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Cb* liento** (fromm. 1U*M,P *V**V MONNING.. -BY JAYNKS, 8HKLOW. SMITH 4 STEPK H~?. JAYNK8, I , < D- A. SMITH. J. W. HHELOR, I I **"?'*. j J. A. 8TJCCK. SudSommoN, ?1.00 PKR ANNUM. ADVEHTIOINO RATES RCASONASL C. Ul Communications of a personal oharaoter oharged for as advertisements. fJF~ Obituary notioes and tributes of respect, of not over one hundred words, will be printed free of charge. All over that number must IK paid for at the rate Of one cent a word. Cnsb to accompany aaanusorlpt. WALKALLA, 8. C. t WSDNISDAV, AV?. 14. 1007. PENDLETON FARMERS' SOCIETY Celebrated Its Ninety-First Annlver sary at Pendleton Thursday. (J. H. Oodfrey in Anderson Mail.) Dear old historic Pndleton was the scene of a most Joyous celebration last Thursday, and fully five thou sand persons gathered from every section of th' Did Pendleton district. The occasion waa tho ninety-first an niversary of the Pendleton Farmers* Society. It was In 1815 that the farmers In this district, which then comprized Anderson and Plckens counties, real ized that a great good could be ac complished by organizing, and many prominent planters, among them be ing John C. Calhoun, formed the cele brated society which has been one of much importance during all these years. It was In 182 6 that the old Pendleton district was dissolved and Anderson and Plckens counties were established. A court house was built for the district at Pendleton, but the General Assembly abolished the dis trict and the work of construction on the building was dlscontlnud. It was then that the Farmers' Society pur chased the building and completed it for a meeting place. The Meeting Thursday was held in the shady grove around this beautiful building. Long before the appointed hour, which was ll o'clock, large crowds of ladies, gen tlemen and children had congregated, and when the town clock struck ll the meeting was called to order by Col. J. C. Stribling, the president or the society. Arter a few remarks of welcome he Introduced Rev. K. G. Finlay, chaplain of tho society, and pastor of several Episcopal churches in this section, who made a beautiful opening prayer. Governor Ansel was the first speaker of the day, and his topic was the history of the soci ety. While Governor Ansel ls not an old man hy any means, ho is perfectly familiar with all of the history con nected with the society for many years back. He was born In the city of Charleston, and reared In Walhalla, about twenty miles from Pendleton. He read a Hst of the charter members of the society, and as each name was called ho told of tho history of the man. The large audience was made up of the grand children and the great-grandchildren of the old charter members, and the Governor's way of telling of each member was most appropriate The charter members wore: Thoa. Pinckney, Wm. Lowndes. C. C. Pinckney. R. S. Izard, J. R. Prin gle, Dr. J. Noble, Dannie Huger, John C. Calhoun, J. Hon l'on, L. J. Alston, Rev. Dr. Waddell. Gen. John Blassin game, D. P. Hlllhouse, Dr. isaac Auld and Dr. C. M. Reese, all of whom left histories behind them. The resident members in 181f> wore Thoa. Pinckney. John L. North, An drew Plckens, Benjamin Smith, John Miller, Chas. Gaillard, John C. Cal houn, J. Taliaferro Lewis, Thoa. L. Dart, Gen. J. B. Earle. Wm. Hunter, Benjamin DuPre, Joseph Grisham, L. McGregor, Samuel Marie, T. W. Far rar, G. W. Miller. Samuel Cherry. John Taylor. James C. Griffin, Col. Robert Anderson, Thomas Stribling, John Green. Josiah D. Gaillard. Rich ardson Harrison, Patrick Norris, J. C. Kilpatrick and Joseph Kaile. The present officers of the society are: J. C. Stribling, president; H. Harris, vice presldona; J. 15. Harris. " scretary and treasurer; c. L. New man, corresponding secretary; 13. H. Sadler, librarian; Kev. K. (.. Finlay, chaplain. The members of the exec utive committee are:- H. C. Summers, C. L. Newman, M. M. Hunter, J. L. Long and li. S. 'Prescott. This is the oldest farmers society in tho United .States. John C. Calhoun. Oovernor Ansel paid tribute to .Sohn C. Calhoun. He told of this great man, who was horn In Abbe ville, and w ho made such a name for himself. He told of the statue of Calhoun now being carved, which will bo placed in the hall of fame at Washington, lt was from two of tho old members of the society present Thursday-Robert A. Thompson and Aaron Boggs-that the sculptor got bis idea of Mr. Calhoun In overy-day life. Mr. Boggs, whr, ls eighty-five years of age. and Col. Thompson, aged eighty, wore called to the plat form and introduced to the crowd. _t These are the only two survivors of the society who remember Calhoun distinctly. Solicitor Hoggs spoke next, and his subject was the Importance of organization. He was at his best, and judging from the many complimentary remarks, he made quite a hit, especially with the farmers, who In this section aro fully appreciative of what unionized farmers can accomplish. He made many illustrations of how unionism can always accomplish more than Individualism. He spoke on how the HUle streams, starting in tho moun tains, being so small that a cow could easily drink them dry, but as they progressed mountain downward, how they grew into larger streams and how each drop was loyal to each other until, when a mighty stream ls formed, how they become almighty. By this illustration he meant that the farmers, being loyal to each other hy joining tho unions, will become mighty, and will then be able to com mand a price for their great commod ity-King Cotton. Solicitor Bogga said that if the farmers of the fifteen cotton States would become fully or ganized, then all ot the money in Wall street and in Chicago and in New Orleans, and in the world, could not dictate what the farmers should do and whnt they should not do. The farmers have the reins In their hands and they should take hold of them and make cotton really the king. He said that a farmer in Greenville county was offered 12V6 cents for his crop this coining year, and he asked Mr. Boggs for advice, and he told him that Just as sure as he sold it, the buyer would uso it against him, and that if many farmers sold their crops In advance, then the bear? could control the market. "Educate the farmers in the fifteen cotton growing States and they will subju gate the world," said Mr. Boggs. Tai?.ct Unveiled. After Mr. Boggs had concluded, th< large crowd moved to tho front of th< Society Hall building, and after a fev? remarks by Governor Ansel, a marbi? tablet, three feet by eight feet, wai unveiled, Miss Lelze Stribllng, th< beautiful daughter of President Strlb Ung, pulling the veil from over tin tablet. On the tablet were thesi words: Pendleton Farmers' Society, Organized 181&-Chartered 1817. This Hall built by tho Society In 1826, Quarterly Meetings Second Thursday in February, Aug ust, May and November." Dinner was then announced am tho meotlng took a recess for nearl; two hours. Unveiled Brass Cannon. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon th crowd gathered in the grove In fron of the Society Hall to witness tho un veiling of a little brass cannon, whtei had been mounted upon a granit slab. This cannon was presented t the town of Pendleton In 1861 b Theo. D. Wagener, a part owner o come vessels running blockade int Charleston during the late war. Th cannon was tho distress signal car non on ono of these vessels. Mis Coma Sitton, the attractive daughte of Col. A J. Sitton, tho captain of th original red shirt company, unveile the little cannon while the band wa playing Dixie. The old flag of the re shirt company, which waa the fin company to organize in the State, wa planted near the little cannon, an the Kentle breeze unfurled the oh shot-worn cloih over the mounto piece. Original Ked Shirt Company. The original red shirt company wi organized at Pendleton on August 2' 1876. It was organized for the e: press purpose of protecting the righi of the people of this land and to vis the radical meetings and compel hearing or a division of time betwec the radicals and the Democrat speakers. It was this Pendleton Cull pany that inarched on Anderson Cou Hons?', then tn tho hands of the rad cals, and forced the radicals, wb were holding a Congressional can palgn meeting, to allow the Denn eratic candidate for Congress, Ho I). Wyatt Aiken, father of the preset Congressman, a hearing, it was i tills meeting that Candidate I long chances of election were knocked Ini the air. The company, sixty st ron wearing red shirts and loaded to tl teeth, rode into Anderson, and undi the leadership of First Lieutenant C. Stribllng, gained Its object. The officers of the company were A. J. Sitton, captain; J. C. Strl ling, first lieutenant; K. J. Richard scond lieutenant; J, W. Sitton, thil llutenant, aud B. C. Crawford, o derly sergeant. After this company was formed great many other red shirt compnnl were formed throughout the State. Congressman Aiken. After the little cannon had hoi unveiled the crowd adjourned to tl grove behind the Society Hall to he Congressman Wyatt Aiken speak. Il talk \ \s more of a Bummary of t growth of tho products of tho fan during the past twenty years. I prefaced his remarks by saying th he did not belong to any of the fan ors* unions, ns lawyers and offic holders were not eligible to membt ship. He ls In entire sympathy, how ever, with the efforts of the unions, and he hopes to see all * i the farmers in the ootton-growlng States become members ot the unions. He believes a ad knows that much can be accom plished thereby. He does not think that the unions should go into poli tics, but tho president of the union at Greenwood had recently told him that tee union as a budy was not mixed up in politics, but that there was some politics with Individual members. About Immigration. Mr. Aiken touched on immigration. He said: "One of tho demands of tho union ls the restriction of Immigra tion. I say here and now that every public utterance I ever made on this subject has been for the restriction of Immlgr* Hon. Foreseeing that thc tide of Immigration was turning to wards the South I undertook to pro vide moans, at tho expense of the Uni ted .Untes Government, to shut out or divert the stream of riff-raff and pauper labor with which our Western cities are Ailed. I have always been opposed to the payment of passage for Immigrants who did not volunta rily come amongst us and who were ?ot able to buy small hornea. I have always been unalterably opposed to the Introduction of foreign mill operatives. I have advocated the voluntary introduction of a thrifty farming class, and on this I stand now. If we pursue a conservative, lot-alone policy as to immigration and do not select home-builders, aftor a while our country will gradually fill with an undesirable class. Some thing like two hundred thousand of tho good white people of this up country, tho bono and sinew of the land, have moved to the mills and other Industries. Where did they come from? On a single road lead ing out of Abbeville, a distance of twelve miles, there were once twenty o: e families. Eleven of t hes. homes are now occupied by negroes. I In troduced a bill In Congress, the pur port of which was to turn the tide of rlli-raff and pauper immigration from us. Its :>urpo8e was to discriminate in the selection of Immigrants at the expense of the government." Mr. Alkea then told of the bill providing for the establishment of agents of the States at Ellis Island to choose immi grants. He closed his rmarks by giv ing out some statistics of the crops during the past twenty years. In 1887 about five and one-half million bales of cotton were raised In South ern Sates, worth nearly three hundred millions of dollars. In 1906 nearly cloven million bales were made, In cluding seed, worth about seven hun dred million dollars. He told of other crops, and his utterances were appreciated by the goodly number of farmers within in's hearing. Col. J. C. Stribling, the president of tho society, was tho busiest man In Pndleton on thlB occa sion, t' or the past few weeks he has been traveling with the Clemson Col lege exhibit car, but he returned to Pendleton to make the meeting a suc cess. It could not have been held at all If Col. Stribling had not been there. He had arranged everything well, and all went off as arranged, and much to his satisfaction and to the comfort of all present. PORTABLE ENGINES aro tho boat Gonoral Purpose Engines in the world. Wo carry them in stock. We are the headquarters for Peerless Engines, Saw Milla and Threshers. Also Atlas Enginea and Boilers, DeLoach Saw Mills and Shingle Milla, etc. We carry a tremendous atock of all kinda of Bolting and Machinery Supplies. Write us for anything in tho Machin ery Line. SULLIVAN HARDWARE CO., ANDERSON, S. C. REAL ESTATE. nus AND' LOTS'" FOR IE. We arc offering for Immediate sab' the following property? Lewis Howland Farm ot 170 acres, six miles from Walhalla. Ford Place 28 acres, in .Midway, Joining tho (.cn. Ervin place. John F. Craig Lot on South Broad nnd Lone Tree streets. Corf. Nicholson's House and Lot in West Walhalla. .ll) acres Land on Tnmassce road? SM milts from Walhalla. M. li. Cantrell Farms of Hil and TO acres. One Kaw Mill Outfit. Let us sell your property,' and If you are in tho market for anything it will pay you to seo us. A. C. BURTON' and B. A. BENTLEY. Furniture ? We Have anything you need in thia lin - and -*t prices to suit everybody. Give tis a call and see for yourself. D. S. ABBOTT PLANO MOWERS ! Plano Mowen are the best because they are the simplest, less complication, fewer part? and stronger parts, therefore, less breakage. They are so simple that anybody can understand them. You. don't have to be a machinist to ran one nor have a machine shop to keep one in repair. We have them, also the rakes-hand and self dump. Prioos are most reasonable and terms most generous. We take pleasure in showing you these machines and dfs oussing their features with you. Come around and look them over. , We also bave a complete line of Solid Diso and Cuttaway narrows. Hay Balers, Gasolene Engines and Feed Mills. We have a full line of Hardware. Every tool the farmer needs he oao And in the best quality at the most reasonable price at our store. A full line of Carpenters' Tools of standard quality, Blacksmith Tools and supplies, Stoves and Rangos; we have some of tbe boat values to be had any where. Come and see for yourself. Also Doors, Sash and Blinds and a full line of Builders' Hardware and Supplies, Paints, Oils, Varnish and Brushes. We want your trade and goarantee a square deal to all who trade with us. CARTER HARDWARE COMPANY. FEED STUFF. Our line of Peed Stuff is always complete, as we have a large Warehouse that is filled with Corn, Oats, Hay, Bran, Shorts, Cotton Seed Meal. We guarantee to give you the best goods and the lowest price. Your business will be appreciated. Goods delivered promptly. Yours for business, MOSS & AKSEL, CEMENT FRONT. WALHALLA, S. C. fl Birdsell," \ TD he Wagon af Quality. J& Built for Farmers, Contractors, Teamsters and TrucR Gardeners ; fitted with exclusive features the perfeel Sand Bands, Patented Spring Double-Tree, cut under Nut Irons. Built with heaviest and strongest Skeins, well-seasoned OaK and Hickory Gears, and given the finest and most durable finish possible. J& YOU will find a complete line at Carter & Company's, WALHALLA, S. C. ii Hot Off the Bat ! Just in, a big line of Spalding's and Reach's Base Ball Goods, Bicycles and Bicycle Sundries, JP We are headquarters for Screen Doors, Win dows, Fly Traps, Hammocks, Creek Seines, Ice Cream Freezers and Re frigerators. Oui* Extremely low prices on Grain Cradles, Cultivators, Harrows and Building Material, such as Windows, Doors, Blinds, Mouldings, etc., will keep the ball, rolling. ?& If you contemplate building let us make you prices on any and everything that is used in the erection of your home. We have several patterns of beautiful G-lass Doors to select from, prices ranging from $3 to $25. Don't Forget the Paint Question ! We Can Sell You ? MATHESON HARDWARE CO. TOCCOA, OA. WESTMINSTER, S. C. MARTIN, QA.