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question with his conscience and with his God. Only let him be hon est with his conscience, honest with his God. Let me suggest two rea sons to the moderate drinker why he should not drink at all. The first reason is the fact that your ifluence leads many a youth to follow your footsteps. NI an who drinks to excess has any inIluence to lead your boys to foliow his foMtsteps. Ify were to take your ibtoywre men are drinking and offer him a glass ot whisker, the child would say "No. father, I don't like the smell of I. "Father, what a queer looking inI.n that i.. What makes his face so red. his eyes so blear?" "Drink did it my boy-here is a glass for you." "Fath er the way these men talk frightens me. Vhat makes them use such lan guage?" "Drink does it my boy here is a glass for you." By this time the child will be in tears and will beg you to take him home to his mother. But let the same child see his father's friend, or perhaps the father. take an occasional glass ot liquor. He soon learns that which was in the one case disgraceful. is in the other eminently respectable, and step by step he forms the habit, in fluenced by the example of the tem perate man, the moderate drinker, and his young feet take hold on the way that leads down to hell. See that man. who, maa with de lerium tremens. send the shot to the heart of his wife. I tell you I would rather be the man who sold him the last bottle of whiskey that fired his brain thE the man or woman who gave him his first glass, or whose ex ample first gave him an incentive on a downward course. The other is a personal reason that no man knows his own strength. his own weakness, and before any man can be a drunkard he must first be an occasional drinker. I have purposely refrained this morning from any discussion of the question from a purely moral stand point, and my appeal to men not to drink, is not because it is wrong to drink, but because it is right not to drink. We are not in a Court of Law today, but in "God's Court of Equ:-. ." I appeal to you my brother by that right that is higher than your right to take an occasional drink. Do it, and you forfeit your right. NATUR---L FaTAI F ;o1ogdyupmt.:eti srtne - ,ee. o ;w a yiscn lt teednu fr '- the pa san-er pu pu popty a pie, o SiveDolas - 4 0 1 Haveyoueverrea, ordo ou kow her for LITTLE~O ' SORlI ,'ES bs eve rnadl:e arutohl Hav tem You ahveredrd yout v.hat we there is a litsor booktor thmay the above?ur e-bkright insnotew. 2 Xr siver dollar W a do n ae thernes en inntes. -onl hey just b god W hne are arch . bes ever rtean cwr.t you-tdael fiThem yodto sy thate yu must be suib r oll. . -a iohhast r.p M taze wiener a twentv-rive :c. stp 9- six molfnths subt -s e eteed orthe awaird. Anoress N'4AT!ONAL MAGAUNE. SJOE CHAPPLE, Editor 946 DORCHESTER AVENUE. -l unston, Mass your power to help your bro-her your brother whose only safety is ir. total abstinence. How can you cx pect to helpl him or have him listen to your words u counsel if the smell 1:ff is upon your own garmetst'. (," have the right for your brothe'r' sake t, abstain, and by your absti nence increase your powmcr to hielp him as VoU reach out the hand of s-mpathy. \Wojulda to God that nici would a vail themselves of their higher rights; indulge in nothing that will cause their weaker brother to stumble: lead such lives as will qualii., them to help and save those who are in dan ger. and like men set their faces and use their influence against every evi' in the comunity that threatens our young men: and when I say evil, I need not say that my thought turns nturally to the clubs that are more hurtful to the .moral welfare of the community. more insidious in their evil influence not only upon rnembers but upon non members as well than is the (ispensary or would be even the old saloon system: that here men are responsible for their personal in fluence. and here the power of the individual for good or ill has great est opportunity. I repeat t,hat I do not stand here as the censor of tny man's conscience or conduct, but I do stand here to urge upon every man the truth of his oersonal, individual responsibility. I do stand here to say that if my in fluence causes my weaker brother to fa'l i;,to the hands of the devil of strong drink. I am responsible for his downfall. I am here to beg all true men to so live and exert their influ ence. that before the judgment bar f God they may stand facing the Judge. upright, with open face, with clear conscience, in the very presence of God, unafraid, saying "I am not guilty of the blood of my brother." New Use for Cotton. Atlanta, Ga., May ig. A new use for the vast surplus of cotton raised in the south has been suggested by President Harvie Jor dan, of the Southern Cotton associ ation. It is one which should take with favor among southern cotton mill men, and if carried out would onstume much of the cotton now be oIg held by the farmers. President Jordan thinks that cot ton bags should be used for commer cial fertilizers instead of the jute bagging now used. If this be done, and President Jordan points otut an excient method, at a reduced price. cotton in great quantities would find itself in a market from which it has heretofore been barred. President Jordan's letter is as follows: One of the most important question o engage the attention of the south at this time is to increatse the con umption of cotton. WVe are growing more cotton than the world is need ng tunder norma! demand and in or der to keep the matter of supply and demand eqtually balanced, we must ihr grow less cotton or increase the consumption of cotton. It is much more desirable to do the latter ttan the former. We can -increase the demand here at home qtuite ma terially without going into foreign countries. We are now using jute in enormous quantities to make bags and to cover cotton that might just as well be made from our own staple. We import jute 5,000 miles from the shores of the United States ind pay a heavy import duty on the raw Pro duct, besides giving a tremendous monopoly to one or two strong cor porations who handle it. Clearly it is to :he interest of the south to stop this 2 stem which works a hardship to southern producers both ways. n the matter of bags for guano alone, it would require a large number of mills and a considerable quantity of raw cotton. Making the Bags. It will reqtuire one and a half yards of cloth to make a bag, and there are probably 25.000.000 bags used for fertilizers in the south. On that basis this would require 3/,500,000 yards of cloth, x5.ooo.coo pounds of otton, or 300.000 bales. It has been estimated that nearly seventy million burlap bags are used in the south. and if the wholesale jobbers wvould use cotton hags in place of barrels for rice. grits, coffee and such other mmodities we could soon run the total consumption of cotton into bags to te splndui total of one mil lion bales annually. e are paying out annually about twenty-three mil lion dollar, import duty on burlap hag; and jute. All of this couild e ;avcd bv letting our cotton take i place. With the use of cotton hag g as a covering for our ccttol we --id <drive the grand total consumip i r these t\o i:ci.s alone 11p t W) million bales ammrl. just abo: the anoun: of the pCresent surpluz w' have on hand. Ther is no ob Stc:ICe in the way Of displacing hur lap with cotton bags. The fertilizfr companies will be quite willing to make the change if the farmers re Tare on Cotton. The only difticulty in displacig inte with co:ton for covering our cot ton bales is the proper adjustment of :hle diflerence in the tare between the weights of the two materials. The Southern Cotton association will take up this matter with the lead ing cotton exchanges of the country and undertake to get the question of tare adjusted. It will also take up the matter of displacing burlap bags with cotton and endeavor to get mills started along this line as quickly as possible. The south can solve many of the present difficult problems that con front southern cotton producers by concert of action among her people and certainly no question is of more vital concern at the present time than to increase the consumption of the south's great staple crop. Harvie Jordan, Pre't Southern Cot. Association. WINTHROP COLLEGE. The examination for the award of vacant scolarship in Winthrop col lege and fhr the admission of nev students will be held at the county court house on Friday, July 7th, at 9 A. M. Applicants must not be less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacated after July 7, they will be awarded to those mak ing the highest average at this exam ination provided they meet the con ditions governing the 'award. Appli cants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the ex amination for scholarship application blanks. Scholarships are worth $ioo and free tuition. The next session will open September 20, 1905. For fur ther information and catalogue ad dress Pres. D. B. Johnson, Rock Hill, S. C. THE PACIFIC MUTUAL Life Insurance Cnmpanly of California - Organized 1868 on "Old Line" Plan. Read what one who is recognized au thority on the subject, has to say: "Of late the magazines and daily papers iave had much to say by way of eniti ism of certain Life Insurance Compa nies, and especially with regard to the Legal Organization of such Companies, and of the manner of their control. These CRITICISMS do not apply to The Pacific Mutual, but DEMON STRATE the Truth of the Assertion that "for POLICY-HOLDERS The Pacific Mutual has the BEST Legal organization.'' It is not controlled by ONE or Two men, having no pecuniary interest or responsibility save as policy holders, or recipients of salary; But it is controlled by a BOARD of fifteein Directors, not mere dummies, but Stock hders in their own right, holding a large amount of the Company's stock, and Policyholners as well. The Direc tors of the Company are 'nen of high Financial and Com'mercial standing, and are by LAW made RESPONSIBLE for the acts of the Officers of the CORPO RATION. "The Company has a capital stock of $500,000 Fully paid up in GOLD coin, but while this Capital and the Stock holders' responsibility afford to Policy holders the GREATEST possible Secur ity, it Costs participating Policyholders NOTHING, but every dollar paid into the Cmpany by them and the ACCU ULATION thereon, is applied to their BENEFIT. There is noOte LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY trans acting business in America whose Pol iccyholders, by Legal enactment, are so Safe-guarded as are the Policyholders :> The Pacific Mutual."' Call on or write to me, ROBERT NORRIS, GenI. Agt. for S. C., Newberry, S. C. fie over Post Office. Fifth of t1 MEAL ANI Just Rec W hile it lasts Best Patent, cotton Best Half Patent, c Best Straight $4.9( Kill-dried Meal, sound, fri " Hominy " These goods loaded in car at r going to jobbers and laying in wa and then shipped out. EverythinE MOSELE' Why Rob Yourself of More Than 3 Cents per Pound On Cotton? Do you want to get from 10 to 11 cents for cotton next fall' while other cotton only brings 6 1-2 to 7 cts? Do you want'to grow cotton that will bring a difference in price sufficient to more than pay for the picking and fertilizer? In fact will almost cover the en tire expense of making'the crop? If so, I can furnish you the seed. Every ten bales will bring $125 00 to $150.00 more than other varieties. 50 bush els will plant 50 to 60 acres. c Ishould make 40 to 50 bales, put in your pocket from $500.- t 00 to $750.0. One year's experience with these seed will onvince you that this state nrt is true. I am planting nly Florodora this year. Well bred Berkshire and oland China Pigs for Sale. J. A. BURTON. Just a OF Y( Time, F We wish to call yourai Spring and Summer Got A dollar expended with us will do< We offer the trade our best efforts i: best. The prices the lowest for the b We offer;some dainty Mercerized XM in price from xoc. to Soc. yd.* We have nice line Knickerbock Sui inities, Ducks, DeLaines and other are dreams for waists or dresses. Spi Riverside Plaids, Southern Silks, Che Our Shoes are built to wear. Our: sell Groceries. Get prices and see sty S. S. Bir P'rosperi SCOME SOOI Whenever you start out ore a shc s This plan will save you many i time. if we haven't just what y< We shall not urge you to buy, be goods as soon as you can. It wil every way to umke selections bef, MAYES' DRL Car iat ) HOMINY :eived. it goes for $5.85 :otton $5.00 3sh and sweet 75c. bu. " " 1.75 sack. Till coming direct to us, not rehouse getting old and musty ; guaranteed fresh and all right. ( BROS. Dr. R. M. Kennedy, DENTIST. Newberry, - - S. C. OVER NATIONAL BANK. Just received 2 car loads of Buggies. I car load of Wagons. ind a lot of up :o-date and first class Harness. All to be had at REASONABLE PRICES at A T. BROWN. Minute )UR >lease. ttention to our line of >ds. louble duty. Try it. a selections. The styles are the est goods. raistings, Skirtings, &c., ranging tings, Brousse Stripes, Callalettes, dress goods. Our Tussob Silks -ig and Summer Prints 5C. yd. viots, Cottonades, &c. en's Shirts are beauties. We 'les. Yours anxious to please, -ge 0Co. 9 AND SEE: pping toni come here first.@ mnecessary steps and much* >u want then look elsewhere.* t we do wish you to see our 1 be to your advantage in, :re +he final rush begins. JG STORE. *