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VOL. XLII. NO. 112 NEWBERRY. S. C.. FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 15, 1905. TWICE A WEEK. $150 YEAR A CALL TO COT TON GROWERS ALL COUNTY ASSOCIATIONS ASKED TO MEET ON i8TH President E. L. Smith of the Cotton Growers' Association, Issues an Important Call for the Purpose of Ascertaining with what Unaniminity the Farmers Will Stand By Action of Southern Cotton Growers' Asso ciation. Columbia, September ii.-Presi dent E. D. Smith, of the Cotton Growers' association, has given this card to the press for publication: In order to get thoroughly in forred as to the spirit of *the people of South Carolina in reference to the a-tual Southern Cotton asociation I call upon every county asociation to meet on next Monday, the i8th in stant, for the purpose of getting an expression of opinion from the mem ber-s of every association in their coun-ty. First, as to the ratification of the action of the convention as to the minimum prce. Second, devise means of mutual assistance in carrying out the aim and purposes of the Southern Cotcon as sociation. The one prime necessity now is that the Southern Cotton association has fixed its minimum price at Ashe ville, N. C. The undoubted small crop, the fi nancial condition of the .souich and .above aH .the. - V=iity:ai:&e south erovtton f r beivg able to dic tate his owiwice, is a- prize worth striving for,- becaudse it means per sonal independence, manhood and wealth. Therefore, at this crisis, I beg every county asocia:cion to meet as above indicated and see that a re port be made, both as to the spirit at tending these meetings and the opin ion of those attending as Eo the price of cotton. As to the outlook of yield and what means, if any, have been brought upon the farmers to withhold the cotton from the market until our minimum of eleven cents is obtained. These reports to be forwarded to the central office. It matters not now whether it was wise or unwise to set the minimum indica:ed. There is but one thing left to do and we can do it, and that is to stand by the convention at Ashe ville and demand eleven cents. It is useless for me to call attention to the fact that with the II..ooo,ooo bale crop, by our loyalty, determination and manhood we will win it. Various things will be broughtr to bear that are being brought to bear now, and the fight for the next thirty days, perhaps longer, will be the bitter est ever waged in the south. If, how ever. the bankers, merchants, in fact, all parties concerned in southern wel fare, which means in the southern cotton crop, will see that the weak ar assisted by the strong, we will win this fight as we won the other, and be rewarded by a much higher :e :han eleven cents for our work. This letter is dictated hurriedly on my way throug'h Columbia to meet the e.>ttonl growers at Bennetts ville. When I have leisure, which I hope to have in a few days, I shall give to the public the work that was done and proposed to be done at Ashe ville. Let all the counties meet as I have adekd above and send to this office a report of the spirit of the people as to the prospects of their holding their cotton, and the means they pro pose to put into operation to reach the end desired. Already telegrams and letters from the west indicate that they are hauling their .cotton back home and storing it away and waiting -fr eieven cents. E D. Smith. BACHMAN CHAPEL NEWS. Sunday School Picnic at Jolly Street -Interesting Address by Rev. - J. A. Sligh. Bachman Chapel, September 13. Cotton is opening rapidly but the crop is very much shorter than it was last year. The peas, potatoes and late- corn are suffering greatly from the dry weather. Mr. John D. H. Kinard who has been suffering for the past three weeks with an abscess is improving. Rev. P. H. E. Derrick preached a good sermon last Sunday at Bachman Chapel. He will preach his farewell sermon at that church on the 4th Sunday of this month. Mrs. S. J. Kinard has about recov ed from an attack of fever. There will be a meeting of the joint council of Bachman Chapel at Pros perity on Tuesday, the 19th. We are sory to learn that Miss Chelcy Kibler is suffering with car bunkles. Rev. J. J. Long who has been granted a month's vacation preached last Sunday for Rev. W. K. Sligh. Mr. and Mrs. H. T.*Long, of New berry, spent Sunday wi.h their father Mr. M. M. Long. Mes.;. T. E. McCullough, James and Mike Baker, of Whitmire, spent a few days with Mrs. Jennie Epps. Mr. J. J. Hipp, of Pomaria, spent Sunday with us. Mr. J. Noland Epps, who has been working at Whitmire for the past three weeks, spent the latter part of last week with relatives. I am requested to say that the Jolly Street Sunday school will meet on the second and fourth Sundays at 10:30 o'clock a. m. instead of the fiist and third Sundays. Jolly Street is a noted place for a gathering. The Sunday school pic nic last Saturday was not an ex ception. There were about two nun dred and fifty people who seemed to enjoy themselves very much. A stand had been fixed in the grove near the school house and Prof. W. P. Counts, who is teaching a singing class at St. Paul's was present with his class and rendered some very excellent mu sic, suitable to the occasion, Miss Anna Livingston acting as organist. Rev. J. A. Sligh made an address just before dinner which was listened to with interest. A synopsis of which is given belo'w. "I am glad to see so many young people present. I always liked to ad dress young people as the hope of our countrry will soon depend upon them. "I want to congratulate the neigh borhood in having a Sunday school and also in having a singing class. The Sunday school is the life of the church and good singing is the life of both. We are so apt to spend our money in the secular line of education of our children and almost wholly neglect their moral rraining. "I am going to be plain in what I say and I may hurt some one, but I don't think a discourse is worth a cent unless it hurts somebody's feel ings. I want to tell you of your faults. I want to tell you older peo ple over the shoulders of the young. You are yielding to your evil inclina tions and by yielding to sin you are forsaking God. "I am going to divide what I say into three sentences with the fol lowing letters: T for trial, H for honor and H for honesty. My young men and women I want you to be truthful: I want you to be hon est. This is what the Sunday school Iis for. I am going to lay open your faults. The man who shows you your faults is your best friend. Polish your sins if you please, but God will retain th:em against you if you don't repent. speak the truth? I have heard some people say that there was no harm in telling a little lie. Yes, a little lie just to have some fun. This kind of lie they call a 'white lie.' There is no such thing as a 'white lie.' There is no excuse for telling a lie under any circumstances. Exaggerating is lying. To make a thing better or worse is simply lying. And God says that no liar shall enter the Kingdom of Heaven. "There is another evil that so many are contracting; and that is the evil of drinking. He soon goes down as a vagabond and fills a drunkard's grave. "Now my young friends, let me en treat you to leave off your bad habits. "There is another evil that is so commonly practiced and which is dangerous to the church, and is one of the hardest things a minister of the Gospel has to contend with. That is the sin of gossiping. Oh! this thing of tale-bearing. If you know bad things keep them to yourself. Don't tell them to anyone. Solomon says that the love of money is the root of evil, but I say that gosiping is ther oot of much evil. And after all what does it profit a man if he gain the whole world and loses ..h.is soul. We are, willing to acknowledge that we are punished to a certain ex tent on this earth for our sins, but it is only the distress that is brought on by wrong doing. "My friends, what I have said is for your good. My whole heart's de sire is that you should be saved." After the conclusion of Mr. Sligh's speech dinner was announced by the superintendent, 'Mr. Epting. A boun tiful dinner was served and enjoyed After a re'cess of about an hour the Sunday school was entertained by rmusic by the Bachman Chapel string band. Mr. Epting is taking considerable interest in Sunday school work, andI w.hen I look back on my boyhood days it recalls how faithful his dear old father, Major Jacob Epting, was in carrying on prayer meeting near this place. We then went up and worshipped with God's people at Cannon Creek church last Sunday morning. Mr. McMorris gave us a striking sermon from 6th chapter of Jeremiah and 16th verse The sermon was one that touched on old-time religion hitting unbelievers on every side, pointing out God's judgment to sinners who fail to repent of their sins. Rev. Mc Morris is an able divine. T. J.W. A Tribute To Col. AuH. It was late in the afternoon when we left Salt Lake City on our way to Ogden, where we were taken to the Union Pacific for our trip through Wyoming and again to Colorado on our way to Denver It was while we were hurrying on through. Utah that one of the pleasantest incidents of our trip occurred. The day was Col. Aull's 'birthday, we had enjoyed a most delightful dinner in celebra tion of the event and as we lay back in our chairs sipping our coffee, Mr. Knight rose and in a charming little speech, presented Col. Aull with a handsome diamon~d stud, as a token of the esteem and good-will of the members of the party. Col. Aull by his tact, his attention to details and to our comfort, his never failing good-humor and his efforts in a hun dred ways to add to our pleasure, had won a warm spot in our hearts, and it was with sincere pleasure that we seized the opportunity of his birth day, :to express in a slig'ht degree our appreciation of his interest in our welfare.-W. Turner Logan, News and Courier. October ro has been named as the date of the dispensary election in Darling'ton. GARY WON'T INTERFERE. Refuses to Set Aside Order ClQsing the Dispensary-Decree of Judge Townsend Stands until Su Court Gives Final Ruling. Court Gives Final Rul ing. Union, Sept. 12.-Associate Justice Gary today refused to reverse the or der of Judge Townsend, that the dis pensaries of Union must close and che matter will probably remain as t is, until settled by the supreme court in November. The liquor dispen 5ary is closed and the beer dispen 3aries are doing no business, though it is probable that further develop rnents will arise tomorrow. Last Friday K. C. Wallace, and W. Boyd Evans, went before Judge Gary, n Abbeville as attorneys for The dis ?ensary and others, but they were re used a hearing until both sides could be represented. J. A. Sawyer. at torney for the prohibitionists, was hen telegraphed for and Saturday ifternoon at the hearing he presented Lffidavits of responsible parties to the ffect that the dispensaries were clos !d the morning after Judge Town end's order to close, and then reopen d, though they had done no business. kttorneys for 'the defendants argued ts before, concerning the illegality of :he election, etc. Today Judge Gary rendered his de :ision which concludes as follows: "An order staying his order would hiave no practical effect unless it should be construed as authorizing :he dispensaries to be kept open and hat would change the status quo. I tm unwilling to grant an order whick :uW -onlr4awe thw effect of enomiig. the dispensaries to be kept open n seeming vibation of the law. Of :ourse, this order is not intended in Lny manner to prejudice the merits )f the appeal. It is therefore ordered :hat the application be refused." GENERAL NRWS NOTES. Items of More or Less Interest Con densed Throughout the World. Raisuli is leading the government forces in a fierce battle with Moroc :an rebels at the very gaces of Tan per. A band of 4,ooo Kurds .has joined he Tartars and they have destroyed nany Armenian villages in the Zang zurski district. M. Witte spent Sunday in Washing ton and also planted a tree a-t Mount Vernon. Secretary -Taft, upon his return from the Philippines, is expected to start a campaign for free trade in the roducts of the islands. Figures showing a large increase in the American production of gold and silver were made public. M. Witte informed Mr. Roosevelt that Russia .had decided to abolish the tariff charges discriminating against American products. The Keep Commission' s report, published by the president, finds that thec harge of bribery made by a type setting machine company against a rival was unfounded, and the presi dent, in 'approving the report, de nounces the accuser. American tourists in Europe have spent over $i8,5oo,ooo in the pursuit of pleasure this summer. Senator Elkins will frame a bill providing for railroad-rate supervis ion and regulation by the govern ment. The contract is said to have been let for the construction of the Saluda Valley R. R., leading from Green ville toward ~ the mountains. The petition for a dispensary election in Chesterrield was refus. ed, the supervisor claiming that suf. ficient signatures had not -been se cured. The prohibitionists dispute this. MRS. FANNIE MONROE. Child of Soldier Who Fought at Cowpens, at Seventy an Active Woman At Her Home. Written for the News and Cou,-r by Fronde Kennedy. In lower Laurens county near Hopewell Methodist church there is living today a "Real Daughter of the American Revolution." And she may live a score of years longer for Mrs. Fannie Monroe, though she claims seventy years, hardly looks fifty. Lately I gave .myself the great pleasure of visiting this remarkable woman, wishing to hear her recollec tions of her father, and to learn the particulars of her own life. A relative of Mrs. Monroe's and a friend of mine kindly went with me to introduce me. We drove 'out the "Bush River Road" from Clinton for about eigh't miles to reach her home. Wihat I saw was a great contrast to the oldtime house I had expected. In an old grove stood a new frame house, just completed, and not yet painted. All the surroundings indi cated that i* was an old place. Upon inquiry I found that fire had de stroyed the home of Mrs. Monroe in 1903. We tied our horse and turned toward the door. A very energetic lady came walk ing out to the buggy to greet us. When I was presentced by my co'm panions to "Aunt Fannie, Mrs. Mon roe," I could not forbear a side in quiry whether this were the Mrs. Monroe; for without perhaps realizing it I had been picturing to myself an old, old lady, frail, soft spoken, delib erste, oblivious to ,t&e present, full of tii pastY reay lieve-Fiust bave had an expecatiom that she .would be dependent on a rolling chair, or, at the least, a staff. But she looks younger than--many a woman of fifty. Her h,air is but slightly silvered, and she said that five years ago it was as black as a crow's wing. Although her complexion is not what it must have been when she was younger her face is still quite smooth, having almost no wrinkles. That Girl With Black Eyes. She spoke with regret of the change in her appearance since she was a girl. She told us that she used to be called "that girl with black eyes," though they were really dark blue, like her father's. Now they seem more grey than blue, but they are wonderfully bright and expressive yet. She is of medium height and not very heavy. The most surprising thing about her to me, was her voice. It is very clear and stron~g. She speaks with great nicety, showing no tenden cy to let her words trail off or to leave sentences dangling in space. In fact she is one of the most alert ladies of seventy I have ever seen. When I explainedi to her why I had come to see her she was cordiali ty itself, but immedately explained that she could tell me very little about her father or the .Revolutionary war. Her father, Joseph Griffin, was a skillful scout. He was born in Cut pepper county, Virginia, in 1761. His mother died when he was young and when he was 11 years old he and his father came to South Carolina to join relatives. They settled on Bush riv er, and, of course, cleared a farm and built a house. There is not any sign left of this old house. "Joe Griffin" was a strong, well de veloped boy and in 1777, at the age of sixteen, he joined the American army. He was not very large, but of great strength and endurance. He -had coal black curly hair, blue eyes .and very fair, rosy skin. Mrs. Monroe says that she did not listen to her father's tales of the war when she could es-cape. They were very bloody and terrible and she hated to hear them. It seemed to her in those young days that so terrible a thing as a war could occur only nce in a