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TIE SE E at0 Entered April 28, 1908 at Pickedis, S, 0.1, as seoond class matter, under act of Congvess of March 8. 1879. -VOL .ICEEN8, 3OUK CAROLINA, THURDAY KAY, 7 100 Farilers' Union. Bur'ea1u of * I) fol tAlio -'oniducted by the South Carolina Farmers' Educational and Co'Operative Unioni. Com uu ii leation in tended f o r th In depar ment shoulid be addressed to J. 0. StrilIng. jndletout, Souill Carolina. At the meeting of the State Executive Committee of the S. C. Farmers' Union April 21 State Sec.-Treas. Reid's report showed the Union to be in much better condition financially and as to its progress than the com mittee expected in view of the stringent times. Arangements was made at this meeting for a Farmers Union campaign in this state to begin about the 1st. of July. . For the purpose of supplying an immediate need for disem minating Farmers Union News, after the reorganization of the stute Union, the S. C. Farmers Union News Bureau w%%as rees tablished in February last by the executive committee which has bebn supplying this need until April meeting at which time our News Bureau was dis continued in favor of "Farmers Union Sun" a new farm paper to be published at Spartanburg by a. Joint Stock Co. by S. F. Parrot of Gaffney and other Union men scattered over the state. in behalf of the Farmers Union I extend thanks to the large number of newspapers nearly 100 in number-that have rendered such good faith ful service in our interest during the existence of our Union News Bureau. J. C. Stribling, Editor in charge of the S. C. Farm ers Union News Bureau. Hold Your Spot Cotton. Still Reduce Acreage. Plant Other "rops-Corn, Peas, Beans, Tomatoes - Some thing that Can be Eaten and Fed to Stock. PENDLETON, April 27. The manufacturer . of North and South Carolina have decided t 'close down the mills July 1st. If the cloth market is so bad, it looks like it would be good judg ment to close earlier, as by July 1st the closing will be compul sory. Holders of spot cotton, take a firm hold ahd do not be bluffed as you have been in the past. Cotton is scarcer than it has been in years and the mills are about ouit of cotton, not enough on / hand to run 30 days, and goods1 have not fallen in price. Cotton~ gets high when it gets out o~f ihr producers' hands. The Government wants to buy 5 to 10 million dollars wvorth~ of .Ducking, which will take some cotton. Fall goods have not' been contracted for yet, b~ut will have to be soon. 1101( your cot * tod for the minimum price. 'Cot ton exchanges and their agents hava been trying to cr'eate plic~l( sentlment that 15 cts is too high .and on account of the holding campaign of the farmers, the fi nancial cohter in New York has been shaken, widespr'ead panic pervails. * ~..If it is a fact that the Farmers Union, has in so short a time shaken the great Gibraltar of stock gamblers, we should accept it as the highest tribute to unity among the farmers, and call ip on every loyal farmer in the South to join us, then with a firm hand obliterate this dan gerous system of doing business, which only can be done by thorough organization of farm ers. This is a day of organiza tion. It seems the crop is now two or three weeks late and the seed bed worse prepared than in many years, as the spring and winter has been so wet that it was imi possible to plow deep, which means poor stands and short crop. Don't forget the 1907 crop is 4,500,000 bales short. Hold to your cotton, futures cannot be spun and woven into cloth, if it could spots wonld not be worth ginning. B. HAnRIS, Pres. Farmers Union. Miss Ellen Quarterman, the Brave Georgia Girl The bravery of Miss Ellen Quarterman in her repulse of the negro brute Saturday morn ing has attracted widespread at tention all over the state. There are very few women, one in ten thousand, who would have stood so bravely up and given suen a brute what he de served. To be caught a I alone by this class of desperado in the country with nobody in calling distance, and insulted and at tacked in such a low down, vi cious manner, and then to be ready with head and hand to repulse that attack, is truly a remarkable feat and one that will always echo through the country to the everlasting credit and honor of the young girl. Her name has already become the symbol of intense bravery and nerve, and she will always be looked up to and respected for this exhibition of unparal leled bravery. Ttere has been very few instances of neive in the state and very seldom in the country . Most women would have not been able to do anything, and the negro would have had his way and as a result, unutterable things might have happened. To be able to use her head, being shrewd enough to outwvit him and get the pistol and then to come back and open fire upon him is indeed an unusual pro ceeding. Then. to be ready fer him at the second attack seems truly unheard of. All hail to the brave young girl. May her years be many and each one a year of usefulness and happiness fu I of the noble attributes that come f comn women and lighten and make easy the manifold burdens of man, At Hopewell, Pa., the other d-ty, Mrs. Margaret Toy, aged 81 yt ars, was seen on the roof of her house directing carpenters; David Robinson, her brother' aged1 84, was in an apple tree cutting off limbs,- and near b~y David M. Cope, a teacher, aged 8), was showing some young men tricks in wrestling used 50 yvars ago. Ihriving Liberty. '------ .eas, In the absence of Rev. P. F. Tu Crawford, Mr. H. F. Surles, a Er student, from Furman Univer- 62: sity, filled his appointment here ] Sunday morning and evening, hab preaching two fine sermons. stu We were glad to have hin with tin us and hope he will come again, ton especially the young ladies, age from the way they greeted him. dro Of course several of them would woi like to attend commencement at is Furman. disy The young men gave us quite He a treat Sunday morning by tion singing a quartet, "Nearer my wit home," which was greatly en- tica joyed by the congregation. had Come again, gentlemen, we ext sure appreciate your help. as Mrs. Callaway, of Westmin- not ster, visited friends here Sunday. ian Pink Taylor, of the Parkins spib Pharmacy, is sick at his home, last in Greers. His many friends nes here hope he will soon be with ing them again. F Mrs. Herbert Smith, is visiting iii her sister, Mrs. Robert Fickling, hos of Blackville, S. C. Th< Mr. and Mrs. Janies Heaton, beg of Travlers Rest, visited the lat- am ters parents, Mr. and Mrs. Job ha Smith, Sunday. the ligl Eugene Brown, of The Atlan- ly ta Medical Colleg-e is at home for ity his vacation and is helping Dr. Pe Sheldon with sone of 1 i ; prac- vai tice. hu James L. McCord, who has an( been confined to his room fo do some time, is able to be out l again. ter B. W. McWhorter has bought a Ii the3 Mrs. Ford property and is m erecting a handsome postoffice " building and later will build a o large store room. a 11 Th The Liberty Township Sunday las School Convention met Thurs- am day at the Presbyterian church ab and was well attended. Much sai interest was taken in the Sunday " School work. Dr. Lander and Rev. D. D. Jones, of Easley, gave some interesting talks which were enjoyed by all present. We are glad to see the people inter ested in the work and hope much ow good may be accomplished. 11 it R. L. Bass, at T. N. Hunter's hra old store, serves ice cream from of 1 early Monday morning till late hol Saturday evening. Come da' around and get an icec-ream, o Brother Bass will treat you bor nicely. Sf Miss Irene Clai - has returned to from her visit~ to Spartanburg, ula where she took In de-May Fes- not tival. art Mrs. C. H. Parkins is visiting he in Laurens. ful hin Mrs. J. C. Rankin, who hasri been quite sick, is improving ~ slowly. Ra Chapman & Callahan has wvil moved what goods was saved as i from the fire, to W. S. Parsons wvil old stand and is selling at cost. wvil J. Hlugh Shirley had the mis fortune to get his leg broken. 'l last week. It was set by Dr. mc WV. A. Sheldon and he is getting in 1 along nicely. De A - cal Central is afteor your trade. si D. E. Hendricks Dead. )ied at his home,3 miles north t of Pickens, at 11 o'clock asday night, 5th inst., Mr. D rine Hendricks, aged abou rears. [E was a man of excellen 4its, fine moral character an dy constitution, and he con ted to be active in his accus ied pursuits till long past th< at which men ordinarily p out of the ranks of th( kers. To this end ther< no doubt that his sunshin3 osition largely contributed met most of the condi is and situations of lift Ii a smile. He was a prac ,1, mutter-of-fact -nan, bul his own peculiar way ol racting merriment from lift it went along, and he wa disposed to worry about bters that could be bettered other ways. This cheerful -it remained with him to th( , and he retained his clear. 3 of intellect up to his clos days. [e was a man of generout ulses and never forgot th< pitable ways of the pioneer stranger, even though gar, never failed to find fooe I shelter if he sought it at hi ids, and he was at home b3 bedside of the sick and de ited in all kind and neighbor >iices. He had borne advers bravely and enjoyed pros ity quietly. He had filled thi -ious relations of life, as Sonl bancd, father, br ther, friend I filled then we1l. 1ho) ca more? 'r Hendricks leaves two sis 4, a wife, several children an< ost of relatives and friends t< urn his death. His remaim .e laid to rest a t Griflin churcl which he was a long, usefu d consistent member, oi arsday n.orning,, aid as th< sad i Res were performed I as the clay of earth cloSe( ye his silent iestin4-place, w4 with the poet: aid in the (lust the perishei heart may die, t that which warmed it onc can never die." low 111uch this communit] 's him and such as he, it i! >Ossible to estimate, thougi v~ould be a grateful task t< ee his influence through som< ;he more direct clpannels, t< d him up in these degenerati rs, in his various character; musband and father, of neigh and friend, to speak of th< s and daughters he has reare< erpetuate his name and em te his virtues. But it come; within the scope of this brie: icl to do so. Suffice it to sa' lived nobly and died peace ly. The stern Reaper found i, "as a shock of corn, full: 3 for the harvest." lot for him be our tears bher let us. crown his gray h garlands; few of us will liv ong or as well, and fewer ye 1 the Angel of Death grec ~h such a loving touch. 'wo horses belonging to a fo] r minister of France and kei uxurlous idleness near Milto: L., were shipped' to France b4 ise the minister's widow d< ad to see the animals. A Shrewd Republican Scheme. If South Carolina Democrats received reliable information that Republican campaign man b agers had secured a flve-million do liar-fund to apply to the pur chase of newspaper support for the Republican nominee they would get sizzing hot with Indig nation. And they WouWd be. righteously angry. But Republican campaign managers are not goingto do this thing. There is a better plan. It has been working for five or six months. It is more insidious than the other and so more dangerous. The people, who would be financial losers under a political regrime where the gov ernment is run for the benefit of the many and not to fatten the few, know that Bryan is the only Democrat that this year threat ens the power of the party of the trusts and special privileges. With great shrewdness, those interests have not waited until Bryan's nomination to begin their fight. If that nomination could be prevented their fight would be won before the opening of the campaign. And they could work for his defeat with out exposing a hand. They would have as their natural al lies all Republican papers and magazines, and ,as their dupes the old anti-Bryanites, among papers and politicians in the Democratic ranks. Those birds were baited with the declaratlon that these interests were ready to supI)ort a safe and sane Dem ocrat, who could be elected if Bryan were eliminated. And many of the Democratic birds took the bait. Perhaps one here and there a little wild was cap tured through the sprinkling, directly or indirectly, of a little financial salt. For months one of the most ingenious campaigns ever made in America, for or against any man, has been conducted by that anti-Bryan organization. It has operated from New York to Cali fornia; in the South, in the East, hi the West. Two anti-Bryan emissaries h avo traveled through the South; they were liberal gen' tlemen-- "anybody, especially any good Southern man, to beat Bryan!" They hammered on 1Culberson and on Daniel in a Svain endeavor to switch the a Texas and Virginia vote for 3 Bryan. They dragged at Gray, 3 and are still pulling on Johnson, a who may be deceived into at - tending his own political funeral 3 And what vigorous effort was made to direct the country's at -tention to New York's Democra a tic lieutenant-govenort We esti mate that not less than $26,000 was spent in "Chanler litera -ture" alone in the abortive at Stempt to persuade the country that he was living. And the fight goes on, and Sthrough it all the strength of a Bryan's popularity has been as 0 unshaken as the rocks upo'n t which the sea dashes. Indeed, tBryan Is growing stronger when any other man in the party must have gone down under the as 'saults. But the people should Sunderstand the full significanco Ilof the war against him.--The SState. Rcs d ounew nas