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HfT The Lancaster News LEDGER 1852 REVIEW 1878 ENTERPRISE 1891 VOL. I. NO. 18. SEMI-WEEKLY. LANCASTER. S. C., DECEMBER. 2, 1905. PRICE?FIVE CENTS PER COPY The Farmers' Union. > An Organization in South Carolina to Teach Farmers How to Make Profitable Crops and How Best to Market Their Products. The state council of the Farm urs' Educational aDd co-operative Union oi South Carolina, at the meeting held in Anderson this week, decided to make known to * the public at large the following main objects of its mission iu our state: First. To teach our farmers how to produce profitable crops. Second. How best to market our products so as to turn the products into the hands of the producers, instead of allowing the nonproducers to reap these |/i vaip TO THE^l'RESS OF THE STATE. We believe it will be to the mutual interest of the Farmers' Uuion and the press of the country for the Farmers' Union to use and advocate its cause and principles through all the es tablished newspapers of the country without preference so long as the present friendly, and cordial relalious between the Farmers' Union and the press prevails. TO THE FARMERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA. We believe that the farmers of it - me suue appreciate the fact that the tanners should have an organ ization of their own composed exclusively of tanners. We helieye that no other oc cupation that has an organiza lion of its own can consistently object to farmers having an or. ganization of its own, compoRfd entirely of farmers. The Farmers Union propose to attend to its own farming llllsl lll'UU 111 lf^ ? ... ?v?7 w?fii >y ay WllUUUL making an t^Wiupt at pulling; down oilier legitimate occupa tions, or business in order to build up our (arming fnterest. In order to tortiiv our position in demanding piofilable prices lor money crop, cotton, and enforcing the same, the Farmers Union urges its members ami all olher farmers of the cotton bell -to raise ail home supplies on their (arms, thai wii] grow there ^ profitably. Our Farmers Union discourages tbe system ot buying many sup i: .. ~ i . i ~ ' |mi< .s y i inn I'oma oe crown on | onr sf utbern farms) at high rates for the purpose ol growing the one crop-cotton, which invariably causes our cotton to be sold at force sale-? to pay lor supplies obtained at high rates. OUR KKI.ATIONS WITH THE SOUTH | KHN COTTON ASSOCIATION. (l ? #v / lVi^y there should not bo any \ n between ibeir members? V<?u?e we have the same interok, u, , r>, nnci A3 HI prOUlHOie prices producers of cotton! ',,c'u we should be liberal enough fo^rj each other to permit each org>j7atjon to attain its object* in its >n wayl ' Ueeause we lM a duty we owe each other to stand together! Because every interest of the south id staked upon a profitable price to the producer ot our great staple crop cottonl Because the Farmers Union is striotly a farmers' organization! Because ell ;?* >?? >* ? vvuvt lUV^&ODVO | have tbeir separate and destinct organizations, and the cotton association is an amalgamated, or coherent organization, where all interest in the cotton belt can come together in grand conference for the welfare of our commou interest, which anchors around profitable prices to the producers of cotton! Because we all live here together in the southland, where cotton is king! r>? ? jjtjuuuse wnen foreign interests combine to reduce profits to the producer of cotton, and succeed in doing it, every dollar thus forced out of the producers' bauds that goes to foreign intersts, is just so many dollars taken out ot the south, which will sooner or later be felt in every vein and artery of our whole system of industries and trades, whose pulsations are sent forth from one heart which is embeded uDon the fleecy staple cotton! Because it is the right thing to leach all of our men and women that there is something better in the land lhau selfishness! J.O. Slribling, Anderson Coun tyT. H. F o s t, e r, Greenville County. J. N. Knox, Abbeville County. W. N. Bruce, Oconee County. J F. Hendricks, Pickens Coun ty. Committee on resolutions of Farmers Union council. Parlies desiring moie information and constitution, and by- I laws ?1 llie Farmers Union, ad dresn B. F. Eurle, stale organizer, Anderson, S. C. A Year of Bountiful Crops. The present year will probably* go down in history as foe most productive in I In* country's bislory, at leat>t so lar as the crops produced from the soil are concerned The United Stales have produced in the neighborhood ol 10,000,000 bales ol cotton, 2,708. 000,000 bushels ol coin, 683.000, 000 bushels of wheat, 939,000,000 bushels of eats, 30,000,000 bushels of rye, 133,000,000 bushels o! hurley, 261,000,000 hushels of potatoes, 15.000,000 hush els of buckwheat, and 61,000,000 Inns ol hay. In cumcc'ion with these (inures, The Birmingham Age-Herald notes that "the estimated value ol the output ol the farms this year is $6,636,000,000, a gain of something over a bil lion dollars over 1904, the best previous year in the history of American farm s,"?Charlotte Observer. Mrs. Francis C. Sims and daughter Frances, of Armenia, went to Lancaster Saturday to visit friends.?Chester Lantern. Clemson's Car. 1 More About the Novel Plan i of Instructing Farmers and 1 Others. 1 < i TUa vr?? . AIIW 1/oiijr 11DW8 j Clemaon College's iatruction ( car, the first enterprise of the j kind ever undertaken by an educational institution, passed through the city yesterday 011 its way to the central part of the State where the month of Dec ' ember will be spent in lecturing on agricultural topics to the farmers and mill operatives in every town and hamlet in lower South Carolina. Next Summer the car will make a similar tour ' of the Piedmont. The instruction car consists 1 of oue ot the best day coaches < iu mu service oi tne Southern i Railway, refitted to suit the > needs and purposes to which it ' is being put. It has been fur- 1 niched free of charge to the col ' lege authorities by the railway 1 officials and will be hauld with- ( out charge by the Southern, the Atlantic Coast Line, and other, < railways in the State. < Prof. J. N. Harper of the de- ' partment of agriculture is in 1 charge ot the car and the exlii- * bits coming under his direction. 1 With him are Prof. W. 8. Mor ' rison of the department of his- ' tory, who will lecture on industrial education, Prof. C. 8. Doggett of the texile depart ment, who will talk extensively 011 spinning, weaving and dyeing. A valuable visitor, who will ma'<e his home on the car duting the tour is C<>1. Joseph IE. Wing, editor of the Breeder's Gazette. Col. Wing will I talk 10 tiie fanners a' out eat'le breeding, and especi dl.v about! sheep raising. Hois conceded i to be th< best authority on sheep) ill the country. 1 ii > journal is the leading publication of the message of South C'aro ina's resources to every corner of the United St.-.tes. A boo < could be written of I the exhibits which are beiig placed m position in the car. j Not only is every general tie- j partinent of the college repre | seated, but the various subtle-1 parunents also slio a to advant-1 age. The car is a wen tu of in : e I formation for ttie farmer and for; any one who takes an ia'.ere. tj [lathings industrial and has a pride for the welfare and cle-j velopmoat of his Stato. The professors will le ture with Col. Wing at each point named in the tour. tnwl tlu> ?vliiKiiu ..an bo used in connection with these j addresses. There wdl also lie1 lantern slides. 'i'he car is the result of a su* gostion from President Mell. | The exhibits have been arranged and the geneial plans formulated for the enterprise under the personal direction ot 1'rof. llarper with other members of j the faculty. The idea is to bring the college to farmers. J rhis it will do most effectively,1! md something more. The car will advertise Clemson College ",f> Himll on 1.1,..i. tl-- 1 - 'V -?MVii uu CAlULib LI I <1 C tut? UU* { tnand for rooms next term will far exceed the supply. The ] mtire State will be benefited, < ind nothing has been conceived f n years which promises more , lirect and lasting result to the ( igriculturalist. I W mm rn . t Plyler-Funderbnik. | rhe Pretty Marriage at , Tabernacle Thursday Af- \ t e r n o o n?Interesting Ac- t count of the Notable Event. 1 Reported for The News. On last Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock Tabernacle Methodist 3hurch was the scene of one of J ne prettest weddings witnessed n this community in some time. Lhe contracting parties were Mr. Pickett Plyler, son ot Mr. Simeon f Plyler, and Miss Bessie Fonder- i aurk, daughter of Mr. U. A. Fun- f ierburk. Promptly at four o'clock < .he bridal parly entered the Dhurch, which had been decorat 1 ?d lor the occasion. The bride I sntered the right aisle accompan- ' ,ed by the groom's sister, Miss i Ddessa Plyler, while the groom I sntered on the left, accompanied ? by Mr. (Jhas. Fundeiburk, brother < af the bride, llie wedding march was rendered bv Miss Minnie Plyler, and as the last strains of Mendelssohn died away the bride J mid groom stationed themselves 1 beneath an arch of evergreens, prepared for tlie occasions and were united in the holy bonds by. 'ho paster, lie \ P. 11 Ingrahnm. the empressive ceremony ol the i.-;... ?i 4?*? ? iivnnni nun v ii unui^ tiDdl. Alter receiving t he congratulations ot a host ol hit-nds (he j>arl%\ rt tired to the home of Mr. ami Mrs. U A. Fund?rburk, wl.e e a bounteous repa>t vva- served to number ot relatives and irieno ol the happy young couple. We extend to this happy pair our he rt iest cougrat ulation* and best wishes. 11. I Baby In a Shoe Box. Wilson Special '<> ('hart t Observer:?A girl baby waslour.d j dead in a shoe box in an out house, in Hie rear of Wilson' j warehouse, in the soul horn part | ol liiKoiiv, this mornit g, by eel i Harm s a negro, and w is inimcdi ale! tin 11'*<1 over to the poiic. authorities No clue as to the', identity of the infant has yet be n ' found aril (he p iyH.'i in cann t toil another it is a white or a j black ciiilil. No marks showing j violence are to lie seen and it is thought that it had been in the: box about two days. Tho child j in list have been place 1 in the box when 01.ly a few hours old. Attac ked. Kays Mrs Nancy Stoddard of Fountain inn, S. <). I was attacked by that terrible monster yon call lthenmatiHiu. OUK NhlW DH'OVKUY was recommended to ino by r>ur druggist, and after taking two bottles, that great monster of trouble and suffering was forced to bike its tligbt. 1 gladly recommend i? to any suffering with Ulieumatisiu. iSoUl by Crawford liros. Student Hugh Creighton Located in Chattanooga. Special to Tue Observer. Spartanburg, S. C., Nov. 29.- ? Hugh Creighton, the Wofford College student, who left the ii> dilution several days ago and tor whom search was made by ?nxi)iir relatives, has been heard :rom. A college friend has re? seived a souvenir* postal card rom him which indicates the* nissing man is in Chattanooga. U appears that there was nothing ?ery mysterious about his deparure, with the exception that he ailed to notify the college au;horities or his parents. It is expected that Creighton will reurn to school within the next: ew days. Arkansas' Jeff Davis in New Role. Governor Jeff Divis, of Arkan?as, is before the public in a new ole. Ilis private secretary hua ?iven out a statement that the Jovernor was assaulted in his oom by former Congressman Hugh Dinsmore and Jack Walker, and that the Chief Executive was struck over the head with a revolver. Davis is a candidate :or me Senate and Dinsmore is a -.upportar oi Senator Berry, hi& sppnaent. $100.00 Reward. OUli NEW DISCO VEitY MEDICINE COMPANY of Laurens. S. 0., lias mamiractured and sold thousands of hotties of OUli NEW DIM.'OVEtl V within the last three (It) years wi'h au absolute trUAltVN1'EE with each hottle for alt Blood and Skin Diseases. Nervousness, l iver and Kidney irouhhs, and otttrs $io0.i 0 reward to any person who will prove that the.y have ev. i t died or refuse I to comply wi'h the of tin? (iv. ii'iiiiteo. Sold by Crawlord Bros Senator Burton's Sentence? Gets Six Months. St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 29.? Hutted States Senator Joseph Ralph I'urton of Kansas, was today sentenced in the United States Circuit Court to serve six months in the Iron county jail. Ir ?nton, Mo., and pay a line of as 1< penalty for convie~ ti ... on tie iuuictinent chai??inj* ,: 1?: ...... i : -- .' . << <- iidii .ice u in in capacity of a paid attorney in hohalf of the Hinlto Grain and Se unties Company, of St. bonis, before the 1'ostollice I)e pnrtrnent to prevent the issu auco of a fraud order, lie was r -leas d on bond in the sum of ff>,OOG, with II. C. lv r- n.s as surety, pending an app at to the Supiv 111 Court. ?Don't fail to read an nouncemeiit of Heath Jones Co., in today's paper Miss L'da Shannon, oi ( aniden. is v itini' Mrs I .r <.... _ . - - r, >/. ??v.*wa* vj|M 111^(9, Fifteen Cents Cotton. 1; good for tin* pocket; but it taken OUlt NV.NV DISCOVERY' lor that ba'l taste in the month every morning, and tint old w<-ak back, and tired dull feeling when you get up. '1 lie only $1.(10 liquid preparation Hold with an absolute (U'MlAN1'KE with each bottle for all blood and Skin Diseases, Norvonsnnesu, l.iver and Kidney Troubles. You run no risk whatever in buying OUK NhW DISCOVERY'. Your druggist will sign the guarantee, bold by Crawford ltros.