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' BT (TLTNKSCALKS ATLANGSTON, ~ ANDERSON, S. C.. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23, 1905. VOLUME XLl-NO. 1?. F?BMBBS UNION HEETIM _ AM ESTBSUSIA8TIC CiATHERfNfi IN ANOERHON. Andiron, August 26.-Twelve ?nd a Laif cent* for cotton. That ia the golden promise that is now held out to the farmers of the State. Is that sot enough to make good farmers think a great deal of their protective organisations at"i of President. E. D. Smith, Mr. Frederick H. Hyatt, and the others who have in any way, in thek opinion, contributed to the present, and the promised price of the fleecy staple. This is naturally a prosperous and rich country, but is more sc/jhan ever with the prevailing good price of cot* ton. Happiness reigns supreme in Anderson. There was ? a oall for a gathering of the Farmers' Union. Farriers and their wives and chil dren were invited lo a speaking and barbecue here, and how they did cornel Thousands and thousands oame from far and near, and it was a record breaking gathering. There must have been 5,000 people at the speaking, and what a lot of spoaBing there was from 10 a. m. until almost 6 in the afternoon. But why should the farmer tire to hear of ten cont cotton and the* promise of better prices, with a lot of good jokes thrown in. There is a large organization of the Farmern* Union in Anderson County. It is a different organization from the Cotton Growers' Association. The organization in this county is rather cn the old Alliance lineo, with lodge and secret manuel, but it appears to be in sympathy with tho Cotton Grow ers' Association, whioh is in tho zenith of its glory in this and other States just now. For some reason about a d?zen speakers were invited and these all came. They came on the installment plan. ? President Smith, F. H. Hyatt, Senator Latimer, Congressman Lover, Congressman Talbert, Senator Till man, J. Belton Watson, Seoretary Sherman were all invited to speak and ?hen ?'?ujur Stribiing and President Glenn all spoke. _ The trouble was that Messrs. Smith, .Lever and Hyatt did not get here until the afternoon. President Glenn exhausted every available speaker be fore dinner, and then the throng went for the fatted mutton and thousands of pounds bf barbecue. The meeting belonged to the Farmers' Union, and it was almost funny to note how the meeting would formally adjourn and reassemble so as to speed the dispen sary and prohibition speeches, and get in another speech on farmers' organizations, warehouses and kindred topics. The logical and eloquent speech of the Farmers' Union was that of Presi dent Ed D. Smith, who Is anxious to get one of his organizations in Ander son. He spoke for a full hour to an enthusiastic and appreciative audi ence. He is fuller of his crusade than Tillman io of the dispensary, and to-day Tillman was the good Samaritan and gave way to Mr. Smith, although he had o very right of precedence. ' Mr. Hyatt appreciated tho situa tion, and talked very briefly and to the point, and Congressman Lever made a sensible and level-headed talk. Gol. Talbert first talked to the old soldier. He talked against time, as did Tillman and Latimer, while tho gathering waited on tho cotton grow ers' talkers. Major J. C. Stripling, also a time filler, made fun of Senator Tillman and related their first meet ing at Bennettsville and jokingly said be then picked "The lousy calf for luck," and all through the meeting this phrase was bantered baok and forth. President Glenn, of the Association, seemed worried that all of the speak ers oould not get into the picture, but all talked to their heart's content ex cept Mr. Sherman, who forfeited his place by his late arrival. The burden of the arguments was for organization, confidence and ware houses. President Glenn first pre sented Gol. Jasper Talbert, who made an eloquent talk to his old soldiers, oompanionp. Senator Latimer urged the impor tance of farmers' organizations, but he pointed out that farmers must real ize that they can only succeed with the co-operatior of the banks and merchants. Wit ? unity in the South the marketing of oottou is still a serious problem, because of the or ganization of the Eastern and foreign spinners. He urged thai reduotion of acre ago was tho first essential and then com ' 'ae with the warehouses, bankers and .ill men. There is no help exoept by organization. He had consulted with Southern mill mon aud they all rather buy cotton ai ten cents and keep a stesdy market, but the Southern spin ner does not control just now. It is a matter of speculation io the pur=h-=c of cotton. Providence has done more fer tue farmers thau any organization. The organization and Providence togeth er have brought about the present prices. Senator Latimer advooates the building and use of warehouses. Gol ton ought to be better prepared for market. Tlie president of the organization ought to show its necessity. He said that ii was foolish to suggest that politics should be kept out of this or I ganization. Politics is in religion and everything else. I The losa of interest killed the Alli ance. He was in favor of the Far ? mers* Union and joined, but he did not want it given ail the credit for present prices, because Providence had a large share, and he feared over planting. With continued good prices, therefore, there was a serious time ahead for the organisation. Mr. Latimor then took up the good roads firoposition and spoke of tho excel eut work now being done. He ex plained the economies of road build ing and how hiB bili would operate and why the Government should build the roads. He wanted the Farmers' Union to take a hand and call for good roads' legislation. He insisted on organiza tion to help get up the warehouses and to run them. He said he was not afraid of the Farmer's Union electing men. He wanted good business men io the Union and wanted the best talent in the Union. Senator Tillman who vrt.B thrown in to help take up the slaok, said he was invited to oome here aud talk the bridle off. If he had prospered it was the people's fault. If ho looked fat and sleek and had the luck of a lousy calf, as had been said, he thank ed the people for it. He believed iq organization, al though he had not joined in this or ?anization, and still had his ootton. Ie said he oame wich a speech in his stomaoh on the dispensary, and he bad a great deal of fun about Stab ling putting him in to take up the slaok. In his days the farmers' organizi tion went into the political mill pond, and it drowned more little politicians than anybody else. The organization could do much, but it will take work and sacrifice. Tho trouble, he saw, was the immense difficulty of getting all cotton growers interested. Thore were tens of thous ands of negro farmers who had to sell ootton to pay their obligations. These poorer farmers will have to market their crops. The business is to have the orop marketed steadily and not glut the market. Tho chief thing to do is to regulate the marketing of the cotton. This oan now be better done because the farmers are out of debt. If the far mer be in debt there is no good in the organization. There is now no reason why tho ootton farmers should not be ont of debt. He said if the farmers will act to gether they can proteot themselves. He bad some money in the Alliance Exchange fund, but he never expected any of it back. Ho wanted to see a big cotton ware house built here, big enough to stock half the orop of the oouoty. When the ootton is ginned put the oottou in the warehouse and get the receipts, and if you need money borrow on the reoeipts. If the weak brothers need help let the stronger brothers help them along. Such work will show Wall street that it cannot control the ootton market. ? You have tho situation io hand if you will only act on it. Tillman said he had only one thine to say and then he would quit, and that was for the strong; and weak farmers to stand together and to realize that the mer chants and bankers were their broth ers. It did not take all the farmers to make a t?uccoss of any undertak ing. Then Senator Latimer took another "spell," and explained how to build warehouses. Ha wanted good busi ness men to run the warehouses and he did not believe in putting money into warehouses without good man agement. A good bonded warehouse will pay whether this organization failed or not. Ho wanted it under stood that he would not advocate any thing except a safe business proposi tion. Senator Tillman: I ain't a politician, so help me God. Senator Latimer said any man in office was olassed as a politician. Senator Tillman said that was so, but he was no politician. Mr. Latimer said if he was willing to put ilia shoulder to thc wheel, help this organization, ho would bc regard ed as a politician by some. Ho want ed more cotton mills in the South, higher wagos. Mr. J. ?. Stribling was presented by Senator Tillman, and he joked a bit. He urged that one-fourth of the cotton could be held, tho farmers could absolutely fix the price of that one-fourth. Ho said the foreign spinners bought old cotton at 10 cents rather than buy new ootton at 12; he thought the English spinners had shown sense in buying cotton at 10 cents; they are going to keep out the market at the first of the season. The only thing todo is to build warehouses and hold ootton. Coogressman ?. Frank Lever spoke on "Organization." He said the far mers' organizations had all failed be cause of the suspicion of one farmer against another. He said tho whole trouble was that one farmer was afraid his neighbor was going to make a dol lar, and he not get the same. Anoth er trouble was that as soo'j as thc army was lined up and the army was ready tc move the politicians took charge. The ouly way to succeed is to run ibis organization as a business proposition. He told the people to buck on poli tics, and say that they will follow in business malters, but not in poli tics. This organization can live notwith standing the traitors. It is an uphill job to organize successfully. He wanted the farmers to know what strength they were up against. He thought Secretary Wilson was an boa eat man, and he wanted to see Wilson retained, and insisted that Wilson was a friend of the South, and it waa a great injustice to Wilson to think he was not interested in the South. Wilson was an honest man. The only I remedy was to put the grafters in the penitentiary. He was in this move- ; meot as a private. At the after dinner session Mr. W. H. Hyatt spoke on standard ware houses. He iosisted on tho economy of warehouses and urged that ware houses could be built on a basis of $2.50 per bale, with snrinklern. Tho warehouses are thc army and navy of the farmer. Ho takes tho position that the Southern farmers are now moro independent of Northern mono} markets. Ho ridiculed the idea of competition with Southern cotton and said that the South has the world's , cotton patch. Ho said the Farmers' Union and tho Cotton Growers' Asso ciation all worked on the same line, there need be no friction. Mr. Hyatt expected to seo cotton kent np to ten cents. President Gleuo said ho would ure sent President E. D. Smith, who would oloso the Farmers' Union meet ing. He made it plain that after the speech of Mr. Smith, the Farmers' Union would close, and that any other speakers would be under other aus pices. Mr. Smith, chook full of fervor, said he had been unavoidably kept away from the meeting, and as the farmers' meeting had gono over its time he could not talk ou a limited schedule. He was full of his subject and said he had a lot to Bay, but he thought it best to give way to Senator Tillman and the other speakers. Senator Tillman jumped up aud said .he would give way to Mr. E. D. Smith, he would speak later in the evening; the good farmers could go homo by moonlight, if necessary. The crowd oheered for Mr. Smith and insisted that he go on speaking. Senator Tillman said he and Mr. Talbert would give way. The crowd insisted on Mr. Smith's going ahead, and he finally did so. Mr. Smith said he did not believe there was a man more loyal to the farmers than Ben Tillman. Then Tillman said he had been putting in good work in his absence and had been called a "lousy calf." Mr. Smith said Tillman was a full grown bull. Mr. Smith theo went on to say that the farmer has always stuok to that which was any good to him. There was nothing for the farmers to stick to in the old Alliance, for it was all talk and but little results. He explained the Genesis of the present government. Mr. Smith went on to say that single-handed he jumped into the local cotton market at Mag nolia and secured better prices, and how that gave him the idea of what could be done by organization. He said that he was the only man ap pointed at New Orleans to stick to the ught, and that Jordan w*?s about to give up the fight when he insisted on keeping at tho fighting- He was laughed at when he said they could fight with more than a fourteen-mil lion bale crop. He showed how he interested the cautious banker and helped to bring about too oent ootton. Tho farmers have no cnouiy. He wanted that understood. Ile is taken advantage of because heisa soft snap. The law of combinations and trusts is God's law, he held, and canuot be helped, ?\nd he had nothing against tbefe combines. If the ootton growers have a trust, then let tho other fellows make the most of it. Mr. Smith made a really beautifully eloquent peroration on tho iroportanoo of tho farmers standing together and petting tho real value of their cotton. Ho said ho had no favors to ask of the ootton mill men. They have to como in and join tho army, ho is now io. Cotton milln in tho South must stand by tho Southern farmer. He said that tho Southern mill mon have been holding meotings at Char lotte to t'oroo the price of cotton down. A lot of people have said tho weather did the work, but for forty years there has been rain and this yoar thoy have 10 coat cotton with over a fourteen million bale crop. Conditions, he said, wero no different from the usual conditions, and except, that tho far mers' organized and hold their ootton with tho aid of the merchants and bankers. Ila held that tho organi zation held tho situation and ho said the Association now wanted I2J oents for ootton. Voice: Latimer said *e couldn't get ton. Smith: Yes, but where was Latimer when I got OVT ten. Mr. Smith weut on to ask where were some leaders and men when the assooiation was lighting for very life. Some o? these men sold for 7 and 8 cents, and they thought they would have the laugh on him and hid friends. Mr. Smith said he almost alono made the tight for the cotton plan ters. He punched the fellows who would Bell in spite of the appeals. Several in the crowd poked fun at Mr. Belton Watson for selling his oot ton at S oonts, and thought they could count on him next time. Mr. Smith went on to say that not all men caa be leaders, and that he had no idoa of running for Governor or United States Senator. He said he had already done the farmers moro good than all the Q-ov ernors and Senators; that was pleas ure enough for him. Ho was asking for nothing, and would have rather had a hand in raising the price of oot ton than pass a few laws. The fight is not yet ended. Ile was not afraid of high prioed cotton jeopardizing the mill interests. They had no caro for the farmer when he had to sell four oent cotton. Mr. Sherman, secretary of the Na tional Assooiation, arrived on the scene very late, but he could not be heard, as he had lost his position, and then the meeting of the Farmers' Union was turned o vor Lg the liquor discussion, which is given elsewhere. _ August Kehn. Mountain Creek News. Groot! rains havo fallon throughout our neighborhood which wo wero in need of, .'or cotton, corn and other crops are cut off tu a large extent eomo think about one-half. . Som? of our people attended the Farmers' Barbecue at the race track? and say it wan the graudest mess they ever saw, and if they conduot their meetings in that manner they don't want to belong to it. Some of our people attended tho picnic at Starr and report a nice time. We are pleased to seo Hon. ?. M. Ruoker come to the front and an nounce himself as a candidate for tho HOUBO of Representatives, and hope ho will be elected, for wo could not send a better mun, and one that will do any more for tho welfare of the mass es. Mrs. A. S. Masters and little daugh ter, Kvalind, wont on tho Smith excur sion to Atlanta. Miss Lucy Carter, of Hopewell, has boen visiting friends in our commu nity recoutly. Mr. Patrick Major, one of Denver's young men, spent Sunday with friends and worshipped nt Mountain Creek. Miss Ley Webb and Miss Julm White, two charming young ladies ot Hopewell, are visiting friends and relatives in thin community. Mr. Clifton Burriss and charming brido are visiting relatives here. Mr. John Burriss is at homo for a visit. Mr. E. O. Burriss, of Anderson, spent Sunday with his parents. Tho protracted meeting began at this place Sunday. Itev. Hawkins will be assisted by tho Rev. Mr. Bur riss, of Piedmont. Mr. Barries is a good man and a splendid preacher? and we hope that wo may have aa abundant outpouring of the Holy Spirit, and that a lot of good may ba dono for the causo of Joans. Only a few moro days until tho elec tion which shall deoide the fate of the dispenanry. Which will you have, friend! Remember it ia in your pow er either to voto it out and duane3 . your town and county of the greatest enemy of our land, or will you let it stand and continue to wreck the homes of our land, and send the yoong men and boys into disgrace and raia. Union County has now como out for prohibition, and it seems to me what other counties have done Anderson might do. It is going to be an out and out battle between drunkenness and sobriety, and it seems to me now is tho time for preachers and church mem bers to take hold, for this is au enemy of every Christian, of every home? every pefson and of God. Tho drinking habit is ono of the I most overpowering agency of the devil, and if something is not done to arrest the evil, it will wreok and ruin oar humen and our government. There aro many who say if we vote out the dispensary we will vote in the bar rooms, but don't you think if we caa get the dispensary out we caa keep the barrooms ontf And now let me beg every father and every voting man in this county to take aides before it is too late, take sides before your sons are sacrificed to that demon drink, take sides before your homos are ruined, take aidoa while your voice. ?our pen, your prayer, your vote may ave an influence in arresting the despoliation of oar county ana ' our homes. Goorgie. WAT HIGH FALLS PEGPERTY, on Little Bi ver, in Oconee County, io about ten miles from Walhalla, S. C., and ten miles from Seneca, and only a few miles up the river from Newry. This property contains 1,331 acres of Land, and has a natural Waterfall of 29 feet 5 inches, with available E. P. 274. 615 H. P. can be secured by developing a double discharge. TIMBER ?ND GRANITE !-Sf oat of this Land is heavily timbered, and the demand for timber is increasing every day. The Land, with the timber off, will produce fine Cotton, as the part under cultivation indicates, there is an abundance of Granite and sand for building pm poses on the Water-power Tract. 1,100 acres of this property will be sold in Tracts of 100 acres each, to the highest bidder, at "W"-??-XjEC^-IJXj-A., S. CL, COST J?LOliTJDJLir, SIEIFTIEJIiyniBIEJBL 4, 1905. TEEMS-One-thiri Cash, balance in one and two yeats, with 8 per cent, interest per annum, secured by First Mortgage, or all casb, at option of purchaser. THE WATER POWER, with 231 acres, will be sold to the highest bidder, on the same date, at WALHALLA. mak/?^lt?mK?^im?m JW. ALEXANDER, Spartanburg,[|S. Cn