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BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON, ANDERSON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 1906. VOLUME Xiii-NO. 31. The Farmers' Educational and' Co-Oprativo Union of America, IDUOTEO BY J. C. QTRIBUNO. ?sai" Commulcationu intended for this department ohould be addressed io J. C. ptribllng, Pendleton, S. C. The Cotton Speculator. For gall., green-gourd meat and pole cat stuff there ara no men on eui-th that have moro of this black broas in their make-up than these scoundrels* cotton lyera, some of whom have mn do it their life trade to prey upon tho ignorant? helpless* unorgan ized cotton, farmers. Borne of these leeches live here among us, and for a small pitance do their very best every cotton season to delude the cotton far.--, mor into selling their cotton for much Jess than it ie worth. These1' homo raised henehmen of the foreign cotton speculators have aided their* employ ers in robbing many of our cotton farmers this year bf moro than eight dollars per ba,!e on every bole that these farmers have raised this, year, and how since cotton has been forded to move up in price towards its full value by an organized body, these far mer men who have been fooled i?to selling their whole crop-can now do nothing but grin and growl at the speculators for deceiving them, when hie neighbors, tho organized farmers, did their best to keep these dumpers losing from. tHoir own hard earned atmoney and tue same time force his wiser.: neighbors to wait longer for remunerative prices for his crop or do like tho dumper, lose money. The following circular letter issued a few days ago by; ?rutcbfiold & Co?, banker? and brokers of New York, ia the best and most conservativo view that we have seen: Speculative liquidation and the op erations of bear cliques have been the recent features in cotton futures, and prices are .how , a little. over a cent a pound.below the high level of the sea son. This decline has been accom panied by a loss of less than half as much in the Southern spot markets, . and it.is evident that operators: jan the sbort'side of the market ara sgam.en tering dangerous ground, unless there is a serious .fer?ak An the ranks ;of Southern holders. ; Mw, There seems to be ad logical ground for expecting3uch weakneSg.?ii:The South" h?B ; TOBIkot?d nearly : 7?w0,vw bales of the -?r?p, at . remunerative prices and mu?t he in f? mueh better position, financially, to hold than was tho caa? when ;a refusal to market spot ?eott?? ia?t winter checked tho down ward : course ; of speculative marked 4\nd rallied nrieea ia theanring* Those working fdr lower values will point' out thai: the situation at this time is ?diff?rent* for .the reason that present prices are nearly ii cents a pound high er* but this may TO partially offset,' by the ?act that tho amount of cotton re maintop: to be marketed after Juuoary 1st, tbia year, ia 80 very much leaa thoo came into sight after that dato last season. The exact extent Of tho remnant of the crop ia atilt the eub ject of argument, lc acema perfectly safe to assume, however, that with the excellent weather thia autumn? cotton waa ginned at least as rapidly in proportion to the total na waa the case last year, and if so. tho total yield should be under 10*250,000 bales, and as the South ii in a position to carry over quite ?'. much as St did last year, if necessary to secure the price, thia ought to cover practically the entire commercial crop, unlesa Values should advance to a point that would bring out all reserves and sweep the interior clean. The question of "the forthcoming acreage is one which is being used by bear operators to justify the hammer ing contracta below, a parity with spot supplies. The argument is that the comparatively high prices of this win ter will encourage an expansion in area equal to the reduction of Inst season, ?md that the Southern holder seeing in this the probability of another monster crop, will modify bis ideas ae to the value of the cotton remaining ?from tlie last crop, and show his un willingness to -un any chance of car rying cotton into the next season by making concessions in price. Wc firmly nelie ve that Southern planten as a oloss are fully as able to recog nize, as the speculator in contracte, the danger of too great an expansion of acreage, and a course of action will probably be decided upon at the mast meeting of planters to bo held undei the auspices of the Southern Cotter. Association, on the ll th, 12th and l ?j tl of this month, to avoid au increase ir area which would seriously threaten t fair commercial prottc to th< grower. It will readily be appreciated, tba1 alter tho big crop Of 1904-05 has beei balanced up by tne smaller growth o: fha present year, tho next crop maj bea medium one without furnishing at over-supply or causing depression particularly in view of the rapidly in creasing consumption and the general ly increased value of all oominoditie; aa a result pf : the increased productioi Of gold. And to limit the area plante? in cotton to an extent that will pro vent depression in price can readily bi accomplished' without restricting th? agricultural development cf th South, She. South can successful?j grow other products. Tc do so wonh o to her own advantage, and there i little doubt but that the pledges wil be prepared at the forthcoming meet .lng of tho Southern Cotton ; ASBocia tiou, looking to ,a more thorough di versification -of crops; which will \ se cure ; ready signers ' when circulate through , the interior by the- Associa t io n's agonta.nnd repr?sentatives. . . On the whole, we can see no reasb whatever for abandoning expectation ot ?onti?ned high pricoB. We do nc 'believe in taking tod extreme a viev nor do wo favor an effort to cause sensational and trade t?io turbin g ac yance by a stubborn refusal to mark? spot supplies. But tho statistics shq tu?t: the1 remunerative prices of ti present season have in no wise eui tailed the activity , of spinners, f< takings to date are practically >-tl same as they were for the same perk of last year; and we take the positioi that "apo t cotton should be worth evei cent that mills can pay and still find J-, .... ..- '... ,i. .... . i. ..." JmWmmm? ready and profitable market for their product. At the present time it is cal- ' oulated that cotton goods are sidling on a hacia which permits the mills a profit around 13 cents for tho raw ma terial, and under the circumstances We fully expect that tho present reac tionary tendency ot futures, duo to purely speculative influences, will shortly be checked by the continued determination of the South'to receive nothing leas than a fair price for its holdings, and when those who have boon sailing futures find that the spot markets refuse to respond, the recovery moy bo violent. Calhoun In Statuary Hall. To the Editor of the Intelligencer: We, the undersigned, representing the King's Mountain chapter, 1). ?. H., Yorkvllle, S. C., wish to call your attention and that of your readers to n work which we have inaugurated, and in which we beg your cordial help and co-operation. It haa long been a source of regret and mortification that South Carolina has no representation in the National Statuary hall of tho capitul?t Washington. "This statuary room was tho old hall of representa tives; it was the scene of the debates of Webster and Clay, Adams Calhoun and others whose names are indelibly associated with the history of congreso. I? 1804, at the suggestion of Senator Morrill of Vermont, the room was set apart aa a national statuary hall to which each State might send the efil giesof two of her chosen BOUS in mar lo or bronze to be placed permanently here," . - No South Carolinian overviews those stately statutes, erected by practically all the States of the Union in memory of their "chosen Sons," without won dering why our own place has been so lons empty, and wishing that we too could point with pride to a representa tive occupying tue space allotted to South Carolina. The King's Mountain chapter is do sirous of starting a movement to rem edy thiS long-standing neglect. Wo havo written to every woman's organ ization in the State casking them to join na in petitioning the legislature to appropriate, at the present session, the anni of ?35,000 for the purpose of erecting a statue of John C. Calhoun in the National Statuary hall in the capitol at Washington. Wo regard Calhoun as South Carolina's most rep resentative man, he was for 4.0 years the most conspicuous and influential figure in nation\1 politics; he waa rep resentative, senator, secretary of war, secretary of State and vice president. We do hope that you will give us your support and help-in this work. We wish through your paper to appeal to every South Carolinian, man and woman? to. honor thia draft upon your ?atyfotlom. ny.j *i> beg thCSS to T6 spondV to the effort we are making to have our beloved State take her right ful olaco in tho halls of the nation. We anal! be exceedingly obliged if you will g. ve thin letter a place fb the columns ov* your-naner. Very respectfully yours, i Mrs. Virginia Mason Bretton, Mies Maggie A. Gist. Miss Lesslio D. Witherspoon, k? U&WiB. 8. M, McNeel, V; Mrs, G. H. O'Xieary, Mrs. Walter B. Moore, R?gent, Yorkville, S. C., Jan, 10,;1008. ?TATE KEW?. - Five persons are in Sail at Char* leeton awaiting trial on the ohargo of murder. - John W. MoMakin has been em ployed to ooaeh the Clemson baseball team this aeaeon. - Confederate veterans of Green ville County will receive cioaeos of honor January 19th. -r Mrs. E. P. Chalmers, of Holena, has a pair of spectacles that are moro than 200 years old. - A warehouse in Sumter contains 2,000 h ale a of cotton which aro being held for higher prices. - Tho Granby Stone Company has boen organized in Columbia with a eapital stock of $30,000. - E. M. Huffstellar whilo digging a well at Gaffney was killed hy tho dirt caving in upon him. - There are five prisoners, all col ored, in Chester jail? three of them women, waiting trial for murdor. -- Highwaymen held up a negro on the streets of Greenville Friday in broad daylight and robbed him of $2G. - Wallace Thomas, oolored, of Chester, committed suicide by diown iug himself. Ho jumped into a mill pond. - A commission for a charter has beon issued to, the South Carolina State Fireman's Association, of the State . - Governor Heyward has reooived a number of letters relative to cases of smallpox iu several sections of the State. . - The South Carolina legislature will be asked to make an appropria tion for an eshibit at the Jamestown exposition. - The Seoretary of State has is sued commission to the Southern Cot ton Mill Company of Seneca. The capital is 0200,000. - The old Washington hotel in Co lumbia, a h puso which once enter tained the first president was burned last Friday night. -r:W. B. Wise, who conducts a laundry in Sumter, has been arrested on tthe charge of defrauding a ciiisen of Dublin, Ga., out of $40. * - A prominent farmer of Green ville who owns over a thousand aorea of land has been arrested for persis tently running a blind tiger. : -? A brakeman on the Southern road fell from his train aa it was cross ing a trestle near Greenville and sus tained a serious fracture ol the leg. - The Euphradisn Literary So cieties of the South Carolina College have issued invitations to their cen tennial celebration cs February 5th. - It is reported that the Virginia? Carolina Chemical Company baa pur chased 3,000 acres,of phosphate lands near Beaufort, the purchase price being $10,000. - Dr. W. J. Langston baa resigned as pastor of the Pendleton Street Bap tist Church at Greenville to accept an offorfrom tho homo mission board of the Georgia Baptist convention. - Gov. Heyward has announced tho appointment of Senator Richard I. Manning, of Sumter, to succeed Mr. Altamont Moses an a member of tho Hampton monument oommisBion. -- Miss Julia Smith, daughter of a late professor of Wofford College, diod reoeotiy and loft $10,000 to build a library for tho oollego and $2,000 for tho fund of aged ministers of the con ference. - The city of Charlo9ton presented last week a handsome silver punch bowl to her namesake, tho cruiser Charleston. Spoeehos were mude by Scoretary Bonaparte, Senator Tillman cud others. - Dr. John Blake White, of New York, has scut two oil paiotiuga, ouo "Tho Re 80UC," tho other "Gen. Marion's Sacrifice," to State Historian Sally whioh will bo presented to thc Senate and House of Representa tives. - Tho jury in tho case of Dispenser John J. Bishop, of Spartanburg, charged with violation of tho dispen sary law in his manner of conducting his dispensary, has brought in a ver dict of guilty, with raoommendation to mercy. - Tho United Stntes Supremo Court has rendered a deciaiou holding that Greenville, Laurens, Greenwood and Saluda Counties will hove to pay the bonds issued in 1883 for tho con struction of tho Greenville, Knoxville and Port Royal Railway. - Two children of Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Collins, who live in tho Salem sec tion of Oconee County, woro bitten several days ago by a cat supposed tc have been suffering from hydrophobia. Symptoms of the disenso appeared ic the children, but thry were hurried tc the Pasteur Institute in Atlanta foi inoculation and so far have sufloroc no further illeffeots from thoir expert enoe. It is hoped that in a few woeki they will bo released unharmed. Twt ohildren living near Seneca have jus returned from tho institute. Tho) were bitten by a mad dog. .-Col.'Henry Thompson has pro seated the State of South Oarolim with a handsome picture or paintio of his father, the late Governor Hugl Smith Thompson. The picture wil bo presented totbe General Assembl some time soon. In a letter to Go\ ernor Heyward Colonel Thompson sa; that the pi o tur o was painted by Wi liam Welch, in Washington, who ale painted > the nie turcs of General Hampton and Butler, both now bein tho property of the State. It i therefore peculiarly appropriate tnt the picture of Hugh Thompson 1 given the State. The picture wi probably bs hung beside the other tv in the Senate, there being a vaoa< panel on that side of the hall. (iENEHA?< NEWS. - Sevon persons perished in a f?ro at L owi?ton, Pa. - A Texan named Disinuke haB boen married tbrej times and is tho father of thirty ono childron, - Tho Amorioao Biblo Booioty, it was reported rcoontly, found itself for tho first time in a quartor of a oen tury in debt. _- A Ncvou-year-old girl at Barncs villo, Ga., was killed by the acciden tal discharge of a gun. Tho ahild's head was blown oil. - A syndicate of Allantaos havo bargained for tho transportation of 100 Gorman girls to work as domes tics in Atlanta bomen. - A young boy hurled a bomb into a company of Cossacks in St. Petersburg and tho explosion which followed killed alargo numbor. - Milwaukee measures her growth and prosperity by her boer produc tion. Last year sho turned out $24, 000,000 worth of tho\ fluid that made her famous. - There were fewer lynchings in tho United Snates last year than in 1904. Mississippi had tho largest number, 20, in two of which colored mobs lynched memberri of their own race. - Gen. William K. Michie, Adju tant General, makes otlicial announce ment that tho 16th annual reunion of tho Unitod Confederate veterans will bo hold in New Orleans April 20th and 27th. - O. W. MoadowB, who lived near Milledgevillo, Ga., waa found dead and tied in bis buggy. l?o had boon shot through the heart. A negro and a white boy have ^eon arrested oharg cd with tho crime. - Miss Rowena Payton, a stroet | ^ vendor in Atlanta, who is dying of pneumonia, danced with tho prince of Wules at tho historical ball given in New York half a century ago. Sho is a former resident of South Caro lina. - The Indians of Elko, Nov., havo abandoned tho dances of their fore fathers, have built a danoo hall, and recently gave s ball, at which they and their squaws and many invited palefaces waltzed in the moat modern fashion. r. I - J. R. Poden was arrested in Knoxville r> >d later enjoined in tho Chanoery court from further attempts to entice employes of local cotton mills to go to South Carolina. Peden represents twelve big cotton mills in South Carolina. , - Mary McDonald, a negress who claimed to be 1B5 years old, died at the Home for Aged and Infirm colored persons in Philadelphia a few days ago. She claimed to have been born Nov. 14, 1770, in a settlement known as Frogtown. near Valley Forge, Pa. She often told of the aoenea in Wa?h ington's camp at Valley Forge. CagM - Ben Harrie, the negro oharged ?ith tho assassination of Ozro Polk, t Borings Mill, Tex., and who was aken from tho officers at La Salle by mob, was lynched early Wednesday t MOBCOW, Texas. Thoro were about evenly mon in the mob. - A young man named Hess, 'hose residence- is unknown, was illed by a train near Ruffin, N. C. Io had been employed as a flagman nd had been sent out to flag a train, v hilo waiting ho fell asleep on thc raoka and was run over. - Under a now law in Pennsylvania ravos must bo dug nine feet deep in tcad of six, aa heretofore. Tho grave ignora of Haselton, Pottsville and Vilkcsbarro have gone on a strike for igher pay, and pooplo will have to ostpono dying until thc strike is Bel led. % - lu three provinces of Northorn apan having a population of two mil ion eight hundred thousand thc rorat t'amino known in years prevails, t is said that in one province "sen eoco of death" has already been lassed on one-third of tho inhabi ants. 0 - John T. Pruden, a negro em- '*x*w_ iloycd at thc railroad camp, five miles rom Atlanta, was blown into frag ?onts by tho rrematuro blast of 20O ouods of dynamite. The shook rom tho terrific explosion rcaultcd a a wild soono of wreokago in tho ioinity. - Leonard B. Irabodon and James L Hill, convicted of conspiracy to> ?rcck tho Denver, Colorado, Saving lank, and divort its funds to their lao, wore sentenced by Judgo Pal lor in tho District Court to bo oon ined in tho Stato prison ton years at lard labor. - . Mrs. Drusilla Hall Johnson, who lied Sunday at Northampton, Mass., ?as believed to bo tho oldest true laughtor of tho Revolution. Her naternal grandfather and her father joth served for several yara, and the latter was presont at tho exeoution of Maj. Andre. - ConBtablo J. H. Holder, father ii 7-yoar-old Ruby Holder, who waa criminally assaulted by a Swede nam ed William GregorBon Christmas eve, was fatally shot by his brother officers in tho jail yard at Beaumont Toa:., whila he was trying to get at Gregor en in his cell to slay him. - President Roosevelt turned over ono now leaf last week by refusing, beoause he waa 4'too buey, to reor' je a delegation of oolored MethCutst proaohors who wished to invite lina to make a speech on the suffrage ques tion! This was th J first time the President ever refused to open the door of opportunity to oolored visitors koooking there. 4 Gals. Ii. & SI. Paint and 8 gals, oil coa about $8.50 and will paint moderato Bleed house. Sold by P. Ii. Oravton, An derson, S.O.; B. R. Horton, Iiowndes vtlle, S C.; T. C. Jackson, Tvs. 8. C.; W. W. Griffin, Pelzer, 8. G.; F. JJ. Hopper* '.. Bolton, W.O. SE Big Bargains in Store for January 11 'r.'v. We aro glad to say that 1005 was tho largest business yoar in ouv history. We wish to thank our many Meads and customers for their patronage during the past year, and we hope to merit a continuance of same for the year 1906. To make business hum for January we are prepari^ . yma^M^yJ^^nMM ?MMm?$M , Wool Blankets. SQ Ladles^ A. few Wool Blankets left, which will bo closed out at a great redaction. .:?> Bed Comforts. ' :. P AWgUneofBodCoitortetobeolosedoutATCOST. Wool Goods to Go at Cut . 1 .... Jr rices ; v "Wlj^^ and ?hilldren at CUT Prices. Wp : ': V ??- . : '"Jj^^ QTormotto. ,<HlghqnalitytLowPrices.,,>_._ - '.j:J :'?^^fPS?S^PRl^^B^^PKP? 3USy FOR LESSER * CO. ' r WV?ar?biMed-?509,^ we will place on sale at Cut Prices. Inspect our big Show Window and see the Cut Prices. You will be astonished. If Quality and | Pricedoee?ataejt>????etpay. . ,^^^^mm^^^^^^^m^ ^ ' .' :v; 1 .' :i'* ?i-'*-" - '' .'. "? '. '' , ?*?&?t*i?? . 111 1 i-^-M-?---?. i . a- ? ?^^^rolwiU'als?^t?w ? big ?toe^ Utesistyles. We will cut the price on them to half the real valne. 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