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~Ti I'Y tUV1iUB3 UVEBIT W~RSAY NOMO -BY The Sontinol-Journal ompanp TFOIPSON & RICo EENoPR. J. I. 0. THOMPSON, EDITOR. Subecription $1.00 Per Annum. Advertising Rates Reasonable. Xntered at Pickens Fstofiee an Second Clas Mail Matter PICEENS, S. 0. 2 THURSDAY, SEFrEMBER 24, 1908. Salmagundi. The giant bees of India build combs 18 feet high. One-seventh of the foreign commerce of Great Britain pass es through the Suez Canal. Two aunts of James S. Sher man, Taft's running mate, spell their name "Shearman." Bread, cheese and beer was the supper given to a 3-months old baby, it was stated, in a case in a London police court. In Jamaica tuberculosis dis ease is extremely uncommon among the whites. When it occurs in negroes, they quickly succumb to it. In raising Mr. Astor to the British peerage, will he become Lord Jackastor? - [Darlington News. It is said that the use of au oil or gas engine on the farm re sults in a saving of from 20 to 50 per cent. as compared with horses. Ohleago has a novel organiza tion in the Bartenders' and Sa' loonkeepers'Total Abstinence so ciety, which is now said to have 2,000 members. An employee of a matrimonial bureau in Chicago testified on the stand that only ten photo graphs of men and women out of 10,000 are of sufficieit merit to attract. The light of day has not been shed on the original draft of the Declaration of Tndependence in five years, and there is no like lihood of its being placed on view until 1928. A young Hungarian baron is said to have spent $500,000 in the last two years. Doubtless he is seeking to qualify himself for the next American-heiress handicap.-[Darlngton News. Gen. Langlois, an officer of the French army, has aroused much uneasiness among his countrymen by asserting that th morale and discipline of the analarming state of degener Teproductilon of turpentine adrosin developed rapidly in NniTal forest diiinin the United Provinces of India dur ing 1006-07. Teprofits for the year amounted to $11,333. The government having put the in dustry on a paying basis, the enterprise will be turned over to individuals. The tapping of trees, however, will be retained under government control. Papa was about to apply the strap. "Father," said Willie, firmly, "unless that instru~ment has been properly sterillmd4 I dea sire to protest." Tis gnede th old man pause "MoreowedY conltinued Willie, "the. o.lent imnp*~ ous textil it It buil.u a g Itecontains Codi LIne prepard that it iseafY ALL DRU0IST S met at Fort Worth, Texas, on the 1st inst., and was in session four days. The attendance was large, all the cotton-growing states being well represented by delegates. The unanimous consent of the delegates was to keep the mini mum price a secret within the membership. A national cotton committee was formed, with a delegate from each state, for the purpose of handling cotton. President Barrett will call a meeting the first of January, as by that time we will know the true condition of the crop. As to the condition of the growing crop: Every cotton produccing state was represent ed, and we had the opportunity of getting a true report as to the condition of the growing crop. Not a sinkle state repdrted any thing like an average crop. Some reported 40 per cent. off, some 30 per cent., some 20 per cent., some 15 per cent. It will be impossible for us to make an accurate report at this time. To begin with, we had floods and wet weather up to the 1st of July, then hot, dry weather. Rust and blight and a dozen other pests we had never heard of before. East of the Mississippi river you hear that Texas and Lou isiana are going to make a pum per crop. When you get west of the Mississippi they tell you that Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia are going to make bumper crops. When you in vestLgnte It you find it is false. Ini the last three weeks I have been in seven of the leading cot ton belt states, and in no place did I find anything like an aver age crop. From the time .I left home until I reached the "Lone Star" state I did not see a sin gle field of cotton that did not have blight, either rust or black rot, and was poorly fruited. Farmers, all you have to do now is to just sit steady in the boat and not put a bale of. cot ton on the market unless the price gets right. Re~member, It all depends on you as to what it brings. We cannot. blame the other fellow for getting it as low as he can. There are plenty of good warehouses, and advise warebousing It and borrowing -rmoney on your receipt to satisfy ydtir indebtedness. As cotton is the great money > crop of the South, Iwant to ; urge our biankers, merchants an4 other moneyed men of. the South to help the weak fatners to kold their cotton until the price gets abovethe ost et pro duction, so the freyer may have a proftt left~t hklWto have piZoney to spend weijitther busi he f~rme ik'Osperous ja l terbusinears is ~prosperous, hd*E4e Is n*dl other busi tap ft mig n a netveleasi Willie sloped. T The election in Maine for got ernor on the 14th is very en'otir aging t6 the Democrats, the .o publican majority being dut down to below 10,000. In 1904 the Republicans had a majority of about 24,000, and this year their majority is smaller than it has been in 25 years. The Dem ocrate gain 32 per cent. over their vote of 1904 and the Re publicans lose 4 per cent. This Maine election is one of the most encouraging signs of the times and is a straw which shows which way the wind blows. As the campaign pro gresses we feel more and more encouraged that Bryan will be the next president of the United States.-[Darlington News. .7 FARMERS' EDUCATIONAL AND CO-OPERATIVE UNION I OF AMERICA ----= Pickens County Union Column J. T. BOGGS, REV. W. C. SBABORif and JOEL MILLEI1, Committee in Charge. PRES'T HARRIS' ADDRESS. To Cotton Producers:-The great money-producing crop of the South-cotton-is now being harvested. The farmers -should investigate conditions and use good judgment in selling this great money crop of the South. By so doing 'many million dol-. lars will be added to her wealth. First, we will look into condi tions. The supply of cotton is less to-day than it has been in twenty-five years. The mer chants' shelves are scant of goods. The population of <he worlId is increasing every day, and they have to be clothed. Again, the output of manufac tured goods have greatly de creased this year from the fact that the 1907 crop was 4,000,000 bales short. This shortage will have to be made good, as the world needs the goods. As to the condition of the 1908 crop: We have heard nothing for the last eight weeks but a bumper crop. Who is it that circulates these reports? I see in Europe, 3,000 miles away, statisticians~ are freely predicting a crop of American cotton this year of 16,000,000 bales, while many of the knowing ones on this sIde are sending out literature fore casting the crop at 14,00,000 bales. The South is now being flood ed with circulars of bear dope by speculators and manipulatori who are trying to sell the mar ket down under the influence of these bearish arguments. The wholesale jobbers in th4 cotton trade are demanding con cessions from the manufacturej in the price of goods, while the spinner is holding back as long as possible in order to be able t< lay inL his supply as low as possible. Never before have so man3 interests combined to hanma down the price of spot cotton There never was a time wher the growers will be called po to limit the full exercise ofte strength in resia jpg the e~ to depress prices as at the aq ent tine. Th.ere .N~~ ~a f.U thebyt and so PI. a ae ayto digest 59i., ANW,.O - A. _AL e .4 of production to the grower. How is the grower of cotton to become able to maintain a1 profitable price? First, he must: diversify his .crops, and now is 1 the time to begin for another 1 year. Bow oats, wheat, crim son clover, vetch, rye and bar ley. You will* need it next spring to feed your stock. In stead of .huying, raise your horses, mules, cows, hogs and corn. Quit buying hay to kill grass, to raise more cotton, to buy 4 more hay with. Make home self-supporting and self-sustain Ing, and prosperity is yours. B. HAmis. 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Besides this he has con ributed $27 in smaller contribu ionS As "cash" when the hat was handed around in various, parts of the district, making in 1ll $102. About two weeks ago Mr. &iken received a letter from the ;peakers' bureau of the cam Waign committee, asking him to. id. in the campaigning in the loubtful states. These letters tre sent to all Demociatic sen Ltors and representatives, bui Kr. Aiken believes from whai ie has heard that a Souther. nan, no matter how fine a peaker he may be, does the bause little or no good speaking 0 Northern audiences. Chairman Lloyd has written Ar. Aiken to go to Washington md assist the Democratic head luarters, and -he may go liter. -[Abbeville Special to News & Jourier. The Song, o the Ha, There are four verses. Verse 1. Ayer's Hair Vigor stops falling hair. Verse 2. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes 'the hair grow. Verse 3. Ayer's Hair Vigor cures dandruff. Verse 4. Ayer's Hair Vigor makes the scalp healthy, and keeps it so. 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