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ADDRESS THE FAK*EKS OP OR ANGESURG COUNTY. These Two Big Cot'on. Assncialion Of ficers /re Greeted by a Big Crowd Toe Orangeburg County Cotton As sooiatl >n held i s regular raeetirg cn last Saturday and was most profitably eoc-eroilned by aiffareat members. The a'-tendance on the County Asso ciation on Saturday was quits large, bnt a still larger crowd was presem on M..v. day to hear addresses by the Hia. Harvey Jordan, of Atlanta, Ga., Pre3'dsnt of the Southern Cotton As sociation, and the Hon. E. D. Smith, of B'? lopTiUe, S. 0 , Ganeral Field Agent of the Association, who had come all the way from Oklahoma, traveling ought and day, tobe her. i Monday. They were very much fatl gu*d r> om tnelrlong journey, but they made splendid speeches and were en ? thnsiabtlcally cheared and heartily en dorsed. Both of these gentlemen have re cently gone over the entire cotton ; belt, and they, are certain that the present cotton crop Is a short one, and that the farmers will roaliza a good prise for it if they will only act to v getber. They give the farmers much rou?? advice. Mr. Jordan advises the ' farmers to be more careful in ginning abi preparing their cotton for market, and aoove all to keep it well housed - and cut of the weather if it was not placed in a warehouse. He advise d the farmers to sell only about one tenth of their crop monthly and in this ? way maintain a good and average - price for cotton the year round. He was sure this plan was possible if the f&rmers would only work together and help each other. Mr. Smith addressed the meeting along the same line that Mr. Jordan did He spoke of organizing a big as foolatinn with a large oapitol to buy up and keep off the market all cotton when the price was not right, and In this way prevent a glutting of the cotton market and maintain prices. Mr. Smith bandied his subject most el-qaently and convinced most of thoce who heard him that the plan he advocated was entirely feasable, and would work a revolution in the marketing of the cotton crop. Mr. Smith is a most eloquent speaker, and generally carries most any crowd he addresses with him. No one who comes under the spell of bis eloquenbe c?n be indifferent to what he says. Some of those who heard him thought his p'an feasable while others thought It impracticable. It is a big ?inject and would have to be thoroughly di gested before being put in operation. The Orangeburg Cotton Assooia tion has many of our largest and bes', farmers in it, and has done all it could to k ,-op up prices. That it has, in com mon with all ether county assooia t'ons. d :ne much good is well-known T?e aast elation oauld absolutely con trol the cotton market if all the farm era would j oin it. When the Orange bun? Of unty Association was organiz ed some two years ago it was agraec to ro?..t every month, and It has neve: miss 3d a meeting. While all the meet lugb Luve not been attended as they should be, many of them has been well aV ended, and many valuable disoussLa have taken place at the m:-3ti-f ?. If all the cotton ouuntltf in tv S >uth were as loyal to the Cot ton Ass elation a& Orangeburg Oouaty tat .a would be no further trouble about the price of cotton. The meet . ings Saturday and Monday were oi a mat intercUng oharaoter ant ?^prft P'p-tflv e j -vftd by all who at tended them. The no-lie of the Monday aie?ting was -v.e y short oi there would have been a larger attend Mice l??il th?i\e *?a>i. * A Good Show. CoIpk Brothers Circus, which exhib ited her? lastTussday afternoon anc. eyfcJcg f i a gcod show, was well pat rcn z'o as both performances. The mate?' n ent of the show regretted very rr aca that one of its negro lab orers k? hboi aad killed? a man at Mannlrg. They did ail they could to bring u r feiio* to justice and be U now in the penitentary. Mr. Will Mitcbe; . he Press Agent cf the olr cus ir. making cf the trouble said be w*s sorry some people were disposed to blame she Coles Brothers for tbt 6 ffioulrv He very rightly said that tbry.wen not at all responiible tor them atid th3t the undue no&oriet7 was very much deplored/ Oolet Brorbe s have always endeavored to cendue" tbelr olrcus In a way thai we uld w in for thorn a reputation of having -, gocd show at which every, thiig v-a;ton right. 'When any o;' the labors who aocompary the Show g wrong it Is not their fault. Hold Your Cotton Ttecdore H. Pdco is recognized as a good judge at conditions. He is kept well informed by a corps of cor respondents scattered throughout the cotion belt, and in spite cf his reputa tion for getting from one side of the market to the other on short notice his predictions are not written, weight and ir fl icnce. Last week Mr. Price telegrapued a cotton man in Green ville tf at the market was advancing on a got eral appreciation of the orop shortage, and that he expected that the stap.e would sell at twelve cents. Ha added that an Immediate decline may be anticipated in view of the largely increased receipts, brought aocut by the high market values, though t its d&cUne may only be tem porary. Don't sell your cotton unle.-.s you get it 'east ten cents for it. * Happily married Dr. B. F. Muckeafuss, of this city: ard Mrs. J. S. Eiler, wer? married in Augusta, Ge,., on Tuesday evening of last vrfek by Rav. Mr. Cauihen Mrs. E?ier Las lived in Orangeburg f or sometime, but had been on a. visit to relatives In Alabama, and on hex way back was mat In Augusta by Dr. Muckeafuss and they wore hr.ppily married and came on to Orangeburg Mrs. Eiler is quite a handi me arjc accomplished laay, and we cor.gratu la e Dr. Muckeafuss on winning heo as a life companion. Tney have the best wishes of a host of friends for a long and happy life. BISHOP WILSON Preached at St? Pa als Char oh on Thursday .Sight. Bishop A. W. Wilson, of Baltimore, senior Blsbopof the Methodist copal Ohnroh, South presetted at St. Paul's Church in thin city on Tours day night last to a large onngrega tion. Bishop Wilson has this 3tate within hl* jurisdiction during t> present year, and he will preside over the Snith Carolina Conference this winter. ' He stopped over in Orange burg on his way to attend Indian Fields camp meeting. Bishop Wilson Ib a very a hie man, and his congregation wns much pleased with bis sermon last week. The text for the evening was taken from Corinthians, 13:13. From this text the speaker delivered a rather lengthy discourse on the essentials that go to make up the man. Faith, hope and charity, he said, were abso lutely necessary in. every life. Men must have faith, either in things good or bad. He spoxe of universal faith in things Immortal, and showed as a result of this the uplifting of every thing in the world. The Blsboo then spoke of hope. Hope he said, must go with faith, for tbev could not be separated. Hope must come in as a part of every char acter. Faith~ and hope, these two, open the way for the greatest of all. What would the life of any one be, if there was no hope for the future? It would certt'nly be a, barren existence Then he came bo the last, which is themes!; important of all things,,ta&t is neoeBsary, charity. He said that charity in his text, was the same as love. Ha showed why so muci stress was laid on this one faculty. "The greatest of th83e is charity," The greatest requirement made by God was to give Him your love. If you loved Him, you would obey Him. Then It was the greatest of all. Cod compels no man to do His will, ubrougf; love alone Oaristians obey the will of God. "Love thy neighbor as thy self," B ihop Wilson said would go a long way toward making the world better. The sermon from the' first to the last was a strongly delivered argu ment and was very much enjoyed by the entire congregation. * What Can Be Done. All you farmers that have your bus iness matters well in hand and are in position to hold your cotton off of the depressed market, should go out and tell your 1?3S fortunate brother farm ers just how you.managed to do this. When you do this you are not only helping your fellow craftsmen, but you are Increasing the strength of your own position by bringing in re cruits for the purpose of controlling the farmers' own affairs by the farm ers. If all the farmers in the South would organize they could control the price of cotton as well as labor. They would be a great power as they wou'd number several million members. No institution for wrong could stand up against millions of organized and de termined farmers, who are b?nde dto yethsr to stand by the side of- right. Oganizs, farmers, orgauiza, and you will win a grand and glorious victory. Will you do It. * Warna Tw iivo Ueuto. ? Field Agent ? D. Smith, in talk ing of the ootton situation, says: "With trade conditions as good as last year, a twelve million bale crop, which does not feen probable, ought to bring 12 } rents instead of 9 cents, the price now being paid. By concert of action we can make it bring what it ought to bring. Without concert of action we will have to take what we can get Trie world consumed last year 12 186 000 bales of cotton. It consumed not only all th* goods pro duced last year but 840 000 bales that ?rere carried over from the previous 7ear. It consumed an7 predous ve<vr, 340,000 balQ(; more than in 1904 5, more than 2.000 000 ba'es more than 1903 04. Toe average price paid was a oven cants ba^ed upm the Ne* Or leans market. Spinners sold their pro ducts on a mmh higher busts, a basis the averse of which was not less than 12^ oents." * Mr. vVm Pauline Dead. Mr. William H. Piulllag, an old landrcark of St Matthew's died vcr? suddenly Tuesday morning at his res idence, with heart trouble .He was 68 jears of ag3. With one or two .itort Intervals he has been magta ?irate of tbiB judicial district for many years. Mr. Paulling was an old Confederate veteran and served constautly from '61 to '65 in the late olvil war. He was a braye soldier. In battle at E dc-< Riilroad station aear Pnertbuig.. Va , be was shot In the R'deof the facxi and a fistula was produced, and for upwiriu of forty years he wore a handk.rchief around hia neck. He leaves a *"id tw. who wss a Miss Soller.-?, and fivo chtHen. r.hree sonsan:! two daughter*. Judge Paulllng was of magnificent physique and a truly handsome man. Entsred Upon Kin Duty. Rev. J. C. Dletz, the new Pastor of the Luthern Church, held his rim services on Sunday morning, and In the evening a welcome service was held, which was participated In by R3v E M. Lijhtfoot, R?v. J L. M> Lees and Rev. L. P. McGae. Toe ser mon of the evening was preached by Rev. Mr Dletz and short addressns were made by the city Pastors pres-m* who wanted to mak=i toe new Paster 'eel at .home. Rev. Mr. Dietz has b^en most cordially reoelved by tha. mem bers of his cr.urch, and will we f.-el iure do a good w >rk in this communi ty. Those who heard him Sunday say .he la a strong p*eacher. City OlliclalH. Tho following city r. 01 Mils were sleeted at the last mooting of City Uouacii: Assistant Clerk &nd Tre-suror o C )oamhisions of Public Works, A. C DU Die. Polios?Cheif, W. G. Albergottl; Pollcerrnn, J B. K'lly, W L. Douir las, L, I. O'Oiin, W. H. Ed-.'ina, R H Jiv.nings, E C. Fdrey. Sewerage Commiss!on?rs, A. H Moss, T. H. Waoaamakor, T. C. Doyle, T. A. Fnirey. T. A. Jef tords. Board of Health, J. M. Hun nloutt and T. J, Hayden. MO? FKOBL?M DISCU9PED BY SENATOR TILL M.?N AT AUGUSTA. He Advocat-s the Passpirt System 2 ike hay Fave in Eur pe Senator B R Tillcnan ?nnke on the race problem at Augusta. Gi., on laB! Saturday night. The Ohrooiole says his dlscription of the problem whlor. confronts the snuth was passionate and throbbing with intense and burn ine eloquence. Jt slowed with thelnr id fl e ?hioh mads "Pitchfork Till xan'' famous. But his suggested so lutton of che problem was the cool, sob:'!', peaoeabie and impaasionate ut cerance of ? great southerner and a ?^reati statesman Tae sohema pro piped w<? "Hqrina! with Senator Till man, and his speech in Augusta mark ed its first public enunciation. Wbeth er or not it is pracbloal, the people of the southern states will decide. That plan is the estahli3bment of theE ir"p vj passport system, oom polling every person to have a certlfl cate of good character before being al lowed either to mo^e away from a resident or home; or to move into s new section; compelling every person to have bona file maans of support, etc., and promptly arrestiog anyone who anpaars in any community with out the neccassary passport; This Senator Tillmau believes, win hold in oheck the lawless, loafing, fiendish no ?ro criminal class who%e members are c*sp nsible f ir th'? avfd danger ^hiou stalks abioad, a menacs.to every :. ure southern woman. The occasion of M r. Till man's ad -iress on "The Rvce Problem" was th. opening of the lyceum course in Au gusta. An Immense audience filled Miller-Walker hall, from platform to gallery, and greeted the speaker witb enthusiasm. The music w.vs furnish ed by the boys' bar.-l o? the Georgia Industrial Home at Maoon, a musical aggregation which has toured the south in retrular 03ncert work. When Senator Tillman appeared at the door of the auditorium, the strains of Dixie burst upon the air, soon mingled with the Bhouts and applause of the immense audience. From a lyceum standpoint, the event was a perfect success. , S F. Garllngton, one of the mos' brilliant of Augusta's younger attor neys, introduced the speaker. Beu Tiilman stepped to toe front of the platform and slowly began: "Ladles and Gentlemen: Though in recent years in my pathway has led me far away from Augusta, and I have little opportunity during the oo casional visits to keep in touch with the people of this grand old city, when I tell you that 1 was born within 13 miles of this spot and lived there until I was past '40 yei 1 old, and during all of my boyhood and younger man i hood business as well as pleasure of teii i brought me to this city, you will un deretmd that 'Augusta' had 'Augusta people' oan be no strange words to me, nor can its people be strangers. "In selecting the rac8,problem a1 the subject, I will talk to yru ab-.u to-night, the same sub j rot upon wblo I spoke here four or five years ago, you will doubtless wonder why I should oling to a topio about which most o ! you are familiar and about; whloh you think there la very little new o strange or profitable I can tell you. A i montn ago I should not have though to select this subject, though I ha v. i long been discussing it in the nortb where they know nothing about 1) and where I feel perfectly willing t i tell them what I think they c.ugot U know. I told them z.bout it fr >ja th? 'Ben Tillman" standpoint, so you ca* imagine what sort of stuff they heard THE ATLANTA KI0T. "Two, or tLwe, weeks as'0 tooigh' wo 1 ad what is Cilled the Atlanta rio with the detail j of '.vhich most of yo> are familiar, although tha full stir; haB never gotten lato the p^ptrs, an> It is because of tbat riot ?.nd tha 11 lnmtnatln? ohv-.cter of the rcou. rences there that I have f^lt alcaos compauea iro^i & aeasa cf duty to tak this, m firsu op?'rtualty, to Iqom!' in the south to present to ycu & me Of the views th^t biv 1 c> ue to ms il 'uminatei by those bkody and ho.ii bio transaetious. I do not lay claim to bo'ng a proph et. I do lay claim to honts ;y aad p^ triotlsao of purpose a;id to havm. gooo common senec; and it Is in th' i x .reise of my patriotism of purpoa as well a? my use of cjcamon sens that I am going to si eak to you to night. I am going to c?II things bj their names; I v.m not going to m'.no:. words; I will hurt some feeling* anr. tread on some toes; bat I will tell tu. tru'h. as I sec it. ' I do not often use a manuscript, xud I dj not intend to use ooa now c-xospt for a mlnn r, but having ic view the laying.!"'fore y u and b^fort the country m underloading of th situation. Iha edelio rately betdo?: in black and whi.-j where I culc weigh my worua and be careful d gaurd my statemeot, certain funds mental prlnoiples which I ask you tt permit me to r?ad." Senator Tillman had oarefu'l/ pr ? pared the folio win/ statement of 6h< race problem as he ooncclv.'s it, an up in whioh he declares the sou';; must act at ones if terrible conse qiences are to be averted: 1. The white men of the south v<er nev.-rmore uoited or more determined than tney are now in the purpose u maiutaia whits supremacy la c.tcuan ivery part of efery s >ut.'it>ru state rt girdless of negro majori tie ; aad tl i thought of social equality is aa in'oi jrable or even mo;c .-o than tue icie of political equality. T.:o two go uani !i; hand i?ud cannot bo s-iper-ited. 2. Th? negro.3 wer.i i^vir mr;r riicnt 0u contesting in .;vtry way iL<x :oey d^re this position of t ie wai.cb The teacbira, their pr^acaers, tin i politicians and evciy or a\ z t!o which they have formed, one and all .re baat on compelling a r^c kui&.j-. oy the whitis of the rig icd given l< yhe negrces by the 14.1 and 15iL Amendments; and la every pric lo voi. vay the republic in national govern oaent is giving aid aaa comfort to thh dea. 3 Rice hatred in every form h> growing in intensity with both raoes. 1 JL XX \J JLlOJL/jGk. JL ? V 4. Eyhcfcing for rape of white wo men by negroes will continue as long as the orlme is committed and the fact that in many instances tbe guilty ficni is not caught intensifies the hatred of the whites towards the ne gro raoe and tenis to preolpitate race cocfl'ota in whioh Innocent and gooc negroes are too often the only suffer-, ers. 5 Amalgamation is the hop<* and ultimate purpose of tbe nogroes; the obliteration of tbe oolor line, and many white men, too many cblivicu to their duty to their race and oaBte, are voluntary criminals In this regard, whl'e thank God, cur white women prefer death to Bush a fate. In al most every community white men can be?found brazenly living op9nly with colored women and nothing is said or dona about it. We must protect our women at any and all bezards else they would spurn us and ought to spurn us; and we must draw tbe line of caste between white men and black women and sternly compel its observ ance, jost as Bternly as we are resolv ed to oraw the line between black men and white women. Tbe fact tbat tbe negro ravishes the white woman while the white man only lowers himself to gratify lust with a willing negro wo man bb morality is concerned makes the only difference. 6 That most essential and burning Issue with us is how to prevent rape ra.fcber than t*y to avenge it. Lynoh ?ng has failed; we must trv some thing else. As the superior race we owe It to ourselves to protect the good and innccoit npgroes, of whom their are man*/?millions of them in faot? from fell? teac^erf' and bad leaders who are rapidly driving the whites to de^ppratioo and to the massacre of the negroes, and to a race war which can have only one result, the destruct'on of 'he weaker race. My wu-'is *re bold. There are not -";.iy who would like to discuss this question. I shrink from It, but the Mabjpot i* tco serlousand the situation too grave fcr me to speak on it at all and not hew. to the line. Prevent rape. Sbr-p it?don't try to avenge it [ mean thr.t is the policy, but G"id knows Is'd after I had taken the oitb of office cs governor of Soutn Carolina with the oath warm on my lips, that I would lead a mob to lynch any man, black or white, who would ravlPh any woman black or white? and 1 meant it. "But we want a remedy for rape. Lynching has not succeeded. We must have a remedy. When I come to discuss the remedy ^r thQ remedies for the conditions of which I have spoken we are confront ed with difficulties and obstacles wbich appear almost insuperable, The storm center of all this trouble is the necessity for the protection of the white women of the South from the fiends who have been turned loose upon us by Northern fanatics and we must stop at nothing, how ever costly and cruel it may appear, which will afford our women safety from these davils in humcn form. The only feasible scheme wbioh I have ever hit upon has b8en rej^oted ime and sga'n because it rnvolves a most radical departure frcm all of cur ideas of Anglo-Saxon liberty and now I adopt it as a last resort. It is nochltg more nor l?ss than the e?tab ishm'-nt among us of the European passport system roupled with large inarea??e of the effi ers of the law, most of whom are to be stationary or live at their homes, while in every 0 uoty where the negroes are at al1 mmerous we would have two or more uounted poHc;man everoa tbe move to track down suspicious and danger ms chi rzoterB. With a half dozen or more p'eked men in every township ommisaioned to make arrests, with out ^arraut, if? after investigation, t should be deemed neccesaary un^er V r-gulation, and a^o charge with she duty of ferreting out all ca.es of tnc-odiary teaohings or utterances ^b'.co w uld tend to lawlessne a, w^ ;ould soon nut the breeders (f 'rouble between tbe racrs, white or ?lack, in Buch hot wacar that the* \1d movj oo and ou; of tha couu ' It is i?ler.fss to try to put out a Qreand prevent; corfl'.gallon if men ire allowed to room about with mat ches and continue to set It. If we litrni to assert and maintain whit: siK'-c m-cy we must force the negroes & i res gnlze their ruhord'.nat.o posi Jon and allow no other idea to bs ?Mssenlnated or taught. Wi must ?ooxpjl every man to have a fix:d do nlc'leaad to bo regularly at work, or ?myloyed by Boms one to whom he cm refer for character and good coo luctj and sllow no stranger to enter 1 f< mi3i:nlty without behog\'u':ject' :d :: rrca to an lav Btigation. ' Moke every such man produce c, .*?/? s ort Issued by tho proper efflceT. :.uq l.we in the picsport a .rood ro; on for changing an home. L'.\< rihe punishment, be a year on the :h2!n gang This la.v, of oourre voull h;we to ~.p;-ly to boih rac?s tc ie constitutional, aad it. ought, to be nfocei imoartiall/. No go d white mia c:n tnd reasonable o jcti"n *ud we nojd not consider tuo bi? nss, "It is the res&less young:r g-oner*. io-' of nenMus, whoia bljjrl h\< It en fired by Incendiary teachings 3nd wl o *re moving from turpentine e.n p tc urp^Dtlce camp, frum Raw mill to mill froin ..uj railroad ,<r-ng to an thor railroal grng, from ono town to aajther, drunkards, ?ambla s, thieves. Urn, lo*.f r^, munv of th-.m safes o! - e cooaina habit or habituated to th rroklcg of cu*gg?:d cigarettes, the eorthksa kcuh of che races?>Vg? iru the creatures who ar.: dsfi urirg ?ur women aad driving the r ,o'-a Into i conil -ion whioa will so ort precipl ate a thousand bloo:3y trajerhe<? all ?ver tbe land. "These '"r^th-1 very Bpi7?rj of tb toctrir.:~.'f Gx:ri5.on, PhU3 ps, Bsech* er and Jehl Brown, trey ; re the in l:vl !ual p.-j g.ocy of bho :? ?Ii oad c :rine about &hc rquality of an, V/ ? uot drivo t'--.ei.- out of the counfcr' f we aro to tave the iv:o races llvi e'e la d^co toer? r'her. T:".ey do not number 5 par cent of be ns^ro populat'on, iho; ~r>i u.ter y worthless as laborers and tho oid> ?laoo In tuls oouotry where the I ugnt to be welcom rl or permitted to ive la a-nong the N rt 'trn people whose scheme of recorati ction hat produced them. We must hunt these (oreatures down with the same terrified I vigor and perseverance that we would look for tigers aod bears wblcn were loose roaming over the country seek ing what white women tbey might devour. If^llofthem were-shot as ruthlessly bs we would shoot wild b^af ts, the country would be better off, but we cannot do that. It woulo nowi be right to do it, beoauae we might kill some Inncccnt men. but we can keep them on the chain gang because of their vagrant, criminal manner cf living until tbey flee the country or change their mode of life. MIf the failure to have a pa-sport signed according to law and giving full description of the man who car ries it is made a misdemeanor punish able with imprisonment at bard labor and if the failure to be employed or have a home is also punishable in a similar way, the criminal class will soon diminish either by emigration or reformation, and conditions will rap idly improve. The difficulty of getting labor for any sor: of work in the country and in th tow s lies at the very root o all our troubles. "Suppose those restrictions should cause some white man who loves dol lars better tban the purity of w< man to say 'Why, yuu will ruin laboil' "To hell with such selflmnessl Sbow me the man who dares, acd I will show you a hounr! 'iTbe negro s who would si IT :r under the passport.system are the negroe> who are no good as wooers any wnere. md there Is no loss of labor in protec ting our women by ridding the coun try of these heilians. We should keep them on the chainggang until we can ?Mve them to their friends beyond the Mason and Dixon's line. Make them gc 10 their dearly beloved Yankee friends and raise hell up there, and let them stay "The north is beginning to have its eyes opened. Not long ago I talked for two and a half bcurs to an Illinois audience. I adoptod a trick I invent ed in South Cirulina politics. I held a hand primary. I said. 'I'm a white min's whi'ce man and I believe am made for better clay than anv negro who ever walked the earth. I believe this is a white man's country, and white men must govern it. It you believe it, too, bold up your bands. And I Bwear to God every man, wo man and child in that audlenoe d List of Unelatmed.LiBtters' List of unclaimed letters remaining in the O'angeborg Posfcoffloe for week ending October 9 ,1906 Moses Anderson, Miss F. Bell Alken. Mis Bodeker, Miss LueBrunson, A. F. Browc. Rev C. Ouloleasure, Miss Sulu duller Miss Margie Ol?unt, I.I. Oolley, H. E. Cook, Mrs. Oandls Oanerdate. Mis* George H. Clifton, (2) Mrs Ella Dumlelly, Miss Annie Dantzlor, Marlah Danizler, Caarlle Davis. Miss Viola F*tr. Mrs. MArg\ret Green, R. A. GolBon, Mrs Lilllc G rover. Mrs 0. A. Hook. Mrs. Roseanu, J bnson, Joseph Jen kins, George Jeffords. Alex Kdittj Frank Kearse, Mrs 0. H. King. Clare ecs Marshall, Miss Agnes Murph, Louis Murray, J. Yv. Myeru, Henry Mick. Wesley Palmer, Wm. Pierce. Mr. 0 R ohs. Fed Rowe, Miss An nie Roberts. Miss Janie Shuler, Mrs Rachel Stro man, Miss Ten?. Smith. Mrs. JuMa Thorn s. Hear? Z mmerman, Jikle Zbgler. Willie Ziig:er. Ja-n s Wright, Rov. Hanry Wil Man'i, Mn Rlmna William-}, R W Whte, Rovelee White, Mies Pearl Wa-ters. Persons calling for the above letters will say they are advertised. A. D We.sr.or, P. M. In M. niorJam Oo Sunday last G;d in Hl3 wisdom saw fit to take frum our home our loving mother, M-s E vie B z'.rd, it the seventy-seventh y-".ar o<! hersgs ?ha wa? a mrEibjr of Whire Housr Methodist Chure'o, and vraa a fsi'hful 0 rls'ian and affectionate w'f3 and a devoted, loving om?' er. Stn. leaves b'x children and a hoar, rf friends to mourn her daath. Ab- ut, five weeks ago her ioungest daughter, Mrs E. C. Roy nol^s, departed frora earth's prfforinga to wear a crown in heaven. O i, how wd it is to give our loved or,es up, but the L-rd gxve and the L t taketh away. Blessed be the Lame of the Lord A precious one from us is gone. A voice we loved is still, A place is variant in our home, Which never can be tilled. They tell mc of an angel form, That watched me while 1 slept, And of the fair a1 d gentle nands That wiped the tears 1 we X. Then she use to kneel witli us, And teach us how to pi ay, And raise our little hands to heaven, And taught us what to say. _J.R.B. H p ) He Id Better. August Kohn, chief of the Colum bia bureau of the Charleston N^s ?(.od Courter, arr'vod home f 'om Njw York last we k wbare ho went ab'.u owo week^bef re ftr exp-rt medica' advice. For sometime he has b* n suffering from chronic appendicitis fn a letter to a Columbia friend Mr Kjhn said fiat the surgeons h_,v ie'.mod It host not to per'orm an op erc^ien. His friends hops that be oomes horxij m::co iocprov d in health ls the refcu^t cf tbo fcrea-meofc be ' as undergone Airing t-ie ?.h er>oi. * A <J?rd. Please allow u3 to express thron ; (rouf columns cur sincere thankstc ,he li emaa anl citizens, generally, jih whro and colored, for their prompt and t ill slentwcrk ^hic'i sav ed us from ii'us serious loss from the r.ceat ?rj \<t, qur ho u*. V. ry respectively S ilaa R MsJiehamp, A C L' oo. Mr. W L tiioVif - ^ teen issiBtant c ?hier oi the People's B uk as bsen elected cashier of tae Eiis o H;?.u<. We oougraculite &ae Ed:s tjB'-ikon b?rurirg the servlc.s -i Mr. G over H ? is not ouly a most japable bank (ffl; a'., bui a mo-t tfla oie and pleasi.it young gentleman. He w.ll azurne his new position in a few days. ALFALFA IB THE SOU 12. One of the Best Cropa That Can Be Grown. The Southern field for October says the cultivation of the prolific hay mak ing and forage plant commonly known "s alfalfa, has usually been associated with the dry sections of the West and Northwest. Experiments in all parts of tho Southern Heid during tbe last few years have fully established the plant as a valuable addition to the al ready large variety of hay orops. D. F. Dunlopof Henry County, VaM whose experience with alfalfa covers three years, each with increasing sue oess, writes to tils publication in most enthusiastic term Last yatr he harvested if res r ?ops and had an av erage of nearly Jlvs tons in all to the acre for the ueason. He urges all farmers in the Scuth to begin its oulivation, and start ?Ith an acre until a stand is secured. He also advises every one interested to write the ?. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C , and secur? copies of Farmer's bulletins Ncs. 31 and 194, on the subject, sent tree to any address. The Southern Field" is also In re ceipt of a letter from B. A. Strong, of West Point, Miss, forceerly of Iowa, who given bis exoerl?*r?ce with alfalfa on a 120 acre field. We quote from his letter whiob bears date cf Aug. 31, 1906. as follows: ''The first cutting on May 1st was one ton per acrp; the second cuttirg, June 4th, the third cutting, July 15th wown during our first dry opell, was one h?ilf ton per acre. We have about flniflhtd tie fcurtbcuttlrjg, which will uet one-half ten, makicg three tons per sere up to Sept. 1st, We expsct to get two more cuttings to Novem ber 10th. The best cutting will be grown during the cool veather of October and will net us about one ti n per acre. We have saved all the bay np to date in good shape and sold it ?15 per ton f. o. b. West Point. Tin cost of saving and delivering to cars is 13 per ton. Our profit up to Sept 1st will be 836 per acre With favor able condit ions up to Nov. 10 h, v*e will add 818 per acre to our income, wbioh will make 854 net profiit per "ore from May 1st to Nov. 10th, 1906. As you know, tbis is on land that has been plante^ in cotton for seventy years I paid 820 per aore for it four years ago. This land has never been fertil z?d, ihooulated or Irrigated. Please tell me, can any other section in the Doited States make an equal showing in hay or fcrape. "I would be pleased to have you oall the next time jou are in tbis section and make a personal investi gation. I want you to see my field, as it is a thing of beautv, and they say it will last forever." John C. Webb,tof Demopolis, Ala., adds his experience by declaring, at fcei cutting a 25 acre field Eev^n timfs last year, and realizing ?bout 8100 an aore, ''that alfalfa is *he grea'est for age feed on earth. Anything will eat it greedily. I made mv entire year's crops by feediDg my 22 mules a'falfa hay and no grain, and they looked as well at tha end of tbe season as at the start. 1 Intend each year to increase my acreage." Killed By Xraln. A ynnng white man by the name of J. B. Ellis was killed at Sumpter on la it Thursday evenlnar. He was aboard p vsenger train No 32 going to Florence. In some way that has not yet been determined he was atruch in two places on the chin by the sh?.rp points of th* heavy tin Big nel of toe switch. His sku-1 Is b? leived to have been fraetured. He died in a few minutes after being hit. Coroner Fiower? invest crated the ao oldent. An undertaker took the body in charge. H!a broker, Engi neer Ellis of the Northwestern, says the dead man was going to Atlanta tomorrow to work *or the Lig rwoorl Manufatu^iog ccmpahy of Arlania, whose f 111 59 lain the Eoopir-o building -bore Too'decesped w;;s a siegle m"r? 8nd a native of Sunbury, N. G ^here he v>fis numerous Telati'.v-s. He earned from Atlanta three weeks ago to visit tu*s opl - brother. H9 wsa a member t\t fcbg nrfi** of Hoo Hoes. Ktli'ed by ?a.cciucnt. Dr. Bandall Oroft Stoney, formerly of Pinopolis, was killed by a street car in San Francisco Monday night. He was a son of Dr. Porcher Stcney, and a son-in-law cf Cm. J. J. WilHon, president of the San Francis co National bank, hav ng msrrted t.be California capitalists^ daughter only last April. He achieved diutiiic ion zi a military aur^eon durirg tbe Spanish-American war. Dr. Sicney *as in8fcj.ntiy killed Monday night and two other- passengers wer? seriously Injured while Btandlrg on the. steps of a northbound Dcvlati r ere street cr<r. A c?.r approaching la the opposite direction left toe ^r?.c'.c at a switch said to hove been d jfeatlve tnd orashedji tojhe ?rst car. Catarrh Cannot be Cured. with Local Applications, as they cannot reaco the f?it ot thediseas\ Catarrh is a b'ood or constitutional disease, and In order to cure it yon must take internal remedies. HallN Catarrh Cure is taken iuteruaiiy, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces. H;il!'s Catarrh Cure is not a rjuac'-t medicine. It was pnscribed by ne of the best physicians In this c luntry for year.s r.nd Is a regular pre scription. It is comp' scd of the test tonics known, comb cud with the best bl< od purifiers, acting directly on th-j mucous surfaces. Tue perfect combination of the two ingredients Is what produces such results in cur ing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY & CO., props., Toledo, 0. Sold by Druggists, pr ce 75c. Take Hall's Family Phis for consti pation. _ Oomuifenfon< ra of Election. The following have b:en a. poln'ed commissioners of oieciioo io thiscoun ty in 2cco:drinoo with the reo mmeii ati m of the c unty chAii-T.-.r: F d?ral?J. A. Berry, Orargeourg; Jo in B. Stroman, Springfield; J. C. 11 ? m n', Advance. State? John S. Bowman, Jr, Oracpeburg, D B. Berry, Bowman; Thomas J. Hart, Vance's. SHORT NHiWS ITiUMS OP LOCAL INTEREST PICKED UP HERE AND THERE. . J Becent Happenings in Tovra and Country Boiled Town for Susy Beaders. Many folks came in on Tuesday with the children just to see the anl mals. The circus parade Tuesday was made in a sbowtr of rain, but t crowd stood it out. Bev. J. B. Sherer will preaoh at Mcunt Lebanan Church on Sunday morning at eleven o'clock. Nothing further has been heard ficra Mr. John W. Fairey, who left Owngeburg about two weeks ago. If your subscription expires with McCalls Magazine just trade $10.00 again and you can have it renewed free J. C. Bansdale. Eggs sold in this market last Sat erday at 25 cents per dczan. Some vears ago they could" be bought for 10 cents a d< zen. Mama, I saw some lovely Qieen Qiality ShoeB in the window, why ajn't you get a bair of those pretty shoes for yourself? Bemem^er, ladies,' now is the time to get McCalls Magaz'ne with any pattern free for a purchase of (10 00 J C Bansdale. The dispensary was shrit up tight and good oc Tuesday when the circus was here and the pld topers had to swear off for the day. j Mr. Will Mitchell, Press Agent of Coles' Circuo, is a olever gentleman, and wc commend him to the brethren of the press everywhere. Send all the trade you cxn to J. O. Ruifdaie and get the best fashion Mtgaztne with a nattern free of charge by trading 310.00 with J. O Bansdale. r> There is no shortage in the Ellsto Bank, and it is now certain that Mr. Jooo W. Fairey, the late cashier is an hoc est man. He allowed an imagi nary shortage to run him from home. John Wvatt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Whetsell, of the Bowman sec* oion, departed this lifo some weeks ago. He was only tea mootbs old, but he was a sweet, dear littlslfelbw, and is greatly missed in the home. Mama, you remember how well those ''Ideal Shoes" worB me last sea* sod and you said you would surely get me another pair. I see Mr. Kohn has in a lot of pretty School and Sunday shoes. Pleast get mine before my slzs is sold. ^ Charles L?e, the Chinese Laundry man who has lived in this olty fur some years, has returned to his native land for distant China, where he has a wife and two sons auxiously await* iDg him. He has not seen them in twelve years. Sister, I certainly want you to go down to Kohn's and ?ee those pretty Tailor made suits and Long Coats. I Sod that the styles they show are the newest and the pries e<sem so reason* able. I am going to buy my coat and suit there, this morning. 1 Mr. W. M Richardson, who has bam for sometime with Messrs. Jen nings & Srnoak, has been elsoted as sistant cashier of the People's Bank, tfr. Bicbardson is a mo-.t excellent young man, and the People's Bank is for?uaata in securing his services. Well, Mary, I am more of the opin ion than ever that Enhn's hats are the prettiest in the S'ats, and every one agrees the prices are so reason* able. I am always plecs'd and happy when I get my hats tbere as I kio *;bey are styli-.h and becoming Djn't ycu think my Peter Pan Het Is out&? A Savannah whiskey drummer re cently wished to m?kc a contract ^Kh us to advertise his goods He said he understood that the dispen sary wouio go out of business soon af ter January and be wan getting ready to do a rushing business when it does; go cut. We told him we lid not car ry whiskey advertisements. Fire was discovered in the roof oil the district parsonage on Sunday morning, which was citing j I shed very easily. Presiding Eider Dargan was aw ay f rem home and Mrs. Dar j gan was alone, but she acted with b olness and prevented the asmoval of the furnl'ur , which prme men s*ercod anxious to do. The only damage done was by water. The Ninety-Six Star says ' Th sp'rlt of lawlessness that is oonstantl manifesting ites-lf in Greenwood coun ry is something dreadful to contem plate- Surely the tiin<> has come for the better element to arise and, like ? mighty bulwark, throw itself ?.galns this rising tide." Grernwcod Is a so ca'lsd prohibition County, and we call the at?ent!cnof the N ^'oerry Obser to to this wall of the Star. The Bipti8b bo^ts will gather at North on next Wednetdiy, the 17, the occasion being the annual meet ing of the Association, whioh will continue In session three or four days. There will be do If gates and visitors fro 21 all parts of the various boards and schools of the denomina tion in the Stateare oxprc:ed to b present. The meeting cf the Bapt's AsKoclation is alwajs an lntereatlrj affair. The people of N >rth are pre pairing for the en'ertai.'imaut of th body, and a groat meeting is expect ed. To a Smart Prop rtv Owuer: Pal iting is practical work. Skill wins. 1 's the same with paint making You knuvv 4 Kallons L. & M. mixed with 3 gallons Linked 0,1 makes enough paint for a moderate szd house?the best pj.int nr ney can buy ?because the L & M. Z.nc I ardens L. & M. Wrdie L?ad aud makes the L. &M Paint wear like iron. <iuy L. & M. and ccn't pay 31.50 a gallon fur Linseed Oil, as you do in feady-for-use pa nt, but-buyoil fresh rouri the harrol at 60 tents, and mix with the L. & M. Actud cost L. & M. about 81.20 per gallon. Sold by J. G. Wannamaker Mfg. Co , Orang- burg, S. S. Shep Pearl stein, St. Matthews, S. C.