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I1 lu ; KS FARMERS Tt) DIVERSIFY. President llurris Advocates Decreuse in the Cotton Acreage. B. Harris, president of the State Farmers' Tulon, lias issued tho fol lowing address to the cotton grow ers of South Carolina: "We now hear of some iarmers selling their cotton for future deliv ery in October or November. At first the buyers entered the field offering 10 cents. They bought what they could at that price, then they offered 10%, and bought what they could up to the present, and are now offer ing 12 cents for it. Why does the farmer do this? lt is because he does not think and ?u?e good business judgment. Ht? should realize at once that this ls u game of the speculators to defeat the objects of the Farmers' Union. The farmers should realize at once that thc speculator knows that cotton will be worth mere in October and November than he ls paying for il now. "With the bright outlook for cot ton the coming season to go very much higher, why should any far mer act with such little Judgment? Why did cotton take a tumble on Fri day last on boll weevil report? One of Brice's tricks to catch the suckers. They had been taking the halt, and the boll weevil report wus all he wanted to catch them willi. Any one with common sense ought. lo know that when the weather gets hot and dry enough to kill the boll weevil thal it will kill cotton also. Telegraph reports on the 17th of July state that the drought-stricken section of f>,OOO,OOO acres in Texas ha? had practically no relief, and conditions are serious. Rain must come In the next few days or lt will be too late. The world generally does not realize that this crop is get ting such a backward start. Its pow ers of recuperation from this time on are very limited o nd we are prac tically up to the period where tho dry, hot weather of July and August will set in and find the tiny, sappy, dwarfish plant ls in no condition to utand the trials of the heat. A Two-Edge \ Factor. "Brother farmers, Just remember If it rains in the drought-stricken dis tricts in Texas to revive the cotton plant the boll weevil will revive in proportion to the cotton, and if the heated tenn still stay? to 104 and up to 108 degrees of heat, cotton and boll weevil will suffer alike. "Brother farmers, no need to be alarmed. You have the best posi tion In this light. The man who has sold his cotton for October and No vember delivery will ever regret his mistake. "Now lei's see why he is able to Bell for October and November de livery. "This was never heard of before the organization of the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America. This ol' itself should stimulate every farmer to join this great and grand organization. What is the reason the Farmers' Union has not achieved to Its fullest extent its siims and objects? lt ls because of the great Ignorance of the farmers themselves. But I am proud to say that day by day the Farmer!.' Edu cational and Co-operative Union of America ls growing stronger and stronger, and being better fortified to free themselves of the great bur den of speculation. I am proud to say that the farmers are beginning to learn some valuable lessons through the teachings of the Farm ers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America. Its power is be ing felt not only In this country alone, but all over the world. "I would to God the farmer could realize the power he has. as the world sees it for him. 1 am proud to say that the cloud of mist is being lolled away through this great or ganization, and sunshine and bright ness is beginning to peep u,tough. The farmer is beginning to see that help must come through his own per sonal efforts, and that there is help for him through organization, co-op eration and diversification of crops. This is the greatest lesson for him to leam, and when this ls learned suc cess is his. A (?ood Move. "I am proud to say that the farm ers did cul acreage this year 1,500, 000 acres, and planted an increase ol food crops. I want to tell you, bro ther farmers, this cutting of acreage is helping to make the price of cot ton to-day more than ii is getting credit for. "Why will colton producers .aise 13,000,000 bales of colton when tiny know they can get as much money for 10,000.000 bales as they can for 1 .'5,000,000? It seems to me that no sane person would do such business as this. If a manufacturer, by stopping one-third of his looms, could make as much money ns hy running the whole he would stop tHat. one-third at once. "Brother farmers, I do not want you to forget that you have a valua ble crop in your cotton seed, and .Mix.?: HUDBON PASSED AWAY. Dieri nt thc Hume o? Ills Daughter in Greenville. Greenville, July 22.-Joshua Hil nry Hudson, 77 years of age-states man, soldier, jurist and.citizen, of Whom all South Carolina was proud -died this afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. W. A. Williams, after an illness lasting for several weeks. None was prepared for the sudden ending of the life of the dis tinguished jurist, whose name has for two decades or more been a syno nym for all that stood for the right and the Just. Besides Mrs. Wlllains, the daugh ter at whose home he died, ne leaves three other daughters, Mrs. A. A. Bristow, of this city; Mrs. J. L. Jor dan and Mrs. W. R. Crosland, of Bennettsvllle. The body will be taken to Bennettsvllle to-morrow af ternoon at 12.30 o'clock and the In terment will be mude there. Joshua Hilary Hudson, soldier and jurist, was born in Chester January 2!>. 1S32. He was one o. seven chil dren-Sarah. John. Kllza, Marla, < Joshua, Rush and Cornella-the fam ily of a poor man. Almost from his infancy his life was one of struggle against an unfavorable environment, but through it till his indomitable spirit bore up, and led him ever to greater heights. The son of a tailor-Dabney Hud son-he was left fatherless at the age of four. His mother. Narclssa Cook Hudson, took upon her wo man's shoulders the burden of rear ing a family of seven children. How the dauntless mother strove is told, with touching simplicity, In Judge Hudson's autoulography. "During the last few years of his life," says Judge Hudson, "Dabney Hudson was keeper of the Jail in Chester and continued industriously at his trade! * . * He died, greatly . regretted by his family and numer ous friends, on the 7th day of May, 1836, leaving a widow and seven children, the eldest being 12 years of age and the youngest but eight months. lt ls rarely that the mo ther with her seven orphans ls left in more destitute circumstances. She was permitted by the kind-hearted Sheriff Cabeen to reside In and keep the Jail until the end of the year, and all the duties of the office she per formed Industriously and well. But the duties of the office could not con tinue to be performed by a woman, and she was forced to seek shelter elsewhere." Many people with chronic throat and lung trouble have found comfort and relief In Foley's Honey and Tar, 1 as lt cures stubborn coughs after other treatment has failed. L. M. Buggies, Reasnor, Iowa, writes: "The doctors said I had consump I tion, and I got no better until I took i Foley's Honey nnd Tar. It stopped ; the hemorrhages and pain In my lungs and they are now as sound tis a bullet." J. W. Bell, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westmin ster, S. C. Lightning Kills Woman. During a heavy thunderstorm at Cool Spring. Morry county, last Wed nesday afternoon, Mrs. Tally Rabon was struck by lightning and killed Her step-father. Abram Rabon, who stood only a few feet from her, was struck by the same bolt and knocked unconcsious. Ills shoes were also knocked from his feet. Mr. Rabon never gained consciousness until sev eral hours afterward. Mrs. Rabon's husband and chil dren knew nothing of the sad occur rence until several hours after, when returning from the tobac*" field, where they had been filling a barn, they found the dead body lying In the yard and only a few feet away the unconscious form of another. The man and woman were in the yard when struck, they having start, ed to the well during the heaviest of the lightning. just recollect and keep JUC eye on them until the price gets right. If you do let your seed go be sure and know what you will have lo give for your meal before letting them go. "I want to call your attention that i August, 1909, is the month to begin fixing a price for your HMO cotton crop by preparing lo sow down a large acreage ol' oats and wheat, also sow plenty r winter cover crops, and grow your nitrogen in the soil. One (billar and flftj cents' worth of crim son clover seed sown on an acre of your cotton laud ahmt the 1.1th of i September will grow into your soil $:50 worth of nitrogen. Think what an investment for $1.50! Also sow one and a half bushels of oats with 35 pounds of hairy vetch per acre, and you will raise an abundant sup ply of nice hay which will he ready to cut about June I. If you have never tried the above begin by try ing a few acres this year, and you will not stop until you sow many; many acres In the future. Just re member hog and hominy is the key note of the situation. "B. Harris. "President S. C. Farmers' Union." I FOR ALL CREATION TAe one great remecfy] fora// j aches a?a pams /a man and beast ?S NOAHS NERVE, BONE AND MUSCLE INI MENT Contains the old-fashioned ingredients of liniments used by your grandparents, and it also embodies the latest and up-to-date discoveries. It is therefore the advantage over remedies that have been before the pub lic 25 or 50 years, in that it is up-to-date in its ingredients, it is Triple Strength, and the Most Penetrating, therefore Most Effective. Best for AV. Nerve, Bone and Muscle Aches and Pains. It strikes almost instantly into the cords, muscles and nerves in any part of the body, giving relief more quickly than any other remedy known, because bf its pe culiar penetrating properties. Absolutely pure, for internal and external uses for man and beast. For All Creation. Try it. 25c. Sold by druggists; everywhere. Money refunded If lt falls to do all Claimed. Sample on request. Noah Itemedy Co., lloston and Itk-hmond, V. S. A. I newt for rhcnmntlHii:, sciatica, lame back, mtltt Joint, nn? mande?, ?ore throat, cold?, atratoa, apratna, cut?, i> misen, colic, crampa, Inciter Nt lon, etc., etc. _ GUARANTEED AND SOLD BY DH. J. \V. BELL, WALHALLA, AND W. J. LUNNEY, SENECA. DIJBMSON TREASURER'S REPORT. Fertilizer Tug Tax Brought in $177, ?271 During Year Ending .lune HO. Clemson Coll?ge special: The llnance committee of the hoard of trustees has finished its Inspection of the hooks of the treasurer for the year ending June 30. Below are a few interesting facts and ligures from the treasurer's report for the year: The Income from the fertilizer in spection tag tax was $177,27 1. Of this amount the trustees expended by order of the General Assembly %<i\ 389.79 as follows: Kor Inspection of fertilizers and mailing fertilizer bul- i lettns, $13,638.59; for analysis of j fertilizers, minerals, ores, waters, etc., $8,997.65 ; for entomological inspection, $1,415.72; for veterinary inspection, $2,177.11; for Texas fever tick eradication, $6,583.98; for coast experiment station, $16,953.69; for farmers' Institutes, $516.26; for 1G5 beneficiary scholarships, $15, 166.79. These expenditures leave a bal ance credited to the college of $112, 881.95, to which must be added the Income from the productive funds, such ns the Clemson bequest, tuition, rents, farm herd and dalry, etc., amounting to $9,702.81, and the In come from the Federal government, $23,254. These amounts, with a balance of $19,775.16, make a total of $165,613.92 for the use of the col ?ege. The expenditures of the college proper for the year were for perma nent improvements, operating, equip ment, supplies, labor, insurance, paid cadet fund, and salaries-by depart ments as follows: Academic depart mental $22,016.15; agricultural de partment, $15,648.27; chemical de partment. $6,737.30; engineering de partment, $24.885.98 ; military de partment. $3.010.39; textile depart ment, $6.955.64; miscellaneous de partment, $67.1 Ki.ll. The items which make thc miscellaneous de partment mount up are chiefly bar racks, maintenance and equipment, heat, light and water, construction and repairs, support of convicts, ex penses and salaries of president's and treasurer's offices, trustees' ex penses, library, prlntery, etc. Delay >n commencing treatment for a slight lrieg\ilarlty that could have been cured quickly by Foley's Kidney Remedy may result In a seri ous .kidney disease. Foley's Kidney Remedy builds up the worn-out tis sues and strengthens these organs. J. W. Bed, Walhalla; Stonecypher Pharmacy, Westminster. S. C. The Fall of a Mau. (Greenville News.) The shortage of Cashier Holle man of Anderson ls nothing short of distressing. Boor fellow, he didn't intend to misappropriate the funds, but he commenced gambling on the cotton market, with the result that is an old story. He was most high ly regarded by all md bore a repu tation for integrity and honest deal ing that was spotless. Ills fall ls a tragedy. He has brought ruin to himself, disgrace lo his family and distress to his friends. His ad has jarred business circles and mocked integrity. We are sorry; but being sorry doesn't help. Ile has sinned against God and man and has brought sorrow and suffering to bb family and friends. Although ll pains us to say ii, lie should be made lo suffer for bis misdoing. DOCTORS Itay consumption can bel cured. ( Nature alone won't I do it, it needs help. seo i rs f MU SION ?a the beat help, butit* ute mutt be continued in sum mer ag well aa winter. T?k? lt In ? little cold milk or water Cet a ?null bottle now. All DruggltU THE STANDARD OF TH E WORLD UNION DOING FARMERS GOOD In Georgia it is Saving them Thoa? saillis of Dollars. That tho Georgia division of the Fanners' Guion is doing business is attested by the following article taken from the Atlanta Georgian: Since July 1 a carload a day of first class all-wheat flour ha? rolled Into Georgia, to be sold direct to far- . mei's over the State at a price of | $1.50 per barrel below prices now quoted in the open market. This movement was inaugurated and put under way by the Georgia division of the Farmers* Futon, and so effectively that only a suspicion of lt has leaked into traci? marts over the State. Yet for sixteen days? In cluding Friday, a car a day of fine j Hour has come into Georgia, to ""be , distributed to members of the Farm ers' Union anywhere within the bounds of the State at a price $1.50 cheaper than the open market quo tation, which is $7.25 per barrel. Under this same contract Alabama ls getting half a car a day, and lt Is said U.a.. this movement of flour will continue until grain in the farmers' hands brings prices and profits which are now passing into the hands of speculators like Patten. The Inside history of this move of the Farmers' Union will probably never be known to the outside world, but it is known that representatives of the organization In this State went Into the Western grain fields and made contracts direct with grain growers, then with *he milling peo ple. Through this method, various mid diemen were cut out. The grain goes direct from the growers to the mil lers, is milled into (lour, then ship ped direct to Georgia. The unstable condition of the flour market at this time has done much to insure the complete success of this movement. It ls said that dealers here and elsewhere in the State are running with comparatively low stocks, because the market is uncer tain. Mills are chary of quoting prices, inasmuch as the great grain center Chicago-has a wild market now and the speculators rule with an iron hand. It lg said that the Farmers' Union has so arranged matters that this car a clay movement can continue for weeks, which means that the farm ers and consumers of the State will be saved many thousands of dollars. As a result of this direct entry of the union into the market, it ls claimed that grain growers are getting 14 cents more per bushel for wheat noir. It ls one of the most. Important moves ever put forward by the Far mers' Union, and Indicates that the organization is thoroughly alive to the interests of its membership. lt is significant that this flour movement began close on the heels of a trip made to Indiana by J. B. Lee, State president of the union. When questioned about it, he only smiled. But It was a significant smile! Fl?thes aching pain. Heals cuts oi burns without, a scar. Cures piles, eczema, salt rheum, any Itching. Doan's Ointment. Your druggist sells lt. Monkey Killed Self by Grief. Chicagq dispatch: Grief over tho death of Dr. Monroe S. Leech, two weeks ago, caused the suicide of the physician's pet monkey, which re fused to touch food after its master died, lt succumbed last week. When Dr. Leech was taken ill the monkey took np Its post at the sick bed and refused to leav?. On the day the physician died it ls declared by members of the family that tho animal whimpered like a child. At the funeral lt was permitted to look for the last time on the face of Its dead master. With shrill, almost human cries, it clung to the casket and it was necessary to pull it away. TH E SUNSHINE WOK IC. H;iJ's of Sunshine aro Heilig Scatter ed All Over Oconee. How many of us fail to give he cause we have not the "Silver and (?old?" "God does not ask us to give what we do not have." Surely, we all can give a pleasant word, a smile, or a word of encouragement to the down-hearted, or to one who needs it loving sympathy. Some times we think we have so little to give that lt's not worth "passing on.' Any Sunshiner ls well repaid when he sees the happy smile that trans forms the face when a little gift Is made in the name of Sunshine. The receiver knows it's not charity, hut loving kindness. Issaquena and Poplar sent a bas ket of sunshine to a widow and two little fatherless children. Surely it is more blessed to give than to re ceive, for it did make us rejoice to think we had carried one ray of sun shine into that darkeued home. Bounty Land and Issaquena gave an old veteran and his paralyzed wife a basket of sunshine. Issaquena and Oceola gave a blind man with a wife and two children a basket running over with sunshine. To each society I gave an invalid to be looked niter and kept In good reading matter. The societies in the county are as iollow8: Issaquena Sunshine Society-4 fi members.-Mrs. Julia D. Shankiin, president; Mrs. Lucy Burrlss, trea surer; Miss Cornella Poster, secre tary. Oceola Sunshine Society-24 mem bers.-Miss Grace Vernor, president; Miss Beth Coe, secretary; Miss Pearl Watson, treasurer. Poplar Sunshine Society-52 mem bers.-James Davis, president; Miss Agnes McAlister, vice president; Miss Manne Addis, secretary and treasu rer. Wagoner Sunshine Society- 32 members.-Miss Bessie Kell, presi dent; Mrs. W. W. Burley, vice presi dent; Miss Neille Burley, secretary; Mrs. W. M. Pennell, treasurer. Return-57 members.-Mrs. Nor ton Cox, president; Miss Ella Wil liams, vice pref'dent; Miss Elfie Martin, secretary; Miss Vartha Jul ian, treasurer. Bounty Land-15 members. - Mi-s. D. A. Perritt, president; Miss Birdie Smith, vice president; Mrs. Jasper Doyle, secretary; Miss May Guntharp, treasurer. The Hiawatha, at Salem, has more than 20 members. I am especially proud of Hiawatha, as lt's the first society organized since I was ap pointed. They did not walt for me to come, but organized and went to work. They send In good reports every month. At Wolf Stake Miss Hortense Tay lor organized a society of 22 mem bers. I look for good reports from them. The Richland International Sun shine Society ls composod entirely of young men. The young men who were, raised hereTand have left home have all joined with some of the home boys to make a society I am very proud of. The Gonzales, with eight members, ls composed of people all over the State who cannot la-long to a club. The Four Score-Col. Robert. A. Thompson, Capt. John C. Neville, Mrs. Elizabeth Hughs, Mrs. Eliza beth Martin. ". I can put some touches of rosy sunset Into tho lie of any man or woman, then I feel that I have wrought with God." "To make an old person happier, more comfortable, more hopeful that is to put the touch of a rosy sunset Into a human life. It ls a special privilege of youth to cheer old age. How naturally an old per son turns to a young person for sun shine. It ls In the power of every young person to bring sun-light Into the life of soino old person, to Im part that touch of rosy sunset which OFFICIAL AX I) TYPIST (JONE. Tennessee County Clerk Missing. He-lie veil to Ile $20,000 Short. Johnson City, Tenn., July 26. Tho police In every city in the South, in addition to a number of detectives, are searching for Foy W. Dulaney, the missing Circuit Court Clerk of Washington county, "Tennessee, who BUddenly disappeared from his home here nearly three weeks ago. War rants have been issued for his arrest on a charge of embezzlement. It ia? believed that he is nearly $20,000 short as clerk. He left other indebt edness of probably $20,000. lt is a singular coincidence that. Dulaney'8 stenographer, a pretty black-haired girl, left Johnson City the day before he was missing, and has not leen heard from since. Du laney left a note saying he was going away to try his fortune elsewhere, and if left alone would, if possible, pay back his shortage. Dulaney has a wife and one child here. He is believed to have gone to South America. "I suffered habitually from con stipation. Doan'8 Regulets relieved and strengthened the bowels so that they have been regular ever since." A. E. Davis, Grocer, Sulphur Springs, Texas. From Jocassee Val Jocassee, July 19.-Sp> farmers of this section : done laying-by, while sonn grass patch still. We are glad to note thal James Patterson is Improving. He is able to sit up again. Lewis Talley is wreathed in smiles. It's a girl. Miss Nancy Patterson visited Miss Eliza Crow last Saturda> and Sun day. Andrew Cash made a flying trip to Pickens, Easley and other points re cently. He was accompanied by his cousin Miss Ella Talley. Mrs. .Julia Albertson spent the ? lu.-.i week with her daughter. Mrs. A?inerva Talley. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Whitmlro are entertaining a little girl at their home. Rev. J. A. Bond filled his regular appointment at Mount Carmel on July 10th and 11th. We are al ways glad to see him coming our way B. E. is so sweet to the aged pilgrim who ls drawing near the close of life." 1 will be glad to have the names of all who are eighty years old or more living In Oconee. Mrs. Julia D. Shanklln. County Organizer. BEWARE ol the nutation band-the man who I trys to sell you " just as good as " Cortright Metal Shingles If you want a root that will last as long as the building itself and never need repairs insist on having Genuine Cortright Metal Shin?Jei with the words "Cortright Reg-. U. S. Pat. Off." embossed on the fourth ridge of every shingle. They make handsome roofs that are storm, fire and lightning proof. Just the thing for suburban or country residences. SOLO HERE BY SENECA HARDWARE COMPANY, Seneca, S. C.