Agricultural
Attention, Farmers!
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Special Announcement by
State Secretary Weston, ol
the Cotton Growers' Association,
Who has Charge
of This Division During the
Absence of President Smith
?Review of the A ssocia
t i o n's Fight?Farmers
Urged to Sign Pledges tc
Hold Cotton for Highei
Prices.
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To the Farmers of South
Carolina : In the absence of our
3ta,ie president, Mr. E. L). Smith.
who is novv canvassing Texas in
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*ho interest of the Sou'hern CotU.'
ft>n Association, I desire to say
a few words to you m reference
fk> the appeal th.?t has recently
been made to you bv the central
Atlanta, to hold your
eottou far higher prices. Let
wme. remind you that in every in
tance in which The association
baa^maed iasnea with those who
were fisktu*c? to ?eru?e .vnur
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go'ton at their prices you have
won a brilliant victory. The
anie people who are now urging:
you to part with your co'ton
yredicted that ten cents would
??t be secured as demanded by
Hie New Orleans Convention
fcrtl?e cotton held in the South.
My unity of action and faMng
fee advice of the association, in
C?e face of a fourteen million
ale crop you secured ten cents
ibr your cotton. When you
were appealed to to reduce your
acreage and fertil zers it was
predicted by the same crowd
atj you would be treacherous
tr>* ard# each other and increase
fcoth acreage and fertilizers.
Th is slander upon the southern
larmers was disposed of by the
government report on acreage.
When those that you intrusted
with your interest were con
vunced that the department of
agriculture was being used to
your detriment, and we felt it
uuij iu attattw it, wtJ wore
ridiculed and jeered at, nevertheless
we proved beyond doubt
arery accusation we made
against the department and
showed it to be thoroughly rotten.
When our estimate of the
erop for 1005 was made, and in
wiew of the short crop, we asked
that the farmers be paid a
minimum price of 11 cents for
their cotton, you heard on all
idea that this was too much ;
jet throughout the south that
jprice has been paid. The es
aimato of the association has
again been confirmed by the
ginners' report, which has just
fceen issued. If the spinners of
the world are now made to pay
more for their cotton whose
fault is it? They had ample opportunity
to go into the market
and buy at 11 cents, yet they
preferred to believe the predic
flaons of Theodore Price, and a
tiamp&ign was inaugurated
which had for its object the
stampeding of the farmers of
tfie south. All reports confirm
like association that cotton is
worth more than 11 cents and
the near future will bring
wore than 11 cents. The ques*
' H, l=r=i
Department
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tion is simply this Who shall
Ket the benefit of this advanced
price? We appeal to you to-sign
r the pledges that have been sent
p . _aj ii-L J i a . _
[ uui hiiu sraii<i oy me assuuitttion
in this fight. All this talk
of crippling and ruining th?
manufacturing interests is verit
able botch. If the manufactur
er has to pay more (or hi* raw
material he will receive tfto?e
for his finished product unless
> that finished product is higher
than some other article, which
can be substituted for its use
Wool linen and silk are the comt
petitory of cotton goods and
there is a long distance between
those articles and cotton goods,
' where the raw material would
not cost the spinner more than
124 cents ; if lie has to pay 15
cents for the cotton now in the
hands of the farmers. Tnose
who have seeu fit to consistently
ana persistently advise the
furmers to turn loose their cot
ton for prices less than those
fixed by the Association must
now answer the individuals and
the South who has been despoiled
of millions of dollars* while
following their advice* 'JJJie
Southern Cotton Association
wishes to fix a staple prioe for
cotton ; this can only be accoin
plished by the spinner dealiug
;direct wiih the association.
We stand ready to meet the
spinuers whenever they desire
it. Stand by the association;
it has never advised you to do
anything that was contrary to
your interest; ignore the advice
of those who have only brought
loss to you and you will aid in
returning to the southland mil
lions ot dollars of which sho lias
been unjustly robbed. It must
be demQiistrated to the world
that the producers propose to
fix the price ol their cotton. I
appeal to the zealous, intelligent
and patriotic county olli
cars and the rank and file
throughout this State to oarrv
on this fight with all the zeal
and energy that you are cap
able of. We are not responsible
for this fight; we entered into
it lor the purpose of protecting
our cotton, the price of which
was being forced down, without
any reason for it whatsoever,
and|'*daran be he who first cries
h"Id, enough."
Francis IJ. Weston,
Secretary S. (J. Division, S. C.A.
November 22, 1905.
Shocking Tragedy
Mother and Five Children
Brutally Murdered.
Independence, Iowa, Nov. 25.
i ?Mrs. William McWilliams and
. her ttve children, ranging from
i three to eighteen years in age,
- were slain at their farm home
yesterday and the husband and
, father was arreeted in Independence
last night, charged with
i killing the members of his fami'
ly. HA declares himself to be
innocent.
A dairyman called for milk at
the McWilliams farm shortly
' after noon yesterday. On enter,
ing the house, he says he found
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The famous 70-in. rollBedsteid.
A bargair
For a leader, we can fit you u
The ol 1 time Split-bottom Chair
our price 70 cents. The regulai
in stock. We have the largest,
and are going to surprise you w
go away pleased. Remember tl
and get particulars.
The Underselling
Store.
, a partly cooked dinner on the
stove and Mr- McW'Uiams and
the five children deal on the
floor.
Each person had been killed
with a hammer blow on the head.
Mrs. McWilliams was atrociously
beaten, and a tew knife thrusts
had been inflicted on the crushed
body.
In the worn id's right arm lay
the corpse ol her three-year old
baby, ite hood, coat and mittens
on, and a piece of buttered bread
in one hand The baby had
been killed by one blow ot a
hammer on the head.
The other children lay about
the house, dressed in working
clothes. It is thought that the
mother and baby were killed first
and that then the children had
been called into the house one
at a time and struck dead with
the hammer.
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Horrible Railroad Wreck
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Fifteen Persons Killed Outright
or Burned to Death
and Many Others Injured.
Lincoln, Mass , Nov. 26.?The
most distastrous railroad wreck
in this State for many years occurred
at 8.16 o'clock to-night at
Baker's Bridge station, a mile
and a half west of Lincoln, on
the main line of the Fitchburg
division of the Boston & Main
Railroad. The regular Sunday
express, which left Boston at
7.45 o'clock for Montreal via
the Rutland system, crashed into
the rear of a local train which
started from Boston at 7 15 for
points the main line and the
Marlboro branch.
At least 15 persons were killed
outright, burned to death or
suffocated, and 30 or more were
seriously injured. Many passen
gers sustained minor cuts, bruises
and burns.
FtNITURE
urniture..
We have some of the best
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oargains ever ottered
in odd
BUREAUS
BflHMflfKS ;
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A solid oak Dresser for
55 00, 6.00, 7.50 and up to
518.50. Big stock of Side
RnnrHc r?rir/?c in rp>'i /~ V? r\f
all, $10 and up, no dining
room complete without a
sideboard ; ; V
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Here is the greatest
bargain ever offered in
A LOUNGE
Something everybody
should have and they 4
are now going like hot
|K cakes. Old price .$5.75,
BKgk now going at $5.00.
All colors. We also
|0have the Valour and
I weather Couch, $10.00
and up. Mahogany
parlor suits and in odd
ifc r7>f ?
ashstand and bedstead for $9.90.
ttom Diner, regular price $1.00,
food line of Willow Rockers now
' Furniture in Lancaster county
giving. We guarantee you to
ture we are giving away. Come
ahes Co.
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The First National Bank
of Lancaster, S. C.,
Solicits Accounts of individual*,
firms and corporations, and offers to
depositors every facility and coutteaj
consistent with sound banking.
Interest allowed on time deposit.
Safety deposit boxes for rent. Correspondence
solicited.
E. M. CROXTON, CashierCI1AS.
D. JONES, President.
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LANCASTER & CHESTER
RAILWAY rniWDSMV
SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 28, 100*.
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY
WESTBOUND
Lv Lancanter fl 30 a m 3 46 p as
Lv Fort Lawn ...,0 49 am 4 16 p m fc
I.v Ita.icomvlllo 0 59am 4 90 pa
Lv Klchlmrg 7 Kb a in 4 46 pm M J
Ar Chmtor 7 tO it m 5 16pm ^ ^
Ar Charlotte?Sou, tty 9 66 am 7 0o p m
Ar Columbia? Sou. Rv.... 10 15 a m ?
EASTBOUND
Lv Columbia?Sou. Ry 0 06 a m 8 10pm
Lv Charlotte? Sou.Ky 0 06am 0 00 pm
Lv Chester 9 00 a m 8 16 p at
>jw munourg F wa III W p It.
1st Baacomville 9 60am 8 46 pm
|]? Kort U?n 10 00am 8 60pm
Ar Lancaster 10 80 am 9 16pm
CONNECTIONS . %
CHESTER?Hauthern, Seaboard, aad Carolina
A Nortb-WeHtarn Railway*.
LANCASTER?Southern Railway.
A.. I. McLURE, Superintendent.
LKKOY ai'RINOS, Prealdenk