The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, March 20, 1906, Page TWO, Image 2
UPion Bureau of
information.
--Condueted by the -
South Carolina Farmers' 'Eduoa
tion4l and Co-Operation Union.
'SWCommunications. intended for this
department should be addressed to J. C'
Stribling, Pendleton, S. C.
Our Cotton On Ha6d.
Our efforts in these columns has
been chiefly directed towards check
ing, if possible, the increase of acre
age by silly farmers in cotton; we
hiiNve iio~houigh'ftinecessary to give
any advice here to the farmers now
holding their cotton. These are men
of business, and are usually mie with
sufficient grit, pduck and finaicial
backinleg 1) (1 rY their points and
kinow what thIy are aIout. The cot
tol holders that now have Ihis mat
ter in) hauld are aboit. as good finlanl
cienj, aild have alibout. as much col
lateral and backing behind them as
ihe bleair eleient have. Cotton holders
know now that about all the seary
holders have been shaken out, and
that the cotton bear is now up against
the real solid stuff. Spot holders are
well aware of the fact that the spin
ner has got to have about all the cot
ton before the next crop comes in, and
it mnatters not whether the next crop
will be a siall or a large crop. The
thing is this, the mills must run or
the walking mi(ibs that are parading
tile stlreets of1' the I'oreint'll in ufn11tact
uring cities callini- 1or work or
bread will wage riot. Stoppinig tihe
mills uide. sich condition wmild be
eqluivatlent to striking a mateh in a
powderl holise. 11ld your hlolt. boys,
and make thei m come over!
The Signs of the Times.
It1 we are not badlyN deceived in the
si-n o the' d'ttimes., farmers that do
noot leedi the wvarnim 0, tihe Farim
ersl'siin anid planti more food cr(SPS
114w. tle(y will be running around next
till wantiinw eveiybody's advice about
howm 14) hny .$241 a tion peaviii hay and
$1.01 a hihel sh(o with 1i cents cot
It'll.
Our bitg stpply men an,1 mile mien,
too, had betei butt in this thing at
onWt along with thile Farers' Union
in their. efforts to induce farmers to
plant iiore food crops and less cot
ton, or the game next winter will be
nip and tuck between these men and
the buzzards as to who will get the
most revenue out of this mule mort
gage business.
A good deal is being said recently
about live stock associations in each
Of the voilities of the state, which will
be a g-41(d thinl'.. it oilr farmers11(w" will
take to them, aind instead ofit brag
ging about selling peavine liay and
other food crops, they will raise and
feed mnore stock wnd takv care of the
ml.anure, they need not he howling any
lonkger. about the gIlanlo trust
(ir Fairnivis' 'nions should take
to this live stock i4ea like younig
ducks take' to water: it is the4 natural
thiiw4 t(o dii and rightl alongi thet
straight road toi tit'he permanntlI' build
ing up ofI the1 upl-to-da1lte progr'essivYe
A\IIll ou l"armr'iId' Uiontis should be
eac'h ini itselft a good live' stock associ
altion,l aind tailk mior'e abou)It raisinig
moure andic better stock anrd talk less
about raisinig muore (cottoni.
How About This?
Some. of our11 'outhI ( 'arolina lVar
mer's' Uions411 have been ,tr'yinmg to
make a deal with the Unions in the
gralin growing Wecst for their grain,
b)ut neither te grain growers nor jhe
cotton growers have b)een able to get
ears to shipi thei corn. We& are'( t'old
that corn hias been otferedi t.hei troim
32 eents t) 'tti 'entIs per bushel, an'd
thlousand(s (ob buslst1 have been piled
on the ground thiere rotting while
cotton fairmers in South Carolina are
paying 75 cen'its to 80 cents for' theiri
corni when t hey enni get. it. It seemai
that thle gi'ainI elevat or men and the
RI. R. men01 get. about as much ouit otf
the western crop)l as the corn grow~er's
get, while South Carolina cotton far
miers foot. the bills for the whole push.
Now, this is not a matter to be set
tied altogether by congress or the
courts, for the reason that you cannot
legislate common horse sense into
cotton farmers' heads, nor drive this
hog and hominy doctrine down their
throats unless some other fellow
grows the hog and hominy. ist
Orway .out of thisthn ist
* grew your own feed stuffs. It mat
S ters not how cheap others can grow
it, some how or other, if there is any
~V>thihig like good in this trading busi
ness among farmers crops, the men
~~"~ that stand between the cotton growers
audpthe grain growers got about all
the sugar there is in the hog, while
dt the farmier4 at each end are howling
oalmnity and ohe*ing the bag.
Asud al about thais tune oft the
y* bhe southe'n cotton fat'n ai
are trying to induce all cotton grow
ors to reduce thior a6reage to keep
down over produdtion and consequent
to the whole so;tlierh cottpn, states,
some se,hemish tukopean cotton bears
send out their threats through our
p4wspapers that i9 we d'n't grow a
big stdplus of cotto at raious prices
to the. grow0s th4t they will get Af
rica to do itr us;
The first roand in the papers this
time about this Xfric4n, cotti grow
ing bluff was sent out by "a Clermian
oflicial, and later followed by a
French ofileial, who ctAltias to have
grown and delivered cotton in Harve,
France, at the astonishing low price
of : 1-4 cents per pound. Now, we
hive all itlong had the opinion that
WIIll Street cotton bean were the
bi,--est fiars this side of hades, but
e oW *ive all tle eake, pie and crust
1ii I,rance.
I'liere wits I tine whenl this kiind of
talk perhaps hud sone weight in in
hhIenteing cotton growers to 1)1111 in
more cot ton in order to keel) their
trade with these foreign spinners, but
the up-to-date cotton planter of to
day is well aware of the fact that
these English, Oernan, French and
Russian spinners have all been send
ing down south for our implements,
seed and southern mien to grow cotton
in Africa at times for about 40 years;
but all efforts along this line have
proved to be about as practical as
it is to inimport ionkeys here from
A 'rica to pick ont oue cotton. In fact
the two propositions are about on
par as to thvir practicability, for it
takes two imiie to inind one monkey
while he is picking cotton, and it us
ually takes two of our southern cot
ton growers to mind one of those na
tive A frican negroes while lie is grow
in_- the cotton and keep him at it.
When we coie to reason this thing'
OVI in )Iur- minds, we are confident
that we have a large number of tame
negrCesI'S here about among our pro
4ressiVe cot-ton farimers that would
never do a dlay's work if they could
keep rIn sti arvilg and freezing with
''nt it.\
There is no necessity for negroes to
wor1k in Africa for food and clothing,
and it is against their nature to do it
here as well as there. We have some
white mni here that have the same
disease.
All this talk about competition with
American cotton is rot and out of date
here. where we know that the south
has the ideal cotton belt of the world,
aind week now how to grow cotton and
a1re learning how to manufacture cot
ton, and still more we have learned to
count the cost of productiln of cot
ton, andl how to demand a fair profit
tlmpii mi prodLcts an4I we are going
to have it.
Will Oppose Parcels Post.
Minneaolis, Min., March 20.
hie annual cwontion of the Nation
al ietail liardware Dealers' Associa
tion opens5 here todlay. The at tenId
aince is unusually large and every
statet andI terr ior'y is well represent
edt. The conmvenstion will last three
d ays. It is expeeted that the conven
tis n will reniew its ciampaigni against
the parcels post )popotsitionl and will
adop ijt st ronag resolutions ini oppositionf
to i. On the tother hand the conven
tin will undoubtedly favor a reduc
tioni in the rate on first class mail
matter front two cents to one cent for
e.achi OUtnce. The dhelegates will argue
that the reduction of the rate on first
class mail matter will be of greater
benefit to the public ini genteral, while
the parcels post would involve great
cost to the government and would
benefit mail order houses to the dis
advant age of' the small retailers.
No Government Armor Plant.
Washington, D. C., March 20.--No
actiid will be taken in the Navy De-.
palrtnient towardl the preparatiorj of
a r'epor't oin the cost of armor plat4
,ridtion. This in formtions -was
t'alledh forth at the last session of
congress, but. nothing was said in the
INaval Appropriation Bill of the date
when this report should be p)resented.
Ii wvouldl require several months to
make ain exhaustive andh complete
study 'of the armor plate situation as
it is today,; althouigh probably a bgard
of investigatiomi would be aided to
some extent by f.he report on 'the sam'e
question compiled several years ago.
It is evident that nio steps will be
taken this year,.at any rate, todard
the establishmenit of a govermuient
plant for the mariufacture of arrhov,
and most oficeers believe that with
the policy of economy 'that unow pre
vails and is likely to prevail in the
increase of the navy it will not be
(leomed profitable for the government
to embat-k in'the production of a'mor,
especillHy at the. currenit prices, which
are considered reasonable. Sdme of
the officks 'of the navy are in favor
of, a goernnout armor plate faotory
b4t it is gon5idet'd thattgh stipp
of tiiW ditr# by .odttet iu
o1'eutly controlled by tb M&ay Do
partmont, and that no 01tage
would be gained by estab g a
governmeit plant. Of course, there
must be sooner or later a reSort on
the armor plate situation, but this
cannot be prepared in.much less than
three or four months, -if the ub0et is
to be thoroughly discussed.
IroU Eport Reords Brokh.
Pittsburg, Pa., March 20.--th'e ex
ports from the United States of iron
and stock manufactures during the
month of February broke all pravio'us
of wire, nails and iron pipe W6'e ship
ped abroad last month through New
York and other Eastern seaboard
points, the largest consignments ever
made to foreign countries in. any one
Imloitl ill the history of the trade.
TIe siipments of steel rails and hil
lets were except ionally heavy, aggre
tin g a shade uidelr 50,000 tons. In
addition to these' huge shipments, hig
lots went overland to the Pacific
coast for export to the far East and
considerable quantities were also
sent from Southern ports.
Besides reaching the high water
mark, the February exports were in
teresting because of the fact that the
port of New York handled more than
the combined shipments,made through
Philadelphia and Baltimore. These
ports, especially Baltimore, have pre
viously taken care of the bulk of the
shipments made to foreign countries
from the Atlantic coast. New York
shipped nearly 36,000 tons out of the
64,000 or niore tons exported ist
month. Another feature of the Feb
ruary shipments was the large con
signments which went forward to
South America, hitherto a stronghold
of the German and British iron and
steel manufacturers. The steel rail
exports represented 26,818 ton's. 14.
1:12 tons went to the Argentine Re
public, while 7,446 tns went to Bra
zil. To Ja,pa 2,908 tons were ship
School Examination.
"Class inl general information.
stand ip!'
The elass consisting of four youths
ill vairious conditions of forwardness,
and in garments of patched hue.
struggled up and prepared for tile (r
deal.
"Now, then, Jim Smithers-Whati
is a politician?''
" A fellow which serves an appren
ticeship to lying, selling his -friends,
di-inking and neglecting his family,
until ho gits out of lhis time, when he
gets to be a journeyman ofliep-hunter
1' a1 boss ofilee-holder. '
"Good ! Now, then, next-What is
ia popilar preacher?"
"A feller which never has a call
from the Lord for less than 'flve
thousand'. a -year and expenses, in
eluding donation parties; also a fel
ler which amuses himself by lecturing
around the country at fifty dollars a
pop. le gives liberally of nothing to
he poor, serves the devil ini such a
way as he thinks will least offend the
Lord, wears first-class broadcloth and
prIeallce against pridle, rides to
church in a carriage, and condemns
the poor people for riding in tile caxs,
and when he gets tired of business,
le goes into an interesting declin'
gits a pension from his grateful cona
gregation, and -becomes a religious
sp)orter. Or else his feelings git too
overp)owerin', and he gits -suspended
olhicially-when ef' he gets his deserts
he 'd be suspended physically, with a
rope-"
''There, that's sufficeient. Next
What's the prevailing religion of this
country?''
"Git all you can and keep all y'ou
get."
" Wrong. Next i"
''Gitten' what don 't belong to you,
keepin' whiat.you don't need, and eat
tin' a sanctified swell generally."
"itighit. Next, 'What is a fool?"
" Well, lie's a feller who thinks ev
ery muan he meets' is honest,. a feller
who imagines he can'make inoney by
being generous to misers, liberal to
colportpur:. and missionary societiesj
and honiest towards rogues"'
"WellI, and what becomes of thmi
"Of who?"
"Why, the fools."
"Yes, well, them that don't go imigo
startin' newspabers and mnagin' op
era houses for a livin', generally o6n
trive tg pick up a pr'edarious and~ oh
sartin livin' as.sholmastrs." /
'Tlass' dismissed; falf holiday."
After Hours.
Youth's CompaAion.
A business woman of'-large experi
ence mentioned, not long ago, serious:
danger in the-livea of many girls who
have to earn jtheir own living, a dat
gor especially threatening if the gfl
ep conscientious and a hard' workel~
It is athe tindetidy to become a wo4
lng womah-"andl zothing: else.
It is u'et$r&hne. She has, perhap~
1etihoug ad hafd work. .If heo oo
9tpatlon is ift a~ storo or faetory sbo
ins .omCOpIAnionship. But if she is in
In occupation where she has to work
>ractically alone, especially if she is
1way from home, she is in danger of
>ecoming dukll, listless, uphappy, be
3aUse, thi-oush oelessness or inertia,
ihe lots her life become all work and C
10 play.
A young woman can wrong herself a
and her employei if that is- t6' case
-because her first duty is to be hap- E
py, well-rounded woman not a ma
thine; her employer, beeus6 it is only E
by keeping her freshness of spir
i that she can do the 1'st work. So
no matter how difficult it seems at
first, she must batter down the walls
Uf her prison.
If she is in a city-and that is
where most of the lonely girls .are
there are endless' opportunities. There a
are working girls' clubs and classes
in which she can meet other girls; ti
Ulhurch societies that would give her ir
warm welcome; free picture exhibits ri
and music and lectures. Let her seek
till she finds tw,o or thrie other girls P
to take in these things with her, and Y
life will soon grow full'of interest. ai
Let her do one thing more--let her F
hold fast to the ideal of home, even di
if her home is measured by the narrow
walls' of a ball bedroom. Happiness
is not a question of the pocketbook,
but of the heart. The sim'plest of
fare has been known to furnish a
Nast rich in nourishnient to the soul.
l.ong ago Lovelace wrote:
Stone walls (o not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage. 4
But it is one of the discoveries that .
Nach must make for herself--no other
can do it for her.
-K1-- 41
NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. 1
All overseers are hereby notified to I
warn out the hands in their respective
districts and have their roads put in
proper shape and condition by the fif
teenth day of April, 1906. Herein
fail not under the penalty of the law. I
J. Monroe Wicker,
County Supervisor. 4
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lest Patent $5.15
3est half Pat' $4.4A
3est Meal 75c. bU
3est Grits $1.75 S4
Don't pay any more, don't be switc
ong, save money and buy from us.
Our immene stock of spring goods
es and fancy goods and staples, our b
g novelties in millinery. Come and -
ght thing in prices, style, quality, &<
y cannot beat us, we don't make a
)ut up on balance, people getting
id looking out more for No. i. Corn
Drty years experience counts someti
)n't you forget it,
PROSPER IT
Prescription
Which we use are without ex,
We believe in PURITY.
We constantly preach PUR
We always practice PURIT
0 ci:es.
PURITY counts, and count;
I Ask your doctor.
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Newberr,
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lurplus .
)eposits .
We do business on bus
We extend every con
vith safe and sound ban
"our per cent. paid on
Department. Fir
Burglar Prc
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-President.
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cut price on one thing and burij
educated and opening their eyes
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king, we will treat you right and
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