and I will tell you something that I think must be the cauBO. First, that you don't demand your Irights. That too many of you are asleep or ignorant as at What your rights should be. I.think all farmers should get together and fix a living trice on hie product the same as mer an ta do on their merchandise. It ould be oauall v right for von to sav 2 Mr. A that I ask so aud<cr> for such inga, as lt would be fer the mer-, ihont to price .his-waros to von. I lo think lt a great shame on you i.*?rm fj0 tolerate auch dangs. I just ,?et Ul unnerved to. think o? it It is high limo tor you to make a start to do amething. It has been this way ever itnco I can remember. If you farmers don't make a start try to bettor things, I dont know rh?t will become of you. You know rou farmers are the foundation of 3 ve ry other industry, and why should rou Bulk about lt? You should be proud that you are farmers, and I know you would be,, if ?ou would only demand and get your rights. I look on farming as one of the rreutest occupations a?td one that moro pleasure can b<s derived from ian any omer industry. If you farm ers would only educate yourselves to mnage tnat. uno ot business to a ?Treater advantage for aelf. Keep out >f debt and learn to live in the bounds A COMPARISON. .:< A Fort Worth, Texito ?hardware firm ? aaa sent out a letter in which it urges Bou thorn farmers not. to seek to be < iviiat tho Indians arc-awards of. the | government All of us, the letter says, . Eave to meet loase* from time to time . ?md the farmer Should moot his just si other citizens do. It he does not owe 1 anything, he has a right to hold his uotton as long ah he pleas' hut if tn c Hebt, be ought eithor. to borVow or sell to pay his debts. Thc men to whom he t Dwea money is entitled to his pay ?nente and may be forced to the wall if ho docs not KStthem x ' .The Fort Worth firm -insists that % potton is worth what lt will bring in the market, nut what lt costs to raise ? [t. In reply to the Assertion that it ,1 busts ton cents a pquha to raise cot ton, it says a great many, thousands 1 r?r tannera got rich, ot. At least Inde pendent raising cotton at.seven cents i i pound. The farmers* answer to that would i BO that what h6 naen costs more to lay. The Fort warta firm dent?s that, t assorting, on the contrary, that the , ?thar producto of the farm sell for1, i Cafe new than then, that what the rmer burn costs less and that he ls t B?Utog ?tout ?Ta bale for seed that 1 lie waa not getting. To prove this con tention, the Fort Worth firm gives Is following comparisons aa to the: . farmer: ' Ho buys a hoe fbr 60c that used,to 50St 76c. Ho buys a filo at 16c that used to give you th? benefit of as SH A ReguU feJ?S B- adjoining merican Farmers that lets than on^ quarter of the farms raise cotton. Sugar, dry beans and rice are raised on only a small proportion of our farms. Moreover, If the war continues, the price of cloth ing, and of almost all sorts of man ufactured goods, will rise. It is not even certain that there will be an increased effective European de mand for our farm products, not ex cepting wheat. Europe has suspended credit payments, and will take only gold; consequently it must pay gold. As a rule, the nations at war aro not paying, and cannot pay in' goods, and the loan market of this country has been oiosed to them. Cotton manufac turing is paralyzed in the warring na tions, which have taken yearly about two-thirds of our crop. Fruits have been exported from the United States to the countries at war to the value of $20,000,000 a year. That demand has ceased absolutely. We have no meat that we can af ford too export. If we do export it, the price of meat, and of meat animals, will advance, ?.nd there will be a wasteful slaughter of immature cattle. It .would be a misfortune both to the farmers and tc tho nation to increase or even to continue the overslaughter of meat animals that has occurred in recent years.. The European war cannot really benefit the farmers ot the United States. Small groups of producers here and there may profit by lt, but when the actual results of the great upheaval begin to make themselves felt, the farming population as whole must face a diminished market and lower prices.-The Youth's Com panion. i The People sf your Income. By so doing you CM. ! DO Independent as far as tho other i>i- ! lows aro concerned. Tr^ to jd"cat? ??our children, and you can if you will quilt letting the other fellow price four produce. Now you fermeis have Deon a football for ail. other" industry long enough, and lt you ever 'expect Jo cease being kicked, you had better JO doing something. I long to1 see the time when .you farmers can put a irlce on your produce, as. the mor d?ante are doug. And you can if you will only manage right Let' me re \nof ?Min TlSM%*? an In Aah? CA ?>nn? >wn boss. Diversify your crop1*. Work 'ewer acres and work them'- better, tnd above alt things try to own these Jew acres. Keep the wome? folks out * the- ?std. tm them sow 3*0 rai** dilckehs and tni to the cow? and )igs. They Oin make moro by so doing, .han raising cotton rad taking t?ell nhor fellow's price ali the thoa You ! 1 vol iS?W more to eat at .\omo and less o' buy. Dont you see the point? I hink that Will have a tendency to curtail the cotton crop by,keeping the vomon and girls out of the field. Now pst So long as you stay In this old rut ust so long you may expect to be aughed at by tba slick haired and humb Itt the arm. hole merchant for ?earing old clothes and rundown ibnes. for you ?te't afford to ~cor ? my better sb lan? a* yo> let the other I1 fellow price your produce all the I. Ima Now for the: rake of hu man i tv I 1 lb wake up and db st mething. It hi np o you, brother farmer. S. E. 8. 'y ' - / " :..t,<LyV. ' lost, 35c. Ho huya a single tree at 35c that ised to cost 60c. ,He buys a sweep at 8c that used to ipfet 15c ??er pound. . He buys a plier at 75c thst used to hst $2. j He buys nails at 4c that used to pst 5c par pound. Ho buyB wiro at 31-2c that used to ?bat 10c per pound. .He^huys hames ai 'BOc that used to He buys traces at 45c that used to 6st 75c. ?He pays ?Oe for.picking where Tie iked to pay He borrows money at 8 to 10 per ?ont where he used to pay 12 and 15 ?br cent He sells wheat at fl that used to ?ring 60c. . He sells com li 7Bc that used to ms He. Ho sells hay at ?14 that used to rag ft*. He sells turkeys gt $2.25 and some imes $4 that used tb bring 60c to 75c. Her sella chickens a.t ?3.50 that used o sell at fl.45 to $L60 p-r dos. He sells a horse si $"16o to $225 that sd to sell from $S$W #100.-Oreen lo Piedmont 1 1 ( t ( I I c ? Millions of Wood ?crews Use?, j* jWk?* naen estimated that 4,70t,g0O/j [ ooo wood itwwi Kt med U toe United States saab year. 1,MWI4?WI Milli IIWdlgi.1 ??!?>? lilli ici to withdrawal witlto ter, we will hold cotton it. ir Weekly Feature r Counties. Contrib o p o o opp p o o op o o o o o o o p TOWNVILLE NEWS o lp o ooo qooooooooooooo ?dvd* TOWNVTLLE. Oct 29.-The literary Behool Ia progressing; under the su pervision of Prof. W. C. Witt ae prin cipal. Misses Kinnerly, Stewart and Kellet, assistants. They come to us highly recommended and have already shown much interest toward tho school. Lets one and all help to make thia one of .the best schools we've ever bad here st Townvllle. Parents see that your children prepare their lessons at home. Teach them to be on time every morning with a pleas ant smile and a good morning to all Teach them to love and respect their teacher wherever .they may be and al ways speak a kind word about them. Rev.-W. S. Meyers fllld his regular appointment at the Methodist church last Sunday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Ligon visited Dr. and Mrs. W. K? Sharp one day last week. Mrs. Thad Gaines recently visited her sister, Mrs. Luthqr Dean, at Starr. Robert Fair, the infaut o? Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dickson who has been suffering with a rlsln ? on hiB face, we are glad to report tte little fellow ls Improving. R. H. Price, one ol' our townsmen I? home from a few days' stay in Plains, Ga. Mr. nnd Mrs. .Lee Gaines and child ren. Vivian; Oxell avid Minnie Lee anent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. B Shirley. Mr. and Mrs. Txm Boleman and Mr. and Mrs. yr. C. King attended the rntr at Belton last week, having made the trip In We. ' Bole mau'a touring car. E. C. Anbin has added very much to tho appearance of his handsome res ?dence on Kit g street with the addi tion of a nice new coat M paint. Prof. H. C. Hawkins his opened hie j . hool at Double Springs. Mr. Haw t ins ls a graduate of Mercer un>er dty. Macon, Ga. We hope tor h ho much success. Mr. nnd Mrs. Lon Boleman and children recently visited relatives at Hartwell; Ga. Prof. J. B. Felton and family re cently visited relatives here. They were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Spears. 'T. B. Jones entertained the teach es of the literary school to a S o'clock linner at Mountain View hotel. Mro "nun*?? OM.I..- ch"ir?r. ire visiting relatives'in Anderson. Miss Kinnerly visited the Misses) ]royidS last Sunday. Gr*y Heller, who is employed with 1 '<v\ Glm?U??t aa sale^msr., spent ??* reek-end with home folks. Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Ashill, Mr. and dre. W. N. Woolbrlght and Mrs. J. N. Soleman spent yesterday in Ander ten. Mr. Berry Gaines is quite sick. We ippe.be will soon be restored to his usual good health. Mi'fs Pallie Barton of Greenwood! ?pent the week-end with her father r. 1. Barton and family. Misses Addle Shouse cf Winston ?aien, N. C., and Floride Dunlap of Ulanta, '.Ga., are. teaching successful nusi'? classes befe. Mrs* J. W. Dickson and children J; N?ltty, Jg., and Hohert Fair, spent]1 ast Tuesday with J. P. Ledbetter and[ emily. IV H. Price made a business trip to Valhalla last Monday. Mrs. Fur man Boleman .spent last loBdky with her mother, Mrs. S. R. ?elkr. J. D. Compton has god? to Florida ? spend the winter. We ' hope' ?o. 'omptoh will be much improved , in loalth. Miss Sarah Wooten has moved to frarr. She ls making her home with 4rs. Pr?ltt Mr. Harrison Price spent last Mon lev .with relatives at Oakway. Mich Marie Gaines will leave for ter eehool at Long Branch next.Mon lay. X. ?E ACHES FOR HOME ORCHARD Varieties RechauaeMded ta Farmers by Horticulturist ' Poach varieties recommended .to armors for planting in tho home or chard hy C. F. Niven, assistant horti culturist of Clemson College, are: flayf'owor. Greensboro, Bed Bird, Ul ey. Georgia Belle. Cannan, Elberta, Jld Mixon Free, Crowtber's Lato. The ' ?est time to plant peach trees In South i karolina ls between November 15 and 1 >ocamber 15. Peaches, says Prof. Nl on, should be .produced on every farm n tho state. South Carolina is espe cially well adapted to them and they 3 ire sources of profit to the farmer. Full information on this subject is onUtned in Circular No. $1 ot the Joiith Carolina Experiment Station, 1 md farmers are advised to write to Metnsott College for this circular, vbleh ts entl'ied "Peace Culture far < Uh Carolina," ? 1 ut notice we make the f f?N ON NOTES thus taken in until Jai for the Farmers utions for this page Mar ?facturiti? /^avances Products Manufactur?e! Valued at $141,15 ducts Equal in Value turing Plants of State The year 1913 waa described as a prolific ono In all branches of South Carolina industry. Manufacturing in the ?tate is advancing In close rela tion with the farming industry in the race for supremacy. The value of the manufactured products of all indus tries in 1913 was $141,157,302, accord ing to figures furnished by tho state department of industries, a sum lust about equal to the value of the agri cultural products of 1812, but about $18,000,000 less than the 'otal value of the agricultural products of 1913. An actual increase of $10,573,242 in value of manufactured products was shown in 1913 as compared with the manufactured records of the previous year. Total capital invested in 1913 in manufacturing plants In this state was $157.039,099, as compared with $142,770,805 for the previous year, an Increase of $14.268,896. The relative I value of the ouptut as compared with the increase of capital invested shows | a healthy growth. Working Population. Manufacturing industries of this I state In 1913 employed a total of 76, 326 persons, an Increase of 424 over the total for the previous year. Ot these, 53,542 are men, an increase of 83 ; 14,865 are women, an increase ot 5JG; 4,012 are boys under 16 years of ugo, a decrease of 168; and 3,307 are girls under 16 yearn of age, a decrease of 86. To these employes $24,406,226 was j paid in wages, an increase of $1,309, 670 over 1912. Tho male laborers re? calved $945,599 more than during 1912; the female laborers $298,518; toe boys were paid in wages a total of $991,916, an Increase bf $22,064 over tbe total for 1912, though 1601 less were employed, and the girls re ceived $695,278, aa Increase of $43 389, though 86 less girls were employed in 1913 th?ta during the prior year. Leading Industries The testHe industry continues to be I f*r amt Mtv .the leading tuanutartur- I lng industry, showing an annual pro duction ot $88,768,738. A lar?e j>iOz. portion in the Increase in total value I o? the product Is due to the steady j increase shown in the textiles, accord ing IO figuren. Se?ond Industry tn value of product Is the lumber and timber industry, with an output of materials valued at $14,719,678 on an invested capital of $18.447,67?. ,011 milla have supplanted the fer tilizer Industry In third place, accord ing to value of products, turning out i? 1913 products valued at $12,980,816 on?? CSivta' Cf ='v $3,881.766. though this ls c falling o? Of 1232.242 In value of prodUcta as compared with ISIS. the fertilizer Industry ls s close] tour tn, however, with a " production of j 113.058,393 on an invested capital of $1J^86;2?/ EiiSciriuity BiiGWS tuS ....tncr.r.c s. of $2.1,988,159, with tho value of the product valued at only $3,220,905. The capital and value of producta I in which the priclpal cities aro locat JiEW BTJlduETIflS ISSUED. Following are some bf the popular titles recently published by Ute de partment. Theso may be obtained free ?n application to the Editor arid Chief Division of Publications, as long a%\ the department's supply lasts. There after they may bo obtained by send ing coln or money order to the amount I atated to the superintendent of docu-1 mea ts. Government Fruiting Office: The Granular Venoral Disease and Abortion in Cattle. 67 pages. 2 illus trations. 10 cents. Qato Structures tor Irrigation Ca-j Halft. 61 pages, 30 Illustrations! (Pro- ] r?ssional Paper), 20 canta, i This paper will be of Interest to en* tfneera and dtractors of farmers' canal I spmpanies xin the irrigated sections of j tho Weat. Five Oriental Species of Boans. ti pages, ?" illustrations (Department Bulletin il?), 10 cents. ' This bulletin describes Ute adsuki bean, Ute "rice bean', Ute mung bean, tho urd, aud the moth bean-, lt is of In torf.-st tb botanists. The TMycegone Disease of Mush rooms and Ita Cbntrol. 24 pages, 8 Il lustrations (Department Bulletin 127), 10 cents. \ Of interest tn mushroom growers soner?lly. \ Repellents for Protecting Animals I from tho Attacks bf Flies. 26 pages (Department Bulletin 131), 6 cents. Commercial Turkestan'Alf aita Seed I ? pages, 1 Illustration Department j Bulletin 138), 6 cents. 1 "i ri ffA olio wing proposition AND ACCOUNTS mary let, and if the p 9 of Anderson and ? gladly received. f Industry With Farming in State in 1913 Were ?7,302-Agricultural Pro --Employees in Manuf ac ? Number 76,326 Persons. cd aro as follows: City. Capital. Products. Aiken.$ 3.517.871 $ 4,937.854 Anderson .... 11,808,556 12,244,074 Charleston .... 18,845,638 17,937,936 Greenville .. .. 17.146,516 16.690,660 Richland .. .. 12,252,684 11,098,743 Spartanburg .. 16,079,115 10,438.182 The textile plants In money value turned out products In 1913 almost equaling in value of the cotton crop of the state, and almost equal to the capital involved. Tho year 1913 showed as increase of $5,000,000 In tho total capital invested in tho lex tile industry, over 1912. The incroase in value of* the annual product id mid-year, 1913, was 35.239,513 and at the close of tho year was $11,288,072. The value ot the product of 1913 waa $84,785,162, and the capital invested was 188,767.738. Textile Operatives of State. The average number of persons employed in the cotton milla of South Carolina in 1913 waa 49,464. an la* crease of 1,698 during the year. Aa increase in amounts paid operatives ot $1,266,437 In 1913 aa compared with the previous year was i The spindleage war li jed by 163,516 spindles durra* me year, the total number of spindles in operation in the state at the close of the year being 4,627,430; and an increase of 3,032 looms, making the total 109,70?. The State's mills consumed 800,203 bales of cotton during 1918. IDEAL GROCERIES AT ...tag ... IDEAL PRICES Pancake flour, two packages k for.... . .25c Buckwheat flour, two pack ages for... .,. . 35c . Malaga grapes at, per pound., . r .... ..20c Fla. Oranges, nt 20c and 25c Kalamazoo celery at toe, 3 for 25c. Sweet potatoes at, a peck .35c , Kingans Reliable hams and j! breakfast' bacon, just the j thing for breakfast now. j . New ."fliws of perlais iustjin, I Okra and iomstce? st, a Ican.V .'. ..... .^Or \' Dla. n.?itl,M - *i m mn i int? m -1 iv t|iMvutM .?? v???> . . ?v?" ; New lines of cereals just in. ' , Blackberries, ,at 1 .oe .and 15c , a can. Red Raspberries, white they I last-regular 35c can at.. .. *.. .\ . . .20c White '?Royal Anne" Cher- ? ries-regular 35c value at.. . . .,3oc Don't tai! to include with your order three cans of tho famous,., and., delightful ; SaiiwacMon guaranteed. California peaches 2 for 25c Cooking apples, peck . .25c * Black walnuts, quart ... .3c Mince meat, package . .ioc Bring your coupons here for "Gean Easy" soap. We will gladly redeem them for ". you, Theldec? 1 Grocery Co.,' 209 N. Maia St, TO. .M- ...JV . >\ AT 8c PO?JND rice at that time, or