Keowee courier. (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, October 12, 1904, Image 4
MINIMUM PRICE FOR COTTON.
Important Steps Taken by the Cotton Growers'
Convention at si. Louis.
At the Cotton-Growers, Conven
tion in St. LOU?B, MO., recently, rep
resenting the entire South, after
thoroughly canvassing the condition
cf tho orop und the prospoot for
yield, urged the farmers of tho entire
South not to sell their cotton at leas
than 10 cents, fixing this as a mini
mum prico to bo accepted. If indi
vidual farmers aro compelled to roal
izo on a part of their crop they will
he urged to sell as little as poss*\>le
and to market tho balanco slowly.
Such action by this convention will
unquestionably have a very marked
effect in strengthening tho views of
u^^ters on 10 cents as a minimum,
?RBugainst tho organized effort of
ttn^pianters, who are in bettor finan
cial shape than for years, it will be
difficult for tho bears to make any
8' -ious break in price. The South ia
practically assured of receiving for
this crop, including seed, at least as
muob as last year, or $060,000,000,
with Rome prospects of going to
$700,000,000.
Tho convention discussed ware
housing from every point of view,
and aTccepted, without disputo, the
supremo need of warehouses through
out the South. Many plans were
discussed as to an outcome of this
agitation, and some broad proposi
tion will be accepted everywhere as
tho solution of the greatest problem
connected with cotton handling. In
dividual warehouses will bo estab
lished here and there, and efforts
will bo made by promoters of various
schemes to organize co-operative
warehouses to bo owned and ope
rated by farmers, but visionary as
such enterprises are, they serve to
awaken tho world's attention to the
importance of a better system of
marketing cotton.
Bronchitis for Twenty Years.
Mrs. Minerva Smith, of Danville, 111.,
writes: "I bad bronchitis for twenty
years and never got relief until I used
Foley's Honey and Tar which is a sure
cure." Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla;
W. J. JjUUUOy, Seneca.
In a recent statemont sent out by
State Superintendent of Education
Martin it is shown that the #5,000
appropriated by the last L?gislature
is not yet exhausted. There is still
on hand $1,800, which means that
189 more rural libraries may be
established throughout the State.
Ooonee .? entitled to two more libra
ries wc understand.
We Ar? Not ?Diggers."
[Toocoa Record.]
A good friend of the Record said
to us this week: "Why don't you
light in and give the town a dig
every now and then about its re
ligious affairs."
We asked our friend if he took us for
a digger. We dig sometimes out on
our editorial farra, and we may have
to dig all year out there next year,
for our subscribers are awful. slow,
but we desire to state that profes
sionally wo are not diggers. Wo
have tried to bo editors though we
know in this effort wo liuve failed
considerably.
As to our lighting in upon tho re
ligious sido et Toocoa, we want tu
say again, us we have often said iu
tho'past, we do not consider it our
editorial duty to reforra anybody's
morals. We have a job trying to
hold our own down, according to
Hoyle. We never "light in" upon
people's religion but what wo get lit
upon ourselves. Tho last time wo
undertook editorially to spur up re
ligious matters in Toccoa wc lost 14
subscribers, got expelled from tho
ohuroh and oame noargettiug ridder
on a rail out of town, not to mention
the several aud various private lec
tures wo had from church members
themselves.
Wo know that in Toccoa, as else
where, a groat many men's religion
is in their wife's name, but how oan
the Record prevent this any moro
than it can provent a mau from doing
business in his wife's name ? And
after all wo suspect lots of men folks
would go dead broke altogether on
religion unless he did put it in his
wife's name.
A man can't be so confoundedly
good now-a-days any how, no mat
ter bow hard he tries. He's built
wrong. No, please let us light in,
and dig at another place where its
easier digging. We'd strike nothing
but rocks digging into people's re
ligion. The preacher has that job.
All we can do is to stand by and en
courage him with our editorial smile.
We argue that this country is
going to be better off this year than
ever before, for wo have never seen
so much hay gathered and the fiolds
are still rich with it. The high
{>rice of wheat ought to induco some
>ody to plant for home-made Hour
this year. We expect to see more
cattle than ever before through this
country this fall and we have been
told by wise men that what wo need
most herc is more hay and more
cattle to eat the hay. We arc get
ting on pretty well, thank you, in ',
this Peo Dee country.-Florence
Times.
The Governor and the Lynchings.
Tho year has net yet closed., but in
less than twelve months there have
been snvon lynchings in this State, or
rather that number of killings are to
be charged io mob law. It is a
pretty bad record, but it could be
worse. It is no worse than the re
cord of other Slates, but that is
very small consolation. It distresses
Governor Ileyward very much that
these violations of the law should
occur from time to timo. Ho has tho
consciousness of doing his full duty
in trying to prevent lynchings, and
he has been prompt and emphatic in
every effort to that end. There hus
been no mistaking the policy of
Governor Heyward, and if thoro has
beon any fault, it cannot be at
tributed to him, for he has worried
more about these than anything that
has occurred during the year.
Governor Ileyward appreciates as
much as docs any ouu else tho almost
hopeless efforts that are being made
to punish those who participate in
these violations of tho laws of the
State, but he doe*, not proposo to let
up an instant in his purpose of at
least forcing every one known to be
in a lynching party to trial, and then
for the jurios to decide the issue be
tween the lynchers and tho laws of
the State.
Last January Governor Ileyward
reported two lynchings to the Gene
ral Assembly, both of thom in Dor
chester county. Then followed the
lynching at Scranton, and soon after
wards the outrage at Kutan ville
While Governor Ileyward was in
St. Louis there was a lynohing in
Chesterfield and recently there have
been lynchings at Kershaw and one
in which Laurens and Greenwood are
in a dispute as to where the deed
was actually committed.-August
Kohn iu News and Courier, Octo
ber 8th.
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BM? the Ito Kind You Haye Always Bought
Freight Conductor Wisc, of the
Southern Railway, whose home is
said to be in Savannah, and Jack
Godhaul, a negro switchman, and
Walter Ziegler were killed on the
outskirts of Charlotte, N. C., last
Wednesday night. The traiu, which
was south-bound No. 73, on the
Charlotte, Columbia und Augusta
division of tho Southern, was being
pushed by a switch engine when sud
denly all the brakes became set and
the engine crushed iuto tho rear of
tho caboose. Conductor Wise was
in tito rear of thc caboose and the
other men between ,'ie caboose and
engine.
4 CAR LOADS 4
OF.
BUGGIES AND WAGONS
loen<t?f
I have four car loads of Buggies and Wagons
that must be sold at once. See me if you want to
save $10 to $25 on a Buggy or Carriage, $5 to
$7.50 on a Wagon, and if you want TIME you can
get it. Everything must prove to be as repre
sented. Call and see me.
Want to Exchange Vehicles for
Horses, Mules and Cattle,
T. fl. Lowery ,Seneca,S-C.
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Held 'Jp Near Greenville.
J. B. Simpson, an employee of the
Easley Cotton Mills, started to walk
to Greenville last Wednesday morn
ing about 4 o'clock. When about
three miles east of Kasley two ne
groes endeavored to rob him. They
advanced on him, commanding him
to surrender his watch and money,
and when he refused one of them
took hold of him. Mr. Simpson
managed to get his knife out of his
pocket and after cutting one of thom
pretty badly he extricated himself,
but not until he had received several
bad gashes from the would-be-rob
bers. There is no clue to tho iden
tity of tho negroes.
OABTORIA.
Bean the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Balks at Race Issue.
Jesse M. Littleton, Republican
candidate for Governor of Tennessee,
brother of Borough President Little
ton, of Brooklyn, in a speech in
Chattanooga on September '29, dis
claimed tho attitude of President
Roosevelt on the race question and
said : "The race question is not a
political question. Tho Democrats
and the Republicans of the South
feel exactly tho same about it, so far
as social equality is concerned.
When Mr. Roosevelt invited a negro
to dine with him he was endorsed for
that action in the East, but not by
the people of tho South, Democrats
or Republicans. The negro knows
I that the Southern peoplo are his best
friends. The Southern people have
civilized and christianized him."
Programme of Union Meeting.
Tho union mooting of tho second
division of tho Twelve Mile Uiver
Baptist Assooiatiou will convene with
the Baptist ohuroh at Pleasant Grove?
N. C., on Friday, October '28, at ll
a. m.
Introductory sermon will be
preached by Rev. Samuel Heed.
First query, What is tho duty of
the pastor to his church ? Oponed
by Kev. D. Hudson.
Second query, What advantage is
the Sunday school to the progress of
tlio church ? Opened by Rev. L. M.
Lyda.
Other subjects may be discussed
during tho meeting. The missionary
sermon, which is to bc preached on
Sunday, will bo provided for by tho
committee. J. B. Colley,
For Committee.
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BEST GOODS
LOWEST
Everything to Eat, Wear or that is Used
in the Home.
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BE SURE AND SEE MY LINE OF
A4 DRESS GOODS, SILKS, VELVETS, EMBROIDERIES. ?fe
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Ladies' and Misses' Jackets.
Ladies' and Misses' Trimmed Hats.
Ladies' and Misses' Undervests and Pants.
Shoes for men, women and children.
Hosiery for men, women and children.
Infants' Caps and Sacks.
Undervests ant? Drawers, wool and cotton, for
men and boys.
Suits for men, "boys and children.
Trousers, Overcoats, Hats and Caps.
Crockery, Tinware and Groceries.
FURNITURE-Oak or Iron Bedsteads,
Dressers, Washstands,
Sideboards. Hat Racks,
Book Cases, Tables,
Lounges, Chairs, Rockers,
Mattresses and Springs.
Cooking Stoves.
Rugs, Art Squares, Matting,
Window Shades, Lace Curtains,
Curtain Poles, Cottage Rods.
Be sure and visit my store before you buy y oui'
fall and winter goods.
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Ruskin Anderson. Seneca.
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