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VOL. XLII. NO. 119 NEWBERRY. S. 0., TUESDAY OCTOBER 10, 1905. TWICE A WEEK, $1 50 YEAR HOLD TIGHT SAYS JORDAN PRESIDENT COTTON GROW ERS ISSUES AN APPEAL. He Says That if Farmers Will Stand Firm Two Weeks They Will Win Fight-Refers to Col. Peters in Withering Words, De scrbes him as Traitor to the South. Atlanta, Ga., October 6.-President Harvie Jondan, of .the Southern Cot ton association, today issued an open letter to the farmers of -the south, in w1hich he urges them 'to hold -their ctton for at least two weeks. He states that if the farmers of the south stand together 'for two .weeks and hold their cotton they will win the fight against those who are endeavoring to depress the price of t*Ie staple. In his letter Presidenit Jordan -re f ers to thle advice of former Vice-Presi dent Peters, of Texas, to sell cotton. He reminds .the farmers -of the south of the fact -th'at the resignation of Mr. Peters as vice president of the South ern Cotton association was demand ed by the executive committee Sep tember 6, contending -that Mr.- Pe ters is no longer vice president of the association, and !has no right to sign Itimself as stich. President Jordan re fers to. Mr. Peters as "a traitor to the tsoih and an enemy to legitimate -business interests." President Jordan closes 'his letter to th4farmers with a strong appeal It& "stand together and resis-t to the last evey attempt to break the pres --,t oa anized effort of the producers to -secure fair prices for their staple." Peters Says Sell. Dallas, Texas, Ootober 6.-Col. E. S. Peters, vice president of tie South een Cotton -associaitton, has issa& a 4etter -to farmers, advising thenl6ell -*eir cotton. This letter is e*ected to -anouse criticism .in the Southern Cct-on. 'ssociation, as the officers o' tht o "Rnization. supported 'by the Farmer.s'u'io,. have advised,.farmers to hold their cotton for eleven cents. Col. Peters says ihe believes that cot 4t00 will not go any 'higher, and he predict's -a big crop. Saluda News.. The long expected wished for rain has come, in abundant showers. Even now some are saying: "I expect wve'll get en.ougih of it, shouldn't be surpris ed if it ruined the cottion, wha-t little Shere is."' A man recen:'ly remarked, that he' believed he should .take his cotton to Saluda. even if he did not get cytite as much as at Prosperity and New berry-said he wvanted to go where -:he dispensary was rhandy-but by the aip pearance of sdrme of those. whko went to Newberry last week-hiaving no dispensary made lit-le difference. in fact it seemed that blind tiger made them more nosy than the fuss X they had 'been in The habit of im'bibing and no school money in it. One lady said who has lhd some experience in the matter, that it was a great mistake to vote out the dispen-sary as blind tiger cost twice as much and had a worse effect. Mr. 'Chester Tay-lor is makcing ar rangements 'to move to Greenville where he will prepare himself for* the ministry. He is a good man and his, bleart seems 'n the work. Mr. Clint Riley, of lMosley, left -this week, to take charge of a school at Little Mt'.ntain. - Mr. Drew Havird, of Havirdville, w'ho has been very sick for some time. is improving and is able to walk about t:he house. Mr. Fowler, wvh'o has been on an ex tended visit to various points in the state, has returned home. It looks mnata to see his genial face again. PROHIBITIONISTS CON. FER IN COLUMBIA COTERIE OF THE LEADERS PUT HEADS TOGETHER. C. C. Featherstone, W. H. Wallace, John L. McLaurin, L. J.j Bristow, Joseph A. McCullough, James A. Hoyt, Samuel M. Grist Discuss Situation. News and 'Courier. Columbia, October 6.-A conference was held here at the Jerome 'hotel at whidhi the present prohibition f-igh-t was generally discussed. As it was not -iptended to have any political ef fect it was not mentioned at the time. Publicity now, however, seems ad visable. There were at the conference, among others, Mr. 'C. C. Feather stone, Mr. J. -A. McCullough, of Greenville; James A. Hoyt, of Colum bia; Sam Grist, of Yorkville; W. H. Wallace, of Newberry; former Sena tor John L. &cLaurin and Editor Lewis J. Bristow, of Greenwood. The idea was to discuss -t1fe dispensary and pnohibition situation generally. It is not to be understood that all who attended the conference are pro hribitionists or that they favor state prohibition. Some of them are ad vocates of local option, but the de sire was to discuss the situation and consider how best to avoid blunders a- this junc-ti-on in the fight against the dispensary system. It is understood that one of the chief objects of the conference was to avoid what many think would be a fa tal mistake, and -that is the nomi nation of a state ticI5et. It is urged, and with force, that ti* nominatiorr of a state ticket would make it a fight for men -instead of at present a fight of principle, and as -long as the per sonal element can be kept out of the fight it will continue to be successful. Jus1 as soon as men begin to make it the means for running for office it will become a personal matter and the candidates will be made the ob ject of attack and the principle at is sue will 'be forgotteni. It is un:derstood that the idea -is to use every effort to Ihave tihe confer ence that is to meet here 'during Fair Week not to make nor 'advise nomi nations. There are, of course, some men in public life wh.o think that the prohibition band wagon is ready -to carry a load of candidates on to suc cess, while there, are as many others who think t!hlat just as soon as -the wagon begins -to take on a load it 'wil 'be stuck in the mire. The present success of the movement against t!he dispensary ought to be the best evi dence of what can be done by leaving the fight to the -ind,ivid'ual counties and 'the thiome people, and not load ing it with alleged leaders. In speaking of the conference The Columbia Record has -this to say: "It is evident tihat the prohibition ists are seriously thinking of putting out 'a state ti-cket despitie the opposi tion 'to -this .m,ovement on the part of some of the members 'of the 'organi zation, who do not think that is The 'best way to win. "Two meetings have 'been 'held in Columbia this week and at both of them members of .the state organiza tion formed here several months ago were present and discussed the out look for a 'state ticket. Among t1hose here were John L. McLaurin. Joseph A. M,cCullough, C. C. Featherstone, L. J. Bristow and others. "It is regarded rather significant that at least three of these 'are 'spo ken 'of as possible nominees should the party decide on a state ticket McLaurin. Featherstone and McCul lough. C. C. Featherstonle was a candidate for governor in 1898 on this 'icket. 'but was .defeated by WV. 'H. Ellerbe. The campaign that year was very cse anrd in 1900 t'he party placed G. James A. Hoyt in the field. Since then they have kept up a sort of or ganization, but early this year they came *together at a meeting held in Columbia, and an executive committee ih:as been formed with a member from each county. This committee will meet here Fair week, and it is believeg that a final decision will be reached then as to a s-tate ticket. Tn the mean time those who believe in a state ticket are holding )occasional meet ings to see just how the land lies. In a recent interview in the Record McLaurin sta.d -tiht he believed that the party would put out a ticket, al though he would not say that he was ouc of politics iand would not be a candidate. The statement was re garded as very significant .then, and the meetings this week were proba bly of considerable importance." A CORRECTED STATEMENT. Mr. E. W. Robertson Gives Figures Concerning the Two Mills at Union. Union, October 6.-An error made in the press report last nigtht gave .the total liabilities of the Union and Buffalo cotton mills much in excess of what it now appears they really are. As soon as it was discovered .that an error thad unintentionally been made. E. W. Robertson, presiedent of both corporations, was -interviewed and gave out The following statement: "While I h'ave not the auditor's re port before me, I am sure that after deducting .the quick assets and ad justing the balance between the prop erties, t"hat the 'rotal liabilities of both these mills will amount to approxi mately $3,ooo,ooo. The plants are valued by Lockwood, Green & Co., the famous mill architects of Boston, at $3,700,000. "The executive committee will pro ceed forthwith wit6 the plans"of re organizaton, which will be submitted to -the creditors at -the earliest practi cable moment. Practically all of the creditors are cooperating in ev ery way with .the executive commit tee in the plan to bring the mills out, of their financial troubles." E. W. Robertson, the president and treasurer, is an entirely disinterested party, -as ihe is not a creditor, neither is the bank of which :he is president. The executive committee is coam posed of Wjm. Winc.hester, president of .the National Union 'bank, one of the oldest and strongest banking in stitution :in Baltimore: H. C. Fleic mann of Flei,tmann & Co., large com mission merchants of New York: John A.. .Law, president Central Na tional 'bank and Saxon mills of Spar tanhurg, and President E. WA. Rob ertson, National Loan and Exchange bank of Columbia, which s?hbws that the affairs of the mills are in the hand's of some of t-he ables-t and strongest financiers in tihe country and is good assurance of the lover coming of the present situation. At yesterday's directors' meeting Emslie 'Nicholson, president of Nicholson Bank of Union, was elect ed vice pres.ident Union ootton mills and A. S. Wattles iof Canton Junction, Mass., vice presi-dent of Buffalo mills. St. Paul's Items. The members 'of St. Paul's ciurch are all asked to come 'out ion Thurs day (izth) for the purpose of scour ing .the church, cleaning windows and to clean the yard; bring dinner and we will have a regular picnic. Mrs. T. H. .Wedeman left here Sat urday to spend the winter with 'her hsband in Baltimore. Mr. W'edeman is attending -the medical college of Baltimore. Prof. Counts will meet his musi-c class at the church next Sunday af ternnon. Ev-erybody interested in churc'h mus-ic s,hould come out and lend a hand. Mr. Rufus Epting, who got hurtr sometime ago at Green'wood. is at hi. ftiher's mnc'h i mpnroved. E. APPEAL TO THE COTTON GROWERS KEEP COTTON OFF MARKET TILL PRICE GOES UP. President E. D. Smith of the South Carolina Division of Southern Cotton Association, Appeals to Farmers Not to Sell at Present Prices. To the Farmers, Merchants and Bankers of South Carolina: In view of thie present decline in the price of cotton I consider it my duty to make an appeal to the farmers to hold their cotton off the market. I ask that the merchants and bankers assist them in doing t-his. The merchants, by not pressing them, and the bankers by lending them sufficient money on tdheir cotton to enable th to meet the obligations that cannot deferred. 'The price fixed by the executi Committee at Asheville at ii ce may seem. to some rather high, but wihen tli/#New Orleans convention fixed cotiton at ten cents -the difefr ence between the current price at that time -and ten cents was very muci greater than the current price now, anoi eleven cents. You will recall that cotton, when .the New Orelans con vention assembled, was under seven, about .six and a hialf. By standing together, by unity of action, by a lit tie. sacrifice and patriotism, the South ern..C-otron association forced the con sum:er to pay to the producer more than 'ten cents. Have you thought what that difference in price meant to the individual and the south? ThIe gnower -has a right to fix the price of his product, and can fix it .if he wil stand by this association, which is making a gallant fight 'to keep the speculators getting cot.ton at theirown price. Let every farmer withdraw his cot ton. from the market. This will check the !receipts, and -the market will be bliged to advance. If you :have to .sell try to find -siome man who will buy it and retire it from the market. There are plenty of men in each coun-. ty of sufficient mean's and patriotism to do this: In spite of rThe report circulated by the bears and their allied interests, who are trying to depress the price of your cioton, we are reliably in formed that th?roughouVrthe southern states 'throiigh the influence of the Southern Cotton association the farm ers are holding their cotton off the' market. Let us .stand gy our southern brothers in this great fighit. Tt means she financial emancipation of our be loved southland. Yours truly, E. D. Smith, President S. C. Div., S. C. A. Mr. J. W. Hialtiwanger, of Wihite lock, visited friend's in town l.ast Sun day. Gilliamn's barber shop was moved yesterday to the room up stairs over he 'Cash store. In addition to committees already announced from No. 9 township the following are appointed for the school districts named: Saluda-J. Cal Cook, J. E. Monts, D. M. Bedenbaugh. Lit tle M'ountain-W. A. Countis, A. N. Boland, Luther W. Shteely. Rev. J. B. Haigler, of Wentzel's Lake, Nova Scotia, visited former pa rishioners at Sp.ring City, Pennsylva nia, and Mrs. Haigler's former home, at Newberry, S. C.. before taking charge of 'his new pastorate at White Rock, S. C., on October ist.-Luther an Vis-itor. Tommy-What's de mat.ter, Chim mie? Yer look sore.? Chimmie-Sure I'm s'cre. I got up early yistid'y mornin' an' an chored mesel' alongside o' dat big knothole in de fence at de baseball groun't; den w'en de game begins de overflow crowd lined up in front o' Mrs. Nora Ruff, of Ruff. whio has been sick for some weeks is improv ing. There will be services at Salem Baptist church next Sunday and the rite of baptism will~be administered to several candidates, after which the communion of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated. Among the children who gave what they earned one day to th'e orphan age were those of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Smith. They are always first in any good cause: "The way the twig is bent, the -tree inclines." The -mocking birds are again dis coursing sweet songs. It is said .that their mates .are silent during dog days. ,Mr. W. C. Pearsall made a busi ness trip to Saluda this week. Ruff Bros. visited Saluda one day this week. . Mr. Osborne Rogers took several mules to Saluda Monday; he is noted for his trading propensities and can be found nearly every day at the "bone-yard." Mr. J. C. Berry, who always has an eye for 'business, served hash to the ,hungry ones who visited Saluda 'on the first Monday. As the gardens are bare -and the cry of "nothing to boil" is heard nearly every one thinks -they had better go into the butchering business-and every Saturday morning start out with a load of fresh meat. A Day Dream. I sit on the step of my cottage door And dream of the home, that I loved .of yore, And the waving boughs of the willow tree In the garden at home, seem beckon ing to me. The old house stands by the river side That 'I left long ago a happy bride; The woodbine twines over the quaint little door; In, fancy I cross its thresh old once more. My mother sits in her accustomed place, A smile ill,umes her sweet old face. My father's voice grows soft and mild As he prays for me, his wandering child. A sweet young sister, so fra-il and fair, Withi eyes of blue and auburn hair; A patter 'of flootsteps is heard. in the hail An'd the baby one enters, the best lov'ed of all. But the vision has faded, I see them no more, And I slowly arise from cottage door And whisper and sigh, "Oh, why did I roam Away among stranger, so far from home." HOTEL CHANGES HANDS. Mr. C. E. Fant Succeeds Mr. Du.ff in the Management of "The Dar . lington." The following is from the Darling ton corresponden-ce of the News and Courier unLde'r date of the 6th and as it concerns a Newberry boy we fee1 sure it will be read with interest. We are delighted .to see the success with which Caldwell Fant is meeting. The Darlington 'hotel, w,hiich, under the management of Mr. 'A. F. Duff-t, has become a popular rendezvous for the travefling .men, ch'anges hands this after'noon, Mr. C. E. Fant, for: merly assistant manager, assuming full control.l. Mr. Fant is a native of Newberry, but he 'has made many friends in -this part of the state, and his popularity, coupled wi.th his busi ness ability, assures for him success. Under 'his management the Darling ton hotel willl lose none of its pres ent patronage. and 'in view of several cmtemplated improvements is ex pecte'd to become a great deal more attractive. A great many -travelling men wvill part with quite a "tear of