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gg?? i " g i ii 11h Hjunixm: ggaggggagHgaa^e^Mga mbhb as ? an? ?bbi?f i n ??a eta ta The Abbeville Press and Banner* BY W. W. & W. R. BRADLEY. ABBEVILLE, 8. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1906. ESTABLISHED 1 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union. P. A. CHEATHAM, ) > Editors. A. F. CALVERT. 1 %%%%?%%%%%% %%%%%% FITTEEN CENTS COTTON The mammoth Cotton Convection held' at New Orleans January 11-13, 1906, without a single diossenting voice, unanimously endorsed the resolution to hold the balance of the unsold portion of the present unsold crop for fifteen cents per pound, basis middling, at the ports. The Executive Committee of the Southern Cotton Association, in annual session at New Orleans, January 15th, J906, also unanimously endorsed the action of the Convention relative to the fifteen cents resolution. Kepresentative of Sou'hern Bankers, who assembled at New Orleans duriug the Cotton Convention, passed strong resolutions guaranteeing the moral and financial support of southern banks in the present effort of the Southern Cotton Association to secure fifteen cents for balance of the crop. The fight is now on to a finish between the spot holders and friends of higher prices, backed by southern bankers, and the Hear speculators, spinners and euemies to fair and equitable prices. The lines are plainly drawu, and friend or foe will be quickly recognised by the voice, pen or position taken. We are dealing with a product i worth many hundreds of millions of dollars annually, distributed, in its raw and manufactured form, throughout the entire civilized world. The producers of the most valuable product of southern soils have been the slaves and serfs or the commercial and consuming world for nearly half a ct-ntnry. Southern cotton growers, financed by their local banks, are gradually working a revolution in the old system of marketing their staple. Short crops and fairly good pric** fi-om 1900to 1904. freed the southern growers generally from the lash of mortgages and credit. Increasing the ' food supply jcrnps, has been an important factor in developing lhat independence and thrift which nhould characterize every farm. For these reasons, it made possible the handling of the great crop or 1904, on a profitable basis to the growers against the combined organised brain and money of the world. It is for these reasons, together with advanced thought, study, and a better knowledge of ligitimate supply and demand of cotton, that will enable the spot holders of cotton in the south, to demand and enforce higher prices for the balance of ' this crop than are at prepent pievailIng. It has not been denied that I spinner* could have paid twelve cents to the farmers, for the entire crop of | 1905, and declared good dividends on their investment, at the prevailing high prices of yarns and dry goodn. . T? AU?vnnf Kr? /I onioH f.Hnf Poq p bnoAllla. I XI UIUUUV W ViVU?VVt VUMV X^VMl IT|/VVV.iM tore, backed by the spinners, took advantage of the necessities of the farmers in September and October, and forced prices down to 91-2 cents per. pound buying in fully one-half of the crop around ten cents. If the balance of the crop now held, and which does not exceed 1,600,000 bales, is sold at fifteen cents per pound, the whole crop will go to the buyers and spinnees at an average price to the farmer under 12 cents per pound. Where is theexhorbitant demand of the farmer? If the cotton is worth it, why should not the producer be entitled to receive its full value? ThoNe gentlemen who aie rain????? otmh a hrurl ah/int 19 nnH fif 'US DUVH ? teen cent cotton, wereas silent as the grave when cotton was selling at 6 cents. STAND BY THE PRICE Stand firm for fifteen cents. Sell your cotton at that price, and donot undertake to force the market still higher. Our position is based upon equity and fairness, and no effort should be made to go beyond that. Let us see be fair with the spinners; and in making sales let it be distinctly understood that the buyer will ship the cotton direct to the manufacturer*-, and that the cotton is not being bought for the purpose of tenders on speculative contracts iu the cotton exchangee of the country. Notify your cottou factors that this rule must be strictly adhered to. . Let the speculators who have been "bearing" tne market and who are short on their contract#, get out of their perilous positions tbe best way they can. We must confine our dealings with the legitimate cause of consumption, and protect the spiuners and our own interests from abnormally high or low prices brought about tnrough speculative influences. It if now an established fact, the present crop will not exceed 10,000,000 bales, of 500 pounds weight. Tbere will not be enough cotton to meet the enormous demands for consumption. These are facts which have not been and cannot be, denied except by misrepresentation and juggling of figures for speculative purposes' Those farm?? mhn rontrlpoulv rnnhpri their fintton Ci O " UU avvutvww.^ on the market and sacraflced it at 91-2 to 10 cents, ought not to complain if their neighbors are still holding a portion of theirs for higher prices. If the spinners bought the bulk of this crop at from 9 1-2 to 10-2 cents per pound, when they could as easily have paid 1!% cents, they should not now complain if the small balance of the unsold portion is held at 15 cents, in order to average the price as near 12 cents as possible, The price of cotton has advanced $2.50 a bale since the New Orleans Convention: and is daily ? advancing, on its merits and in the face of the strongest combination to hold down prices, that ever existed. Wall Street and Liverpool have lost their power of fixing the price of tbe great American staple. The southern spots holder is now the dominant factor in the cotton trade of the world, His cause is a righteous one, and will receive the endorsmentand support of every loyal southerner, who believesin fair play in the great fight which is now waging, The south can win and will win. Yours truly, HARV1E JORDAN, Pres. S. C. A. HEADC If you want tc New Dress Goods. New Drtss Goods for early 8] have some special prices. New Line Silks just openec spring. Black and Colored Silks?27 i all shades. 36 in. Black Taffeta i $1,00 and $1.25 per yd. 36 in. shades? Irridescent and plain c< Black Dress Goods?New spr everytUiDg rlgbt up-to-date. T seeiug, R. M. Darp'sM W Want to know how to h Get a Cooking Stove th happy, at a price that w happy, that will cook bis the children happy?it's in Abbeville County onl^ Do you use Blueing ? V Here is a chance for you. On Sat urday, February 3rd, we will GIVE <? with every 25c purchase 5c worth of ic bluing, and with every 50c purchase, tl 10c worth of blueing. y< D ,,r^Hia la fha *R1no fVl" ' hlftW the blues away." Pl HOSIERY ! The kind we sell for r good to do it ; but for a fe them at the extremely low pri Crockery I Crockery! C We have an extra good cupaud sau cer, with stroDg handles aDd in splen- f( did white granite, tbat we offer at 34c 3 set. ti We are showiDg a lovely shaped t gold lined 10-pc. Toilet Set with rolled B edge Basin aud all large size pieces, at 4 the tr ade getting price of, per set, $2.78 TINWARE AN 11 ) are daily put to the t lllMr called upon, therefore Wmmm bargains in this line. M' llil others prices and we do what we have done. Dargan's 5 & PYTHIAN CASTLE HALL. t: May be Established for the Order in . the Slate? Q Towns Are Invited lo Bid for It | Columbia Jan. 26.?A coommlttee ^ of the grand lodge of South Carolina ^ Knights of Pythias, appointed at the ^ last grand lodge meeting to look into the advisability of eBtatmshing a permanent castle hall for grand lodge meetings, met here yesterday and adopted resolutions reccomendlng the building of such a ball, and calling up j on the towns to submit sealed bids for * it, to be opeued at a meeting of (he ? commitee to be held April 18, when a 0 report will be formulated for the * grand lodge meeting in Sumter iu j May. , The grand lodge now baa $15,000 in i its treasury, which it is intended to use for this purpose, but much more will be used to put up a hall that would satisfy the 8,000 Pythians of the state. The committee consists of George 8. Mower of Newberry; Chas. ( Carroll Sims, ol Barnwell, and Henry f T. Thompson of Columbia. ME..X3 QUARTERS FOR F ) Save, here i 8] pring are now in and we 12 1I?dainty little checks for buy coul in. Jap and China Bilks, \ Silks, none better, at 90c, patt Uoiorea raneca bukb, an Ulot )lors, $1.00 and $1.25 yd. Clot ing line just opened and his special line well worth Fim Had( ? 1 Oc Store , HERE IS A STOVE. The Square Enterprise, With Aluminum Lioed Oven Doors and an oven that takes tbe same size pan in tbe top rack that it does in tne lower one, and is so convenient that it looks as though a housekeeper had designed it. iave a happy family? at will make the wife ill make the husband - ? i if 11 mn l/r> :>UUIlb II lidL W.II iiiarvo an Enterprise?sold / at this store. - alentlnes ! Valentines 1 February 14th 1b a day when you id "even up" with a comic or in ively rhyme, tell her or him, as le case may be, exactly how tenderly ou feel. Our line is large this year, uster Brown Reeolves that you have ist simply got to be his Valentine. Tien, ladies and children are too !W weeks we are going to offer ce of 3 prs. for 25c. ilassware! Glassware 1 A recent shipment makes it possible or us to oiler to vou a lovely glass bowl 1-2 inches deep and 7 1-2 inches across op, with piain aides and a lovely imiation cut bottom for each 10c. lolasses can 10c. Tumblers for 10c. Lots of Spring arrivals* D ENAMELED WARE est?365 times a year are they t, have it good. We are offering Space forbids prices, but get guarantee to be lower. We can 1 10c Store A Fearful Fate. It is a fearful fate to bave to endure he terrible torture of pile?. "I can rutbfully Bay," writes Harry Coleon, f Masonville, la., "that for Blind, Heeding, Itching and Protruding 'lies, Bucklen's Arnica Salve, is tbe "?? " niorfp " Also bpst for cuts. urns and injuries. 25c at P. B. Speed ruggist. May Live 100 Years. The chances for living a full century re excellent In the case of Mrs. Jennie )uncan, of Haynesvllle, Me., now 70 ears old. She writes : "Electric Biters cured me of Chronio Dyspepsia of 0 years standing, and made me feel as cell and strong as a young girl." Electric Bitters cure Stomach and * - /N 1 liiver dieaaee, Blood disoarers, ueneraj Debility and bodily weakDees. Sold > a guarautee at P. B. Speed drug tore. Price only 50c. Please don't forget that we carry a most extolled line of Hosery for ladles, men, boys ind girls. Prloe 10a Dargan'a 6 A 10c atore. Estd INE MILLINERY, D Is a Chance PECIAL SALE O 1 case White Curtain Swiss, 36 inch, b< 1 case Linen Finish Cotton Waistings, 2 and 15c yd. 1 case 40 inch White Li today fully 2c yd. mf<re. 1 case 30 inch India Linen, 10,12 1-2, 1J d Sell at if bought today. 1 case 30 inch Check Nainsooks and Di erns for Infants' Dresses ever brought t h, 12 yard pieces, at 12 1-2,15 and 20c y ,h, 8c yd, or 14 yards to the $1.00 while Great Sale of Embroi Our line or 5, 1U, io ana zoo j^moroiaer e Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries ar( ion & GENERAL CONFERENCE OF COTTON INTEREST. BplDDttri and Grower* Mem in New York to Arrange for COufereuce in Waahlngto ? Next May. New York, Jan. 24? Cotton mAnu~ faciureres and growers met here today to arraDge for the general conference of cottou intere'8 in Washington next May. James R. McColl of Pawtucket, R. I. was elected chairman of today's* meeting. It was decided to invite to the Washington conference representatives of the following associations: New England Cotton Manufacturers association, American Cotton Manufacturers' association, Southern Cottou association, National gl oners association of Dalian, Tela*-: National association of Manufacturers, Arkansas Wright club of Boston, International Federation of Master Cotton Spinners and Manufacturers' which pomprixes British and Continental manufacturers, New Orleans cotton exchange, New York cotton exchange and Liverpool Cotton association. Every association will be inviud losend a committee of five in addition to its j resident and secretary. Among the questions which it was decided to bring up for dlecuesion at the Washington conference were the relations of American cotton with the world: consideration of matters connected with the raising of the ootton crop: the baling, warehousing and transportation of the fibre: trade relations between growers and manufacturers: and stability of prices of cotton. The New England Cotton Manufacturers association' the American Cotton Manufacturers association, the Southern Cotton association and the National Oinners' association were represented at today's conference. KILLING OF CONSTABLE HOL STEIN. Augusta Chronicle. Editor Chronicle : Noting the artich in your columns of yesterday it seemi as if my statement to your reporte: concerning the killing of state Consta bleJ. C. Holstein by W. F. Cothrai at McCormick last Monday afternooi is a little mixed. Since my return ] have interviewed several reliable met who were eye witnesses to the affair also the marshal who was trying t< take the pistol away from Cothran As told to me by these parties, th< trouble began as lollows: W. F. Cothran and Tump Wide man had engaged in a difficulty 01 one of the back streets. Jn tbe diffl culty Cothran recieved two knifi wounds. They were separated anc Wideman came on down to mail street, with Cothran following, threat ening to sboot him. He was met bj Town Marshal Brown, who attempts to disarm bim and called upon severa to Help mm. uoiorau luruuieueu u shoot bim if be did not turn biB pisto loose, One or two others bad hold o him when Mr, Holstein walked uj and tried to prevail upon Cothran t< give up his pistol. Cothran repliet that if he (Holstein} put his handi upon him he would kill him. Gorj Palmer, a brother-in-law of Cothrai walked up about this time and toot hold of Holstein's arm and told Cotb ran to "Go his link, he would bad [ him." Holstein turned Cothran loos< stepped back about three feet, wher Cothran fired at him. Holstein threw his hands to bis side and said; "Yot have killed me." Cothran turned the pistol loose after firing. Holstein ic the meanwhile had drawn his own pistol, and walked up to Cothran) pressed the weapon to Cothran's facc and said "You have killed me, and il you were armed I would kill you." He then placed the pistol in hie pocket and walked to my office about forty or fifty yards. Sheriff Lyon, o? Abbeville, came ? down yesteraay auu an emeu vuiumu and Palmer and placed them in jail at Abbeville. Cothran is charged with murder and Palmer as accesory. It seems to be a question as to whether it was accidental or intentional, as there was personal enmity between Holstein and Palmer. Holstein bad been in McCormick for the past two and a half years, as state constable and had made himself very popular by being faithful in the discharge ol his duties and bis gentlemanly conduct. Sheriff Lyon promply went to McCormick upon hearing of this unfortunate affair, and brought Mr. Cothrau to Abbeville. Mr. Cotbran is now ic jail. He has retained W. N. Graydon esq. as attorney. Ldoi iRESS GOODS AND Our Entire ; F WHITE GOODS \ dutiful patterns, worth 121?2c, now 10c ; 36 inch, cannot be told from pure linen, 01 iwn, 10 and lz l-2c. yd., worth if we had 5 and 20c yd.; full 10 per cent less than mities. Tbe most complete line of daii n thlo marfeph 1 nasp Fino T^nffHnh I.r d. 1 case Fine Soft Finish 36 inch Lc it lasts. deries Now Going: On! iea are unmatchable io quality aod pr) i all new. Some dainty patterns to select fr< z Co., 1 I v /VI It's cold, isn : best of this we of the "S. M. & bination that ii The " S. M. & fit and durabili 8 at the right pri . $10 ; is moderate in < j garments. Let i r \ Perrin 9 r i it liykanls. A NEW" AND COMPLETE J LINE OF WATCHES JUST ARRIVED AT RYKARD'8 JEWELRY STORE. THE VERY i THING FOR A CHRI8TMVS 1 PRESENT. ALL SIZES AND * STYLES AT PRICES THAT CAN'T m BE BEAT THE WORLD OVER. 1 SEEING IS BELIEVING. J. W. RYKARD. ? Nov. 29,1906. tf I Half The World Wonder* ' how the other half lives. Those who use Bucklen's Arnica Salve never won der if it will cure Cuts, Wounds, Burns, gores and all Skin eruptions ; they b< . know it wil'. Mrs. Grant Shy, 1130 E i Reynolds St., Springfield 111., says: s i "J regard it one of the absolute neces, sities of Housekeeping." Guaranteed .. by P. B. Speed, druggist. 25c. t> - .. - . LADIES' FURNISHI Stock Away ! Special! Spe " Some Short Endt aly yard pieces, 5, 6 1-4, to Fine white Merc* we 16 2-3c quality, now The prettiest patt "y special price 25c yd. >n8 yard. Pure Linen >Dg yard. All Pure Ari A 36 inch White Li ' '* Falllet Silk, some ioe. yard. Over 50 piec< >m. pretty Spring shade Leaders c Up-to-Dat Good Morning 't it? The only v lather is to dress f< S." Suits and Over nsures warmth and ; S." clothes are the ty, because they ar ice." The price ' to $20. somparison with tl ; us prove this to y ni-xL' U1UU1U Fertil I am now in p rou all grades of I ots or by the car. ind get my prices t J Don't mistake that pain Id your lungi and id tuate In your mouth lor pneumonia. It* ' sly tbe mean elgara you are smoking. You ( in avoid tbu and be happy by smokl eg1 peed'a Clnoo Cigars, "the general favorl tee.'7 "Time 1* money," then save time by going ' .ralgb t to Speed'a Drug Store for your school ' ooks, penclli, tablet* and all auch things. < V, -j. o?? Under Price.? ? v' j of Embroidery and lDserMoaflr 5X6nEH , 8, 9 and 10c bargains. '' prized and Linen Finish .Waisting ems you ever saw, worth 33 1-3<J; burj|^^H A 33x38 inch White Linen at ?kra|^H| 10-4 Sheeting, $1.25 quality at t Linen, 44 inches wide, al; 50c nen that sells at 50c yd., oar price;40&j3HH thing new and looks like silk, at 25o>^HH js A. F. C. Ginghams in all the new'^HH at the same old price, 10c per yard^f&fl >f First-Class, 8 ;e Goods. . . . 9 1 ^hhhl m ?. '' fl^B JJL JL Vi VW VJU.V m coats,?a com- '?M . comfort. |l limit of style, -1 e "made right J;|B ; ie merit of the i ro i A 'Ma *6 VU. izcrs. I osition to furnish 1 fertilizers in small 1 Be sure to see me >efore you buy. . W. McKEE, Jr. My goods are no belter or nicer than others, 9* >ut tbe pleasure and beauty of it Is that you ' 1 tan always flnrt what you want and And It ^ Ight at Speed's Drug Store, Why all ot this fuss about Speed's Clnoo Cigars, because wbeD we have a good thing / we believe In letting you know about It. rhe sale of theiie cigars in 1905 far surpassed ill other years. Speed's Drug Store. * i i a