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I_ FARMERS' U> y I OF INFOR Conduct* South Carolina Farmers' Edncal Communications intended for this 1 J. C. Stribling, 11 Csnft for CeHwi Nsw Ss!? Proposition. Rotten cotton on the shaded part of the stalk and the seed sprouting in the open bolls above, is the com plaint coming in from far and nearby States. Stand firm for ll cents and yon will surely get it. Whoso business is it about how muoh cotton you make ? It matters little whether yon have a large lot or small lot of ootton. If your bills are arranged this cotton itt yours and you an you only have tho God-given right to name the price that will give you a reasonable profit for your work. When all the prices came in from all the So th Carolina Farmers' Unions the average up stood 12? emt" f.>r the South Carolina Unions. But when reports from all the States were averaged up at the Texarkana meeting it stood for ll cents and South Carolina had to come down a notch, but she is determined to lock tho wheels at ll cents and drive down stakes behind every wheel at this notch. Farmers, are you content and wil ling to continue the habit of growing a crop of cotton for a profit and then stand by silently and as dumb and powerless as the mule that pulls the wagon to town, and let some specu lator say how much profit you are to get for your year's labor? If you are tired and fagged out on this line come out to yonr local Farmers' Union and bring in your neighbors with you. Let all go into tho thing and pull together for good to all. If you have made the mistake this time and fixed things so that you havo absolutely no control of your cotton crop, do, for the sake of your wife and children and for the reputa tion of /our manhood, begin at once to drill in oats and oontinue this oat plantimg until the first of November, then sow wheat until you are sure that you have plenty to fill the belly of all man and beast at your hands ; then next year at this time you will be carrying a stiff backbone and feeling like you ?Wned your own cotton crop and could have a say about its value. Keep the Dollars al Home. No doubt about the fact that the South has produced the cotton from whioh our New England States have made themselves rich, and that many manufacturing districts in other countries have grown rich by hand ling and manufacturing our wealth producing staple. Then we are sure that the time is at hand whon every inhabitant of onr cotton States should realizo that it is to eaoh and every interest of our home country to control our wealth-producing staple in a way that will keep this wealth at home, where it rightly be longs ! Farmers, pull for bettor prices for your money crop; get your profits ont of your own busiuess and quit this everlasting quibbling about go ing into the trading business. Pull for profitable prices for your own products and every business man in the South has now learned that it is to his interest to help you get profit able prices for yonr cotton. Quit trying to pull down home enter prises and help these, and In turn they can and will help you get better prices, beoause it is to their interest to do it. Slow Movement ol Cotton. This fellow is floundering around, romancing on both sides of the faots in the cotton movement of the West -but most auy farmer can read be tween the lines of this article, taken from the Cotton Trade Journal, that growers in that territory are making things count out on their side for better prices. This is good news for organized farmers and should en courage all outside farmers to come into the Union : The tardy cotton movement toward South Atlantic ports is attracting attention and causing more or less conoern among the trade. Momen tary concern is caused no more to one element than another, howover, for while the exporter cannot get cotton to forward the spinner, the HON BUREAU LMATION. xl by the Liooal and Co-Operative Union. Department should be addressed to Pendleton, 8. C. farmer is likewise incommoded in having the money for his orop with held. What affects one reaobes every one else all along the line. The orop is late in the Sonth At lantic, several weeks late-which is the reason it is not coming forward in larger volume. The weather has been unfavorable, tardy development was oaused, labor is so; -co for field work and ginning seems to have acquired the same slowness that per vades the industry before the orop reaches the gin. The orop is held by one of two things when late, tardy development or withholding it from the markets by its owners. The farmers have not yet begun a holding movement. More independ ence is shown in marketing brokers in volnme to break tbe price and cause demand than ever before, how ever, with distinctly leas disposition to rush cotton to the ports or offer it through moralization among holders. Except that olass of growers who put themselves in awkward poaitiona AB debtors, little of the enforced selling of cotton in to bu observed now, for the better olass of farmers fortify suffitiiently to protect themselves against pressure that might, and in former years, was applied with effect at this season of the year. The effect of the tardy movement is in favor of growers. It is a natu ral cause, though depriving them of ready funds for a while, yet places the spinner nearer the point of de pleted stooks, and to that extent brings him closer to the? time when ho must buy cotton. Tho cotton movement will be facilitated, when it does start in larger volume, by the ample supply of cars which have come to the cot ton belt preparatory for the cotton haul. In fact, all transportation, land and water, have for some time boen in thorough readiness to handle the cotton orop. Snoh delays as come at times when the movement gets under way shonld now be en tirely eliminated as a result of the concentration of equipment. Anderson, September 19, 1906. Dear Bro. Stribling : I have jnst got homo and eanght up with the work in my office from the great Texarkana meeting, where I had the pleasure of meeting the boys from all the cotton States. We had one of the greatest con ventions in the history of the Farm ers' Union. All the delegates were pleased with the great Farmers* Cotton Co operation of the South. I, with many others, were surprised to see every place of importance in the South represented by a good farmer. We were all surprised when the secretary made his report on mem bership. Wo found that we had passed the 700,000 mark, and now let us all go to work and pass the 1,000,000 mark before this year ends. Bro. Stribling, South Carolina is coming with 10,000 strong. And wo are going to get that ll conts for onr cotton. Just sit still in the boat and you will got what you want, boys. The Farmers' Union will have about 400 cotton warohouses ready for this crop. J Our co-operation doesn't necJ. a cotton company, we have the cotton, and are going to keep it for ll cents. Say, Bro. Stribling, that green cotton is the cotton to keep, and put tho union trade mark on it, so when the union mills run they can spin union cotton. Say, Bro. Stribling, the mills nsed 12,400,000 bales of cotton last year, and don't they want about 16,000,000 this year? And we oan't supply them by four or five millions, but you know they will tako it all at our prioe if we will let them have it. I saw all that big cotton crop in the other States and it is sorry like ours, but you muBt not tell it because we farmers believe what the other fel low says, so keep quiet. 1 also hand you my cotton reports by States : North Carolina, plenty of orabgrass hay. Georgia, hay enough for two years. Alabama, hay enough for three years. South Carolina, if they save it, bay enough for four years. Mississippi, plenty burrs and hog weeds. Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas, plenty of weeds, worms and weevils. Yours for success, B. F. Earle. A sour stomach, a bad breath, a pasty complexion and other consequences of a disordered digestion are quickly removed by tho uso of Bing's Dyspepsia Tablets. Two days' treatment free, Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; NV. J. Lunney, Seneca. No Question About lt. "Should Congressmen bo re elected ?" asks a Spokane paper* and in a column editorial the "question" is discussed. The oouolusion reached is that if a Representative is honest, able and ambitious, he should be re turned to Congress as long SB be manifests growth and the willingness to serve bis party, bis State and the Nation. Bul why should there be in the mind of anyone a question about it? During his first session the "kid" in Congress, even the "kid" who goes to Washington with native ability and the experience as a lawmaker that may be had in a State Legislature, is lucky if be learns his way to all the committee rooms in the bowels of the Capitol, to say nothing of the more important matter of learning his way to the hearts of chairmen of the important committees. He is fortunate if he has the opportunity to do more than to make a speech or two that will be read in the columns of the "home" paper, and perhaps listened to indul gently by some of the old guard in the House. He is more fortunate if be is assigned to places upon com mittees whioh play u part in legisla tion instead of the committee upon ventilation and acoustics, or other bodies which may never meet from December to July, and whioh per form no important function when they do meet. No matter whether he be of the majority or of the minority party, the member of Congress does not become really useful until after his first term. The exception to the rule only proves it. Statecraft is not learned in a day, and a measure of Statecraft is needed by the Repre sentatives upon either side of the House who would do things. In the North, more than in the South or West, it is recognized that the law maker should be a trained man just as tbe successful lawyer must be. If he outs his parliamentary m;.'k teeth in a State Legislature he goes to Washington with the advantage over the Representative without suoh experience. If his first ses sion's work proves that no error waa made in selecting him to represent his district, he should be retained to develop his talents and his acquaint anceship-and the latter is a thing of no small importance in Washing ton. The salary of a member of Con gress is not large enongh to tempt the man who is most capable of rep resenting bis people creditably. The Representatives to whom the salary is the inducement are members of the majority, whioh, if not silent, is not listened to when laws are being made. To a man of ability and am bition there is an opportunity in rep resenting a district that will reward merit with a long term of office. To the district that will keep a good man in Congress as long as he will stay and oan demonstrate his in creasing usefulness, there is an op portunity not only for "spork" and such material rewards, but an oppor tunity to become known as a dis trict which desires and sustains creditable representation in the Na tional law-making body. The ques tion of "whether good members of Congress should be re-elected" is not open to discussion.-Louisville Cou rier-Journal. It is a well known medical fact that pine resin is most effeotive in the treat ment of di sea? os of the bladder and kid neys. Sufferers from backaohe and other troubles due to faulty action of the kid neys find relief in the use of Pine-ales. $1 buys 30 days' treatment Sold by J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. There are filed from South Caro lina 1,287 petitions for rural free delivery routes. Of these 55 have been adversely reported and 605 are now in operation. Thia puts South Carolina on as good basis as any Southern State, though in the North and East the larger population has scoured a more complete service. THEIR MAY! FLITTING By FRANK H. SWEET Cbpt/rfflftt, 1006. by FYonk H. Svwet (?>? .????????<? t..g-t a ; ? ? c ; i iqi "Tho au-dac-i-ty !" Elizabeth Brown's eyes flashed, and she threw the note from her angrily, then picked lt up at the inquiring look of ber mother. "Read that!" she commanded hotly. Mrs. Brown took the letter and read lt meekly. It was brief: My Dear Misa Betty-I have Just left the iou no. It la down tn th? oountry and neu the seashore and has ptaasaa and an appui orchard-In short, la an Ideal home (or a young married couple. Will colt to morrow and so Into details more fully. Faithfully yo ur?. JAMES GRAHAM. Mrs. Brown looked up with a pleased flutter. "I didn't know lt had-1 od gooe so far. Elisa both," she sa ld. ?ager ly, "that you wwre engaged. When" "We re not engaged," sharply, "and never win be. I have thought Mr. Graham a very pleasant mun and have liked him, and he baa called on us quito often lately, but there bas never been a word of--of love spoken, and now this note! It ia positively Insult ing! Mother, we must commence pack ing at once and move this very after noon," "Why, child, we cant." in startled dismay. "It win tako a week at least You know" "I know we- shall be ont of this boose before night P vehemently. "I shall go and engage a moving vnn at once to carry our gooda to the station, and I will have them taken to the little sta tion just beyond tho Mm rta of the town. It will cost a few dollars moro, but lt w!U hide al! trace of our whereabouts. Mr. Graham will be here tomorrow ta go into details-the presumptuous wretch! I'm e >rry I ever rooke to him about our plans to hire a quiet putee for the summer. Now, mother, you go and be pecking year clothes and valuables. I shall tell the van man to be here in an bous, and we mus? be ready." "Yea, dear," meekly, "but where shall w> go 7" "Why, to-to- Oh? anywhere* 11 doesn't really matte?. Suppose we tr} that little place whose we had tw. weeks* outing last aomrn er-Orchard ville, you know. fr's real count r> there, with solitary walka and gardera In every yard and oountry people com lng tn with things to seil. Rent mus be cheap there, and by offering enoogl we can get some sort of house, ox, 1: we can't, we'll hire part of one a rooms. Anyway we haven't time b engage one ahead now." "Orchardville ls where we first me Mr. Graham, Isn't it?" "Ia lt? Why, yea. I believe you ar right mother, but, you know, he tok us he was Just down Chore for a fev days* fishing and that he dkl n't get i bite, so, of course, we wouldn't mee i him again. Men never go fishing twic to the same place when they have btu luck. Now, please hurry, mother," The next afternoon they were stand lng on the front porch of a prett; I vine covered cottage, superintendln, the removal of . their goods from th local delivery wagon. Tho indignation still burned In Elizabeth's eyes. Mn Brown looked tired and plaintive. "I do hope we can stay here, Elba beth," she sighed, "but the postmaste seemed slow in giving up the key an wouldn't promise us the boose sure." "We'll stay all right, mother; don' you worry. The house was to res and the key left with the postmaste for prospective tenants. What if th owner did write to him about an ol maid who was looking after a pl ac for some young friends and that b would have her come down and se this. She hasnt put in an appeaj ance yet, nor ber young friends, an we were the drat real applicants. B sides, we are In actual possession, an I was shrewd enough to force an u< vance rent into the postmaster hands. Now help mo swing this han mock on tho piazza hore and then ye ne down La lt for an hour's rest" Two days later they were settled an tho furniture was all arranged. Mr Brown was lying tn the hammock b hind the screen of vines, gazing pei slvely at Elizabeth, who had stoppe reading and was now eontcmpiauL the closed book In her lap with unse lng eyoa There wero solitary wall about this village, many of thom, ar the young girl was facing the fact tin the walks represented tho social oonc tlon of tho place. Tho previous sur mers outing had been pleasant, bi there had beeu companlonsiilp to mal lt sa The gnte latch clicked, and Mr Brown was aroused by a stifled e clamatlon from Elizabeth. Coming t tho walk was James Graham, and b aldo bim was an angular, middlo ag* woman who was apparently refusli to be convinced. " Taln't the kind of bouse I war Mr. Graham," she was saying shrill "not In any woy. There must be a bi winder in the end for Della's plan an' wi 1.erg in front for her on' Tomi) to set under. She said I needn't evi look at a place without the willera." "But lot me show you through t house, Miss Brown," urged Gm hoi "I am sure you wQl lfko the atranjj ment, and there is a fine willow tn t back y rd which the young people a sit under. There wasn't timo to go my agent after (he key, hut t can g in one of the windows and open t back door from the 1 nattle. I*m sure" But the woman stopped short, tum and started hack toward the gate. "Willera in front," she re poa ted e gresslvely. "Them's the last WOT Delia said, it's MO use. Mr. Graham. I don't want it** Graham watched her through the gate and up the sidewalk toward the station and then turned again to the house. "Might as well run through it while I'm here," they heard him say, then: "Why, hello! Looks as if somebody lived tn the house-curtains at the win dows, and," as he carno a few steps nearer, "hammocks swung on the piazza, ami- Great Scotti Elizabeth -Miss Brown. You beret Well, weill TUs is luck." Elisabeth was at the head of tho steps nt w, an odd light In her face. "Who was that woman, Mr. Gra ham?" she demanded. "Belle Brown, a Queer stick, who is looking a fte.' a house. A friend recom mended her to me as a joke and 1 de termined to retaliate by actually rent ing her tho house. You have noticed how I failed. But ls it really possible that you have routed my house from the postmaster?" "We really have." Elisabeth an swered smilingly, "though we did not dream lt was yours." "An uncle gave lt to me several months ago, and you are my first ten ants. It's jolly that you aro to be here all summer. I tike the plaee and have planned to come down after a few days for a long stay, but I did feel a little apprehensive about the social lonesomeness. Ifs ' odd, though, that you didn't give me some hint of your coming. I"- He paused abruptly at somothlng be sow in her face, adding suspiciously: ?Did you get that letter I meant for Betty Brown, which she told me never reached ber? Yest** as the color rose swiftly to her face. "I see you did. He hesitated a moment, then leaned toward her coldly. "Sup pose wo let tho letter stand, Eliza beth, just oe lt woe written," be whis pered. "It ls what I realty won td have sent to you hod I dared." Elizabeth tried to frown, but tho frown softened before lt reached her eyes, and ho was looking Into her eyes. H? wa* Rationed. Vc* I;: ? ? ' * ' ^ Cream Vr/miiuge m f,i;/.,-'KTEE0 WO KM REMEDY THE CHILDKEN'S FAVORITE TONIC. ? C?VA?C or IMIIATIOftS. Tril QLNUIhK I nri'AKH. UNI? BY Bal ku d- Snow Liniment Co* WALHALLA DRUG CO. * W. J. LUNNEY, SENECA. Divorco of Multi-Millionaire. Mrs. W. J. White, wife of the mo'ti.millionaire gum manufacturer, has been granted a divorce at Cleve land, Ohio, on the charge of deser tion. Mrs. White gets $80,000 a ?year alimony. White's office and ' present home is in New York, where he is well known on Broadway. White and Mrs. White were poor people 25 years ago, when they be gan making obewing gum for saie in a little home. Since then White has aeon nm lated $15,000,000, it is estimated, out of gum. If you have lost your boyhood spirits, courage and confidence of youth, we offer you new life, fresh courage and freedom from ill health in Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 36 cents, Tea or Tablets. J. W. Bell. . - <m)mw The Southern Railway instruction oar is in Charleston and the conduc tors, engineers, brakemen and offi cials of the road generally are taking their turn at learning something new about tho operation of a railroad. Head Ache Sometimes? If so, it will interest you to know that it can bc stopped with Dr. Miles' Anti-Fain Pills; and without any bad after effects, and this without dan ger of forming a drug habit or having your stomach disar ranged. They positively con tain no opium, morphine, co caine, chloral, ether or chloro form in any form. Dr. Miles' Anti-Pain Pills relieve pain, and leave only a sense of relief. The reason for this is explained by the fact that headache comes from tired, irritable, turbulent, over-taxed brain nerves. Anti Pain Pills soothe and strength en these nerves, thus removing thc cause. They are harmless when taken as directed. "We use Dr. Mites' Antl-Paln Pills for the cure of headache, and we think that there ls nothtng that will equal them. They will our? the severest spell of nervous or sick headache In a very few minutes. I am of a nervous temperament, and occasionally have spells when rwy nerves seem to be completely exhaust ed, and I tremble so I can scarcely contain myself. At these times I si ways take ' the AnU-Fnfn Pills, and they quiet me right away. It ls re markable what a soothing effect they have upon the nerves." MRS. F. BL KARI,, Detroit, Mich. Dr. Mlle?' Antl-Paln Pills sr? sold by your druggist, who will quarantee that the first package wiri benefit. If lt falls, he will return your money. 28 dose?, 26 cents. Never sold In bulk. Miles Medical Co.? Elkhart, Ind GREAT PREPARATIONS State Fair WILL BE GRUID SUCCESS Oct. 22 to tl Everybody Is going to the Greater State Fair this year. Preparations are being made to entertain about twice as many as were there last year, and that WA? about the biggest crowd In the history ot the fairs. This year the foremost feature will be the "home coming" celebrations. Every South Carolinian, no matter where he lives now, Is expec'.ed to he in Columbia that week. Indications are that thousands of people from all over the United States will take advantage of this* opportunity to come and renew friendships uud see their dear old home again, if you have any relative or friends living In other states, write them about this "home-coming" week. Do lt right now. And make them come. The railroads1 have been prevailed upon to give the cheapest rates, ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND TRIP. , As to the fair itself, everything be In great shape. The new buildings have been put In apple-pie order and the grounds trimmed up. Tho en trances and exits havo been rear ranged so that there will be no trouble as to handling crowds twice as large as heretofore. The fair will start this yeer on Monday, October 22 and will run five full days, ending on the night of tho 27th. Every day wilV bring forward some new and interesting feature. And the races-four days-will be the finest ever seen in the South. The track at the fair grounds now ls the fastost In the South. Some of the best horses on the track will be in these races. John L. Sullivan will give pugilistic exhibitions. For those who enjoy such things, the theaters and dances will b>? of the highest order, even eclipsing all previous years. Everybody you know will be at the fair this year. Make your arrange ments and be on hand from start to finish. Ample arrangements are being made for the accommodation of all vlsitorc. And the street car service to and from the grounds will be helped out by the railroads as special trains will be run every day to and from the Fair Grounds. There will bo no Inconvenience. Just lots of fun and a Jolly good time for everybody. If any information is desired, write to Mr. A. W. Love, secretary, Colunv bia, S. C._ HEALTH INSURANCE The man who insures ht* life ta wise for bia family. The man who Insures his hearth ls wise both for bis family and himself. You may huaro health by guard ing lt. lt U worth guarding. At the first attack of dlscise, which generally approaches through the LIVER and mani fests itself in Innumerable ways TAKE Tuft's Pilli And aovo your health. 123 Drowned in Mexican Floods. Mexico City, Ootober ll.-Recent floods in tho southern part of Ibo State of Jalisco and in the Statjf f Calima have resulted in great ob struction of property and loss of life. The nnmber of fatalities from drown ing along the line of the Manzanillo extension of the Mexican Contrat railroad is 128. Thousands of tons of earth and rooks descended in great landslides from tho mountains. The new steel railway bridge below Tuxpan was destroyed and a ste ?un si ovel weigh ing 26 tons was borne by the torrent for a considerable distanoe. In one place the water TOBO CO feet. Many houses were destroyed by floods in the towns of Tuxpan and Zapotillic. Twenty-five lives were lost during the recent floods in the Santiago river ; fifteen were drowned by the capsizing of a boat while crossing the ri vor. They were work men engaged on the canal being con structed for the powter plant. All were natives. It has been some time since there were such tremen dous floods on the west coast. Attorney General Moody will soon be j?n the prosecution of oases against the Standard Oil Company under the Sher man anti-trust laws. A successful prose jutlon will mean the dissolution of tho ?il trust.