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Th? Colton Association and lt? President. The farmers of the South should be in exceedingly good humor to-day. Following the report of the Agricul turrl Department estimating the total crop at 10,167,818 bales, gross weight, the cotton market went up 76 points. The jump in the prico of cotton, which made the great, staple crop of tho South worth somethiug like $25, 1)00,000 more to the producers than it was a few hours previously, is due to the efforts of thc Southern Cotton Association. And the success of that association is duo more to its president, Hon. llarvio Jordan, than to any other one man. It was he that conceived it, who worked indefatigably for its organization, who has been its guid ing spirit over since, who carefully festered it through its experimental ?tage, and who is directly responsi ble for tho manner in which it has made good. And it was President Jordan's good generalship and quick action which kept an incorrect report from robbing the Southern planters of the fruits of their co-operation at the last moment. Mr. Jordan chanced to learn, through a telegram seut to New Orleans by the chairman of the Agri cultural Department's crop reporting board, W. M. Hays, that it was planned that the department's report would bc based upon an estimate of -17? pounds weight to tho bale, in stead of 600 pounds. It is obvious that this would make il appear that a much larger number of bales had buen raised in the South, and would have a distinctly bearish effect on the market, since tho speculators would not take into account tho fact that the bales were smaller. Tho fact of an estimate pointing to a largor number of bales than had boon expected could have boon made to count, by tho boar speculators as an asset in bearing the market be fore the information that tho halos wore smaller ones than usual was thoroughly disseminated. Just why the Agricultural De partment should have attempted to take such an unprecedented action .at a time so critical to the interests of one of the nation's greatest indus? tries is a mystery. Immediately upon receipt of the information that such action was contemplated Mr. Jordan sol out for Washington. His journey to tho capitol, to force from tho men whose presentation of statistics can make or lose millions for the farmers of the South, in order to demand from thom an ex planation of their contemplated course, is not without its dramatic features. Mr. Jordan got there in time to show the department officials that they could not with impunity "throw down" the Southern planters in the interests of tho New York bears. Whatever arguments ho may have used thoy wero effective oues. The .department abandoned its attempt, and tho report was issued on the basis of 500 pounds to the bale, as it bas been heretofore. By his prompt action he prevented a loss of millions of dollars to tho South, and once again gave evidence of tho fact that he is an ideal leader for such an association as that which ho hoads. His vigilance and alert ness saved the day for tho South. That is not putting it too strong, for thc effect of a drop in thc market, based upon a government estimate, might have been so discouraging to tho planters and so encouraging to tho bears, as to have all but ruined thc association at the limo when it looked for its ultimate triumph. Tho Southern Cotton Association How Is YourHeart? ls your pulse weak, too slow, too fast, or docs it skip a beat? Do you have shortness of breath, weak or hungry spells, fainting,smothering or choking spells, palpitation, fluttering, pains around the heart, in side and shoulder; or hurt when lying on left side? If you have any of these symptoms your heart is weak or diseased, and cannot get better without assistance. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure strengthens weak hearts, and rarely ever fails to cure heart disease. Try it, and see how quickly you will find relief. "About January 1st, 1902, I took flown with weakness and dropsy, 4?nd gradually grow worse. I was told hy my family physician that my caso was hopeless. My neighbors and fam ily had given mo np to dlo. My limbs and body wore swollen to one third largor than normal size, and water lina collected around my heart. For at least th re? months I had to sit propped up In bcd to keep from smoth ering:. I sent for flvo bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, and by tho time ? had taken them nil I was entirely cured. I feel bettor than I have for twenty years, and I am able to do any kind of work on my farm. My attending physician told mo that If lt hadn't been for Dr. Milos' Heart Curo I would now bo In my ?ravo." L. T. CURD, Wilmore. Ky. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure ls told by your druggist, who will guarantee that the first bott lo will benefit. If lt falls lie will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind has proved Ita worth from the very moment of its organisation. Its eftioaoy depends npon the ability of the Southern planters to Btiek to gether, to co-operate, and to sit steady in tho boat, without regarding the onslaughts of tho bear specu lators. Mr. Jordan believed that the farmers could be brought to see where their advantage lay, and that they could be brought to co-operate, and his faith in tbem has been amply justified. After the slump of a year ago in cotton ho immediately set to work to organize the whole of the Southern States so that the condi tions which brought about this slump should not ocour again. The Southern Cotton Association was acoordingly organized at New Or leans, and the word was sent forth to the planters all over the South to out their acreage. The very faot that they signified, in their conven tions, that they intended to out their aoreage had the effect of steadying the market after the slump of the winter, and proved conclusively that the plant ern had the game in their own hands if they chose to play it iu the right way. Later, .vhen it ap peared that a cut in n .cage had been made in accordanoo with the planters' agreements, cotton began that steady appreciation which has resulted in caking it worth as rnuoh as it is at the present time. All the efforts of tho natural onemies of the planters, tho bear speculators, have been foiled by tho steadfastness of the farmers and tho vigilance of the officers of thc association. At every stop the association has ?coted a victory. And this final attempt to defeat its ends through i'uggling with tho estimate has also icon turned into a victory by the quick and resolute action of the president of the association. It would bo hard to give Mr. Jor dan too much praise for the manner in which he has managed this cam paign which has for its ultimate end the industrial independence of the South. Farmers1 organizations, de signed for the purpose of allowing thc producer to assist in naming the price of his product, have becu or ganized before. Hut this is tho first organization of the sort which has ever been an un qualified success. And because it is a success the organized farmers of thc South arc to-day ono of the most potent factors in tho industrial and financial lifo of nation, and thc man who organized i them, and in whom they placed their j trust, has become an international figure through their success.-At lanta Journal, December 6th.* --^?^ La Grippe and Pneumonia. Pnoumouia often follows la grippo, but never follows tho use of Foley's Ilonov and Tar. It cures la grippe, coughs and prevents puoumonia and consumption. Ask for Foley's Ilouey aud Tar and ro fuso any substitute offered. G. Vacher, of 157 Osgood Streot, Chicago, writes: "My wifo bad a severe case of la grippe t Ince, years ago, and it left hor with a terrible cough. She tried a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar and it gave im mediate relif. A 50 cent bottle cured hor cough entirely." Refuse substitutos. J. W. Boll. Letter from a Western Oconeean. Datto, Arkansas, December 0.-Editors Koo wee Courier: Lot mo express some thing of tho pleasure I derive from the reading of your nowsy columns-tho standard-bearer of old Oconee county, and South Carolina as well-tho homo of our childhood and youthful days and also of riper years. The names abovo aro all dear to mo yot, even in my ad opted homo in Clay county, Arkansas, which I have, also learned to love. 1 have been a reader of tho Oconoo News continuously since I loft Oconoo iu 1800, but on a recent vis h to my aged parents I was permitted to call at your otllco, and, upon examination of your paper, you rememhor, I told you 1 would take it a quarter's worth, and, as the quarter is about out, I herewith hand you ono dollar, hoping tho Oconoo News will pardon mo and discontinue their paper when my paid-up timo oxpiros, as I can not afford to take two papers from tho same county at tho samo timo. I onjoyod my short stay in Oconoo very much, but deoply regret that I could not stay two months instead of only two weeks that I might have vis ited all my old friends there, who aro dear in my memory still. I havo received several lettors since my return homo, scolding me because 1 did not oat some of their bread, but I would like to apologize to all of my friends and just ask them to think of it-my dear old father, ni net y t iii ec years old, confined to his bed for tho last twelvo months, and a dear old mother, feoblo with age, only a fow years younger than father, and I know you will forgive, considering my absence of nine years. From tho reading of my paper for the last few years I was almost willing to allow mysolf believe that Oeouee had apostatized, but from courtesies shown mo all around, and especially by O. I. Walkor, W. C. Duko, J. M. Taylor and others, t here is yet truo old South Caro lina blood in noonee, county, and that those fisti-cuffs and little rackets aro just a sort of how-do-do, and others, having such groat sympathy for tho lawyers must commit mordor now and then. Tho hillsides and valleys, and tho whole country as a rulo, looked vory natural. The greatest Improvement noted waa in tho grading of tho public roads. They now seem like old Grandpa I hu v v Davis told a follow long ago when he asked him (Davis) for tho best road to Walhalla. Ho said : "Why, toke the Gu rner road. It is just down a slant all tho way t here and back." I know you who havo been there all the time don't realize so sonsibly tho improvements made. I enjoy very much the reading of your correspondence from all over the county. If this should provo to be admissible in your columns I may mention some thing of our country in tho futuro. Success tO The Cornier and ito editors. W. H. Deaton. OABTORXA. Bean th? ?A The Kind You Haw Always Bough! uoy ll A\fcgctable Preparation for As similating (ticFoodandueguIa tint? the Stomachs aw? Bowels of IN F A-NI S /C. H l bli KKN Promotes Digcslion.Cheerfur nessandRest.Contatns neither OpitifH.Morphine nor Mineral. ISOT NARCOTIC . Itoctpe ofOfJ&SAMUELrrTCfWi Jiuiy?>'in Seul' Mx.Stnn* ? RotMU Smtlt sin?e Sett? * Jrp/fpnnmi - lit TuiixjriaM.ictta * mmtSe?d Clu/tited Skigqr tHhtr/y/nen Flavor. Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa lion, Sour Stomach,Diarrhoea Worms .(Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. FacSimito Signature oF NEW YORK. . .. -.At .fa. .UVUJ l I K.H...I i Ixl. . , J5:DOSK S - J j C 1." N(?S, (EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER, m._ _-s* Union Mnoting Program. Tho following is tho program of tho Union meeting of tho Southern division of tho Beavordam Association, which meets December ??Oth aud ?list, 1005, with Pleasant Crovo church: Saturday at 10.:i0 a. m., devotional ser vices by H. F. Moorhead. . Ila. m., introductory sermon by Rev. S. A. McDaniel; altornato, Kev. D. L. Hatcher. Querry No. 1-Is baptism assential to salvation'.' Opened hy Kev. W. J. Spear man and J. H. Harris. " Querry No. li-Shall wo practice foot washing in tho church? opened hy Hov. It. W. Nelson and J. I). Stonocypher, (?norry No. :i-Is tho church any benefit to tho peoplo outsido of it? If so, what? Oponed by Hov. J. lt. Mooro and Kev. R. W. Nelson. Sunday, ll a. m., missionary sermon by Rov. J. K. Moore; altornato, Rev. R. W. Nelson. D. L. Hatcher, M. T. Lewis, W. A. Mowen, Committee. Advice to the Aged. Age brings infirmities, such as slug gish bowels, weak kidneys and blad der and TORPID LIVER. Tuft's Pills have a specific effect on these organs, stimulating the bowels, causing them to perform their natural functions as In youth and IMPARTING VIGOR_-. to the kidneys, bladder and LIVER; They are adapted to old and young. Important Executive Board Meeting. Sonoca, S. C., December ll, 1005.-The Kxocutivo Board of the Beavordam Bap tist Association will meet at Sonoca, in tho office of Hro. F. M. Cary, Docomber 27, 1006. Any member or church of tho Association having anything they wish tho hoard to consider will present their request to tho board on tho day abovo mentioned. All tho members of the Kxocutivo Committee will take duo notice thereof and govern themselves accord ingly. J. H. stone. Chairman. OASTORIA. Bears the ,/*Th9 Kind You Have Always Bougfit Pension Notice. I will bo in tho Auditor's offico each Saturday in January, 1006, for tho pur pose of preparing applications for pen sions. Nono of thoso now on tho roll need como, as their names remain on tho roll unless takeu off by the Pension Hoard, and should this bo done they will be notiliod to meet the board. Don't como any other day but Saturdays, as I will not bo in tho office on any othor days. Tho County Ponsion Hoard will moot the first Monday in February. 1000, aud pass on all tho applications prepared and submitted to them hy tho Pension Com missioner, approving or disapproving the same. Thoy will moot again the first Monday in March, 1000, at which time they will examino and verify tho lists submitted to them by tho Pension Com missioner, and sign and immediately for ward the same to the Comptroller Gene ral. J. W. Holloman, Pension Commissioner. The First Requisite of Beauty. The first requisite of beauty is a cloar complexion. Orino Laxativo Fruit Syrup clears a sallow, blotched complex ion aa it stimulates tho livor and bowols, and tho eyes becomo bright and cloar. You owe it to your frionas to take it if ?our comp u -on is bad. Orino Laxativo ruit Syrup , oes not nauseate or gripo and is very pleasant to take. Refuse substitutos. J. W. Bell. For Infants and Children. Hie Kind You Have Always Bought Thirty Years CASTORIA TH r OINTAtlH COMPANY. ttlW VON* CIT?. On l?Bt Tuesday Fairfield county voted in favor of the dispensary. Summons for Relief. Tho State of South Carolina, 1 County of Ooonoo. J lu tho Court of (' minion Picas. Mary Black, Mary Ii. Cornwall, Caroli Black, Plaintiffs, against Tho heirs-at-law of Carrie 1 Slack Abrams, deceased, names, ages, numher and residouce uukuown, aud also tho hoirs at-law of .lohn Black, deceased, names, ages, numher and residouce unknown, D?fendants. COMPLAINT KOK RELIEF. TO tho Defendants above named : YOU aro hereby summoned and ro quirod to answer tho complaint in this action, which said summons is here with served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said com plaint on tho subscriber at bis office, at Walhalla, South Carolina, within twenty days aftor tho service hereof, exclusive of the day Of Buch service; and if you fail to answer the said complaint within tho timo aforesaid, the plaintiffs in this action will apply to tho Court for tho relief demanded in the complaint. ROBERT A. THOMPSON, Plaintiffs' Attornoy. Walhalla, S. C., Novombor 27, 1005. Tho summons and complaint in this action was filed in tho office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for Oco neo couuty, South Carolina, on the 27th day of November. 1905, at Walhalla, S. C. ROBERT A. THOMPSON, Plaintiffs' Attorney. Walhalla, S. C., Novombor 27. 1005. C. It. D. BURNS, C. C. P. ISoal.] 481 FOR CHEAP RATES TO TEXAS. ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA, OKLAHOMA, INDIAN TERRITORY, CALIFORNIA, COLORADO, UTAH, WYOMING, OREGON, MONTANA? WASHINGTON, and Other Point? Weat, Northwest and Southwest^ Write or Call on J. G. HOLLENBBOK. District Passenger Act LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE R. R. No. 1 North Pryor St, Opposite Union Depot, Atlanta, Qa? Thc new Laxative that does not gripe or nauseate. Y Pleasant to take. '-t lumber MATEI Doors, Sash, Blin Tile Hearths and '. Description. Lime, Ce Devoe's Paint, t everything for the hui] .W L WM. J. STIMULI NU. y iE. h. HKHNDON. STRIBLING & HERNDON. Attorney 8-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. C. PBOMPT ATTENTION OIVBM TO A.I.I. Bust NESS ENTRUSTED TO THBM. January 6. 1898. ~C??KSTO V ES, RANGES, HEATING STOVES FULL LINE OF TINWARE, BICYCLES AND SUPPLIES. ROOFING, EAVE TROUGH AND ALL KINDS OF TIN AND SHEET IRON WORK MADE TO ORDER. Typewriters, Sewing Maobines, Guns. Revolvers and Bicycles oleaued ana repaired. All work done on short notice and guaranteed. B. S. LOOK. BOUGHT AND SOLD. Say, Listen : rilli ERE are thousands of poople more JL each year, but no more land. I have 15 farms, from 50 to 250 aores each, nico lovel laud; ev a . ono a bargain; will give terms if wanted. Also, some nico lots in Noneca. (Y mo quick. JAMES H. ADAMS, SENECA, S. C. ^ejptembor 13, 1005._37-tf $10 REWARD TEX DOLLARS REWARD will bo paid for information with proof to convict tho miscreants who, butwecu tho 3d and 5th days of Docombor, instant, broke open Norton school house, over turned table and dosks, scattered and mutilated books and papors and did other damage. N. B. CARY. Docombor 0, 1005. 50 ^Investment ^Bargains! Now is tho chanco to buy a farm of 42 aoroB in Walhalla, ouly iive blocks from tho Court House, two acres of which, facing on Main stroot, has a brick dwell ing and large wooden store room. Tho 40 acres in tho back lu.s street all round it and is suitable for farming, factory site, or can be cut up in town lots and sold at good pt icos. If you want a bargain buy this. One-half acre lot oornor of Main and Collego streets, bas good store room and dwelling adjoining, ouly one block from depot and two blocks of Court ?louse. The rent this place is now bringing will pay you more than eight per cent on your money invested. I oller for sale R. L. 1 hillie's house in Westminster, S. C., one tore lot with pretty cottage of six rooms, on one of the main residence streets. Ii sold at once can be bought at a bargain. For prices and terms apply to J.H. Darby, Real Estate Broker. Office : People's Bank. I AM DETE RM 11 LIVERY E ORINO axa?ive Fruit Syn For Sale by J. W. Bell and 1 RIAL OF ALL ds, Mantels from $1 to a $4 Pacings, Columns Turned ai ment, Plaster Paris, etc. he Fewer G-allons, Wearg .der. Send us your orders. Yours for Business, .. BRISSEY, T ff. J. CARTER, M. 1 -Dentist Office two doors ?bore the Baak? la Carter's Pharmacy. Westminster, S. C. J. H. MOORE, M. D.9 Physician and Surgeon. Calls left at residence or J. H. Darby's Drug Store will receive prompt attention, DAY OR NIGHT. * Phones : Residence 98, Drug Store 18. 12-8-04 DR, J. H. BURGESS, Dentist, G SENECA, S. C. OKFICK OVKU NIM MONS' STORK, DOVXB BUILDING. Office Hours: 0 A. M. to 1 P. M. " " 2 P. M. tO 0 P. M. April 20, 1004. 16-tf DrTW.I^ustin, DENTIST, SENECA,.S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd <fc Co. I AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERY BAY. PHONE NO. 51. J. P. Carey, J. W. Shelor, Pickens, S. C. | Walha Ila, S. C. CAREY & SHELOR, Attornoys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will practice in tho Stato and Uuited States Courts. Business tm t rust cd to OUT caro will rO coive prompt and careful attontiou. R. T. JA YNES, Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA, - - S. C. Bell Phone No. 20. Practice in State and Federal Courts. Business cut rusted to my caro receives prompt attontiou. 1-0? SAW MILLS. LIGHT, MEDIUM AND HEAVY W00D-W0RKING MACHINERY FOR CVCRY KIND .OF WORK ENGINES AND BOILERS AND SIZES AND FOR EVERY CLASS OF SERVICE. ASK FOR 0UK BSTIA1ATB BEFCRLi PLACIN0 YOUR 0RD5:R. GIBBES MACHINERYCOMPANY COLUMBIA, S C. ,. . . Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures Colds, Croup and Whooping Cough. *ED TO DO THE SUS INESS for this community. Com^ on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horsoo, Always on hand. Prompt and polite sor-ico at reasona ble prices. Teams sont out at any hour, day or night. Phono 10 or ll for quick teams. C. R. HOI ( III NS, Walhalla, S. O. Cures Stomach and Liver trouble and IP Chronic Constipation? toiUins KINDS. 0 Cabinet. ad Scroll Work of every \ Longer kind. In fact. HE LUMBERMAN, ANDERSON, s.e.