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VOL. XLII. NO. 134 NEWBERRY, S. 0.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28, t905.TWCAWEK$15YAY
PLEDGING FIFTEEN CENTS.
Harvie Jordan Asks All Farmers to
Pledge and to Act Quickly.
Hon. James Wilson, secretary of
-agriculture, Washington, D. C. said
last Saturday that the crop report is
sued by his department last week was
accurate and trustworthy and that it
indicated a crop in the neighborhood
of ten million bales for this year. This
coincides with the recent report of
the Southern Gotton association of
.9,441,ooo bales, which did not include
linters and city crop, which would
have made -the total in !the neighbor
hood of ten million bales. Thus we
find the crop estimate from The tw
most reliable sources for information
at this time agreeing almost to a bale.
Se;cretary Willson's assertion at this
time also forecasts the Decemiber 4th
estimate of the yield by his depart
-ment as there can be but little or no
4change in thec rop during the next
two weeks. I have recently spenc ten
days in the east investigating condi
tions relative to spinner' s supplies
and the amount of cotton goods in
jobbers hands. I find that the spin
.nmers are short of raw coEton although
they have sold the output of their
=ills .many months ahead expecting to
buy the cotton as they need it around
present prices or lower. I found that
they cannot begin to fill the tremen
dous demand on them for cotton
goods.
I aiso found jobbers supplies of cot
ton goods exhrausted and that they
are-unable to get what ,they need from
the mills. Corton goods are very
-ig h and jobbers think the price of
cotton will soon go to i5 or 2o cents
-per pound. Farmers have rushed the.
market to date and sold fully ,alf the
crop around ten cents per pound. The
thing to do now in the face -of exist
-ing conditions which cannot be de
fi.ed, is -to tie up'.the Qbalance of the
cfop,for 15 cents. This would then
- oniy average the price of the whole
trop to. the spinners at 12 cents a
.pound, -which is cheap considering die
-enormous demand, short crop and
A4igh prices for cotton goods.
'There is but one way now to ad
vance the market and the farmers
have that plan in their own 'hands.
We must tie up the spots and do it
-unde~r -pledge so as to lec each county
know -what the other is doing.
Through the Southern Cotton associ
ation I am priniting thousands of cir
culars and pledges to be signed by
* the yeople demanding 15 cerits and
agreein~g to hold every 'bale they can
for the next ninety days. In this 'way
'we expect to get three miillion bales
tied up for go days if necessary on de
mand for 15 cents. J will furnis'h
these pledges to a'll 'the cotton grow
ing counties at once. They acre now
being printed and sent out.
Let All Act Quickly.
Every man 'who can do so, sign
these pledges or write to me direct,
' stating number of bales 'he has on
'hand and can hold for 90 days if neces
sary to advance price to that figure.
All na,mes will be kept strictly con
fidential. What we want is the aggre
gate in each county that we can de
pend >upon to be held. If I can noti
fy the spinners that three million
bales of this crop has been tied up for
go days at a price of 15 cents the mar
ket will advance to that figure before
w'e know it.
The south is strong enough to whip
this fight to a standstill. AVe must do
-It and show to the world what -kind
of grit we 'are made of. If you can't
hold but one bale send in your pledge
and then freeze to it. Spinners will
be falling over themselves to pay 15
cents if we tighten up our grip on the
'pot situation.
It is the onl y salvation and that is
tasy if we act at once with deter
mination. Don'c wa-it for your neigh'
bor to do the 'holding. You can draw
$4m a Ibale on your cotton from your
local bank and a few years ago you
sold the bale for $3o.
Must Be Self Reliant.
The great trouble with farmres is,
and the reason why so many people
take advantage of them is that they
rely so little upon themselves. We
must be more self-assertive. Find out
what is best to be done and then go
ahead to do -it. 'Know ehat you are
right and then overcome every ob
stacle in the way of forging ahead to
success. The "bear" element of spec
ulators, under the leadership of Theo
dore Price, backed up by the brain
and money of foreign spinners are
moving heaven and earth to discredit
the facts about this crop and trying
to buy -all the cotton in the hands of
the farmers at low prices.
If they win they will continue to
laugh at you for being a soft snap and
believing in their figures and advice
when you know better. I have never
deceived you and am well posted on
the -cotton situation. I -know that the
balance of your cotton is well worth
15 cents to th espinn erandacert ylin
i5 cents 'to the spinner and certainly
it ought to be worth thatm uch to
you. Every farmer who now has any
cotton and has grit enough in him to
hold it will soon be able to dictate
his 'own Fterms.
Keep on selling fast at every little
rise in them arket and it will be im
possible to materially advance prices.
Get down to business. Sign up the
pledges or let Tae hear from you di
rect. I will email copies of pledges to
every indiviAual who 'will take them
and get their neighbors to sign up.
Write me by return mail. In two
weeks every county ip the cotton belt
ought to 'be covered. Ihe president of
the Farmers' Union from Dallas,
exs, has just wired me guaranteeing
his cooper,ation for higher prices, and
I want ever4 union man in the south
in with us on this deal.
Let us tie up promptly three mil
lion-bales for 15 cents and then let the
consuming world understand that it
-will take :that price to move the bal
ance of the crop. If you have ten
bales and can only hold five sign 'up
t-he pledge for that number and stand
pat for the next 6o or go klays and we
win. Harvie Jordan.
The St. Matthews Telephone Co.
'has 'been commissioned with a capi
ta of $2,5o0
$120 was raised in Anderson for 'the
aid of the Jews in Russia. Most of it
was given by Gentiles.
Flander Johnson, a Sumter county
negro, was shot dead during a quar
rel with his 'wife. The shooting may
have been -acocidental.
Mayor 'M'aAion of Greenville has ad
vised the governor to retain the con
stables in that county after the clos
'ing of .the disepen'saries.
The latest census bulletin on the
subject shows that O'ran.geburg is the
largest cotton raising county in the
state with Anderson secontd.
Zach McG'hee, formerly engaged in
the newspaper business in this state,
has gone to WVashington to act as
correspondent of the Columbia State.
Comisioner Watson of this state
was elected vice president of the Sou
then Association of Commissioners
of Agriculture recently in session at
Richmond, Virginia.
The Cold Point GrV'nite company of
Laurens county has been chartered
with a capital stock of $30,ooo. M.
A. Carlisle, G. T. Bryan, S. B. Aull
and others are interesteld.
Mashall Moore, who 'has been -in
the newspaper business at Barniwell
and who 'has been engaged in teach
ing at various points in the state. is
now on the staff of the Augusta Her
Secretary of State Gantt 'has refused
to perit the work .of -installing metal
cases in hi's office to proceed. Mr.
G antt claimvs, that the cases do not
AS TO THE DISPENSARY.
Mr. A. C. Jones Wants The Count
Voting It Out To Enforce Pro
hibition Without Constables.
To the Editor of the News a
Courier,: As one -who has stood wi
the prdhibition democrats of the s'
in -their efforts to -secure prohibiti
laws, and rwho has taken an acti
part in the work that has been do
for the pas't two years, and especia
in the ,last six months, towards v<
ing out the Idispensary, I desire
sound a.note of warning at this tin
The 'dispensary 'has been tried a
found 'wanting, and 'has been voc
out in every county where an eli
tion has been held, except in F1<
ence..where the anti-dispensary 1<
by a small majority. Unfortunat(
some of -the counties, that were e
pected to -record their votes agaii
this corrupt institution, have put
their elections until the dispensz
forces have taken it as an indicati
that they may hope to retain it. A
in Anderson yesterday they influenc
some gen-clemen of good standing
their community to hold a meeti
and pass resolutions commending
to the people of Anderson county.
do not believe .that they -repres<
-the sentimentc of the Christian -m
and women of Anderson; and kno
ing as -I ido the history of -the dispo
sary and its management, I do not
.lieve they could have been engag
in a work that, if carried out, wol
do moXe to retard the progress of 1
ciizens of Anderson and injure
good name than to keep the state d
pensary saloon open to debauch i
young men of the county, argd to to
the bread from the mouths of .th
children, and to ruin 'heir hom
And I would ask the democrats
Anderson county -to- bury the disp
sary so deep next Saturday that
will never lift its 'head again in tl
county.
I would also express my surpr
-that Greenville courty should c<
sider for a moment the ques-tion
retaining rhe state constabulary,
that Cherokee county should lt
of asking that they be sent back.
it possible 'that onr county and st
officials cannot enforce all the la
of the Etate? I am sure they can
they will try, and believe they ~
'The constabulary feature of the <
pensary is one of the anost objec.ti
able connected wiTh it, and that sho
be one of the first to go when the I
islature meets. Let us 'have cont
of our own home affaiers. Let the re
larly authorized city and county
tihorities en'force heir laws-. ~Th
is no more reason 'why we should h
constales to enforce the liquor
than there is to 'have a special c
stabulary force to enforce the
against mutrder, arson, or any ot
law. And I believe the constabuil
connected wiTh the (dispensary
done more harm than they have d.
good. Th-ere are vacant chairs in
homes of the 'best people of Darhi
ton county, and in other places' in
state, that This system in South Ca
lina is respcnsible for; and no .n!
has the right -to brand the people
a county as law breakers until te
have violated its laws.
I have lived in Newberry for i
years, and I have never known si
good order in our city and county,
little (drinking and drunkenness
there is today; and our people -do
want any constables meddl-ing v
their affairs. I might add that t'l
have never been 'so many imprc
ments going on, and that property
never been so high as i't is .today;
I am satisfied that the closing of
dispensary 'here and at Prosperity
ha?d much to *do with it. The disp
sary sees ge 'hand 'writing on
wall: they 'are desperate; they see
people, county 'by county. repudial
it. and knowing that they cannot
pect to retain it 'by the votes of
peo1e the are now tryingt to ret
A CHECKERED CAREER.
ies R. C. Boland, A Young White .Man, T1
Whose Home Is in this County,
Arrested on a Serious
Charge.
nd Through .the efforts of Sheriff M. m
th M. Bufor'd, R. C. Boland. a young gr
te white man whose home is near Slighs, ex
on in this county, was arrested in Lau- sil
e rens on Saturday night under a war- or
ne rant from Spartanburg county charg
Ily ing him wi-th obtaining money under su
)- false pre-ences. in
to The warrant, sworn otit by L. G.
ie. Morris before Magistrate R. B. Pas- se
nd ley, in Spartanburg county, was for- aP
ed warded to Sheriff Buford by Deputy er
Sheriff White on September 18, the nc
date on which it was sworn out. On le
>st the 21st it was reported to Mr. Buford cr
ly that Boland was in Columbia. and he in
went to that 'city, but could hear noth- in
off ing from 'him. On about September to
offrg or 20, it was reported to Sheriff tr4
y Buford, Boland came -to Reno, and it er
on is stated that J. C. MLMillan there fo
ed cashed a check .for him, to cover
ed which, it is alleged, Boland had no or
in funds, and Mr. M.cMillan swore out a ht
. warrant before R. R. Milam, at Clin- m
it ton. ul
Some time during the past year, it ct
appears, Boland, had worked for Mr. I
L. W. C. Blalock, at Goldville, and th
w
!n whew he left Mr. Blalock's employ he
walgiven a letter of recommendation M
ed by Mr. Blalock. On September 26, g(
Ad Mr. Blalock received a letter from a
-he Springfield, in Orangeburg county, in
its regard to Boland, and this letter was
turned over 'to Sheriff Buford. Sheriff
1he Bufor-d immediately ,went to Spring
Lke field, and learned that Boland/ had
,f gone to Summerville. In a day or p
es. two it was learned by 'him, Mr. Bu- F
of ford says, that Boland had cashed two
n- checks at. the Dorchester bank, one
it .for $35 and. one. for. $5, and --later a
at letter was received from' Frank A. -
Heape, at Summerville, 'stating that ot
. he had endorsed checks -for Boland e
)s to the extent of $6o, which were not
of of any value. A
o On November 20 Sheriff Buford re- pi
ink ceived' a letter from Mr. L. W. C. t
Is Blalock, .in wh*ich Mr. Blalo^k stated ti
ate that he 'had received a letter froni Boi 'w
ws land, written from Provi'dence, R. I., it
SBoland saying that 'he 'wou.ld take a it
ill. steamer for Clinton, Europe. Very.
soon thereafter Mr. Blalock received is
. another letter from Providence, R. I., h;
uld writeten by a gentleman in that city,' n
eg- stating that on Bolan-d's letter .of rec
rol omnmen'dation, given him by Mr. Bla
. loick, 'he had end'orsed.a .check for Bo- al
au- land in the sum of $rg, .w'hiczh had w
ere been . protested. I:
ive On Saturday M.r. Bl'aIock telegraph- B
aw ed Sheriff Buford that Boland was ex- Iga
on- pected at Go?dville on the -down .train
.aw from Laurens. He failed to reach I
Iher Goidville on .that train, and Mr. Bu- ti
ary ford went to Goldville on Saturday a
hias ight, to await 'his arrival. While in i
>ne Goldvil.le the she.riff intercepted a di
the telephone message from Boland, in
ng- which it was learned that Boland was
the in Laurens. The sheriff was feeling c:
r- very much indisposed and immediate- d<
ian y telephoned the Laurens authorities y
of giving them Boland's address and ask- di
iey ng' them to' arrest him und-er the re
Spartanburg warrant. whIic'h was done e,
iny on Saturday night. di
.ich I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'it
so Harry Payne WVhitney s string of
as 29 'horses have arrived at Aiken for t
not the winter. c
rit .- - - _ f
er% it by in-junbctionIs and all kinds of si
ye- schemes andI movements backed, as f
ha's understand, biy the Richland dis- it
id tillery company and the whiskey man- li
our ufacturers, who are growing fat 'by
has bleeding our men who drink. And I
e-appcal touh ol men and women-i ti
the of Anders'on county, and other coun- ir
the Ities of the state, to b.lot it out and let la
ing us stand together f'r the young men
x- and the homes of our state. c;
thei A. C. Jones. -ti
:an Newberry. S. C.. Nov. 23. 1905-.
F,NGROSSING DEPARTMENT.
ie Attorney General Issues Order
Appointments Under Civil Ser
vice Examination.
T4he attorney general has decided to
ake the appointments in the en
ossing department on competitive
amination. And in this way, if pos
)le. let each applicant stand on his
her merits.
The following is the statement is
ed by the attorney general's office
regard to this matter:
The attorney general's office is
nding the following letter to all
plicants -for appointment in the
grossing department, in order that
inefficient applicants may be se
:t.ed. As the last general assembly
eated additional judicil dircuits,
creasing the nuimber of solicitors,
order to relieve the circuit solici
rs of their very ungrateful and ex
i imposed work, -the attorney gen
al will make all the -appointments
r .the coming session:
"All applicants mus7 submit an
iginal composition of about two
indred .words, upon any subject they
ay choose, in their own handwriting,
>on the legal cap paper berewith en
sed. Such article is for the infor
ation of this office in considering
e qualification of applicans.
"It is advisable to get the endorse
ent of your county delegation to the
neral -assembly, or as many thereof
possible.
"Give full name and address.
"U. X. Gunter, Jr.,
"A'rtorney General."
A report received at the mounted
>ice departmen at Attawa from
rt McPhedson, which is well upon
e artic circle, says that the Equimos
longing on rrhat. shore are called
egoycd .There- are two tribes;
ie being Co-pack matives and t6
her Herschell island natives.. They
-e fairly well built, -the men- aver
ring five feet three. inches. in height
11 older men have their lower jaws
erced in labrets and tire women have
teir chins tax.tooed. Of late years
ey have stopped this, and men and
omen of about 20 years have no
larks. There are about 250 Kog- -
olycks.
ThE Mi-ne.talmutes or Deermen, -are
lan-d Es-quimos. The older natives
we the labrets and tattooing. Tlhey -
nber in all abonit 1o0. There i-s no
arriage law -with them. When a
an is ready to .take a wife, as a rule
yut the age of x8, he goes and lives --
ith her ini the house of her paren4s .
they cannot agree they sep-arat .
ut they generally get on- well to
2ther.
There are always a few -medicine7
ten in each -tribe. If a native is sick'
te medicine man is called to drive
te devil out of him. The Esquimo
very much like the Indian. He 'will
a nything to get liquor.
'The sea's -pressure is almost in
edible," said the clubman. "If you
scend deep enough, it would crush
u. bones and all, to a mass of red
ish mud. -Off Scicily last winter we
fn out of ice, -and some one suggest- -
I that to cool the champagne for
inner we lower it half a -wile or so
tto the sea'-s depths
"This was -done -and at dinner time
ie three bottles came up delightfully
>ol. But when we opened .them we
>und that they con-tained nothing but
lt water. The sea's pressure had -
>rced the water in through the pores
the corks, displacing the lighter
A petition has been presented to
ie supervisor of Laurens cointy ask
ig ior an election under the BBri-ce
Darlin-gton's proportion of the mon
y needed by the state cotton -associa
on, e o ha -ben npaid up and for