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FARMER'S U? OF INFOI Cond aol South Carolina Farmers' Edaof Communications intended for this J. C. Strib'ing, What a Pity-But Ha Still Hat th? Grip. Bro. S tr i hiing : One of oar anion boys, while in town some time ago, remarked in the presence ot a banker that he was still holding his cotton, and sarely it woald have melted a ^eart of stone to have seen the syrn Apathy manifested by that banker for that doar boy for not selling when he could have sold for eleven cents. Sarely he had missed the oppor tunity of his life, for nover again would he see such an exorbitant prioe paid for the staple. How sad 1 Oh, how sad ! The day has been when old "hayseed" woald stand around with bis hands poshed up to his elbows, grinning like a 'possatn dressed for the pot, with his month wide open, like a yoong bird, ready to swallow everything poked at him, bot sorely the world moves and everything is undergoing a change. To-day we find the Southern cot ton farmer a reading man, a business man. He has at last found out that ? so long as he has brains enough to make he has brains enough to mar ket. He may ask to be allowed to attend to his own business just as he allows the other fellow to attend to his business. Is there anything wrong about this, and has he not the right to do so? Don't want to poll anybody down off the shelf-place for us all if the other fellow won't take up too much room. If he does that, then he must move up a little, for we are going to Bit down ; been standing op till we are tired. Move yoor big feet there. Get oat of the way, Mr. Enemy, lest we get a boll dog grip on both "yoare," and when we let go you will feel like you had been struok by a Kansas cyclone and "blowed" through a ten-acre plum orchard. No, we're not mad, jost gaining to get into Prosperity avenoe with yoo -Other fellows. We respect every legitimate busi ness man in the world ; we're worthy of his respeot and be most respeot os. It has taken long and persistent work for the old farmer to get to this A place, bot he has reached thc goal at v last aod right there he is going to stay. When we say eleven cents mini mom, we don't mean to say that we are going to take that, bat we mean to say that we are not going to take J less than that. That boy was not one of your "aeven-year-itoh" kind, Bro. Stab ling, am] he still holds bis cotton, and if that banker was shooting at him for a fool he had just as well been throwing bird shot at the seven stars. W. L. Casey, Seoretary Five Forks, No. 1. A king, robed in sack cloth and dirt for an hundred years, while his subjects have toiled in rags for more than forty years-king cotton has been its mourning dress long enough. It is now io order for his subjects-the cotton growers of the South-to eee to it that their king (ootton) wear a vubu in keeping with the position 9pp by this, tho greatest commodity ot all the prodoots of the United States, the richest nation on earth. This covering or robe shoold not be made of royal porple or fine (linen made of grass grown on foreign lauds, bot our home interost and self-protection demands that the ?South mako her own wrapping to cover her great staple prodoots oot ol' her own fleecy staple grown in her own fields. To say that the' Sonth has not been able to meet competition for oheap covering for her great staple makes a new arguement wHy this condition should bo overcome in the future. Driving in the Entering Wedge. Steps aro now being taken to start the most important enterprise in the interest of cotton growers of the South yet known. W. C. Moore, one of the best in formed cotton experts ; T. T. Wake field, president of the Anderson county Farmers' Union, and Hon. M B? Watson, a large cotton planter -all of the South Carolina branch of the Farmers' Union, have obtained a oom mission from the State to of BUREAU IMATION. ^ .-?-?-p- iiii i ?d by tho . itional and Co-Operative Union. Department should be addressed to Pendleton, S. C. ?;anize a "Farmers' Cotton Union" or tbe purpose of selling the farm ers' cotton direct to spinners. The initial oapital of this first omnnfiij? ?yju bs $10,000, privileged to inorease capital io any amount re quired to support the business. In order to popularize the enterprise among the growers of < cotton ss much as possible, it is thought ad visablo to place the shares at tl. Now the cotton growers of the Sooth produce and place upon the market eaoh year from six to seven hundred million dollars worth of cot ton. Between the prod ucor and spinner, as the trade now goes, are a vast and expensive army of men whose chief occupation has its sop Eort in demoralizing the cotton mar et and getting the orop ont of the producers* hands as cheap as possible and selling it to the spinners as high as possible. As we look upon this new proposi tion we can see no reason why grow ers of cotton cannot, with proper management, placo their cotton di rectly into the hands of the spinners as readily as they now place it into the hands of the speculative element that stands between the two. It appears to us that the growers of the staple would naturally have more confidence in themselves than they should have in men who make vast fortunes "by standing between the producer and spinner of cotton. Cotton growers must trust some one and must place confidence in some one to price and take his cot ton to the spinner. Farmers, you are square up against the proposi tion-will you oontinue to trust and confide the business of prioing and handling your cotton crops to the grand wolfish pack that robs you, year in and year out, of your hard earned profits? or will you take bold of your own affairs by joining bands with the '"Farmers' Cotton Union" and have something to say about the prioing of your own products? Will you continuo to trust the gang that you know have been rob ing you, and then take your profits out in cussing and calamity howling? or will you side up with the "Farm ers' Cotton Union" and pooket the profits for yourselves ? Lest those that are real friends to the farmer through ignorance oppose the plans and movement, it may be best to say a word as to what the Farmers' Cotton Union is and what it will do, and what it proposes to do for the individual cotton grower. It is not necessary to reveal the work ings or details, as these are available to all that have a right to know through regular channels. It is first and always only a working "arm" of the Farmers' E. & C. Union, and under such control and direotion, and proposes to be the medium through whioh the individual farmer can sell his cotton direct to the spin ner, anywhere located, and through whioh the spinner anywhere in the world can in confidence make known to the farmer his wants and what he will pay for it at first hands, and in any quantity he may need any day in the year. It proposes to perform this service at aotual cost to eaoh specific bale handled, thereby oblite rating all manner of profit and specu lation between planter and the mill. It proposes to receive all cotton, whether grown by union farmers or not, on exaotly the same terms. It will receive lots of cotton at any warehouse or platform that is served by a railroad connection, and have same sampled by an official sworn to do his duty honestly and under bond. These samples will then pass before a board of experts, whose duty shall be to place exaot and specific grade classification on eaoh particular bale, and do so without knowing any other particulars than what they see in the sample before them, and in that also individually, so that their judgment will be beyond any out side influence or judgment of others, the object being to fix grades to an exact standard and unchangeable, fixing once and for all the value per pound for such cotton. Upon this the district grade office will issue a ticket to the farmer containing full and exaot details of these facts, to gether with weights and location of the particular bale, with an assign ment clause on back of same, so that it becomes a warrant for the pro ceeds of sale, and oan bo placed as collateral security or used to pay a debt or sold for its face value at any time, that being easily determined by the weight and grade prioe for that day at the station or warehouse in whioh cotton is held. When sale is ordered or a bid accepted the F. C. U. will ship this particular bale to the mill purchasing with others in the cheapest and most direct manner and route, and make money draft for the net amount of net returns of sale, and take up tho grade tioket from any bank or source it may reach the district grade office of the F. C. U. for full value received. It proposes to concentrate all handling I and all COL?, to an exaot oent pei bale, and that the least possible. What th]? may mean in saving and relief I will leave for others to say. We know that the plan will be ridi culed, be hooted by all speculators and gamblers and their minions and "pimpa," but that will make but lit tle diffarenco to the farmer or the manufacturer so long as they two can agree and do business to suit their own welfare. Union Must Put ll? Own Brand on floods. There is not a creditable manufac turer in any line bat what takes Eride in placing his own label or rand upon his product. But the producer of cotton, the "greatest of all the products of land or sea, whether ire m u?i?s, or forest, mines, or woik shops-as the York vii le En quirer says-there is no commodity that is more continuous or universal in demand than cotton." ?nd yet the producers of this great product have never thought it profitable to place their own brand upon their packages or even require their pack ages tn be put up is decent form and branded in an unmistakable way that would carry with each bale the exact weight and grade with proper guar antee behind it. --.-^ ? ^ . Nolles to Our Customers. We are pleased to announce that Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs, oolds and lung troubles is not affected by the Na tional Pure Food and Drug Law, as it con tains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we recommend it as a safe remedy for ohildren and adults. J. W. Bell. -m?m New Banking Bill Passes the House. Washington, Deo. 7.-The House to-day, waiting on the report of ap propriation bills, began its legislative grind by passing three measures in corporating the National German Alliance t authorizing the Seoretary of the Treasury to duplioate gold certificates in lieu of ones lost or de stroyed, and the bill amending the national banking laws, permitting national banking associations to make loans on real estate as security and limiting the amount of such loans. Tb?' banking bill has been one of the West's favorite measures *md the leaders io the House from that section 'ived up generally in favor of the leg ?lation, which it was asserted would go far toward popularizing the national banks. The opponents of the bill, Democrats and Republi cans, insisted that real estate was not a proper security for a loan, even though a limit was placed on the loan. The advooates were too strong, however, and the bill passed two to one. --- Publio Speakers Interrupted. Public speakers are frequently inter rupted by people coughing. This would not happen if Foley's Honey and Tar were taken, as it cures ooughs and oolds and prevents pneumonia and consump tion. Tho genuine contains no opiate and is in a yellow package. J. W. Bell. Hampton Day, December 19th. [The following was reoeived by us for publication in the column "Our Schools" last week, but was reoeived too late. Cony for this column {wi) ic h is published the first Wed nesday in each month) should be in our hands not later than the last Wednesday of the previous month.] We ask the teachers to observe Hampton Day, December 10th, in the afternoon. Ooonee was not rep resented at Columbia on Hampton Day and we desire the children to know of the hero. Have songs and recitations; invite some one to speak on Hampton's greatness. The State and Charleston News and Courier had handsome editions of "Hamp ton Day," whioh can be had at a small cost. ?.rn The relief of oougbs and oolds through laxative influonoe, originated with Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup, oontaining honey and tar, a cough syrup oontaining no opiates or poisons, whioh is extensively sold. Secure a bottle at on oe, obtain a guarantee ooupon, and if not fully satis fied with results, your money will be re funded. Sold by Walhalla Df ug Co. ; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Couldn't Help lt. ?i A well known Allegheny clergy man recently spoke at a religious service in the penitentiary in Woods Run. He noticed that one of the convicts seemed extraordinarily im pressed. After the service he sought him out and continued the good work by remarking : "My friond, I hope you will profit by my remarks just now and become a new man." "Iudeed I will," was the cheerful reply. "In faot, I promise to you that I will never commit another crime, but will lead an exemplary life to my dying day." "I am very glad to hear you say that," said the clergyman, "but are you certain you will be able to keop the promise ?" "Oh, yes," said the convict ; "I'm in jail for life." Coughing Spell Caused Death. "Harry Duckwell, aged 25 years, ohoked to death early yesterday morning at his home, in the presence of his wife and ohild. He contracted a slight cold a few days ago and paid but Utile attention to it. Yesterday morning he was seized with a flt of coughing whioh .continued for some time. His wife sent for a physi cian, but before he could arrive, another coughing spell oame on and Duokwell died from suffocation."-St. Louis Globe . Democrat, December 1st, 1001. Ballard's Horehound Syrup would have saved him. 25o., 50o. and $1. Sold by Walhalla Drug Co., and W. J. Lunney. o SCHEDULE OF CHM SERVICES "I wac glad when they said onto me, Let us go iuto the house of the Lord." Psalm 122. verse 1. A ?Sabbath well spent bringa a week of co?tent, And health for the toils of the morrow; But a Sabbath profaned, whate'er may be gaiood, Is a certain forerunner of sorrow. WALHALLA BAPTIST CHURCH. PASTOR, O. II. JUDD, F.B.O.8. B COULAS S KU VICK? : Sunday morning at. 11,00 Sunday ?vening at.7.80 Sunday sohool at.10.00 Prayer and praise Thursday evening. 7.80 Special meetiogs as announoed. Friends ot other denominations ar? heartily ?ole?me to the above church on the Sundays when there U no service at their own church. The duty of church members is of course always to attend their own church when scrvico is held there, unless prevented by siokness, or some special Christian duty. Floods the body with warm, glowing vitality, nfakes the nerves strong, quick ens ciroulstion, restores natural vigor, makos you feel like one born again. Hol lister's Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cont?. Dr. J. W. Bell. The "Hired Girl" In Adjectives. I have at last discovered why the hired girl is the sort of proposition she is. It is because she is a womau. Impulsive, whimsical, emotional, tempermental, unbusinesslike, senti mental, romantic, impressionable, frivolous, vain, deceitful, cunning, impractical, inconstant, extravagant, inconsiderate, selfish, hysterical, un reliable, prejudiced, gossipy, garru lous, feminine. That's the answer. Put the HU me work in the bands of men and the problem will be settled permanently. What ?-"Man" in the New York Sun. Two day? treatment free. Ring's Dys pepsia Tablets for impaired digestion, impure breath, perfect assimilation of food, increased appetite. Do not fail to avail yourself of the above offer. Sold by Walhalla Drug Co.; W. J. Lunney, Seneca. Gold and Silver Production. Washington, Deo. 1.-The bureau of the mint and the geologioal survey, wbioh are co-operating in the work of determining the annual produotion of gold and sliver in the United States, have agreed upon the following as for the tho calendar year 1005: Quid, $88,180,700; stiver, 50,101,000 ouuees. The total num ber of ouuees of gold produced was 4,205,742, aud tho oommeroial value of the silver produced was $34,221,070. We care not how you suffered, nor what failed to cu ie you, Hollister's Rooky Mouutain Tea makes the puuiest, weak est speolmeu of man or womanhood st roi " and healthy. 35 cents. Dr. J. W. Bell. The Right End. One day Percy, aged five, was playing with the tail of a big dog. "Lookout," said a careful aunt ; "he'll bi'e you, dear." ?Oh, no, auntie," he said ; "Pee not at the bitiu' end."-Harper's Weekly. Of course you pay your money, But you get your money's worth, For what does rooney mean to you When Rooky Mouutain Tea's on earth? Dr. J. W. Bell. South Union Farmers' Union te Meet All members of the South Union Local Union No. 63 are requested to be present on the evening of December 15. Urgent business to attend to. J. B. Harris, President. J. C. Burrisa, Secretary. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup, the new laxative, stimulates, but does not irritate. It is the best laxative. Guaranteed or your money back. J. W. Bell. The Rawlins Boys Will Not Hang Tbe P.awlins boys, convioted at Valdosta, Ga., of murder, and sen tenced to be hanged last Friday, will serve life sentences instead. The Pardon Board commuted their sen tence to life imprisonment, and the three men were notified of the action of the board the day before they were to have been banged. Tde Courier-the best-$1 per year. THE ORIGINAL LAXATIVE COUGH SYRUP Be?t for Cough?, Cold?, Croup, Whooping Couoh, Etc. 33 E! E S LAXATIVE CONTAINING HONEVTAR AU cough syrups containing opiates eonrtl. pat? th? bowel?. Be?'? Laxativ? Booty an? Tax morell th? bowel? and contain* no opiate?. SOLD BY WALHALLA DRUG CO. ?Vfcgetable Preparation for As similating Ute Food nndBc?ula ting the Stoinuchs and Bowels of IJNFAN i s/( lt M. I) WK N Promotes Di gestion.Choc rfu h nessandRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine nor Mineral. NOT NARCOTIC. .Hx.Sm/ut ? I AwUU*.W?p- J Aperfecl Remedy for Constipa tion. Sour Sloniach, Diarrhoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness and Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. A l l> lim n M s iii (I J > Dos? s - jy<L i M S EXACT COPY Of WRAPPER. South Carolina Generals. [Abbeville Medium. | The following ls a Hst of generals fur nished by the State of South Carolina to the armies of the Confederate States: R.. H. Andlrson, J. E. Hagood, M. L. Bonham, Wade Hampton, John Bratton, Beni. Huger, M. C. Butler, M. Jenkins, Ellison Capers, J. B. Kershaw, James Chestnut, J. D. Kennedy, James Conner, S. D. Lee, T. P. Drayton, T. M. Logan, John Duunovant, A. M. Manigault, S. Elliott, S. McGowan, N. G. Evans, A. Perrin, M. W. Gary, John S. Preston, J. F. Gilmer, R. S. Ripley, S. R. Gist, CH. Stevens, David R. Jones, J. H. Napier, Maxoy Gregg, J. B. VUlepigue, _W. H. Wallace._ Cream Vermifuge THE GUARANTEED WORM REMEDY THE CHILDREN'S FAVORITE TONIC. Ballard-Snow Liniment Co. 1 .?itt?. MO. WALHALLA DRUG COMPANY. W. J. LUNNEY, SENECA. WM. J. STU A i.i Nf ?. } .{ E. L. HXHWDOW. & Auorneys-At-Law, WALHALLA, S. O. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVKN TO ALL BUSI NESS ENTRUSTED TO THEM. R. T. JAYN?ST Attorney-at-Law, WALHALLA. - - S. C. Boll Phone No. 20, Practice in State and Federal Court?. * Business entrusted to my care receive? prompt attention. 1-05 J. P. Carey, I J. W. ?helor. Piokens, S. C. I Walhalla, S. C. CAREY & SHELOR, Attorneys and Counsellors, Walhalla, S. C. Will nraotlce in the State and Un i tor States Courts. BusirfeB8 entrusted to our caro will re ceivo prompt and careful aitoution. I AH DETERM11 LIVERY E re a Cold in On no Quinine Tablets. > ??.nth?. This signature,*^ CASTORIA tor Infants and Children. The Kind You Have m. Aiways ifougm Bears the Signatura of In Use For Over Thirty Years CASTORIA THC eCNTAUIt C OM TAN V. NSW TOM? O ITT. B. A. BENTLEY, I H. T. JAYNES, Manager. Attorney. ?. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO oollooiiona In the County. Try us. Address all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, 8. C. DR. J. H. BURGESS, DENTIST, SENECA, 8. C. OFFICE O /UR NIMMONS' STOBB, DOY LU BUILDING. O Alco Hours: 0 A. H. to 1 P. H. 14 2 P. M. to 6 P. M. April 20, 1904. 16-tf DR. F. F. COLLINS PHYSICIAN AND 8URQEON, WALHALLA, 8. C.-WEST END. 3r^~PHONE 87. .403 All Calls Promptly Answered, 8-8-06 Day or Night W. J. CARTER, M. D. j -1) era tia t |Offleetwo doors above the Bank? la Carter's Pharmacy. W K HTM IN HT KU, S. C. DR. W. F. AUSTIN, DENTIST, I SENECA, ..... S. C. Office Over J. W. Byrd 4 Co. J AM NOW IN MY OFFICE EVERY DAY. I'HONK NO. 61. DR."!). P. THOMSON. I>eimt?Rlt? . "Walhalla, S. O. Offlee Orer C. W. Pitchford Co.'? ?tore. Phone No. ?Hf. J. H. MOORE, M. D, Physician and Surgeon. -Having disposed of my interest in the Walhalla Drug Company, I will hereafter give my entire attention to the practico of medioine and surgery, mak ing diseases of women and. ohfldren a speoiaity. My office is still tn the Wal halla Drug Company's store, where I will be pleased Ur have my friends call on me. Private consultations oan "bo had at my residenoe. Phones: Besidenoe 03, drug store 13. fOLEYSKlDNEYCUKB Hakea Kidney* and Bladdsr Right JED TO DO THE tUSIN?SS for this community. Come on and get your teams. Hauling Teams, Single and Double Buggy Teams and Saddle Horses, Always on hand. Prompt and polite servioe at reasona ble prices. Teams sent out at any hour, day or night. Phone 10 or ll for qulok teams. C. K. HOUC1IIN8, Walhalla, 8. 0. ie Day 8k& Caroo Ork* ia Two Dey?, onevwr^l box? 35tv I