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VI S NTINa:J R spAIj E utored A pril 23, 1903 tt P ickens, S. ., as second : - .attcr, o it. uc- a r, ( u R o . .-' 3, 1879. VOL. XXXVI PICK[EN5, SOUTH CAROLINA, 5ATUIOAY, r1ARCH 16o 1907. IFarmers' Unionl Bureau of Iii forn atio u. t -Condute by the- t South Cnrolinu Fariners' Editeatlonal and Co-Operative Union. Ucin un irlt int itledcl for thiv del,ar wuent should be addressed .t o J. C. Stribling, Pendleton, South Carolina. Here are some good rules to paste - up in your books to be road out the first thing at the beginning of the t business feature of your mueetirags: 1. Are we union men? 2. Do we know that to be good Union men we must submit to the will of the majority? 3. Have we come together for the 4 purpose of combining our strength for the good of the fraternity as a whole, or have any of us assembled for self-aggrandizement of pecuniary interest of individuals or cliques? 4. Have we come together for the purpose of hunting up good things to talk of for our benetit, or are we hunting for more trouble by talking I over the mean things that others hav: done? 5. When you want a thing done be sure to get very busv lmen to do it I for you; never think of appointing men to do important work for the Union that are not now, nor never were, worth a cent for anything. 9. If you are out looking for good you will be sure to find something good, and if you are out looking for bad things you will find more of this than you want very soon. + *x ] L ictl Farmers' Unions are some A thing like good crops, they thrive best when planted on good soil in the counl ry and where well cultivated. One reason for this is that when local Unions meet in the towns there 18 more or less bu'siness and other attract ons that dr v nembers away front the met tongs in town while there is usually no other than Union business that comies before local meetings in the country. No doubt 3 ou are getting sorter I lashed out oi so much cotton talk and need a change. Better get up a i hog and hominy talk at your next I local meeting. We had one in the < Pendleton Farmers hall last Satur- r day and some of the boys got right < hungry before we got balf through c with the sausage and liver pudding i subject. Mr. B. Harris stated that t he had grown pork at less than three *andl a half cents per pould, and 13ro. a .Richardson vouched for the fact that be knew of it farmer tiat had raised 3 a large family off oh t hie prodt(ucts of a hlog farm where the e uniimoni cit- f roln, grown in anlitong thet corn, wvere the chiefl or prinoipal hog food in . iowinlg hogs. As. ninv know these commoflin citrons may be housed and fed through the winter with better results than the common pumpkin and( are many times more abundant and a sureO crop,. It was t he general consensus of oli in among the farmers at this I og and hoiny mieeting thatt it costs I too nmuch t) uindeirtako toC grow hogsi 0on gratinl. Tturniips, siorghumn, po tatoes, (il'vers:., ba11rley, rye, caitaii- r louposa, met lonls, ve'geitlesc iand huer mudait i patuires were ni5d to I glow < the~ pigs and the( ii un of cow pea or1i iga [en:: and smatll grain fields andi veet poitto crops were all used to adhvatage unditer differenit circumni stances for fattening the hogai in the fall. Hogs wtill gaither~t c!O' peats or 1 soga beans very in uchi cleaner and I chieaperi than l ittle iggers will do it,i i d besides your I hois areO alwaysf aidy for the j>b andI w~ill keep; at it. DIVE IISIFl.) F"A tMING. All this talk about dliversified farm- , ng is now gettinig ratther stale tr.lk I o most close observers. WVe note r that many otherwise clever farmers I .o a good deal of talk away from f alon~ the line of diversified p - t they do not write it I rms in a way that he e "ad it out on the A mena' farms as b ild in their pa. all atualk -nd 11O work to back it up is too cach like rot to go down a practical nan's throat without straining a lit lo. I believe it was B. Harris that nado the suggestion at our hog and loniny. meeting that it would pay he owner of the farm best to do tie log and hominy and other diversified arming stunts and sell these farm upplies to his fool all-coton-growing enters who will persist in working hemselves and families down to rags md tags every year tying to get rich frowing cotton while the other man ut in the shad) makes the pricc and akes the prc fits. MILL MAN SQUEALS. We have before our Farmers' Union Bureau a letter to our Burt au rom a cotton mill man that would tstonish many of our Farmers Union men. Beyond doubt many of ur southern cotton mills are in it nuch worse tied-up condition than ur cotton growers who spen I a lot )f their timue cussing these same mt-1 ton that are in ten times worse fix mnd tied-up subjects to their selling igents than cotton growers are borne town upon by New York Cotton Ex ;hange men. Cotton growers can >ull themselves out from nuder the marness of cotton bears by growing ,heir own foodstufls. But these nutheru mill men who own the mi .iority of their mill stocks are unider he comple'e control of their selling igents in P'hiladelphia, New York or >ther places, who not only dictate the prices that these mills s'alll p:ty for ho raw cotton, but they also namtnt he prices for the mills' products, th< luantity and quality of goods in ( n(d even nans the brands in many )t,ses that go on the bales of goods md at the sa -.e time these selit.g tgets are said to get a good rake-otl n the way of eoumuissions Lot: oing and coning. The Farmer's Wife. Two opposing views of the status if faimer's wife come out, of the nidldle west. A vogue statement in ome "WOmnan'i column" by iL sunti nontatl writer "that it is a fund -dream >f mine to become a farmer's wife mud meander down life's pathway." Irew this comment from ia country ditor's wife: "Oh, yes, that is a mice thing, but when your husband neanders oil' and leaves you without vood and you liave.to meander up md down the lane polling splinters If the fence to cook the (inner; and on mioander nrountct in the wet c!o er' ini sear'ch of thle COWS tilltil v'oir hoies are' th e color of the set tinRg suni, .iid eacti stockinig absorbs a pint of vater, andt whe yiii~ ou meand(er cult cross twventy acres of plowed groundm( C) divey the COWS out of the bacok vheatI and( tear' yourit l(5 Oies on a' .ire (ence, anid wihen you I)meide baick t ho house and find that the goat has )'cted youri Child unitil it resanbRi!(' l)puminR, andi yon find them old lien mdC siXteen chIickens in the parl ,r,, h11e at iin thie cupboar0 id and IiiI th log n the mnilk, yoiu will iealIiz,'e, dear irl, tha it thiis meandlc er b)1usinetss is ot whaut, it is ciRcked up to e. bhe oth1ervie V thIle opt)1iist ic one ( - an be set forth as; fol low': A cheer iag pers:on canl pictur farmlii'i life so lylit --4h-id t' heifarmer', oin r'isii in .if', b)11 says'! 'id morninhg 4t) the hint asR to what he wvould like to ive, for breaikfaist when lioi reurn~.s r'im his~ aut omoibie ride ablouit the arm. At eighmt o'llock the idt alls the farmer's if', anid by' halfI int nie she hais ai teltlphone call romn her husband, oiver oil thet norih ,est quarter, sayinug that lie will joini er' in live minjiutes. At br'eakfast I he orinig papers are r'ead,baving coIme *y rural delivei'y a '.few minutes be re, and the wife anniounices the pro rammo for, the day. It may be 'ronch, music, physitial culture or lubs. A package of the latest nov Is, a ride across the country on a looded mare, skating in winter, olt i infummer, a lecture on art in a trge hall '-all th' ''thv RUSSIAN DOUMA HAS OPENED FOR SESSION Lower Houss of Russian Parlia ment Convenes. IMPERIAL FAMILY NOT PRES:ENT First Ceremony Was a Religious Ser. vice in Which the Highest Clergy of the Russian Empire Participated in the Celebration. St Petersburg, March 5.-The douma, or lower house of parliament, was formally opened at noon - Tues day in the presence of all the mlii isters and many high funcionaries. No member of the imperial householl was present. The first ceremony was a religious service in which the metropolitan, Antonius, the higher clergy of the diocese, and a full choir parl iclpated. . Goluboff, vice president of the council of the empire, aecompanied by Baron Uexkull de Gyldenbandt, secretary of the empire, entered the hail after the service. The forlller Immediately called the lower house to order and in a coloi'less speeh in vited the nenibers to sign the oath of allegiance to Emperor Nicholas. The eonservatives cheered the ien lion of the .1am1e of the ('11mperor., hut the ().lposition menbers remained si leni. The socialist tuenbers did not. enter the hall until M. Golthoff had finished speaking, when they came in in a body. demonstratively. After signing the oath, the tmllot ing for president of the lower house began. There was no serious disor der, but the crowds outside the pal ttce were unruly and several t iles had to be driven back by the infan try and moulnterd guards. New Regultions for Post Cards. \ashington, Alarch S..-An order has been issued by the post master general providing n!w regiula.ions governing th.e size, form and weight of p rivate post cards, entering 'I( ntail;. Such p:st cards nust he made of a.n unfolded piece of card board, not xercding three and nine-six teenths by live and nine-sixtecenths inches, nor 's;s tin two and three fourths by four inches. They must infoimn and in quality and weight of paper he substantially like the govcrn inent post cards. 'Ihey may be of any colar not interfering with a leg ible post mark. Any hin sheets of paper may he at tached to them on condition t.hat. they completely a(lhelc to lhe card. Cards bearing particles of glass., metal, miea. sand, tinsel or other similtar s11bstalnces, will not be accepted fot" mailing except when enclosed in envelopes. New Party in Venezuela. New York , March 5.-Nicanor 3o let, son of the late General N. i1olet Picaiiza, formeri minister of Vene zuela, at Washington. is one of he lovers here of the newest party of Ven(ezti(h. to be kinwn ats thle parti.. dio indepenidiente. AIr. t1>det hope)1s to bring int.o) its raniks many of the 1mmbers of the libe ral pairty as we'llI as mcmbeors of' the nat iona a ~n d con - ser'vativ party , of wvhiich Generiia l .tose Manutel I ternandez (101 Mon,ha) is 'thie re'cogn ized he ad . Thei indepen) Ii dent par'ty will advo'catlC absolute ad - hren'cie to tie const itut ion. i'Terc fore it will tavr thle suWcesion nf \'ice I 'residentI (omeuz, but on ly for biar( ani e',ction. Negro Attempted Suicide. Mlerid ian.i Miss. , Al archl 5.-- Robiert 11l1ury , a tnegro, 'becatuse of a quarreil' with hiis duiskyv swe('.hearti, atteiiint .1 t xliidel( here' by takIng an ov(er lose oll mJorp.lihne. 'ThIe womiuan had8 8el m''i not to see her'i alny more. Gul i iiatuongI the ne(gro(ls Is a deccid - Responsib,ility Not Placed. tonertl'l .avit a jretr (Itd a lierdVie. dence as to the cause of thte exloioni hiad been dcxsiroyedl, tie could nolt lix the resplonstibility. s't forth as possibilities for the pl11 tolcraitic farmerit'is wifo ini this3 starte. And in the evening the pianoita puts Bethoven or Hanitdel at the lady's fin ger tips. The children areo put to b?ed, governess dismnissed and a tole phone cgonference with the nelh hors over the day's gdssip is Ngn he farper k'ends his favorite poe6 and C;LLS s;GNED BY COMER. Cil Appropriation for Schools of the State of Alabama. M;1ntgotery, Ala. , March 5.--Tho fellowing bills have been signed by (he governor of Alabama: 'or the relief ('f W. A. and B. G. Singleton, Marengo county. To appropriato $67,000 a year to ru ral school house building. - To appropriate one-third of the Houston county dispensary to the pub. lic schools. Appropriating $50,500 a year to tho Alabama Polytechnic institute for bui,ldings. To aippropriate $10,000 to aid in rebuilding the burned school build ings of the Wetumpka Agricultural school. To make an appropriation for huild Ing and machinery at the Boys' Indus trial school at lEast Lake, the sum being $50,000. To regulate the sa,le of liquors in Franklincoun-ty. Releasing -state claim to certain school property at Marion. Relieving the Selma: Fair associa tion of taxes. To amend the Blocton school dis trict law. Vor a dispensary at Dothan, To regulate sale of liquors in heal 3, Elinore county. Inercasin;; appropriation to the ag ricultural schools to $4,500. To provide for the maintenance of the Girls' industrial school. The amount is $:(;,000 a year. To a ppropria e $:00 ,000 next year and $:|i5)1()0(0 a year thereafter, in achlitioll to what is now given, to the sup1poIt of vhe common schools. To prevent the giving or receiving of rebate"s by coinmon carriers and shippers of the state. To provi(de ror in tcrrhan geable mile age boos. To establish a dispensary at Pell City. To provid for a dispensary at Tll ba. To allow closing of streets for the tiew union ivpot at Bir-minghaml. To (roate thc otlico of solicitor of Madi Sonl couity. To ;lmlen(d the act creating the city court I ( eselepr. For the reliet of J. M. Cobbs and W. .J. Taylor. Clutnung the iounrary line between Bibhb Shelty and Jefferson counties. Prolhiihting sale cf arlnterated cot ton soe m nieal as frtiilizer, except as proviled. T') provi(le for a treasurer of Dal ins contt. T1o cr::n+ tlo fifteenth ,jnilicial cir c'it . lnown a:; the Noney cirettit, of Mon gotlery, llmore. AltLitaga and Chilton. To lmrov Id for sub!ordlinate emlor es of the leg islailre. To provide ft';. the pu1blicantion of laws In p:m1(1p':hlet fo rmt . To r(hI (te' fin and forfeituore ftmds inl (u'I:)11n county. To lix tl ( (lie jolge of the city (c"cnrt of (onttgom'er. Will be Tried March 14. Paris. March 5.---.Abbe .ntin, of tlhe church of t si: Auguti tne, whlo will he Itried Ms rch 1-1 by the ('or Iriblin '.i aL writing calcutlated to1 in - (lie rebeliion antd civil waLr, when interiewed re tlative' to a semii-olicilt stakmen('tt Ithat documienits -iti e uisedl in big r )eent iotit coonfir thle replort s secret ary of t he Paris unulcitture, tri id at iv ely to pre.vent th IiCvisit of lKing Alfotiso to Paris. said thiat no11ting flomi I le Monitagnri ni lpaperCs t hot lhe never knoi~v thatt Mer. Mon r'agniin! hod any relationsi~ wi ht him.i Tirops Invade Nicaragutia. colIlin Ir fi ldItran trflopls haLt ini n'd 'a t Pe: rire. Pr'sidlent tlonilla is in (Chihueen inspfletting tihe fortifi H!r l wel rLati.-''d wilt the diset itt'en as5 Lt tresnt fortifier, is dernm ii \imprgnabl.(he o ono Na'tciona BL.ok for Rockmart. \\He L in .Ol!n, e 5.j Theapl (tin (ai (al , has 11e1n approt'vedi by thei Prince of Walcn Promoted. I :ttdon11, MarI1.hI .-1 The P rince of \Valies, wh Io hii lthe r'anki of Vico Afrmirat in 'lihe - ti-shi navy, 'has been p)romioted to W dmiral. Y-Ias Acc~. Infvit tlo Paris, MmrchidFsor nellel de Constant t(ant-I vitation to attendl iagraino dhe- Car'neg~ie In'sti h Apr1111..uto at P'ittsburg Apil11 "I Had a Coi That Friends 91 Feared Would End My Life. I Took Pe-ru-na And Am Well." Mrs. Grade Janson, 14Ga Madison street "Typhoid fever left me with a compll pain in my left side and had a cough the my life. "My doctor came to see me three tim tie could not account for the pain in my relieve inc. "About this time I began taking Peru had hopes of getting better. By the tin cough was entirely gone and I felt like "I took just three bottles of Peruna than I have felt for years. I thank Goc M ANY cases of chronic catarrh re sult from a settled cold. Women are especially liable to colds. These colds occur more frequon tly dur ing the wet, sloppy weather of winter and spring than any other time of the year. Often they WOMEN SHOULD are not considered BEWARE OF serious and are al CATCHING COLD. lowed to run on, or they are treated in such a way as to only palliato the symptoms, while the cold becomes more deep-seated and the patient finally awakens to the fact that she has a well developed case of catarrh. By reason of their delicate structure the lungs are frequently the seat of a cold, especially if there is the slightest weakiess of these organs. The treat ment of catarrh of the lungs. is also more diflicult and disoouragiug than catarrh of any other organ of tho body. It would 1) -viso, therefore, to guard agatinst it by every precaution possible. Peruna has been fOnlnld ia most. reliable remedy for coughs, colds and atarrhal diseases, by reason of the fact that, it, goes at once to the very seat of the trouble. IT'S lEli SHigh-class er Cent Discount U And1( it is to your advanltag<( *emfli B nn'uial Sale anld take ad va 3NE-THIRD DISCOulNT ON 0 C HILDR1EN' Ie v'alues We arlle offer ing y c ityle goodI.s, bult this season's ga he workmanship is the produc1l(t actuirer, Sclioss Iiro)s. CJo. Eve 5 richly wVorth the( orig~inlal y v'orth your conlsideration. It b)1 ur1ers' cost for thle same1 troodIs NI) g.oods chared( ait Sale m~id for. N'o goods sent out onl app)r< We Have Bar -Come ar I-. Endel. Lgh MRS. GRACE JANSON. Chicago, Ill., wries: cation of diseases. I had a terrible t all my friends feared would soon end es a week, but could do me no good. left side and could give me nothing to na and before I had taken one bottle I re I had taken the second bottle, my z new being. and an entirely well and feel better and Dr. Hlartman for my recovery." Mrs. M. F. Jones, Burning Springs, Ky., writes: "We 'h avo been using Peruna for some time and have no hesitancy in recom mending it for the thousand and one ailments of humanity. "No family should over be without it, for it is an unfailing cure for colds, and it is an excellent remedy to prevent and relieve croup." Strohg and Vigorous Since Taking Pe-ru-na. Mrs. Laura Benyo, 824 Ann street, Cincinnati, Ohio, writes: "I am entirely cured of catarrh of the bronchial tubes by Peruna. My chest feels strong and vigorous, and it scoms as though I never had eanarrh, "Vl'enever l am in need of ie(licine, Pirina will ho what I will take. It savea ..y life. I shall always sing its praises." , One Bottle Brings Relicf. Miss Annio Hluels:man, I. 1R. 2, Wright City, Mo., writeg: "For years I was trou>lod with otg tarrh. A friend advised 1 N'una. W.th t. the first bottle I found rolif. T k3pt on taking it and amentirely .9lA." 1WT RICE OF Clothing. IPer Cent i 3Disconnt to visit our1 store duiring this ntag(e of the LOTHING, OVERCOATS MID SUITS, ui are not shop-worn, out-of. oods. Right up in Style, and of America's foremost maniu ry article we I ave in this sale Vie, ad( the onle-thirdl off is ogi.s the price below manuifac oday. prcs Alterations mus;t be ~Val dluring, Sale.. ains. id Get Them 120 South MaI9 stiert! Greenville. C.