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????????? .:. '''^'rpr^Wi? ? ' ..' ?- . -~ ? ' -:-? . . ; ? j ? ? ? ?> . 11 ? ??" ? .- . ?? - - . - ift CLINKSCALES& LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6. 1905. VOLUME XIJ---NO. 25. Copyright 1905 by . H?t Seiner Mux!: m Overcoats ia out St?cfc ; wean?, as well ?o tho correct Good Overcoats $5.00, $7,60, ??O.OO, fi? 0-. & M. Overcoats $1'$,00, $10.50, $16,00, $20,00? -i Tho Farmers' Educational and Oo-Qpaiative Union of America,,' --'-:-~? OONOUOTEO BY O. STRlBL?NQ. , Coin m ul caliche intended foi nib i <??jj?rt?Qont should bo address? id to J, O, Siribllog, Pendleton, ?, o. Getting O?* of aHole. The easiest way to get out of a hole ia not to get in the hole. Now, stop end i?gure awhile on thia problem. Say you buy a good pair of mnleBuow at $000 and make papers to pay for them ? in cotton at 10 cents, ? thin will take 10 bates to pay for thia team without the feed- lt will take tbreo moro baie?, at least? to pay for] the feed for one year, to say nothing about the bill for geari?ig, tools, f?rtil . kera and ?abor io produce thia cotton and g?3t it to the market., You can raise your own mules aud i feed at Ieee than halt these prices. We know:thia to bo true. We hovea doleful tale to tell juofc here about u green farmer who has n. , wife and children at home depending upon Iiis labor and judgment. 1 Thia yoong man had .a very good' old mole that made, a fair crop thia year, but the young man concluded .that; ho wanted a young mule. So he goes to the mule trader and makes the exchange of bia mule for a young one, promisiss. vida to boot? the trader ! rating tho old malo at $2& and the | .youang mule at $200. A few days later another farmer traded or bought tho old mule that tho young man traded for 88? for ?123/ Now, thia male trader is not tho man to put all thia blame upon, for he is in thia business for all the profit he can get out of it. The trader sells many mules that are starved, or die out from other causes, and the men that do pay at all must pay for the bad debts that others make. Don't you see that no zarmer can live to himself V Why is it tbnt so many formera are always buy ing evtsty thiner they use on time for one year ahead? Were these farmers jost boro ono year too soon? or do they try every year to live two years in one? Why not try just one year at paying as you go, and it you can'fc pay don't go? A Rawhide Cat?; You need not think because you hsvc downed the cotton speculators in tilts ibo third round that ho will stay downed. . NO. indend. it is a life awl death.-mr wJtii ?OT?^ tuvoo feiidwa do hot know how to dos hoy. other thing, for they havo been at it dil their ? bao?nesa life otad they are -:about A? hard to kill. Out aa the ; cat wit h n in ? .Jiv?s&. Yon may correct their ; bearish. articles; in tho paipdr^ftoa?y^hil^ in a few dayNs 'they will nre?k; out in Co hew place'with another batch of mialeaditg and false statements. -They aro a rawhide caao. You may k^Ow that if ^yon put your foo ton ono end of a, rawhide and uhder-^ take to hoi? st dsw?^ thu! th? otner end will cock op; if you step on both fends it will COCK up on the sides, and it. you hold it down all. around it ' Will conk up in tho middle, Mid if yon jump : on it ia th? middle; with both feet it will???k np all avouud. ? If you waatf to hold a rawhide down you mast stand allover it at One time and keep y?ur feet oh it ali the, while. But aa farmers are about aa tough a problem as tho speculator, and them fire mor? formera than speculators, we can all get together and sit do\vn ali ^ver theser rawhide cotton speculators aud ; keep. our : feet down on them all over .hit once and hold them down as Hat as ? wet blanket. We mast not for once think that when we kill ont one set of/Cotton . bears that the fight ends thora. We must keep up a regular stan^?Es srssy o? Farmers' Union men .eli tho time at work and on the look out for our enemies to break out in a new s placo . We hinst keep op a regular watch all the while, and. above all, put our best and most capable men in charge Of our organizations, who haye theability, and manhood enOdgh to bravo aq y task aet before them when they have the eupporc of a- .righteous cause be hind them. " '-;c -T4 . . " o That IS-CeatCoUos. - i We Farmers' UE'?? mea havs had a' r?ood deal to say to the pur^i?i i?boui ilse conservative farme?^ao:;his efforts dwarda e?tablishte^^bi? 3pr?c>8 fort hi? great money . cr^p*^tt0h-~that; Wonld-aUoW'tbe.prodaoer a reasonable' abate of the profita of our .;re?t wealth -We have started put .in ibis thing to ae?*nd*f#r^ mm t?ocapations. We bare, snug the acas; of live aod Jet live. Give us ttreaio^WoprofirODoarprodGCtsand ^WjUipfc fo? the oiherfel-. price mVj9^^^^^!^Ss^\ ,n' . .. ' I ? : W^^B?S^aJ??W ofteo.wpee * _,UJtoady and unstable W r::4i^ewily:'W,ali:.; Street- co " ' stand firm fccfove the world \r* ?te perfectly /.willing for Our to wpii. ??iti: Trw South Carolina. Farmers'Union. Tho State Council of the Farmers1 Educational nod Co-oporativo Union j of South Carolina, at tho nreetiug held in Andereon 'Nov, 23rd, decided to make known to the public at large tho following malu objects of ?Us niU?ion in our State: First. To teach oar farmers how to produce profitable crops. Second. How best to market our producta so aa to turn the profits of our prodnoe into tho hands oz the pro ducers, instead of allowing tho non producers to reap these profita. We believe that it will be to the mu tual interest of the Farmers' Union and tho press of the country for tho Fanueraf Union to use and advocate its cause and principles through all the established newspapers of the country without preference RU long ns the present friendly and cordial rela tions between the Farmers' Union and the press of the State prevails. We believe that the farinera of the S tat o appreciate the fact that^the far mers should have an Organization of their own composed exclusively of far mers. ' We believe that no other occupation that baa an organization Ot its own can consistently object to farmers hav ing au organization of its own/ com posed entirely of farmers. The Farmers Union propose to at tend to ita own farming business, in its own way without making any at tempt at pulling down. 'Other legit!-, mat? occupations* or business in or? der to build up'our farming interest. In order to fortify our position in demanding profitable prices for our money crop cotton, and inforcing the same, the Far mere1Iv Union urges its mern bera and all other farmers of the cotton belt to raise all home supplies On their farms that will grow there profitably. . Our Farmers' Union discourages the system of baying many supplies (that could be grown on our Southern farms) at high rates for the purpose'of growing the ono crop-cotton, which in variably causes our cotton to bo sold at force sales to pay for supplies Ob? fained at high rates. Why there should hot be any friction between their niemb?rsT *. Because we have the same interest at stake as to profitable prices to tho producers of cotton! . Because we should be liberal enough i towards each other to permit each or^ gouisation to attain its objecte in its own woy 1 ? .Because we feel it a duty we owe each other to stand together! Because every interest of tho South ia staked upon a profitable price to t ho producer of our great staple crop cot Because the Formera' Uni?n is eteict ly af armers organisation ? - * Bocadeo ail other interests have' their separate and distinct'organis?t tiona, and the cotton association ii nu amalgamated, or coherent organiza tion, where aj? ? interests in the o?teon heit can como together in; grand con ference for the welfare of our common interest, which anchors around profit able prices to the .'producers of Wot ton! ? ' , - - - Because we ali live here together in 'the. southland, where cotton is Because when foreign interosts com bine tb reduce profite to the prod dcor ot cotton, - and succeed in doing it, every dollar thua forced ont' ortho producers hands that goes to foreign interests, ia j ust so many dollars taken out of the South, which will sooner or later bo felt in every, vein and artery of our whole system of indus tries and tredes, whose pulsations are sent- forth from one heart which, ia embeded Upon the. fleecy stable cot ton!.;:':,' . " ' . ? .- I: ? ? -. I ? Because it is thought thing to .teach, all of our men and women that there, is something Detter in tb? land than selfishness!' ? ? H iii, C. Striding.* Anderson County- ? HM?, Footer, ureen ville C?onnty. J.JST. Xuox, Abbeville Connty.v ^^ ; W. N? Bruce, Coonee County.. - ' . J; F. Hendricks, Pickena County, ??Committee ob resolutions oZ Farm ers' Union Council. Parties desiring more information and esas ti ration,,-, and by^law? of the Fanners' union, address B. F.; Earle, State'?rga?izer, Anderson, S..C. Cotton Cr Gp Estimates. STATE NEWS. - Congressman Lover will endeavor to eeoure au appropriation for a fed ora? building at S unit or. --A^ ginnery belonging to Col, J\ D. Bi. Shaw, in Laurcus County, waa burnod with loss between ?1,500 and $2,000. ?': - O. R. Horton, of Furmao Univor eity, had one of bia etfonldors dislo cated io a football game at Greenville with a looa! city toam. - Mrs. Margarest Creamer, of Greenville, sued the Southern road for $40,000 for killing her husband. Tho jury gave her $2,500. - The city council of Columbia has passed an ordinance imposing a pen alty on peraoos who entioe cotton mill operatives to leave that oity. - Henry Smith will be tried in the United States court at Columbia for impersonating ?pother man and se curing mail containing a check for $250. - A commission has boen issued to a company to build a Masonic Templo at the oorner of South Main and West Oonrt streets, Greenville, at a cost of $30,000. -. It is said that a section of swamp land about seven miles below Aiken has been burning for the past eight years. The burning ground overs about au nore? , - Winthrop . College has veoeived $2,000 from tho Peabody fund. Mon is hoped for when a determination if i reached as to the mothod of the dis? tribu??on of this fund. r- Jams Boyles shot and perhapi fatally wounded Zimri Ligon near thc Confederate, monument in Greenville Thursday evening. Both had beer .drinking and had become quarrel some. j^^Tho Central Hotel at Marion wai destroyed, by fire. It was. word about $?,000 and was partially in sured. A stook of goods on th ground; floor worth $3,000 was elsi destroyed. \ ; Several eases of small, pok havi developed .in Manning. Ono proud nest merchant of the town is dowi with it. v Several negroes have th? disease, and it is hard to enforce i quarantine. -?- Warrants have heed issued fe: former Supervisor Owens, forme County Commissioner Harmon an* former Clerk Douglas, charged wi'tl irregularities in the' affairs of Btoh , 1 and Coup ty ? j - The auit of Mrs. R. H. Kenned; against .'tho city of . Greenville Us damages sustained in falling in ai open ditoh in the streets resulted i a .Verdict osaio a t MreV Kenn edy. He lawyers will seek a how trial. , /;>?: Mr. Fiogor,1 who, runs a planinj mill on the suburb of Landren^, i S par tan burg County, struck a jurat of chalk while sinking a well. Th chalk is as white as soow and as fin AS flour. It will be analyzed by th rState geologifct, v Gov. Hey ward has pardoned Pin Tollison, >v young Greenville ?otto: mill operative who was sent 'up fo .even years in May of !C?p1 os a oharg of burglary, |or breaking into the Po mill store while drunk,, along with number of other rowdies, v mMm ' '? ???:- ?...ii.. : i?- Governor v Hey ward ' bas decide to send the dipsnsary constables bao to DarlingtonCounty, and they ,wll Bot be withdrawn from Greenville sn Spartanburg: Hereafter the cor ?tables Will be retained in all countie voting; out tho dispeneary. : rr- Margaret Attics, a negro wornt 75 years old; killed Amy ; Osboroi also a negro woman, and said to b 07 years old, in the Chester Count alms house. Tho two bsoamo er gaged in'.-'?? fight sud the elder woma received' wounds frena which ehe sot ^neatly died. |?M |l?^%'.;v ~- The dwolli n'g h euee an d c o n to ni of 'Bi Pi Smith near Columbia wei burned by two hunters who had jui beeti ordered off ' the place by Mr Smith./While the woman went, to li form her husband in a field neart tfei?^o?is was fired. ; There is vt clue to the identity of tho ince: diericb-. ? i>.i? Sej??t?r Joh n soni of Fairfiel? who wsQ-ruled for contempt of cour io having spoken io a j uro? about tl case: o?>V trial^an^aMc^^or^i? court and stated that he did not kno the w?a w be a juror and me%t*i i disrespect:?*to>^the:;.eo?rt? ??tte. w< ??reupon dismissed and theTmSH ?r?pped. It! is . now said that . fiO.OOG $50.000 of Spanish war claims by oil ol^b?e5tste willlbo patoV cit in;th'?^^?w^e*^4> ../Governor;'; E?y wa mpf??gtied u contract with lawye agreeing to give them 15 per cent ^he' claims for their collection.: sn action being in line with that of otb Southerngovern ors. - A number of small bora wi Maying with a parlor rifle at Bambi vhen tb? weapou wae disoharged, i ^Wtlr kiyiog one>f -theJada. T batf. entered the heart and produc Joe tva t death. John Hudson, tho b ;*r>'o fired the sbot, was put inVJ? 3^^m?dy.\.w?s:t.hS'' reBult of am ;?ideut^ir/or4^ ^.feboaa^t?e'u^ ! un?t?4 Stet^ii miriri? jo?rpii jot Gre? wm*,' has juf t bcen oom missionedi wj iib*-title of^ fM>overoor??by thei rs M?rt?oent; t?^lbr.ae^v?oi?;??i5: ea ;iap>ec;eniber;f rom^aw^Z?r?; for Ho lulu tn Veo^n&aud ?f >a division of ??M?tlfi^W; wb! Lieut./Harton will take lils band brav?s i?'?s;:y>^aa?$ti^t-'-lk.nd''- *w few'tull?*;ijfo^ It Vs ps e>il.yiw??b?Ut inhabitants . and will aniirLiout. Kolrt?n reaches there. ?XE M?DE IH AIL THE Sack Coats, Single or Double Breasted. Belt-Back Overcoats. Single or Donbreasted GREAT COATS. Chesterfields, Top Coats, Etc. If yon wish to be clothed in the latest styler? drop in an? take a look at "Eclipse" garments. You cannot do bettie and the price will snit you? FOR- SALE BY SApNG IS EASY If You Buy Your Groceries McGee & Povvei? li]KYommon$y goes farther here; and yon get, the BEST Goode in the market. ",. We sell a No. 1 Patent Ploun.... .i. *vi..v....w..$6 60 V We sell a No. 1 Half Patent...V?1.......... 4 76 ^oseU a No. 1 Coffee, 7 lbs..... v. ; I 00 We eell Graaalftted 8ugar 18 lbs. 1 00 We sell go<>d Rice 16 m.Mm^ ?o We sell Wheat Bran 80 lb. Seife............... 1 00 ^ ^ lb?....;.....?,.- 1 60 ??i??m m sell ?.Ked:MflS^Tob???:B-lbi^.:;?;.' ' Vv We eeU Feed Oats ........ :, ;\ ;. : .,... - v. 5$ '--^v ; ; We seil Corn, Meat, Lard, Corn Meal, Hay, &o, at Iiowest mtiikafc price. We solicit your trade. . ? ' McGEE & POWER, 204 8. Main St. J. L.Mc&EE. W.A.POWEB.^ l?1. S. VANDIV ER, . J. J. MAJOR. E. P.' VANDIVER. Steliioles ^;iid.iK?Li?ia.?ss| '. <. ;v '. ? Please arrab^ to. lefc ue have balanc? on-Bujfc?e? by 1st NovombBr, and H>ill be highly appreciated,' ^^ni^v--;''>v 'y-^"-";'1 ? . ' ? . ' . ....>.. *.. . . . '?> v's . '. ,.< . ?. .'v We ha\v? .?.-"Urge and well-selected stock of BU?GIES and HAR~ .^?^..and^'wDuI^^iks'to seii you Anything ?u: our* line when: in need. ^'??i^l^oii?:truly, ' , % WOES have moved our Sho?ahd office below ^eoples* Bank, hi front pt Mr.-J". J. Fretwell's Stablest . we respeotrhily ask ftU/put' prienda that ais^d^ auy Roofing done.' or any kind of Repair work, Engine '8t?oks? Eva^ra?e?S; mfkf kind of Tm or^Gravel RooSu* to call on us, tts we are prepared to do it pwmim'-?Mta&wtower. SoUdtiogJvoiirjiaironairft, we are.