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??WLW ll BM?. Don't forget that all farmers, Whether members of the Farmers* Union or not, have a special invita tion to the Greenwood meeting, July 25, 26 and 27. Something Doing in South Carolins. The highest move in the interest of the South Carolina farmers ever known is now on. The Farmers' Union, Cotton Associatif n and tbe Clemson Agricultural College Insti tute ea?* are all out, each waging a Bfjjfr&te campaign of their own. TcfirW set of speakers are vicing with each other, trying to do for tbe farmer the very important things, that the farmer has in a general way failed to do for himself. If we are not mistaken in the higiJH of the tim??, that old saw about the "down-trodden farmer" will be blown off the face of the land in South Carolina. The trend of all these movements in the Interest > of the farmer? is elevating, onward and upward to a higher plane. The less informed are being brought up towards the top, and no one need go lower, but all interests move upward with the farmer. VyM We will be delighted to hear of all tbe farmers going out to these fvery instructive meetings. No 'chance to lose anything by doing HO. Can farmers set prioct? on their own orops? YOB, they can. If farmers do not set priceB on their own crops, some other folks do it for them. Why not farmers do it? It's time for a ohange. Farmers, 'take care of your own business and let the other fellow do the quarrel ing, sweating and cussing awhile. '?{ The wholo trend of the educa tional feat ire of the Farmers' Union 'is leading Southern farmers to a permanent higher level of prosperity and right living. Southern farmers that farm right .land raise their own food crops can afford to eat and live off their own products while they hold their cot ton and wait for profitable prices, > while the ootton bear is compelled to buy all that he eats and uses ^while he waits. When this kind of game is on to a finish, who will starve out first? ?? '? i Playing With a Two-Edged Sword. Through the teaching of farmers organizations our farmers are learn ing fast, and we may state here that some of our farm papers, and others, too, are learning that the farmers are no longer going to stand for any publication that is carrying large advertisements of questionable deal ers or fraudulent good?. Not long back oar government chemist showed up "one of the most outrageous frauds being perpetrated upon the American farmer is that of prepared stock foods ; common meal, bran, with a little cheap sulphur, salt, . Epsom salts, pepper, saltpeter and some loud smelling stuff, etc., added to ohange the taste, and tho mixture (hardly more valuable than ordinary ship stuff,) pnt ?p in flaming pack ages, advertised in big, illustrated ads in farm papers at from $250 to $2,250 a ton." And when some time ago the obief Southern con tributor of one of the farm papers most largely circulated in our terri tory wrote an artiole giving the truth against this gigantio swindle, and sent it to bis paper, the reply oame back : "The-Stock Food Co. pays us $3,000 a year for advertising, and we should lose it if we were to print your letter. Please don't insist." Now, isn't this farm paper in league with, and a partner with those that he must know are swindling farmers out of some of their hard-earned money? And more, these farmers are catching up with these farm papers that are help ing to rob them. This muzzling the press, and suppressing information direotly in the interest of fraud and against the simple protection of the farmer, will have to stop just so soon as farmers learn what is going on. Whon farmers quit patronizing and reading these papers that are in partnership with those that are swindling farmers, then these papers will learn to their sorrow that they are playing with a two-edged sword, and when there is no farmer to read these fraudulent ads. this Judae money will stop coming to these papers that divide their money with rascals. Verily, the farmor is a patient ass, i : ' . for the world. He not only has tel feed them all, bat be swindled as j well, even sometimes by his neigh bor and brother in toil. Just now, I however, looms up an astonishing] game of "Bunco" by fertilizer manu facturers, respeotfully referring to] Bulletin No. 126, issued by South Carolina. Agricultural Experiment] Station, Clemson College, S. ?. Ai cording to this list there is sparoely a fertilizer factory selling in the I State thal has not one or more! b *andp below the guaranteed analy sis. Over one-third of the brands! analyzed proved deficient in some Valuable element of plaut food claimed by the manufacturer. Even with favorable lawyers to make j favorable laws for manipulation they are not satined, but still adul terate tbeir'brarid? below the1 mini mum guaranteed on the. *8ok. Of j course these men are estimable gen tlemen, sit at the front in ohurcb, properly robed, support the cause, j Send the gospel to the heathen, but] somehow they hs ve no qualms toward pluudering the pockets of our ignor ant farmern even by subt.erfa J and fraud. Verity this is a day of I j strange standards. Trnei the .'armer j lias a remedy, but then he is Bach patient, docile sss they have ceased to fear his kick. Sometimes we hear his sympathy-searching bray, but fthe sound thereof disturbs not, bis master, for be knows that he. will wearily boar bis burden un, ignorant [.of how or when he became a servile 1 I beast. Again, will somebody reveal the story of how ground phosphate rock was pushed off the market, viz. "floats." It was once available at Charleston and was known to bo worth twice as much to the farm as the. faotory treated acid phosphate and cost bat half as much. Who [taught the farmer that for quick re sults he should use the high-priced faotory product and burn his land with sulphuric acid treated rook. Back of this is a story of much in terest to the farmers of thu South, j and of much int.-rest to men who want honest, fair business. -Let us [have the story, somebody.-W. C.\ I Moore. Farmers' Union Rallies. The following Bobed ule of Farm ers' Union rally meetings was ar ranged by the State Executive Com mittee : V ? '* .1 Greenwood.July 25 Laurens .July 30 Newberry. .July 31* ! Lexington..August 1 Edgeheld.August 3 Union.August 5 Sqartanburg ....... .August 6 Cherokee .. . ...August 7 York..August 6 Chester . ,v.August o Chesterfield.August 10 Kershaw .August 13 Sumter .AugpSt 14 Lee. i<.Augustl If? Marlon.August 16 Marlboro..August 17 Saluda.August 20 Orangeburg.August 22 Bamberg.August 23 Barnwell.August 24 Greenville.August 13 rick cns.August 14 Oconee.August 15 These dates are subject to change, provided the ?executive, committee is notified in time. The committee would be glad to correspond with any farmer in any of the counties named in regard to place best suited for holding these meetings, and any other matter looking to the success of the meetings. The speakers will be named later. Any correspond ence in reference to the above should be addressed to W. J< Anderson, Secretary Executive Committee, Ninety-Six, S. C. J. B. Piokett, Chairman. W. L. Anderson, Seoretary. YOU SUFFER FROM CATARRH. Have had it for years-have "smoked" and "sprayed" and "drugged" with no relief. You have doolded that you cannot be our ad. YOU are the uurtorar we want to reach. HERRING'S CA TARRH CURB, a local treatment and a blood medicine in one, has cured worn? cassa than yours. It will our? yo?., !1-00__a bottle. For sale by ' Walhalla Drug Company TtV fif? ?MSW NEW STRAWBERRIES. Two Ar* Imminr* Creepers and Strong Qrovfl?? Pl*n*ji, Greater progresa baa uoen made the last three or four years along the strawberry line than ever before. The Sample la about the only variety that holds its own, but from present indica tions even that berry will be set one side. The Cardinal, a pistillate vari ety like the Sample. Just now is crcat i?g quite a sensation. The Illustration here shown wat taken from a cluster of last season ?nd is a correct like THE CARDINAL STRAWBERRY. ness of thc berry, not one of those over grown berries, but will average good size, au immense cropper and the most vigorous growing -plant ever sent out. It Till bc a mortgage lifter, says au eastern grower In American Cultivator. Golden Gate ls another new berry of great promise. This ls a fancy berry, Uko the i^VVBholl, only lt Is worth a dozen of lt, bchigof line quality and a good cropper. f Tlie Abington, $ent out two years ago, hus proved about what the orig inator claimed and ls a safe berry to plant Another berry, the Dicky, that has n?t been put upon the nark it yet ls a strong, staminate variety, an immense cropper, very firm, colors well and is a long season berry. ' ha vt no plants of lt on my grounds, but as soon as I can I shall set largely of lt Field Dodder. Dodder, or love vine, Is a great ene my of alfalfa. It is a parasitic vine growing on the stems and taking out the life and vitality of even the roots. The vine intwlnes itself about the al falfa stems in g\t clusters and grows thriftily or small in exact proportion to the growth of alfalfa. When the alfalfa ls cut, this vine appears in dry, hairy bunches about the stems. It ls so repugnant to horses and cattle that lt will not be eaten except as a last re sort before starvation. The best way to keep free from dodder is to buy only clean seed. In some cases farm ers use fanning mills and try to re clean the seed before sowing. If the plant gets started in a field, the best plan tn get rid of lt ls to scatter straw over the alfalfa stubble and burn the entire field. Thia does not injure the alfalfa, but kibs the dodder and other noxious weeds.-Kimball's Dalry Farmer. Hon Manor? Fer Crops. Qen manure gives good results on all crops, but probably best on such plants as make most "? their growth above ground, like cabbage, corn or grass. Borne great results, however, are reported with ben manure on po tatoes. We generally use lt on garden crops ?nd strawberries. The most ef fective use oj, this manure is, as we have often described, to crush it fine and mix with chemicals, such as muri ate of potash and acid phosphate. This makes a fair mixture for many crops. The hen manure ls richer In nitrogen than in potash and phosphoric acid, and these chemicals give lt a good "balance."-Rural New Yorker. Injurious to Tress. The most effective insecticide yet employed against the oyster shell bark louse during the dormunt period of the tree is the lime sulphur, or lime sulphur salt wash. An application of this wash dur ing the latter part of March or first weeks In April, followed In the case of badly Infested trees by a sec ond application before the buds have swollen much, will gen erally fill Klee tO eradicate the scale. Such treatment ls OY8TKBLO"ESEL BARK nl8? effective in destroying the apple scab fungous spores. The oyster shell bark louse is readily distinguish able from other scale Insects hy Its elongated, rather slender curved form, being about one-eighth Inch in length. -Joseph L. Hills, Vermont. Or ch? rd? In Grass. Tho majority of good apple orchards nowadays are In cultivation. The old fashioned plan of seeding tho orchard down to grass ls in disfavor. Still thero are some exceptional cases in which apples do fairly well or even better than that while growing In sod. -F. A. Waugh In Gardening. FACTS ABOUT CONSUMPTION. Tuberculosis a. Praventable Dieeaa*. Dangar In Kissing. The^eommlttee on- Hie prevention, ot tuberculosis recently lssueC n state ment in furtherance of its campaign of education, which Includes: "To sum up, the ? we find the fol lowing as accepted facts: "First.-Consumption ls caused only by a germ which comes from the living affected ^Jth consumption. "Second.-Consumption ls preventa able, because1 for practical purposes the great source of Infection, the spittle, can be easily disinfected or destroyed. Remove the spittle or sputum as a source of Infection, and consumption must io far toward disappearing. "Third.-Consumption Is not heredi tary, nor ls it easily contracted if rea sonable care be taken. "Fourth.- -'rue careless consumptive patient ls a focus of Infection and a danger to all persons who come much in proximity to him or visit tile places he frequents. "Anything tending to lower the tone of the general health may act as a pre disposing cause-^lnsufflclent nourish ment, overwork, loss of sleep, worry, close and dusty air. Avoid these. Qive sleeping rooms a prolonged air ing and sunning In the day and as much night ventilation as ls practica ble. The dwelling place should' be dry naturally or made so artificially. If lt ls thought that there is a family pre disposition to consumption, cn outdoor occupation should be chosen. Live lu the open air and sunshine as much as possible. "Every new case of tuberculosis comes from some earlier case. The germs of this disease retain their nt ni lly and their infectlvlty a long time un der favorable conditions. Therefore do not bring Into your house clothing for merly used by consumptives unless lt has been thoroughly disinfected. Qo not allow your wives and daughters to risk Infecting their homes with dresses that have wiped up the sidewalks. Do not move Into au Infected house or rooms until the thoroughness of the disinfection Is unquestionable. Do not put to your Hps or mouth pipes, wind Instruments, money or nnything else that has been used or hnndled&by con sumptives. Do not buy bread, milk or other articles of food not to be cooked from consumptives. Kissing, particu larly Up to lip, ls unsafe If one person ls tuberculous."-New York Tribune. FRESH AIR CABINET. Improved Apparatus For Treatment of Tuberculoaie. In the treatment of tuberculosis fresh air ls most essential, and In order to obtain plenty of fresh air nt night it ls customary In many sanitariums to have the patient sleep with his head within a cabinet which communicates with un open window. A cabinet of this general class, but possessing many valuable improvements, is illustrated in the accompanying engraving. Primari ly the cabinet ls collapsible and when not in usc may be folded into a small compass. In addition to this, the Inven tion provides a curtain at the outer or window end of the cabinet which may be rained or lowered to regulate the amount of t r admitted, while thc op posite end of the cabinet is equipped with a curtain arranged to flt snugly around the throat of the patient, so as to protect the body from drafts and ox CABINET IN ri.ACE. posure. The cut shows the cabinet with one side removed, so as to reveal the interior details. The main frame of the cabinet is ex tensible laterally, so as to closely fit any size window frame. In its ex tended position it is secured by means of thumbscrews. The imttom of the frame, which rests on the window ledge, and the top of the frame, on to which the wlndowr sash ls lowered, are pro vided with weather strips of flexible material. The frame at the opposite end of the cabinet ls adapted to rest on tho couc or bed and ls connected with the m..in frame by means of brace rods, which are slidable upon each other and adupted to be held in extended position by means of thumb nuts. The front and rear frames are also connected by means of a hood In the shupe of a camera bellow?. Big Cotton Fire. Little Rock, Ark., July 17.-The plant of the Gulf Compress Com pany, at Argenta, Ark., was de stroyjd by fire Wednesday. Two thousand ami four hundred bales of cotton, valued at $149,416, were burned. The buildings and machin ery are valued at #86,000. C. C. Hanson, of Atlanta, is president of the company. EES U CONTAINS HONKY An Improvement system of a cold b: satisfaction or mon SOLD BY J. V AM- g dable Prepar?tionior As - RI sltniiathvg uttftracndBetiuh m Promoice Drgcslion.Cheerfuh ness and Itest.Contalns neither Gpium.Moiphine norlflneral. >. OT TiAR c OTIC ? AaryW rf f*U Dr SAMUEL HTC11S? /'itrnfJun Semi-' ..'ix..Tr ti.ta * .CMMI ? A perfect Remedy for Cons?pa i \lon, Sour Stomach, Dianttoea Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ness end Loss OF SLEEP. Facsimile Signature or NEW YORK. EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. Big Crop of Corn. The greatest crop of corn in the history of South Carolina will be garnered this year, according to the reports that are coming in. E. D. Smith, president of the South Caro lina Cotton Growers' Association, ascribes this to the interest taken in the Williamson plan, and he thinks that those who followed the formula given by Molver Williamson have made largs yields and that their profite will be such as to justify their having taken Mr. Williamson's ad. vice. Ute for a Fork. ? Denver man had a friend from a Kansas ranch in the oity Saturday on a business deal, and at noon they went to a down-town restaurant and had lunch together. The Kansas ranchman ate his entire meal with his knife. When he was nearing the end he discovered something. He discovered that be had no fork. "Say," he said to the Denver man, that waiter didn't give me a fork." "Well, you don't need one," re plied the Denver man seriously. "The deuce I don't," came from tbe Kansan. "What am I going to stir my coffee with F '-Denver Post. Drying's New Lifo Pills The bet In the world. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. BETWEEN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 14.-In Effect May 6, 1007. EASTBOUND 12 10 I 8 I 30 18 LyWalhalla. LvWest Union. ArSeneoa. LvSeneoa. LvMordania Junction Lv* Adams. Lv*Cuerry. LvFendleton. Lv* Antun. Lv^Denver . LY*Went Anderson.... ArAnderson-PassDep LvAnderson-PassDop Lv*Anderson-FrtUep ArBelton. A M 8 8S 8 40 P M 3 37 3 32 P.M. 1 46 2 01 8 58 9 00 0 16 9 18 9 SO 9 38 9 46 10 00 i?'?s 10 08 10 19 2 60 2 63 8 08 8 ll 8 28 S 81 3 30 8 61 'sie 4 oo 4 26 4 40 4 46 6 08 6 12 5 45 5 00 6 15 6 35 6 45 8 30 8 33 0 Of. PM 7 00 7 08 7 86 WKSTBOOND ll 9 19 I 28 LrBelton. Lv'Anderson-Fr't De ArAnderson-Pass De LvAnderson-Pass De Lv*We*t Anderson.... Lv*Denver. I.v* Ant un. LvPemlleton. Lv*Cherry. Lr* Adam s. LY* Jordania Junction. ArBeneca. Lr Seneca... LvWest Union. ArWalhalla. PM 4 30 4 57 r. oe 506 n 20 ft N r, tx 6 51 8 Ol 6 07 6 25 0 30 A M 8 20 8 80 8 60 9 06 9 85 9 50 9 69 10 20 10 26 11 25 11 66 12 05 AM. 10 48 11 22 ll 26 PM ?SQ 7 02 7 06 . Flag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take on and let off passengers: Phinney's, James's and Bandy Springs, Toxaway, Welch. Nos. 0,10, il and 12, first class passenger, dally: Nos. 7 and 8, dally except Sunday; Nos. 18,19, 20 and 23, mixed, daily. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERSON, 8noerintendent. RUMS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Relieve Indigestion and Stomach Troubles. NATIVE CO AND TAR. CONFORMO TO NATIO over many Cough? Lung and Bronc! F actina as a cathartic on the how? ey ?funded. Prepared by PINEULB r. BELL, Walkalla. >V. J. J ASTORIA For Infants rti?3 Children. rhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears/the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years GASTORIA TH r C r NT. ll Fl COMPANY ,?? YORH OITV. Annual 8lnglng Convention. The Annual .Singing Convention will meet with Now Bethel BaptiBt church*, near Oakway, on August 3d and 4th, 1007. Hov. C. D. Mann will preach the intro ductory sermon on Saturday at ll o'olook a. m. All singors are cordially invited. J. F. Morton, President. Norton Cox, Secretary. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR ?1.50. By a dubbing arrangement with the Charleston Semi-Weekly News and Cou rier we are offering that paper and The Keowee Courier for $1.50 per year. The Keowee Courier is recognized not only as the best paper in Ooonee county, but it is rat ed among the best county papers in South Carolina. The Semi-weekly News and Courier is an excellent jour nal, published on Wednesdays and Satur days, gives the detailed news of South Carolina as a speoial feature, and carr i os the full Associated Press dispatches from all over the world. The combina tion of the two papers at $1.50 gives our present readers, as well as new sub scribers, an opportunity to sooure two of the best papers in the State (three papers a week) for 50 cents more than the regu lar price of either. Lot un send you two of the very best papers in South Carolina for almost the price of one. Notice, Sons sad Daughters sf th? Confederacy The officers of the Ooonee Monument Association are asking for tho names of I all soldiers from Ooonee county Who were killed or died from the ?ffcots of the war before the surrender.' Any one having such a record, or any one whose kinsman died in the cause, will please take notice'. This is important, as the names will be used in the monument. J. W. Holleman will receive all letters or [ communications regarding the matter. CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bough! Boara the Signature of B. A. BENTLEY, I H. T. JAYNE8, Manager. Attorney. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO oolleotions in the Oounty. Try us. Address all communications to B. A. BENTLEY, Manager, Walhalla, S. C. tVBan Zan Pile Remedy RELIEVES WHEM OTHO** FAIL Kl LL THE COUGH AND CURB THC LUNGS WITH Dr. King's New Discovery Fun G??SP? AND ALL THROAT AND LUND TROUBLES. i r ?AEANTEED SATISFACTORY < ? MONEY REFUNDED, taSSSBSBSSBBSBSSSBBBSaaSam V Bt-cMen's Arnica Salve TDD Dost Salve In The World? UGH SYRUP NAL PURR FOOD ARD DRUGS LAW. his! Rem?di?e, because lt rids th? ls. No opiate?. Guaranteed to ?fr? MEDICINE CO.. CHICAGO. U. 5. A. LUNNEY, Seneca.