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^ T-TTrTtTT AL T A mn orriAxi ! ANDERSON. S. 0.. WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 21. 1903. VOLUME XXXIX-NO. 18. To See the Prettiest and Most Complete Line of? DRESS GOODS : ! Ever shown in Anderson, at Prices that DEFY COMPETITION, come to Oar Bayer has just returned from the Northern markets, and values in Goods are arriving daily that prove to the most fastidious dressers the result of careful selections. See our Stock of the Celebrated? Strouse ? Bros. High Art SPRING AND SUMMER? CLOTHING, Which will interest those who wish to dress well and SAVE M0NE7. A new and complete line of? OXFORDS, Men's. Women's and Children's, at prices unequalled else where. We extend to all a cordial invitation to visit our Stores, inspect our Goods, and$e convinced that what we say is true. 110,116,120, East Benson St., - - - - - Anderson, S.C The Farmers' Etacational and Ca-Operative Union of America. CONDUCTED BY J. O. 8TRIBLINQ. S?t- CommutcatiouB intended for this ! d?partaient should be addre&sed to! J. O. Strlbling, Pendleton, 8. O. ? Stop boasting about how you won out over tue fellow that sola out his cotton at a loss. This kind of "boss ing" over your neighbor will do the Farmers' Union no good, nor will it in duce yonr neighbor to come into the Union. The Farmers1 Union wants all the friends they can ?et. We now have over two-thirds of all the white cotton gravers in the South in the Union, and if. we can get four-lifths of them, and thay stick even as well as they are sticking now, we can win all in sight. When you meet up with a farmer that you know has sold out his cotton at a loss you need not say one word to him about it. Just look wise at him and abk him to join the Union. ? We have on hand now a plan to Jrct at the actual number of tons of ertilizera delivered to farmers in South Carolina. Wben this is known we will be able to tell the farmers tho exaot number of tags bought over and above the required amount needed and the actual excess of tags bought that has played a game into the hands of cotton bears as against the interest cf the cotton grower. The amount of tags redeemed at Clemson College up to 7th July amounted to over 34,000 tons, and the increase on cotton meal caused by the new law requiring all meal tone tagged amounts to 11,000 tons more which sets the tonnage back 45,000 tono thus reducing the amount of fertilizers used this year to a little lees than last year without making any allowance for lost tags. The Distinction. Where shall we draw the line? How long does th a cotton grower have to hold his cotton, until he becomes a cotton speculator? Our opinion on this is just here: Wo bave all along been preaching the doctrine of holding our cotton off the market until we could obtain a price that would five a reasonable and equitable profit for our labor! We have named the price of ten cents as the minimum for cotton, and we have demanded ten cents "-hen the market was steady at six cents. We have forced the buyers up to our set prices that we named ourselves, ana right here is where the distinction comes in. If the grower chooses to hold for higher pvicen after he has been offered profitable prices at his own figures, right here is where the cotton grower becomes a cotton specu lator! When cotton growers have held their cotton and forced prices up to the figures where they have agreed wil lgi ve us a "reasonable and equitable" profit, and then continue to hold for still higher pri?es, the conservative spirit leaves the grower, and the speculative spirit takes possession of the mind of the cotton grower. Certainly there is nothing wrong in the cotton grower holding his cotton for speculative prices?that is a price above a price which be has made him self. That would give him a good profit as a business of growing cotton, for the farmer bad just as well hold his own cotton for higher prices as to sell it und take the money and invest it in other things with a view of making a profit, but none of this is farming for profit; it is a business transaction outside of the sphere of delving in the soil for mo?t. Good Company. We were among a bunch of farm ers that were having a jolly Rood time over the good prices ot cotton when a farmer who had broke the pledge and sold out his cotton at a loss had the cheek to say to the boys who were feel iug good, that they who held thoir cot ton need not be talking so loud about it; that if providence had not joined their side that the cotton holders would not have won out. In reply to this, one of the laithful said that he thought all along that the cotton hold ers were right and now that providence bad endorsed our side we knew we were right, and that the cotton holders were in the best of company when he was along on tho same side with provi dence. Some folks say that cotton is a fool, but it is more like some folks act a fool about cotton! Remember that there are but few people that make money by acting the tool: the only people that do make money by acting the fool go about with shows; they are not among cotton growers. It would do a lot of harm to cotton grow ers if cotton were to go up to 15 or 20 centB at thiB time. This reaction on wild prices for cot ton is like the Irishman who said that his long fall did not hurt bim, but it was stopping so alfired quick that broke htm up so badly. It is not tho high prices for cotton that hurts the cotton grower, but it is the sudden stopping of those high prices that brakoa up the plans of tbe cotton far mer that has neglected to grow plenty food crops. Our 1905 Cotton Crop. A conservative estimation of all the conditions in sight up to this time we are in position to prove that tbe 1905 cotton crop has cost the grower up to date more than any other crop in the history of the cotton growing industry in tho South. A large acreage today? 11 th July?is green with grass. The excessive July rams now on bids fair to continue its destructive work in throwing off the earlier crop and putting on a very tender succulent growth of weed and squares that a very few hot, dry, windy days in Au gust may bring to the ground also; thus leaving a large weed with but few bolls to tbe stalk. This large weed is deceptive. Taking in consideration all these universal conditions without giving a serious thought of the ~ probable dam age of the spread, of the boll weevil, rust and other insect injuries, tbe grovrer muBt set his minimum price at 12 } cento or the grower will lose money. Our large surplus of 1904, after filling in the vacancy of the short crop of 1903, will all be needed to supply the natural increase of con sumption; there fore, the 1905 crop will find a level or average condition of supply and de man. _ _ Hunting For The Nigger in The Wood Pile. When the cotton growers first start ed out to tind the "nigger in the wood pile'' that let out tho loakago of the cotton report at Washington, the guilty fellows there first made au effort at making a scapegoat out of a woman there; but our secret service force there havo found out the guilty par ties, and no doubt the President will have tho whole bureau cleansed of ?;raftera. This is another score in avor of the farmers' movement. STATE NEWS. ? A trolley line fer Suinter is as sured. ? Three small negro children are hold at Prosperity for rocking a train. ? A big illicit still was raided in Groenville Couuty tho other night. ? A horse in Marion County dropped dead, being overcome by heat. ? Two negro boys met a half-witted negro man in the road near Kuby, in Chcttorfield, and shot him to death. ? James Moore, a whito farmer, waB struck and killed by lightning at Donalds, lie ~as 60 yearB old. ? A negro child is thought to have been burned to death in a fire in Marlboro, as the ohild has been miss ing. ? J. A. Summerset, Jr., Olin Wood and John Meriwether wero se verely injured in Columbia while play ing with fireworks. ? Spartanburg will vote tho first of August on a proposition to issue $100, 000 in bonds to oontinue the pavement of her streets with vitrified bricks. ? The peaoh orop in tho "Ridge" seotion of this State is better than for several years past and is causing quite a wave of prosperity in that seotion. ? The capital of the Columbia Street Railway and Power Company will be increased from a half million to one million six hundred thousand dollars. ? R. T. Boykin, a young white man in Orangeburg, is in jail under charges of deserting his family, adul tery, bigamy, and disposing of proper ty under mortgage. ? ?t is charged that the cotton buyers at Greenville are in a pool and agree on priocs every day to pay for cotton. None will bid against the others. ? Stiles Moore, a white man, was convicted in the criminal court at Walhalla on the charge of rape, and was sentenced for fourteen years to the penitentiary. ? At a big fourth of July piocio at Mars Bluff some negroes got into a row and as a result Sam Windham, a young Darlington coon, is dead, and Crocket Davis shot through the side. Davis is not seriously injured and will live. ? Gai?uey was visited by a severe electrical storm on Wednesday. Two houses wore struck by lightning1 and damaged considerably. Oue of the houses oaughton ?re. ? W. J. Rollins dropped dead from heart failuro at Luckuow after having a heated quarrel with Magistrate L. H. Peebles. The trouble arose over the manner of digging a ditch. ? Forty-four now dootors wcro li oeubed by the State Doavd of Medioal Examiners in Columbia last Thursday. Sixty-six applied but twenty-two fail ed to stand tho examination. ? James A. Hcndrix, formerly of Columbia, committed suicide at New Castle, Ky., by throwing himself un der tho wheels of a moving locomotive. It is said that ho was short in his ac counts with tho Hell Telephone Company, for whioh he was the collec tor. ? At a fourth of July barbecue at Gaston, Lexington County, several whito men were drinking and got to fighting. When tho battle was over one man was fatally stabbed, another shot and will die, and another danger ously shot in the hip. Whiskey and an old grudge caused tho trouble. ? Alexander l'ickett, a Western Union messenger boy of Columbia, got a vcrdiot for$10,000 damages from the Southern Railway for the loss of an arm by being run over by a train at St. Matthews. On a former trial a verdiot of $8,700 was secured, which was set aside by tho Supreme Court. ? Lightning destroyed 00 bales of ootton belonging to W. II. Greer, a prominent farmer, living near Bates villo, in Greenville County. The sta pie, which had increased in value ' nearly $14 a bale during the past three months, was stored under a temporary shelter in the yard. This slight Btruoture was struok and ignitedjby lightning. There is presumably no insurance. ? Dr. P. H. Meli, of Clomson Col lege, has scoured from tho Southern Railway a farmer's instituto car. This car will be at tho disposal of the col lege, and will be hauled all over South Carolina. It will be fully equipped with apparatus and exhibits from every department of. the college. The car will be iu charge of members of tho college faculty, who will give instruc tions and explanations. ? The report of the postoffico de partment giving rural delivery statis tics for the past year is just out and is very interesting as an indication of the way new routes are being estab lished all over the United States. Iu South Carolina, tho total number of petitions referrod to tho department wore 1,090, and of this number 470 were adversely reported. July 1, 1904, there were in South Carolina 331 routes in operation, and at this time there are 476, a gain of 145. There 1 are now pending before the department 138 petitions from South Carolina asking for new routes. Of this num ber it is probable that eomo will be granted and the whole number for the year will then be considerably aug mented. UENEUAL NEWS. ? It is stated that neither Norway nor Sweden is making preparations for war. ? Russia and Japan agreed to open the peace conferenoo between Aug. 1 and 10. ? The flood in Texas has caused the death of 200 people and the loss of $2,000,000 worth of property. ? A young man in Now Orleans ended a month's honeymoon by trying to kill his wife and then killing him self. ? Lightning struok the dwelling of a family iu Texas and killed a ten year old girl and left the other mem bers blind. ? U. J. Delvin. of Topeka, has been found to owe $2,500,000. Ho caused tho failuro of the First Nation al Rank of Topeka. ? Governor Magoon's report for June shows that four persons died on tho Isthmus of Panama from yellow fever, two being Americans. ? Four men were killed and seven othors injured by the explosion of a threshing machine on a plantation near Danville, Va., a few days ago. ? The state of education in Russia may bo judged from the fact that there is only one school for every 12,000 I persons. ? August Otto, aged sixty-eight, of I Cleveland, O., confessed that he killed his wife because she was an invalid, and bo had grown tired of supporting her. ? B. F. Combs, of Parker, Kas., says bis prospeot for a big apple crop this year is the bent heevor had. He) expects to raise 500 oars, whioh rep resents 87,500 barrels. ? A negro named Hioks, at Leslies, tea miles from Amorious, Ga., killed his wife, his mother-in-law and anoth- ' er woman and wounded four men, one mortally. ? Telegrams from Mexico city re port that 1,000 lives were lost in a terrible flood that swept over the min ing city of Guanajunato. ? It is estimated that- during the rioting at Odessa 6,000 persons were killed and nearly $10,000,000 worth of property was destroyed. ? It is now thought that more than 1.000 persons perished in Guanajuato, Mexico, as a result of the cloudburst whioh completely wiped out the town of Marfil. ? Later details show that twenty six persons were killed outright and fifty injured in the tornado whioh swept over tho northern part of Texas. ? Russia now seems anxious to con clude peace and is particularly eager to conclude an armistice, fearing that another bad defeat would threaten tlus safety of the empire. % fi r -, SS ^ . : V >3? y Vi"-,., JULY CLOTHING SALE ! f On July 1st we began our Semi?Annual Clearance Sale. Twice a year?January and July?we have these Special Sales. Oar only reason for these Sales is that we d' not wish to carry Clothing from one season to another. We prefer making deep cute in the prices so that we can clear our counters. Then we invest our money in New Clothing each season. This Sale includes all of our New Spring and Summer Clothing. This season's best and most popular Suits and Odd Trousers all go at these reductions. Nothing reserved. _ 1-4 Off od all Odd Trousers. 41.50 Odd Trousers...now 91.15 2.00 Odd Trousers. ................>....... .now 1.60 2.50 Odd Trousers.... . ? *.......... ?.... .now 1.90 3.00 Odd Trousers.....i....... .now i25 3.50 Odd T?ouEsrs. . .now 2.65 4.00 Odd Trousers.. .now 3?09 5,00Odd Trou?oro.... *. .....?.................'. .......now- 3.75 6.00 Odd Trousers*..?. .now 4.50 Buy. iua extra pair of Trousers and give thoge you have a rest 2.50 Knee Pants Strtls. .v.;.,........,, r j. . .. ,... .now 1.90 13.00 Knee ^b^|E^^*;;^^v .......... ....... .5. JS'Jow^^ 4.00 Knee Pasts Suits. ...<..........,........ ....... now 3.00 5.00 Knee Pants Suit*.....,.. .4, 8.75 6.00 Knee Pants Sails... now 4.50 This is a chance for mothers i o get that boy a. new Suit that doesn't eome often. - All Straw Hats Reduced. 50c TTfttS. ? ? V* . e . ? . .;."? ??.? ..? ? ? . .? .. . . . ? ? ? . .UG'ft' 350 $1.00 Suits.........<?..?...........<>..r.....; ??' ........now 70c l??Hats.....? 1.50Hftta.......... 2.00 Hats...............*...... cr. w............. .tow 1.35 At theje prices you can replace that well worn Straw Hat; without any inconvenience to your pbeket book. ' ..... ......... ... ... . ..now 85c . .now $1,00 1-4 Off on all Men's and Young Men's Suits. $5.00 Suits now.. 7.50 Suits now. 10.00 Suits now. 12.50 Suits now Wim x .$3.75 .5.65 . 7.50 ._. 9.40 15.00 Suits now. 1125 18.00 Suits now.. .13.50 20.00 Suits now.. .......15.00 Y if; i A Chance for Men to Save Money on Shoes* Our entire line of 83.50 and $4.00 Shoes and Oxfords out as follows : $3 30 Shoes now $2.75 $4.00 Shoes now 83.00 $8.50 Oxfords now $2.75 $4.00 Oxfords now $3.00 At their forme, prices these $3.50 and $4.00 Shoes and Oxfords wete the best to be had for the money ; &t th< eduction they are certainly exceptional values. The cuts on tkese ?oods aro deep, but are genuine reductions. No fake business here. We have always stood square up to our ads in the past, und we rrill not at this late day misrepresent Goods to ma?f*lo*; so you can come hero knowing beforehand that what you see in this ad. will be mare them substantiated when you see the Goods. Yon had better hurry, though, as the best things usually go first. The Spot Cash Clothiers, - ?f Anderson, S. C. opyright ip^5 by Hart Schaffner & Marx?