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FARMERS' U?s OF INFOR , Conduot< km South Carolina I^nniuTs' Eduoal Communications iutended for this J J. C. Stribling, 1 The reason why we don't have more to say about growing crops is beoause farmers are ahead on the knowledge of how to produce good oropa, but miserably behind on the knowledge of how to market their products. We all can understand why an overproduction of perishable crops invariably terminates in loss to pro ducers ! But in the oase of cotton, an imperishable artiole and one of the best collaterals and a current artiole of trade the world over, should not suffer depreciation in value if producers have warehouse facilities for storing their oottou. Instead of reasonably large orops of cotton bringing less money to prodaoers, a* has been the case here tofore, it is one of the prime objects of the Farmers' Union in the South to now handle the selling end of their orops by protecting themselves with a strong system of warehouses that will insure cotton growers against the unreasonable practice of getting less money for good orops] than we have been getting for poor1 orops. Bs Humble and Thankful. Just because the Farmers' Union is now very strong and powerful, its members must not act the fool by trying to ruin some necessary occu pation just simply beoause some member has a grudge against some one engaged in that business. Instead of hoing haughty and tyr annioal over this your fourth round in winning out on your own prioes for cotton, you should be bumble and thankful to the God of equity for your deliverance out of the wit derness of brambles and thorns that you have been wandering and strug gling through for over forty years. Remember the mistake that Moses j) made in his manner of tapping th rock for water for his people just when he was in sight of the Promised Land and the penalty he paid for this mistake in not being allowed the pleasure and nrivilege of enter ing this land or peace and plenty he had wanderet so long to possess. Farmers, be humble and conscious that you and your organizations may live to see our lovely southland re stored to its original greatness and peace and plenty, that all its people may enjoy the fruits of the gord work of our Farmers' Union. The Country Peddler and Agent. About this time of the year tho country is usually infested with a roving herd of peddlers and travel ing agents, many of whioh are as unscrupulous aeoording to their cali bre as the worst cotton oxohangu or Wall street gambler. Perhaps the mont numerous ol ??BB o' lu?o? ?????ps aro tho peddlers that deal out to the simple-minded, ignorant olass of pee 'e many varieties of cheap arti cles of nu^ohandise at an advance of over double the price that as good or better articles could be had in nearby stores or at the' places where the BBBSiWwdBBBHiiMWBE Whyn< People 1 grow excited c some of them g the actual anal' Too ma ?j jg save a consider f V* ?Br.' your farm worl - Take o actual analysis , our brands, HJA Come ai than give you \ HON BUR-AU wMATION. jd by the lion al and Co-Operative Union. Department should be addressed to Pendleton, S. C. articles are made. But the sliokest duok of tho whole gang and the one whose rasoality is lesB proteoted and covered up for the longest period undetected is ?.he unscrupulous fruit tree agent. The farmer who has been caught as a victim of a common obeap ped dler will get over this spell about as quick as he would an ordinary bad cold or can get in contact with a bright neighbor. But if some of our brighter olass of farmers have oaught a case of fruit tree agent malady from an unscrupulous agent they are in it for a siege of from three to ten years before they can recover. We have before us positive evidence to establish the fact that some of our best farmers have bought and paid for (supposed to be and some few were) best varieties of apples and other fruit trees. ?nd after plant ing them in their best soil and culti vating some of them for ten years and all the while dreaming over the prospects of the luscious fruits shown to them in the picure book by the fruit tree sgent when they bought, lo ? and behold the the con fiding farmer, who has labored for ten years in good faith, reaches out and gathers a little seedling apple, not larger than a hickory nut, that tastes like the bark of the tree. One farmer, who bought only one "ex tremely rare cherry tree" at a high price, is now paying the penalty for his folly by seeing a fine crop of barren chestnut burrs grow on the tree where the fine "rare oherries" ought to grow. The remedy for this is to get to gether in your organizations, find out just what you want and make your orders direot from reliable nurserymen at much less cost. Good, reliable nurserymen are to be found nowadays all over the country that you run no risk in dealing with di root, who oannot afford to guarantoe trees that pass through the hands of these irresponsible agents, who are known to grow large stocks of seed lings of their own to mix in among good trees from reliable nurseries. The Greenville Meeting. J. C. Stripling, Pendleton, S. C.- I Dear Sir: After our convention at Greenville, where I saw so much enthusiasm and determination on the part of tho representatives, I feel very hopeful for the future success of our union. While I realize that conventions and conferences are worthless unloss their recommenda tions are carried out, unless the rep resentatives go home to their subs and explain the intentions and pur poses of their deliberation and thereby enthuse their members and get them to think and act along the lines mapped out. I think I see lasting good for us1 by meeting together at Greenville, so let's go to work as we never have befere-intelligently, systematioally and persistently-to upbuild and ele vate the Farmers' Union to a plane where it will oommand the respect of the business world and, after do ?BS rt get your " Money's Worth " < rick about the price of Corn-si iver the way they think that the o right ahead paying two or thn ysis of the goods will wart ant* my of us struggle for reductions better values that are open to c H and discretion in buying Fi able percentage of your money, k if you will only buy your Fert ur celebrated G, W. G. Soluble with Guano sold by our compe ra values are obtained in each w id talk over Fertilizers with us pour money's worth. ing this, prove our faith by our works and make no demands that are not just, hut show to every le gitimate business that we respeot their rights and demand that they respeot ours. With the fight which we have be fore us, with graft and greed, which has been and is, without one vestige of remorse, stealing from us the just rewards of our labor, it would be well for us to remember that, to the strong the battle, to the victor the spvil, to the swift the race and to the devil the hindmost. So it be hooves us to be up and doing-show ing to each individual member what his duty as a union man is-that be is one eog in the wheel of unionism, and that, in failing to perform his part he impedes the progress of the whole maohinery. Let us plaoe men in the offices who fill the measure of a roan to the fullest extent-men whose honor money eannot buy nor politics pol lute-not men who place themselves on parade like a peacock in May and when the show is over there is noth ing done, but men like J. C. Stab ling and that genial, big-hearted, thoroughbred union man, B. Harris, of Pendleton, S. C. J. H. Brown. We demur, for the reason that in the Greenville meeting there were many men who had done equally as effective, if not more, work than either myself or Mr. Harris. I am sure there were quite a number more capable naen at Greenville if heir friends would get in behind them and nerve them up to their duty. Editor. In using a cough syrup, why not got the best? One that oomes highly recom mended is Bee's Laxative Cough Syrup; oontains boney and tar and ls superior to other cough syrups in many ways. Chil dren always like it, because it oontains no opiates, is a laxative and is guaran teed to give satisfaction or your money refunded. Try it. Sold by Dr. J. W. Bell, Walhalla; W. J. Lunuoy, Seneca. Ten Cent? te See Fat Baby. Richmond, Va., May 1G.-Mid. Herbert Brook well, of Chesterfield county, twenty-seven years of age, is the mother of what she believes to be the ohampion heavy weight baby in the world. The boy, Andrew Thomas Brockwell, eleven months old, weighs 56 pounds and is physi cally in the pink if condition. The ohild weighed 15 pounds and 7 ounces at his birth. He was born with a full suit of raven black hair. The thrifty young mother, on ac count of the large number of people coming daily to seo her baby, bas suspended a sign from her front porch announcing an admission fee of 10 cents. CATARRH MASTERED. CATARRH is as easy to cure aa any other disease .when the RIGHT remedy ls used In the RIGHT way. HER RING'S CATARRH CURE la a local treatment and a blood medicine In one brittle-at one pi lee-$1.00 a bottle. Guarantee'4 pure vegetable ingredients -no alcohol, cocaine or opiates. A positive cure for Catarrh. For sal? by Walhalla DrugCompany when you buy Fertilizers? truggle for reduction in the pria y are being robbed for these n< se dollars per ton more for their ', that are hard to secure, and oi very Farmer who will use good crtilizers. You can surely HI , and you can secure much more Hiders right. Guano for example* It measui titors at much higher prices-s without extra cost to the Farmer. i. If you have any trade in yot The Blue Ridge Hoad. When Mr. Finley and Col. An drews were heie last week (says the Anderson Mail) they explained to the directors of the Chamber of Com merce, at considerable detail, their plans for the completion of the Blue Ridge Railroad. The following, from the Manufacturers' Reoord, simply confirms what these gentlemen said when they were here : "An offloial letter, received bv ?he Manufacturers' Record, conti rum the report that the Southern Railway Company has made a survey from Bushnell, N. C., to Franklin, N: C. Such a line would be 364; miles long. The scheme contemplates a revision of the present line between Bushnell and Almond, N. C., and thence by au entirely new line, for the most ?art on the east side of the Little 'ennessee river to Franklin. Thia line will have seven short tunnels, the longest being 650 feet, but other wise it will be of comparatively easy construction. The maximum grade against loads will be six-tenths of 1 1 per cent, and the maximum curve ! 10 degrees. It is not known when the company will build this road." Hrs. S. Joyce, 180 Sullivan street, Claremont, N. H., writes: "About a year ago I bought two bottles of Foley's Kid ney Cure. It oured me of a severe oase of sidney trouble of several years' stand- 1 lng. It certainly is a grand, good, modi- i olne, and I heartily recommend it." , Dr. J. W. Bell. 1 ~*mm- i Nothing Bul the Bast for Him. [Atlanta Georgian.] Secretary of State Phil Cook got a jar the other morning when he 1 opened his mail and found this : "Pitoh Pine Ridge, Ga." "Dear Sir : I want you to send Me bi return male one marrig lisense, I got Mandy in the Noshun at last, and I want them lisense afore she backs out. if You nowed mandy as well js I Do you wood hurry, cause plenty of fellers beare air atter her but this old buok beet em awl, and she said she'd hav me last meatin day, if you have got Eny lisense with purty motters on em send that kind, as I want mandy to have ther best. Male your bill with the li sense you Need not be afeared to trust me because i Have got a hun dred akers of land on ther ridge, and Old beck, as good a mule as eny man ever pulled ther bel cord over. "Yours respectful, ?Bill Jones." Disturbed the Congregation. The person who disturbed the congre fat i on last Sunday by continually cough ng is requested to buy a bottle of Foloy's Honey and Tar. Dr. J. W. Bell. Mistrial of Twin Brothers. Laurens, May 16.-A mistrial was ordered this morning in the oases of the State against G. Wash Hunter, charged with the murder of Elbert F. Copeland last July, and the State against R. Lee Hunter, charged on four counts with violating the dis pensary law. The juries in both cases remained out, locked in the jury rooms, all night and this morning after court was opened stated that it would be impossible for thom to agree. There upon his honor, Judge Watts, or derod a mistrial. Bears th? ?A Ito Kind You Haw Atwajra BougM of Flour and :cessities. Yet Fertilizers than ten ignore the common sense Fertilizer G. W. Gigniiliat, i-Growing Girls-? ! Growing girls need care, advice and medicine, ; J ll especially on reaching the age of puberty. A ? ?rn mother's tender care and words of caution will j| H often accomplish wonders. As for medicine, a j || gentle, safe and reliable strengthening tonic is , m Wine of Cardui, m : j ?t will prevent and relieve pain, regulate the H j functions, clear the complexion and strengthen | j 9 the constitution. ffi i It is a valuable medicine for growing girls. It ; has tided thousands over a critical period, and j Sj saved them from years of'suffering. ft can never jj do harm and is sure to do good. j j A relief or cure for all female disorders in girls ! and women. ! At every druggist's in $1.00 bottles. Try it. j L- - CARDUI-I First Poaches tt Amorlcus, Qa. Americas, Ga., May 16.-The first peaohes from Americas orchards this season, and probably first in the State, were brought to market Tues clay afternoon. They are of the Sneed variety and good enough of Lhe kind. Amerious orchardmen ezpeot to ship probably thirty oars of peaohes this season, principally Georgia Belles, these escaping the April bliz zard. Orchards are in good condi tion and probably a half orop seems assured. $28,000 Burned in Siege Coach. Iios Angeles, Cal., May 16.-A story has reached here of the acci dental burning of <* dtage coach in Death Valley, near Ash Meadows, Sunday, in whioh $15,006 in bank bills and $18,000 in. registered mail were consumed. The stage is supposed to have caught fire from a oigar whioh the driver, Ed Love, was smoking. Love reaohed Green water Sunday night and related the story. The money \ was oonsigned to the Greenwater I bank. Stativs Lirvinveivt For Cough,Cold.Croup, Sore Throat, Stiff Neck Rheumatism and Neuralgia At ail Dealers Price 25c 50o 6 ?LOO Sent- Free "Sloan's Book on Horses Cattle, Hogs & Poultry Address Dr. Earl S. Sloan 1,615 Albany Sf; Boston.Mass ?MM a 1 I AM DETERMINED TO DO THE LIVERY BUSINESS 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 servloe at reasona ble prices. Teams sent out at any hour, day or night. Phone 10 or ll for quiok teams. C. lt. IIOUC1IINS. Walhalla, S. O.