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UNION BUREAU. .*L? Oar Cotxou Letter. No doubt about it, that the recent panic was made to order, on Wall nt ree t ?0r the purpose of bearing down the price of cotton. If this is not true, pier se te just why this thing did not.come ott until Just at the right time to force the weak cot ton on the market at runious prices. Henry. Grady said that cotton was a fool; but we are of the opinion that men that put too much faith in cot ton are the fools who are now passing through perhaps the toughest trials of their experience with more cotton than they are abie to hold easily. Several men are selling corn, pork, wheat and oats to pay their debts within the Carolinas and Georgia and 1. -hiing onto their cotton ilk?- "grim death to a negro,". *' . \ $?3 a\ Boys, keep cool and don't waver; for lt is said that the darkest hours of he night are Just before day. The ater is deep and may get up to your nose, but hold your bneath and wade on clear over, *or the water and way the bottom ls Arm. Beyond doubt there ls an attempt among some of the officials of the un ion, to suppress some information of vital interest to the welfare of the union from its members. This we condemn as an unfair act for the members, the union should bear both Bides of all questions of they will not be in position to do justice to all and thus defend the equitable principles of the union. AU such attempt:- to suppress In formation from the membership of the union, and going out on a still hunt for personal interest and ag grandizement will react a gains'' such Individuals when the light ls turned on to them. We are In possession of the evi dence to establish every allegation set forth in this communication and will turn lt Into the union at the pro per time and place. ' A Warning. The attention of our Farmers' Un ion Bureau of Information has been called to the fact that a notice has appeared In several newspapers of the State calling a meeting of the State Union to be held In Columbia on December 18th. AS the above notice has no name or authority attached to lt, the ori gin of this call was rather puzzling until it leakeu out that just one man had promoted the call, and the worst feature of this affair ls that the man who claims the responsibil ity for this call is a stranger in the State, whose conduct, since he has got In the union, and his affiliations and his work before, are among that very class of speculators, or slick duck class* that the union was or ganized to put out of nosiness. Now, this buerau hAs taken the position from the beginning of this disturbance among its officials.that nothing short of a regularly called delegated meeting of the State Un ion, in full accord with the constitu tion, would ever settle this question satisfactorily. But we protest against following the lead of any such Such a self-in augurated stray bell wether who has presumed to make this call, and In tist and demand that this call ho made through the officials in-xegular order. In accordance with the con stitution. .. ' If lt is constitutional for one man to get up a consjJracy among a few designing men tty unhorse the whole official ?liead of due union, then it is KIgh time to cut that feature of the constitution out, or we will be sub ject to an eternal guerilla warfare in the union, and when we meet In Columbia again for the purpose of restoring peace, good order and har mony within the union, some defeat ed aspirant for position may go right back home and repeat the same dis turbance that we are now trying to calm. Brethren, we need all our com bined and united strength to fight our enemies, and never fail to pin your faith to leaders ? from among vouf ranks, who aro well icuown, faithful, competent men for each and every riksitlon of trust. ./ ***** The Dion Law. ..Tno lien law Is a boon for the weak cotton grower. The mortgaged cotton grown un , Ld_ ml you wouldn't be without one ?not or as low as you please-there's --itu'* direct intense heat-that'i Beautifully finished in nickel mental anywhere. The brass (ont ing heat for 9 hrurs. It is ligh carried (rom roc io room. Ever ^Itey?Lamp ; * steady light study by. Made of brass-nick? proved central draft burner. Evei If your dealer does not carry P and Rayo Lamp write our neares HT A 1*1? AM ?P Oil? CC (Incorporated) der the ban of Hen hr*, itt the big stick used by cotton bears to hammer down prices on every cotton grower's crop. The lien law aid.4 the fertilizer trust in placing large lots of trust goods Into weak cotton, and thia weak cotton sets prices on all other cotton, to the detriment of tho whole South. .1. E. Wannaraaker, a prosperous farmer of Sf?. Matthew's, puts it in a mu./..ell when he said, "The lien law gives a premium to rascality. Repeal the lien law and you will encourage good character." Here ls a clipping from the Ander don Daily Mail: "Says tho Newberry Observer: 'If there ls ever a time to repeal the lien law it ls now. ? The Farmers' Unions couldn't do a better thing for agriculture than secure the repoal. They will never be able to hold tho cotton orpp, o fi the market while this law remains.' That is true. The man who raises cotton under a Hen ls forced to sell it as fast as it is ginned." The lien law, or mortgaged cotton grower, who ls usually an irrespon sible and incapable business man, has complete control over setting prices on the early cotton market. Thia thing must chang?, or both the lauds and the people who own the lands will be skinned. . . c . * By request of union members the chairman of the committee on the order has made a very careful inves tigation of the cause of the recent friction among the officials of the South Carolina Union, and our con clusion ls that just oue or two men in the union are responsible for the whole trouble, and that these men are 'veritable wolves In sheep's cloth lng within the Farmers' Union. As it would be unfair to publish the names of these two men as trai tors and deserters before they have been tried and condemned, the mem bers of the union will nave to use their own judgment as to who they are. Age No Bar, Everybody in South Carolina is Eligi ble. Old people stooped with suffering, Middle age, courageously fighting, Youth protesting impatiently; Children, unable to explain; All in misery from their kidneys. Only a little backache first. Comes when you catch a cold. Or when you strain the back. Many complications follow. Urinary disorders, diabetes, Bright's Doati's Kidney Pills cure backache. Cure every form of kidney lils. J. W. Powell, proprietor of a gene ral store and coal and wood and Ice dealer of Waverly, living at 2010 Blandiog, street, Columbia, S. C., says: "My son has been afflicted with kidney and urinary trouble from childhood, being unable to control the secretions, especially when asleep. Since using Donn's Kidney Pills he has entirely recovered." For sale by p.il dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, Now York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name-Doan's and take no other. Uncle Sam's Children Prosperous. (Greenville News.) The savings bank deposits of the country this year are $3,600,000,000, an increase of 5 0 per cent In seven years. When we take Into considera tion the fact that our population In the same length of time has increas ed but 15 per cent the tremendous prosperity of the country and Its healthy financial condition ls easily understandable. In this connection in order to mor? fully appreciate the sound status of the country's affairs generally speaking, lt should be re membered that the United States' Treasury deficits in 1904 and 1905 became a surplus of $25,000,000 in 1906, with a further increase to $87, 000,000 this year. herc the^ ?or Opens instantly You can quickly heat and keep ny ihe draughty hall or cold room > matter what the weather conditions e-and il you only knew how in"ch al comfort you can have from a PERFECTION 0U Heater (Equipped with Smokeless Device) her hour. Turn the wick as high no danger-mo smoke-no smell i because of the smokeless device, and jipan-orna holds 4 quarts, giv- ??? I in weight--easily j y heater warranted. ? 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It was a plan to orowd them out, ttUd little children tilled the lobbies and pinned ribbons on every one who came in. The scene was one of the most spectacular in th? history ot the State. When the Mobile women arrived they tOund that they had to stay out side in the already crowded lobbies. Children were kept out of school to Work against whiskey. So great was the interest on the Outside that all the space was filled. Seeing the situation Lieutenant Gov ernor Henry B. Gray ordered the doors opened, believing that ali should be allowed the maximum priv ilege at a time like this. Broke into Song. * While the speaking was going on there were cheers after cheers and hand-clapping at every point. When the vote was announced with only two votes .against it, the assembly broke out with "Praise God from Whom All ' Blessings Plow," the sounds reverbrating through the old building until hundreds of throats took lt up. As passed the bill pro VI Hos that >be State shan be tilter January 1. 1909. The vote wa? 32 to 2. The House Confirms. Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 21.-The Carmichael prohibition bill as it pass ed tho Senate yesterday was approv ed by the House by a vote of 70 t^o 4. It will be sent to the Governor'at once. A State officer with a salary of $5,000 a year is to be appointed to eniorce the law. ' A tickling cough, from any cause, is quickly stopped by Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. And lt ls so thoroughly harmless and safe, that Dr. ?hoop tells mothers everywhere to give lt without hesitation, even to young babes. The wholesome green leaves and tender stems of a lung-healing mountainous shrub furnish the cura tive properties to Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure. It calms the cough and heals the sore and sensitive bronchial ?uembranes. No opium, no chloro form, nothing harsh used to injure or suppress. Simply a resinous plant extract that helps to heal aching liing*. The Spaniards call this shrub which the doctor uses, "The Sacred Herb." Demand Dr. Shoop's. Take no other. J. W. Bell. Tree Life (Dundee Advertiser.? Brazilian cocoanut palms live from 000 to 700 years and tb? Arabs as sert that the date palm frequently reaches the age of 200 to 300 years. Wallan's oak, near Paisley, Scotland, ls known to be more than 700 years old, and there are eight olive trees on the Mount of Olives, near Jerusa lem, which are known to have been flourishing in 1099. The yews, at Fountains Abbey, Yorkshire, were old trees when in 1130 the abbey was built, and a redwood In Marip osa Grove, California, is a manifold centenarian. Baobab trees of Africa have been computed to be more than 5,000 years o.d, and the deciduous cypress at Chapultepec is considered to be of still greater age. Hum boldt said that the Dracaena Draco at Orotava, on Teneriffe, was one of the oldest Inhabitants of the earth. An Appeal for "The Airead Line." The Bowery Mission "Bread Line," at which 1,000 men who are out in the streets for the night are given a breakfast of hot coffee and rolls every morning at 1 o'clock, is one of the most pathetic sights in all the wide, wide world. Long before the hour of opening these poor, starving men stand in a single line that some times, reaches for blocks in 1er. btu, waiting for the coffee and rolls. Div ing the last winter this breakfast was given to a total of 144,000 homeless men and boys, and up to date nearly a half million of the homeless have had their weary tramp restfully In terrupted by this unique ministra tion. The first of these breakfasts is given on Thanksgiving morning, and the last on the following Easter morning, Altogetner the mission supplied this year over 233,000 meals and 10,072 lodgings to home less men and boys. It is for this grand, philanthropic work that we ask your kind and practical co-operation. The home less, friendless, disheartened and despairing men and boys of the Bow ery are not native New Yorkers, but mon a^d boys who, until within a year, lived happily at the old home stead with father and mother, and perhaps wife. They are stranded here, and in despair appeal to the Old Bowery Mission, which, for over thirty years, has been to the unfor tunate, as the rescue cities of old, a haven of encouragement, rest and protection. Shall we turn them away? It rests with the good people of this country to decide this qxies tion, .and may God graciously help you to docide lt aright. John C. Earle, Financial Secretary, 92 Bible House, Nev. York City. Roosevelt's Money. (New York Evening Post.) Out West they are calling tho scrip and other credit tokens In which workmen arc paid, "Roosevelt's." Well, If Napoleon gave his name to. a gold coln, why should hot Roose velt give his to the other things? "Silver and gold have I none, but such as 1 have DINED WITH ROOSEVELT. Ex-Governor Heyward and Dr. Donny Consult with President. (The State. Nov. 20th.) President Roosevelt had to lunch eon ;to-day Ex-Oovernor Heyward, of South Carolina, and Dr. Denny, pre sident of Washington and Lee Uni versity. With them he discussed the proposed memori?l at some South ern institution of learning to Uen. Robert E. Lee. Mr. Hey ward is an alumnus of Washington and Lee Uni versity, and he, with President Deu ny, is interested in its location at Lexington, the seat of the university. President Roosevelt proposed this memorial in a letter on Lee's birth day, the 19th of January last, ad dressed to the president of the Wash ington Confederate Memorial Asso ciation. The idea has gained high favor, both in the South and the North, and an organization is about to be formed to promote it. The idea in the minds of Dr. Denny and Mr. Heyward ls to have it in the form of an endowment to Washington and Lee University, of which Gen.. 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