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IHK STATE FARMERS* INION. Union shows strong Growth-Ail Counties Represented. PRESIDENT HARRIS'S REPORT. A. J. A. Perrltt Elected ("resident. Several Mattera ol More or Less Importance Occupied the Dollbcr* atioiiN of tho Body. (Columbia State.) Wednesday? About 200 delegated were present at tho opening of the Farmers' Un ion Convention last night in the Hall of tho House of Representatives, every county lu the State, with few exceptions, being represented by two or more delegates. President H. Har ris in his opening address said lt was the most representative body of far mers he had ever seen assembled in the State. After the convention was organ ized, matters affecting the welfare and Interests of the Farmers' Union of South Carolina were entered upon and discussed. For obvious reasons many of the questions considered cannot be made public, us the union is a secret organization and it ls not permitted to divulge everything that was said and don?.* last night until those in authority see proper to give it out. Dr. S. J. Summers, of Orangeburg, made a very eloquent address on the opportunities and obligations of the Farmers' Union. He spoke of Its phenomenal growth, and Impressed on the con vention that ?he union, by adhering to its principles and through earnest co-operation In everything relating to the interests ol' the farmer, cnn wield a power that will be felt throughout the world. President Harris submitted a re port of his stewardship, in which he made several recommendations for Hie good of the order. The report of the president was referrd to n spe clal committee, to be named by the president, to pass upon the recoin mendntions made In the report. President Harris's report waa In part as follows: "We have now 35 county organizations In the state. In nil the counties except three are local unions. We have altogether in South Carollnn nearly 7 00 local unions. The order ls growing rapidly, and we have reason to congratulate ourselves on the work that has been accom plished in the past year. We should feel greatly encouraged to press on in the good work, the reward of which will he not only great to ourselves, but to every farmer in the State." After the adoption of the report. President Harris announced that Mr. HightOWer, president ot' the Missis sippi department of the Farmers' Union, would address the convention to-night on the subject of ware houses and the finances of the cotton crop. Kev. s. C. Mitchell, D. H.. president of the University of South Carolina, will talk to-morrow night, by Invitation. Thursday. Th?' Farmers' State Union met yes terday morning promptly at 8.30, and, after prayer by the chaplain, W. F. Dodie, the convention at once pro ceeded to business. After some discussion on certain proposed changes and amendments to the constitution, which seems to have pat the convention Into somewhat of a tangle for a little while, the report of the committee on Clemson College, appointed at the last annual meeting of the State Farmers' Union. was rend. The committee, in their report, stnted thnt they were courteously received by the officers and faculty of the college nnd given a most consid erate hearing. As the object of this committees visit, was to look Into the tag tax on fertilizers, which has led many to think that Clemson was getting in this way more money than it needed, while other State educa tional Institutions were not getting enough, and as the committee re ported favorably on the present LT) cents tag lax, the report brought forth considerable discussion. There was a feeling manifested that Clem son should he supported ns other State colleges are, and that the fer tilizer tax ought to be shared pro portionately among them. On invitation. Col. Alan Johnstone, of Newberry, in a calm, logical ad dress explained the work, needs and alms of Clemson, and showed thnt th? $200,000 revenue secured to Clemson was wisely and economically expended. The debate was adjourn ed to the afternoon, when il was again taken up, and a satisfactory conclusion roached regarding the fertilizer tax, which goes to Clemson, the report of the committee being sustained in ?t good majority. A discussion was precipitated in the convention on thc matter of rnls Ing tho dues above what they are at present. After threshing about, pro and con, the whole question was re ferred back to the State meet lng, wi! h tho petition that the matter be refer red to the local unions for final ac tion. The proposition is to raise the dues to 60 cents, 1 0 of which will go to the IOC?U unions/ 10 to the county union . 2 to the national union, and the remainder, 28 cents, to the State Tulon. A communication from the South ern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company on the subject of a rural telephone service, which ls too lengthy for publication, was read and received as Information. Commissioner Mc.Master wrote a letter to the Stato Union with refer ence to insurance matters. There was also some correspond ence from Commissioner Watson with reference to the President of the Uni ted States sending an expert to Eu rope to study textile conditions over there. This matter was referred to the secretary of agriculture. Kev. .lames Wilson. The first matter taken up at the afternoon session was the election of officers, which resulted as follows: President-A. J. S. Perrltt, of La mar. Vice president -E. W. Dabbs, of Mayosville. Secretary-treasurer - J. Whittier Kidd, Columbia. Chaplain-W. E. Bodie, Ward's. Conductor-W. Ii. Hopkins, Hop kins. Door-keeper A. I'. Calvert, of I lodges. Sergeant-nt-arms-W. P. Caskey, Lancaster. Delegate to National Union-B. Harris, ol' Pendleton. Executive Committee: First Dis trict, L. C. Padgett, Smoak's; Sec ond District. \V. K. Parks, Parks Vllle; Third District, J. B. Douthtt, Pendleton; Fourth District, t). P. Goodwin, Laurens; Fifth District, J. F. Nisbet, Lancaster; Sixth District, J. ll. Lumbers, Marlon; Seventh District, B, Keller, Cameron Dr. W. W. Hay offered the follow ing resolution, which called forth many eloquent remarks, and was unanimously adopted : "Whereas, for two years the Hon. B. Harris has given to the cause of the Farmers' Union his best effort, resulting in the wonderful growth of the order; and, "Wheeras, he has brought to his work a zeal and unselfishness, show ing his devotion to the cause of ag riculture; therefore, be lt "Resolved, By the Farmers' Union of South Carolina, lu convention as sembled. That the confidence, love and esteem of the South Carolina Un ion be hereby tendered to our retir ing president." The afternoon was concluded with an eloquent speech from United States Senator F. D. Smith, along lines that are familiar to till union men. Senator Smith has proved himself to he in action as well as In word a friend of the farmer. Night Session. Resolutions offered by Alex. D. Hudson were adopted. Tiles?' endors ed the platform of tho National Un ion with reference to immigration. L. L. Maker, of Lee county, pre sented resolutions relating to agri cultural schools and the provision for agricultural training school, un der direction of the *State Board of Education. The r?solvions also called for the trustees and faculty of Clemson College to conduct a summer school during the Bummer mont hs. The committee, to which was sub mitted the question as to whether or not the business agency of thc State Union should be continued, re ported In favor of Its continuance, and J. M. Brogden, of Sumter, was elected Slate Business Agent. As to Warehouses. The most Important mattel brought before the convention wm contained in the resolutions sub milted by W. W. Hay, chairman ol the committee on warehouses, ti which the whole matter hail beer referred, These resolutions, wilie! were adopted, are as follows: "Your committee on warehouse: beg leave to report that In our opln lon the building of bonded ware houses now being carried on hy oui brethren in other cot ton-growliif States, with a view of merging o forming them into a State corpora lion, and then forming trust com pa nb's to ?nance the cotton stored ii them, ls the proper solution of ou marketing of cotton; therefore. Ix it "Resolved, That we advise on South Carolina Inion men to pro ceed at once to build large and up to-dale warehouses al once, that W( may gel in line with our bret h rei and do business." The hour having arrived for tlx address Of President Hlghtower o the .Mississippi Division of the Par mers' Union, he was Invited by Pres Iden! Perrltt to take the rostrum Mr. hlghtower spoke tor an hon and a half. Ills speech was praeti cal and convincing and held the clos attention of his audience. lt was: most able address, perhaps tho bes ever delivered by a farmer to farm ers, with occasional witticisms thu evoked much laughter The speake contended that it ls useless for th' farmer to hope for anything fron legislation any longer, althougl FOR ALL CREATION Tbe one great ^ remeefy1 fora// j acAes a?a pa/ns Ar man a nc/ beast NOAHS LINIMENT NOAH'S NERVE, BONE AND MUSCLE LINIMENT Contains the old-fashioned ingredients of liniments used ' by your grandparents, and it also embodies the latest and up-to-date discoveries. 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Noted Baptist Minister ut Gainesville, <?a., lins Passed Away. Gainesville, Ga., July 20.-Kev. David s. McCurry, of New Holland, one Of the oldest and best known Baptist ministers o! this section, died from stomach trouble ?it his home early this morning. He was 84 years of tige and had preached for 63 con secutive years. He was born lu South Carolina, served In the Confederate anny, was once temporarily In charge of a division, and ranked as a gallant officer. Ile kept a record of every marriage, funeral, sermon, baptism, and every mlle traveled In his cir cuits of three decades among the country churches. A few days ago he performed his 1,887th marriage cer emony. He was a Mason and an Odd Fellow. Take Notice. All iiersons are recommended to take Foley's Kidney Remedy for backache, rheumatism and kidney and bladder trouble. It will quickly correct urinary Irregularities, which if neglected, may develop Into a seri ous illness. It will restore health ami strength. Do not neglect signs of kidney or bladder trouble and risk Bright's disease or diabetes. J. W. Bell. Walhalla; Stonecypher Phar macy, Westminster. Girl Missionary Admits Her Kail. The daughter of a clergyman of Belfast, Maine, told a pathetic story of seven months of missionary work among the Chinamen of Boston in the municipal court in that city one day last week, when she was arraign ed with Charlie Yee. The girl gave the fictitious name of "Annie Smith. ' "I came to this city seven months ago to do missionary work," she said. "I wanted to help the Chinese. It was not long until 1 had begun to smoke opium.'' She was lined $20, as was the Chinaman. Female Moonshiner Arrested. Surrounded hy a crude outfit, with beer in the tubs and the ripple of a little stream trickling among the fluke stands, near the prosperous town of Sparta, In Hancock county, Georgia, United States Deputy Mar shal Frank Riley last Thursday ar rested Pearl Cordon on a charge of running a blockade distillery. In all his long experience In the service this ls the first woman the officer ever captured in a "moonshine plant." The outfit was in operation and In dications were that the woman had been conducting a very extensive business. The woman gave bond for her ap pearance at a preliminary. there are always to be found politi cians who will promise to make all things right for the farmer If elect ed to office, lt ls all a delusion and a snare, and the farmer has awak ened to the fact that he must de pend on himself if he expects to bet ter his condition. President Hlghtower then went fully Into the ways and r tans that the farming class must tuiupl to do this. lt is within ?he reach of the farmers of the South to control the cotton markets of the world by financing the cotton after it is made. Confidence and pulling together by ibo members of the Farmers' Un ion, jus? as lu other business corpo rations, will revolutionize the busi ness of buying and selling cotton In this country. Of course this is the barest out line of what the spacker said, and gives not tho faintest idea of his wealth of language and logicnl pro cesses of reasoning. It is a pity that the general public could not have been present to hear what was really a very fine address. After some other business of minor and of no general Interest to (he public the convetlon ndjourned to 8.30 Friday morning. FOUND BIG MOUNTAIN l,\ K K. Sheet ot Water Higher Than Luke Tahoe Discovered. A dispatch from Los Angeles, Cal., says: At an elevation of "J,OOO feet, near the summit of Mount San Jacin to, Supervisor Marshall, of the Cleve land National Forest Reserve, has discovered an extensive lake. lt is extremely hazardous of access, to the north and south of lt being unscala ble spurs with no trails. At one place in climbing the canon to the summit the water may be seen through a cleft in the rocks. The lake lies much higher than Lake Ta hoe. Struggling over the ledge that hides it, Marshall discovered magni ficent views. There are indications of a great depth. From the peak can be seen Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, the Mojave desert, Salton Sea and the Channel Islands near Santa Barbara. Improved Machinery Pays. (Progressive Farmer.) When you see a man begin to in vest something for improved imple ments, instead of lending his money at .10 per cent, as many do, and tell you that they are not able to pay for them, you are going to see some thing doing "down South in Dixie." We are on tho line of improvement now. Thirty years ago we split rails and built fences; now we use wire, both barbed and netting. When I first thought of building such a fence I thought it would bankrupt me. I counted up the miles of fence at so much a rod and backed down right now, seeing I could not do it. But after a while I bought, forty rods of wire netting, and I liked that so well, and it did not break me, I tried eighty rods. That came out all right, and the next year I bought 340 rods, and this year 300 rods. Now I feel like my fencing days are over. It is the same way about buying improved implements. I^on't try to get it all at once, but buy a tool at a time, and soon you will have what you need, and won't know how you got them. Shae of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas CouiKy. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, county and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dollars for each and every ense of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. Frank J. Cheney. Sworn to before nie and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of De cember, A. D. 1886. (Seal.) A. W. Gleason. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure ls taken inter, nally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for con stipation. Two Georgians Suicide. Washington, Ga., July 29.-Des pondent as the result of ill health of several weeks, William Cox, of San dy Cross, killed himself by a pistol shot through the temple. The trag edy occurred early this morning. Cox was a prominent, planter of San dy Cross, and was 4 0 years old. He ls survived by his wife and three children. Commerce, Ga., July 29.--A. S. Webb, a contractor, cor mit ted sui cide here to-day by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun. Ill health ls said to have been the cause. Webb was last seen by his wife in their back yard. She saw him stoop over a Pencil, thinking ho was work ing.. A few minutes later she heard the gun discharge, and running to the spot, found her husband dead. For rndlgestion and ail stomach trouble take Foley's Orino Laxative, as it stimulates the stomach and liver and regulates the bowels and will positively cure habitual consti pation. J. W. Bel1. Walhalla; Stone cypher Pharmacy, vVestmlnster. THE REt) SHIRT REUNION. An Address-Every County is Urged to semi Representatives. As Hie State chairman* cannot un dertake to reply by letter to all in cluirles concerning the reunion to be held in Anderson on the 24th and 2?U11 of August by the Red Shirt men of the State, all newspapers a iv re quested io kindly publish the follow ing notice: *lst. Lach county delegation will be required to have a list of their delegates and rolls of as many Red Shirt companies as possible ready to hand to the committee on creden- \ tials at ll o'clock on the 2 4th day of August. 2d. Where counties have failed to call meetings and elect delegates to the State reunion, any qualified Red Shirt men from said counties may hand their names to the committee on credentials for consideration when the names of their counties are call ed. 3d. A'* no rule regulating the basis for electing delegates could be named In advance, it will be to the Interest of each county to send as many dele gates as possible. 4th. In order to dispatch the busi ness of the convention, make it pos sible to complete the enrollment and perfect the State organization within the limited time named in the pro gram for the 24th, it will be neces sary to cut off any lengthy argu ments or discussions of subjects not bearing directly upon the question before the convention. 6th. While any Red Shirt men may participate 'In the discussions, only qualified delegates will be allowed to vote. 6th. None but delegates are re quired to be present on the 2 4th, but all Red Shirt men are urged to bu in the parade on the 25th, and in their red shirts. 7th. Commanders of the different departments composing the parade are required to have their respective, commands in readiness to move promptly at the command of the chief marshal of the day at 11 a. m. J. C. Stribling, Temporary Chairman State Red Shirt Reunion. Rase Hall Crank Suicides. New York, July 29.-Harry O. Pul liain,president of the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, died at 8.10 a. m. to-day, after shooting himself through the head In his room in the New York Athletic Club last night. Although a bullet from his revolver passed entirely through lils head, severing both optic nerves and causing instant blindness, Mr. Pul liam lived from 9.30 last night until this morning. He beean.? unconscious soon after the shooting was discov ered and was unable to make any statement as to his reason for com mitting suicide, but the deed ls gene rally attributed to 111 health. Pellagra Cl Alms Young Lady. Miss Cora Rush died at her home in Camden, S. C., last week. Miss Rush was one of the operators In the locr.l telephone office until about two months ago, when she was taken sick With pellagra, so lt. la stated. 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Mahon, who for six year; has been mayor, leads John B. Mar shall by only six votes. Manon's vote being 544, against 538 for Marshall Mayor Mahon left yesterday morning on an excursion train for Charleston, and until late in the afternoon it wa j declared by his opponents that he had not filed his statement of cam paign expenses, and was, therefore, not entitled to even run In the sec ond primary against Mr. Marshall The executive committee in Cie even ing gave out a statement that. Mahon had filed an itemized statement of expenses, amounting to $7.50. and that Mr. Marshall had flied two statements (as required by the stat ute) amounting to $254.59. No matter how long you have suf fered. Foley's Kidney Remedy will help you. Mrs. S. L. Bowen, of Wayne. W. Va., writes: "'1 was a sufferer from kidney disease, so that at times I could not get out of bed, and when 1 did I could noi stand Straight. 1 look Foley's Kidnev Rem. edy. 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