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K. W. ?AltlkS T<> BF.TIBK. Makra Strong A ?hires? to tho Stat? Farmers Union-For Segregation. Columbia. July 29.--Insisting that Ira be relieved of ins omeo, because he ha? undertaken a community de velopment project which will require his attention. K. W. Dahba. of Mayes vllle, president, told the State Farm ers' inion, in annual session in Co lumbia yesterday, that the best ser vice the union could render would be to brinn about the perfecting of the Slate warehouse system. Mr. I ?abbs said : "We have come to the close of an other year in t tie history of the farm ers' union a year that has been fraught with more perplexity and anxiety for our people, whether far mers, bankers and business men or officials of our State and national governments, Dian any of us have .ever experienced, except the few old men and women who maintained tlie tight and 'kepi the faith' for a white civilization in the dark days of 18G5 and the hellish times of Reconstruc tion. To this handful who are left, and to thc memory of their com prat riots who have Crossed the river' we owe much of Die inspiration that bas enabled us to look to tho future with confidence; we owe much for the courage to go about our daily deities, trusting in i he divine Providence thai ruled in the armies of heaven and among the inhabitants of cart li, and cnuseth all things to work together foi His own glory and for the good Of His people. An Eventful Year. "A year ago when wi' met ill An derson the cloud of war was so small thal only the few far-sighted among as suspected it. You appointed a committee on warehousing and mar keting cotton. This committee con sisted of the president, the vice presi dent and the executive committee. Under normal conditions the duties of this com m i Dec. to secure co-opera tion among farmers and with bank ers for sane marketing-withholding cotton from depressed markets and feeding it judiciously to rising or 1lrm markets-would have required our best efforts. Your committee held a meeting on the train from An- J derson and issued an address to the j people urging sane marketing "But when, the very next week, on Saturday, we learned Dial war had . e. 'I dent of the Southern Cotton congress, to have that congress assemble at the earliest possible date. Ile immedi ately issued a call for a meeting in Washington for August I J and I::. This was the beginning of th? great i est series of meetings ever hold to discuss an economic question. Some of our discussions were iiuprotiiable, ! and. l think positively harmful, be cause we became hysterical ano made ' statements thal did riiore harm by d' . .< m. m." our section, our cotton and our people, than all the real in jury. I can my this hecante I made some of t lose statements my self, and I am ait criticising Otliers as numb as myself. Some have said we did no good. This is a very su perficial view to take. We did good a wot ld of good, for I have never *.-een our people more determined to nu.ke sacrifices to bold cotton. And ir dead of its going lo 1 cents, as was i rce:> predicted, we saw it advance 1o S and '.?. and almost to IO cents, which i believe ir would have rea ch ot' but for the sinking of the Lusitania In all rbis campaign the Farm ers' I nion took a leading nar', press ing upon the administration at : Washington the importance of speed ily establishing the regional reserve hanking system, and upon farmers and bankers thc need of working to gether ?o make effective the improved hanking system, ano by .every econ omy withholding cotton until it j would brin:- a nounal price. As your president and as <n member of tho committee of the National Farmers' Union, I attended two conferences In Washington, as well as the cotton coi Kress, where all the pressure (hat we could Pring to bear upon Cou ll nd the administration was ox < ; ted in behalf of t he coi ton grow ers. But the greatest result wat the action of the South Carolina i ;is lature in the enactment of the e house law and the reduction ot ,t lon acreage by law. The latter was repealed bj the regular session of the Legislature in January, bul Ibo warehouse law was improved to some extent, at the instance of the Janu ary meeting of the State Union. Improve Warelmuse Act. "li is my earnest purpose that this meeting of tho State Union mav be noted for uniting on a common plat form the farmers, the bankers, the legislative and executive branches of tli?; state government lo promote the highest efficiency of the state ware house system. "I have no doubt thal the commit jiert graders, weighers and staplers, tee will he criticised for putting the Governor and the State Warehouse Commissioner on the same program. Hut we know that tiley are construct ive statesmen who can rise above personal ends in this splendid oppor tunity to perfect a marketing sys tem tor the State's greatest money crop, ami we do not care for the criti cism of peanut politicians. 1 believe thal with the experience of the past year as a guido, the Governor, the State Warehouse Commissioner and the patriotic members of the Legis lature, with the assistance of this body, will give us a measure as near l>erfect as the human mind can de vise. "Our great ot work is to show to the farmers and the bankers that this advance step in economic mar keting cannot work iiself, that ex clu ap Insurance and the best possi ble connection on tho part of the commissioner with financial centers and with spinners, docs not solve the problem. All those only provide the machinery. The fanners and the bankers of the State mast make usc of this machinery to make it effect ive for the security of tho farmers and the prosperity of the entire peo ple. "I have not at this meeting cared to give much time to anything but the cotton warehouse system. be cause it is the one thing upon which, ?it this time, we ought not to have much trouble in uniting our people, if they can ^ut understand its work ings and the vast possibilities that : lie in it.s general acceptance as the most economic way to market our cotton crop. Co-o| ?ern tl ve Rnterpri sos. "At the .lan na ry meeting of the state Union we appointed a commit tee, with T. H. Tbackston al its hoad, to prepare and present to the Legislature a bill to regulate Hie or- j ganlzation of truly co-operative far mers' enterprises. This bill was passed and I am glad to report to you thal Mr. Tbackston is now organiz ing ?i tanners' co-operative market association in Spartanburg county, i This, we trust, will be a part of the ? Farmers' I'nion and not an independ 1 eut society. "1 am sorry to have to say it, but it is a fact thal we need not bide from ourselves. The union is not as strong in numbers as it was when we met a year ago. Whether some ; other member could have spcuro.i ? i ll ,. to disagree, as you did a year ago. I must decline re-election. My person al affairs have claimed so much of my time and thought during the past year that the i 1 : t ] i . service I have rendered was ul n personal loss thal I could not afford. Hence I have not been as active for yon as I wished to ho. The interests committed to my charge are such that I cannot con tinue to divide my time without do- i ing groat injustice io myself and to the trust thal I have undertaken to administer, as well as to the union. "lt is my purpose to use this op portunity to build up a model rural community, where white land own ing fanners will he close enough to be neighbors in every sense of Hie. word. To-day thousands of acres of j our best lands aro being hacked over i by the irresponsible, whoso credit is ? based on the criminal statutes, while the meagre returns are being spent by absentee landlords and lien mer chants to build up and develop other communities. 1 ws.nl to make it a better community foi no neighbors and my children to live in, by bring ing in native Carolinians from some of ?lie more thickly populated dis tricts, and, if these do not till up our waste jdaces. good families from any where, who will help us keep up the historic oJd church, make our school the equal of the best anywhere and give us 111ia t satisfying social life the lack Of which has .sent so many good farmers and their families to the towns and the cities. This ls a man's job and will take my undivid ed attention, lt will be a living dem onstration of tia' doctrines of the Farmers' I'nion, and I trust thc seven years that I have devoted to the ser vice of the nu iou, county, state and national, will in a measure tit me for thc work ! am sure my great est service to tile cause at this tillie will be in working out this problem in my Utile corner of Ibo world. "I want to thank you one and all. for the honors you have heaped oil my head, for the friendships I have made through your kindness io me. I only wish I could have been more efficient in your service. With the light thal I had and the limitation of my resources, I did the best that I could, Knee Segregation. I pledge to the cause of organized farmers my sympathy and personal support until we have secured a square deal politically as well as financially, l'util we are organized in every school district through co (MX)NKF, SCHOOLS COM5U0M?K?. Providence, Clemson College, Blue Killuc, Oak way Mini Townvillc. Clemson College, July 26.-Editor Keowee Courier: Deeming the en cloned letter ol general interest, I am Bending ?ame to you with the rennest thal you publish sante in The Cou rier. Very truly yours, S. M. Martin, Trustee Clemson Qraded School. Five Fine Oconee Schools. Walhalla, S. C.. July 20, 191".. To the Trustees of Clemson Col lege, Clemson College, S C.- Dear Sirs: 1 am just in receipt of a letter from State Superintendent of Educa tion J. E. Swearingen, in which oc curs the following, which I take pleasure in passing on to you for your edification and encouragement: "I have just finished reading the annual reports from Providence, Clemson Collego, Hine Ridge, Oak way and Townville. i a? ?u euu Mice at Clemson Col lege is one c fhe best yet reported to my office. I should like to see this school become a model of Its kind. 'These live schools represent the type of rural education which we must endeavor to secure in Oconee county. I hope every school will not only maintain this standard, hut will improve during 1915-16." 1 congratulate you on this report, and am confident that your success ful operation of this school will con tinue. Yours respectfully, Thos. A. Sm"?-. Ilm??cl., flited 91,000,000. Paris. July 29.-Another fine of one million dollars has been Imposed on the city of llrussels by the Qer ! man authorities in consequence of j the destruction of a Zeppelin dirigi ble balloon at Evere by aviators of I the entente allies, according to the , correspondent at Havre of the Petit I Parisien. (A dispatch from Amsterdam .lune , l t said that British airmen had at tacked the Zeppelin sheds at Eveie, to the north of Brussels, and had set fire to the building, destroying the Zeppelin inside. ) operation in production, in market ing, in school, church and social life. ? lo hel|i the farmer thal thc world has ever seen. lt is organized, directed and contre ?d hy the interests that have latte m.. on the fanners and it is lulling ns to sleep while the chains of slavery are being mure securely riveted upon us. And because it fur nishes us free entertainment and doe not cost us anything, we Hunk W9 are getting something from Ha ir, foi nothing. With till my heart I entreat my fellow-members of the anion, wherever you have any semblance ~of an organization, do not give it up for a pig club or anything else offered you without cost. Pul rally to your local tl tl lor ind make it t lie business channel through which you meet the organized commercial world "I have slowly but irresistibly como to the conclusion thal Cl?reme Poe and the North Carolina Fanners' Un ion are right, eternally right, when they contend for the segregation of the races in land ownership. Sooner or later, and the quicker the hetter, we of South Carolina must face this issue, and draw more closely to gether our white citizenship that we may be abie hy our nearness to each ot lier to co-operate in anything that will help us to a hetter and mme sat isfying life. As long as wc maintain the line of social demarcation-and Coil forbid that it should ever be broken down-neither raer can work out its own highest destiny while sandwiched togetner as landowners, yet on different social plane;. For further argument in favor of separat ing into white and black communi ties, I need but refer you io your own observation of the greater thrift and progress of home-owning white communities than those -citions where large estates are rented to ne groes b> absentee landlords. with hero .ind there a white landowner trying to keep bright the torch of civilization and progress unaided by his fellowmen, because too far from each other to co-operate. | com mend this question to your most earn esi study, because wrapped np l0 it are thc purity and the supremacy of the Anglo-Saxon race, an I with it the prosperity of Cae State and of the Soul ii." Neuralgin Pains Stopped. You don't need to suffer those ago nizing nerve pains in the face, head, arms, shoulders, chest and back, Just apply a few drops of soothing Sloan's Liniment; lie quietly a few minutes. You w ill get such relief ami comfort! I.i'e and CH- world will look brighter. Col a bottle to-day. Three fiances for -'.".c.. at all druggists. Penetrates without rubbing.-- Adv. ]. SESSION STATE FARMERS' UNION I Close?* With Election of Officers-II. T. Morrison Heads Organization. Columbia. July 29.-A spirit of optimism as to the outlook for cot ton was expressed by Governor It. 1. Manning this morning in his speech to the State Farmers' Union. The Oovernor thinks the cotton situation much more favorable than last year and that the farmers are better pre pared to meet the conditions this year, as warehouse and storage facili ties and arrangements to carry the cotton are much better. Ho pointed out that last year the hank.s lu nearly all cases had loans up to their limit, and in many instances beyond the le gal limit, but this year, he said, the banks are lu better condition to carry ' cotton loans. I*ralses Warehouse System. The Governor said the State ware house system was a good system j which affords opportunity to market gradually, hilt the system, he con tended, needs some amendments. The Oovernor and Warehouse Com missioner, with the help of members j of the General Assembly, will work j on these amendments and have them | ready for presentation to the law makers when they assemble in Jan- j nary, he said. Suggestions from the legislative committee of the Farmers' Union would he welcomed by the I Co vernor. The speech of Governor Manning was well received. Ile talked as a farmer *<* farmers, and because he is ?t farmer and knows the problems ; himself, he was able to get at the i vitals of the subject in his own in teresting way. F. M. Dwight, of Sumter, talked on the relation of the farmers and bankers to the State warehouse sys tem and how to make it effective for the present and incoming cotton. The Officers. The following officers were elected ' for the ensuing year: H. T. Morrison, of McClellan ville, president, (vice E. W. Dabbs, who de clined another term.) J. Frank Willis, of Sumter, vice president. J. Whittier Reid, of Columbia, sec- j retary and treasurer. M. W. Gramling, of Orangeburg, | was elected a member of the execu- ; ti ve committee for three years, vice ? , ed re ete< ? ion. ? aosen as visiting fraternal delegate to the State Fede ration of Labor. Warehouse Commissioner Mid.au ria sent his regrets al not being able to lie present. Mrs. MeLaurin is ill in a hospital in Charlotte and the 1 Senator could not got to Columbia in time to-day for the meeting. Tlie association at its meeting late last night endorsed the proposed State highway system as advocated by Capt. Reid Whitford, of Charleston. An invitation from James Sottile to hold the next meeting at the Isle of Palms was received and referred to the executive committee, which has this power under the constitution. The annual meeting came to a close this afternoon after a two-days' session. Members report a pleasant meeting and are encouraged over the outlook in general. TAX COMMISSION ENJOINED. Decision Adverse t? State in Case In stituted hy Si-vend Ranks. Columbia, July 28.-That the State Tax Commission cannot assess banks and cannot review the assessments filed by the banks with the county auditors and passed on by them and the county boards on or before Feb ruary 20, and tba*, the commission cannot assess tim franchise and prop erty of the bank, is the opinion of Associate Justice lt. C. Watts. These Undings wer?! made by Jus tice Watts in granting tho mandamus of the .National Loan and Exchange Hank, of Greenwood, requiring the tax commission to return to the audi tor of Greenwood county their assess ment ?ts filed with him on February 20, and in enjoining the tax commis sion from assessing or reviewing the returns of the People's National Hank of Greenville. The constitutionality of the act ere ating the State Tax Commission and the validity of the act are not passed on in the decree. Must Leave Returns Alone. The tax commission is enjoined from in any way interfering with the returns of the banks-or In assessing them. Justice Watts over-ruled the objec tion of Assistant Attorney General Dominick, and said the court bad jurisdiction of the case. Ile held that Injunctions could be applied for and granted where the court saw proper, and thal the Legislature could not forbid the granting of injunctions against the tax commission. For the banks to pay the tax under protect und then sue tor recovery was held not to bc an adequate remedy. Assistant Attorney General Domi nick would not comment on the decis ion further than to say that he had already given notice of appeal to the Supreme Court, and that he felt con fident of finally winning the case. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Your druggist witt refund money it PAZO OINTMENT (nils lo cure any ense of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Pile? iu6to 14 days. The first application gives Uo.se and Kest. SOC These .Men Are Talking Sense. ( Greenwood Journal. ) "We are going to make a predic lion, and it is going to come true. You may cut it out and pants it in your scrapbook if you like. "rile prediction is this: Within the next few years the city of Ander son will spend fifty times more money for setting out shade trees than it has sjient during the last few years cut ting down shade trees. "The new street paving is going to be a tine thing, but during the sum mers it is going to greatly increase the heat of the streets along which it is laid. The sun will beat down on the brick and asphalt, and it will get hot during the day and stay hot during the nights, and the discomfort Of man and beast will be increased. People will realize then that shade trees would be a great help in allevi ating the heat, and they will demand shade trees and the city will have to provide them. "lt will cost a lot of money to set out new shade trees, and it will take a long time for the trees to grow to a size that will give the relief that will be needed. There will be many years In Which to repent of the folly of the past which prompted the cutting down of so many noble trees."-An derson Mail. Tile above could not have been more applicable to conditions in Greenwood had it been written espe cially with reference to our own situ ation. In a few months, should the bond issue be carried, we shall have the same thing to contend with. The axe will be brought into requisition, and many a treo that lt has taken a generation to produce will be felled. It seems that the fewest number of people appreciate the value of trees. They certainly have very little idea as to the time it takes to produce them. We do hope that especial at and tin i ever] a ninth lion poneiide ? liv. UU?.? o ? When the writer came to Green-! wood -eighteen years a?o-it had one of tho pretties! and best shaded squares that we have over seen, bul the trees are all practically gone now, and we suppose that they will rover be replaced. We were told that they had to give way to progress, though we have never been able to see it thal way. We should prefer less progress, If it means the destruc tion of our trees. Will Resume Trade. Washington, July 28.-Details of an arrangement under which tho Russian embargo on exports to the United States will bo lifted will be worked out with the Russian ambas sador. George Rakhmeteff. A request that this course be taken was called to the State Department to-day from Petrograd. Immediately steps will be taken to perfect the plan for an early resumption of trade between Russia and this country. Under the proposal accomplished by the Russian government in agree ing to lift the embargo, Russian shipments will be consigned to Sec retary of Commerce Redfield, who will distribute to importers and mer chants in this country under guaran tee that no Russian products will lind their way into countries now at war with Russia. ----- TRY IT ! St DST ITU TE POR .NASTY CA DOME E. StnrtM Your Liver Without .Making You Sick and Cannot Salivate. Every druggist in town-your druggist and everybody's druggist has noticed a great falling-off In the sale of calomel. They all give thc same reason. Dodson's Diver Tone is taking ils place. "Calomel is dangerous and people know it, while Dodson's Diver Tone is perfectly safe and gives better re sults." said a prominent local drug gist. Dodson's Diver Tone is per sonally guaranteed by every druggist who sells it. A large bottle costs 50 cents, and If il fails to give easy re lief in every case of liver sluggish ness and ((inst i pat ion, you have only lo ask for your money back. Dodson's Diver Tone is a pleasant tasting, purely vegetable remedy, harmless to both children and adults. Take a spoonful at night and wake np feeling fine; no bilioui sick head ache, acid stomach or constipated bowels. It doesn't gripe or cause In con von fence all the next day like vio lent cal?me!. Take a dose ol' calo mel lo-day and to-morrow you will feel weak, sick and nauseated. Don't lose a day's work ! Take Dodson's Diver Tone instead and feel fine, full Of \ igor and ambition. - Adv. Kl>. McCRAVY HAH CIAXSE CALL. KIM? ked Down by Train, Escape? With Loss of 'Ft>es. Easley, July 21?.-E. P. McCravy narrowly escaped (loath herc at an carly hour this morning when he waa knocked down and badly bruised by westbound passenger train No. 29. He sustained several small cuts and bruises on various parts of the body, caused by the coarse gravel upon which he tell, and three toes on his left root were badly mashed by the engine wheels Physicians gave the injured man immediate attention and he is now resting quietly. He was. taken to a hotel and later removed to his home. The accident occulted at the rail road crossing just at the west end of the passenger station, and as two passenger trains were expected within a few minutes quite a crowd bad col lei ted at the depot. There was a freight train directly in front of tho passenger station, headed west and just clearing the crossing in f-oit "f the engine. Mr. McCravy wa lng to some friends at the stat! when he had finished bis coi tion with them started acros track in front ol' the freight emilie, which was standing still. Mr. Mc Cravy had passed the sidetrack on which the freight train was, and upon reaching the center of the main line he saw the pass? /er train only a few feet away. Several who saw the accident say that he started across, hesitated, started backward and fell. At the same instant the cowcatcher struck him. lt appeared to the on lookers as though Mr. McCravy's body had fallen directly across the rail, but ho fell with a lunge forward, which cleared his body. The engine or cowcatcher struck his legs and slid them up the track, only three toes on the left foot being mangled. In another second he had regained his footing and dashed from the tracks into a crowd of his friends who were rushing to his relief. He was placed in an automobile and carried to the hotel just across the street from the stat ion. To Drive Out Malaria And Build Up The System Take the Old Standard GROVE'S TATTELESS chill TONIC. You know what you are taking, as the formula is printed on every label, showing it is Onininp qn<^ v' r *i<;trle??? fe-^ Thc Qniniue drives out jna; . .-. Hie iron I uilds up the system. 50 cents i V >.?? Ml i'l ' ' lil ! N'|H ?NE. Whetstone and Double Springs Schools Prospering. Whetstone. .Inly 2S.-Special: One of the happiest events of the mid summer season was Hie union Sun daj school picnic held on the shaded brink of Chattooga last Saturday. With well-fllled baskets the people of Whetstone turned out en masse in a vitin endeavor to outdo the peo , le of Double Springs in hospitality, whose baskets were also bulging out willi pure goodness. The result of the contest, was a draw. The day was ideal. The people be gan to arrive early and in almost every way-afoot, horesback, in bug gies, wagons, automobiles and carts. Practically all the ft renoon was given over to the children, who either desported themselves in the water, played in the sand or tripped across the green to the music of vio lins and bttii jos, accompanied by Chattooga's deep bass notes. When the dinner was over it was seen that no miracle was necessary, for after the two hundred hungry men, women and children had eaten scarcely an inroad had been made on the tempting viands so tastily spread beneath the trees. In the afternoon each followed his own Inclination and the time was pelasantly spent in either fishing, boating or bathing; and best of all, there was not an unpleasant feature to mar the pleasures ol' the day. Mrs, W. I'. Henry and child m, of Gainesville, Ca., are visi" Mrs. M. E. Conley, Mrs. Hear , mlher, and will probably be up for the sum mer. Among others from a distance who attended the picnic on Chattoo ga river last Saturday were Miss Bessie Sil ii in :i ii II and Miss Sophie Wanner, of Geronimo, Okla., and Miss Ethe] Ange), of Atlanta. Under the direc tion of 0. W Mer ritt Hie Double Springs school opened on the 19th with probably the larg est attendance in the history of tho school. Mr. Merritt says nothing short of the best rurnl school in Oco nee county will satisfy the people of that community, and that on the first day they headed straight for that goal. The Whetstone school is fiourlsh !ng under the direction of Miss Ora Arve. The Quinine That Does Not Affect The Head lit-cause o? Us Ionic mid laxative eifect, LAXA TIV!'. ?ROMOQUININI??K hi tler limn onlinnry nullum- and doe* not < .HIM nervounue.ss nor riiiKiiiR In bend Renumber the full name and look lor the t?Kiiatnrc o? li. W. GKOVI{. 25c.