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SCHOOL DISTRICT In Marlboro County Refuses Money From The Dispensary. Bennettsville, April 6.-One of the school districts inl this county has ab solutely refused to receive .and, through the trustees, and by a vote of the patrons, rejected the public funds due them accruing from the dispen sary or sale of liquor. Tho question has been discussed in that section for a long time, which ultimately termi nated as above stated. This,is an ex a ample worthy of imitation, set by thesu conscientious, Christian gentle men as they pledged to make good with their owi private funds all such mtioney tihs tendered and rejected. It is Willis sllool district which hIs deviled not to accept any more ot' the dispeisary llolley 'r the school in that district. Thie trustees took ia vote till the proposition last Friday and decided by a majority of (wo not to accept any more of tie dis pensary school money. Any defleien ey will he made up voluntarily by the eight trustees wlo voted in favor of the ide. The actionl of this school district is rather unusual and especially so in view of tile fact that Marlboro is a prohibition county and has been re ceiving several thousand dollars a year from the dispensary in tile shape of profits. The coiunity superint eident of education has been notified of the action 1111d as it is not likely that proceedings will ever he brought to force a school district to take money that is not wanted the legality of the proceeding will probably never be tested. Willis school has for a long time been ojie of the very best ill tihe coun ty. It was among the very first to levy a special tax. an1d it has taken advantite ot' every opportunity for I rto1re ants d mittimprovenent. The peo pIe of thait uliStl-ict are intelligent, re lined. educated and law-abiding. Mr. Lane. the elairman of tile hoard of trustees, is known as one of tihe very best farers anld citizens ill the coun ty. le is a graduate of Wake Forest college, and took a post gradiate course at the South Carolina college. before settling down to his life work as a scientitic farmer. The information as to tile action of the Willis district has beei officially received by the county superintendent of education in the following letter from Mr. J. J. Lane: Clio, S. C., March 30, 1906. Mr. W. L. Stanton, County Superin tendent of Education. Bennettsville. S. C. Dear Sir:-After a full diselssion this afternoon, the patrons of Willis school district No. IS decided not to use the dispensary funds appropriated to the district for this year, and also to refrain from the use of such funds in tle future. The vote was S to 6. In order t hat no one should lbe injur ed by our act ion,m more than enough mnoney' was vo hnt arily cont ributedl to reimburse thle district. R espect fully. ('ha irmiani Board Trusteces. WAS BLACK LIST IGNORED? A Rumor About The New State Board Of Control. Coliumbia, April 6.-A rumor has beeni current throughout the city for several days to the effect that the state board of d ispensary directors at the recent quarterly meeting (did not faithfully regard the black list thme inivestigatinlg cominittee sent in of whiskey concerns that ought not to lbe patronized until a more thorough investigation is made of their past dlealings with the dispensary, that the Richiand Distilling company, among other concerns whose names did not appear oni the published list of pur chases. was given a large order, someu I,200 barrels. P'resident Block of the company was given as authority for this en tertaining story, lie was quoted as saying to other jealous blacklisted people that he talked to the board "with the hark off." "In the pres -enee of Messrs. Lyon and Christen sen of the investigating committee." According to the story the board was running after him to buy on account of his charming prices and the quail ty of his goods. When an order was mentioned to him he bristled up with the bitter memory of the $130,000 worth of claims the .committee had 'ordired hold uip and - told the hoard ~' and the committee that lie didn't care m6th whether he ever got any more enters, but that if he did sell his gootid to the state of South CArolina thesad state would have to buy at '$ deh prices the investigating commit *~,toe said 'were too high, and more than that the said state would have to pay * eaash with the order. The purchase wa* then tnade, so the story continued, overybody, looking.aaeelt and subdued but Mr. Block, and the cash was paid. Chairman Rawlinson .was' seen about the story by a Record man, and lauglied at it as foolish -and absurd. '"We have not bought a drop of IlI quor, a cork, a piece of tin foil nor a bottle from a concern on the black list, aiiid so far as I ani concerned notli.g will be bought from any of these concerns until the whole matter is cleared up. N -purchase was maJe except those published in the news papers as having been made at the quarterly meeting. True we did make a small purchase from the Richland Distilling company when we first took charge, but. this was before the com, inittee said anything about a black list, and was merely for the purpose of illing in for ilmlediate needs. "The re)ort that we have paid the iichland Distilling compaly $50,000 is silly. We have paid it nothing on tie old account, and have paid in the usual way on a 90-day settlement ar rangeient for the goods we got in the beginning of the year. I see .no reasonl why we should be compelled to buy from the Richland Distilling company. Its prices are no better than those of other concerns that I might name. Mr. Block was before the board in company with his rep resentative along with Messrs. Lyon and Christensen at our recent meet ing, but it is all news to me about our begging him to sell us anything. I regarded the matter the other way. le was there as any other, soliciting NO INCREASE IN THE A:CREAGE. Manufacturers Record's View of the Cotton Crop. Balt imore. April 6.-Summuarizing liftien pages of letters on the cotton aerea.-e outlook from several hundred bankers in N orth Carolina, South Carolina. Georgia. Alabama. Tennes see. Mississippi. Louisiana. Arkiansa%. Texas. Oklahoma and Indian Terri tory, the states practically embracing thee otton belt of the South. the Man ufacturers' lIecord says this week: "The replies indicate a tendency toward a slight increase in acreage for the rotton belt as a whole, an in crease, however. not overcoming the decrease in 1905 from the acreage of 1904, and a tendency to be -restrained h certain natural factors. The re plies sliows steady advance in diversi fieation of crops, a firmer purpose than ever on the part of bankers and farnmers to stand together for the common good and a greater degree of comfort among the growers. "There is a general purpose all along the line for the bankers and the growers to continue, even with great er zeal, tihe policy of co-operation which worked out so successfully dur imin the )ast season. This does not, of course, imply less acreage as a whole in 1906 than in 1905, although such a reduction is promised in am number ot localities. Nor does it imply that the acreage in some states will not be increased. New lands In Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory and Arkansas, and, indeed, in such oI ler states as Georgia. South Caro hina andl Mississippi. arc being open ed up and are going into cotton. In sections like the Delta of Mississippi, where no fertilizers is yet used, or where it is really cheaper to buy sup plies than to raise theni wvith cotton at 10 or 12 cents, a moderate increase in acreage may be expected and many individuals will plant from 5 to 10 per cent wider than last year. But in thme main the bankers are not encour aging any great expansion, butt, on the other hand, are standing by the wisdom of thme past twelve months and are receiving from the farmers hearty support. Some farmers are still holding, not because they expect much better prices, but because they do not needl the money, and those who may not be satisfied with the price at thme time they gin the coming crop are assured that they will have no dlitliculty in obtaining accommoda tions from the banks and merchants who are banking up the growers in le gitimate plans to make their crop a paying one. At The same time a voice of caution is raised against any combination to get really excessive prices, that being held as censurable as are efforts of Wall street bears to depres prices. Pointed Paragraphs. Success never comes to a man who is afraid to face failure. You can't always tell what is in a man by trying to pump him. The skin deep beauty of a girl may be good for a marriage license. His satanic majesty will trust any man who Is good at making excuses. Many a man would act otherwise but for fear of legal consequences. After a young man has made first ringing speech he should buy the ring. It takes an accomplished liar to hand a woman satisfactory compli mnents. Farmers' Union Buteau of Information. -Conduoted,by.th - South Carolina Farmers' . ea tional and..Co-Operatlon, U on. d. mRn~m l9at intended n,this nt hld addressed ' 8bV' g PeIleton, S.C. Thousands of acres for cotton is now being plowed too wet... This means a very large redubtion n the number of bales next fall. About all the cotton farmbrs hav.e to do ih order to control the cotton market is to control themselves. We don't need more money, more men or better business men in the cotton states in order to manage tie cotton business. About all you need is to get together and use what you already lave in land, like busilness men should do, and the power you have will astonish the cotton 4rmers as well as the balance of the world. Why is it that we find so many Southern men engaged in the cotton trade on Wall Street, New York ? Is it not because these Southern men from the field know more about the conditions of things in the south and more about how to control the cot ton farmers than foreigners do? Well, then, why not come together at hine and use our own busines men and talents, and our peculiar natural advantages for our own benefit in stead of allowing foreigners to reap the profits from our fortunate natural gifts'in the way of the ideal cotton belt of the world I Twenty nien may stand about the bog talking about the bad plight of the cow in the mire to no good-but tlree men may unite and pull to gether and out comes tle cow on firm ground. Farners. walk right into the Union and take hold, stop-talking and pull together. Cotton Warehouse or the Poorhouse Which Do You Prefer? For many years cotton producers have been producing money making cotton crops, but in placing the cot ton upon the market all others in the cotton business have become rich while the southern cotton producers, as a rule, have remained poor. There is but the one course for this, and here it is: Most any common clod-hopper can produce a good crop of cotton, but it takes a different kind of work to place this cotton on. tie market so as to retain the protits in the hands of the producers, where it justly belongs. Most any common cotton farmer can, single-handed, independently and alone produce a profitable crop of cotton, but it takes the combined ef forts of many thousand cotton pro ducers to keep the old crowd of cof ton speculators from reaping all the profits. These speculators have applied am code of business rules and methods or system in handling your cotton erops that i-oducers have failed to do for themselves. These men have supplied the cotton warehouses and the busi ness organizations for the purpose of distributing your cotton among cot ton manufacturer and have, as might be expected, reaped their profits in money while the producers of cotton have stood aloof from concert of ac tion and took their profits out m grumbling and cursing the specuila tors. The Remedy. There is but one remedy for thmis evil, and that is the cotton producers must supply the faciliti'es for hand ling their own crops, until the co-ton is placed into the hands of consumimera at A reasonaPble profit to thze produ ers, or the cotton farmer will remainm in his present hazardous posit ion. Cotton farmers, you must organize and p)ut your cotton in bulk, and then place your best men in charg.e of yout business or the speculator will con tinue to do this thing for you! You cotto.n growers must build your own ware.houses to protect your business or the same old crowd wvill continue to do this for you, and continue to levy a tariff for this job to suit their idea about this work and not to suit your idea! Farmers, prepare for war in time. of .peace. Several warehouses are now on the -way, not yet completed. Some farmers claim that they ap prove of the warehouse plans, but they can't raise the money for the stoek; well, now, I deny this. In many cases tys is not true. We know good and well that if some would try, they could get, up this warehouse stock just as well as they get up other things that are not so important. .Finally, we wish to say to all yg calamity howlers aind fault-finders that you cannot build warehouses with your tongues, it takes the cash! And anqthaor thing, too, that if you will not try to help yourselves when the way is open for you to do it, do for the sake of common good of the country, and respect for yourselves stop abusing others, for- not helping you, .whep4. you will not try to help yourselves. Put up the stoff, or hush up and go way back and sit down and behave youfelves like good modern slaves shoul4ddo. Farmers, do not wait longei for something to turn up in youi-favor, go out and turn up something for yourself.. Do not stand about talking and grumbling and whiting for a good opening to come your way, but go right into the farmers' organization, unite your strength with that of your fellow farmers and make your owii opening. If others can organize a cotton bus iness by picking up your own men at your own door and working them tc the advantage of the speculating crowd there is no reason on eartl why cotton grovers cannot do th( same thing for their interest and everi better if they will only continue theii power in .similar business organiza tions like the gang does that takei our profits away from the farmer. A man's head is like his pocket book; it's not the outside appearance but what it contains that counts. A sensible girl draws the line a the poetic youth who deals in un kissed kissers. It would be easy to get rich if i was as useful as the small pox. NEW STORE, I am now opening up a nic< stock ot gocds in the stor< room formerly occupied by E M. Evans & Co.. on Main St. opposite the court house. An asking now the pub 1c general ly come in and inspect m; stock before making their pur chases. My stock consists of Dr: Goods, Groceries, etc. Cal in-to see. 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