The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 11, 1906, Page THREE, Image 3
Farmer' Union 'Bureau o
Information
.--Condueted by the
South Carolina Farmers' Educa
tional and Co-Operation Union. I
SWCom-munications. intended for this
department should be'addressed to J. C
Stribling, Pendleton., S. C.,
Somtothing Doing lere--bri*g in
The EnteriAg Wedge,
Steps are no' being takewto stprt
the most important enterprise in the
Interest of cotton growers of the.
$outh- y4 known.
W. C.' loore, onp of the best 14
ormed cotton experts T. T. Wake
eld, president of the Aliderson Coun
ty Farmers' Union and Hon. J. 's
Wa soi, a large cetton planter,-al1
of tiNe South Carolina .branch of the
Farm 's' Unioh; have obtained -a
commis '"On from the State to organike
a "Far ers' Cotton Union" for the
purpose f selling the farmers' cot
ton direct to spinners.
The initia capital of this first com
pany will be 10,000, privileged to in
crease capital any amount required
to support the bitsiness. In order to
popularize the enterprise among the
growers of cotton as much as possible
it is thought advisable to place the
shares at $1.00. Now the cotton grow
ers of the South produce and place
upon the market each year from six
to seven hundred milliondollars worth
of cotton. Between the producer and
spinner,.as the trade now goes, are a
,vast and expensive army of meri
whose chief occupation has its sup
port in demoralizing the cotton mar
ket and getting the crop out of the
producers l,ands as cheap as possible
and selling the spinners as high as
possible.
As we look upon this new propost
tion we. can see no reason why grow
ers of cotton cannot, with proper man
agenent, place their cotton' directly
into the hands of the spinners as
'readily is they nosy place it into the
h'ands Al thei ssp6dulative elemQnt that
stand btween the two. It apepars to
us that the growers 'of the staple
would naturally have more confidence
in thei)1selves than they should have
in men who miike vast fortunes by
standing between the producer and
spinners of cotton
Cotton growers must trust some one
and mu'st 'place -confidence in some
one to price and take his cotton to the
spinner. Farmers, you are square up
against the proposition-will you con
tinue to trust and confide the bust
ness of pricing and handling your cot
ton crops to the grand wolfish pack
that rob you, year in and year out, of
your harde-arned profits? or will you
take hold of your own affairs by
joining hands with the ''Farmers'
Cotton Union'' and have something
to say about the pricitng of your own
produets? -
Will you eQntinue to trust the gang
that you know have been robbing you,
and then take your profits -out* in
cussing and calamity howling? or.will
you side up wvith the ''Farers Cot
ton Union'' and pocket the profits
for yourselves?
Lest those that are real friends to,
the farmer th~rough ignorance oppose
the plans and .movement, it may be
best to say a word as to what the
''Farmers Cotton Union'' is and what
*it will do, and what it proposes to do
for the individual cotton grower. It
is not necessary to. reveal the .wvork
ings' or details, as these are available
to all that have a right to know
through regular channels. It is first
and always only a working ''r' of
the Farniers E. .& C. Union, a'nd under
such 'control and direction,'and liro
poses to b)e the niediui,:through which
the individual farmer can sell his e.ot
ton direct td the spinner, anywhere
located, and through 'Which the spin
nqr anywvliere in the world can in con
fidence make kndwn to the~ farmer his
wants and-what he will pay. for it at
first hands, and in any' quantity he
may need,'any- day in the year. It
propses to perform this service at
actual cost to each specific bale hand
led, there1y obliterating all manner
of profit and speculation between
planter and the mill. It proposes to,
receive an1 cotton, wvhether grown by
Union fa e'mers or not, on exactly the
same terms. Tt will receive lots of
cotton at any war'ehouse or platformz
thpt is served by a railroad connee
tion, and have~ s.amd'uampled by anl
omeial sworn to .do his dut.y honestly
and1 un do' shond. TPhese samplos will
then pass he ore a ,board of exparts,
whose duity sill he to p)lace exact and
specific grade celassification on eacn
par'ticuilar hale, and do' 'so without
knowing any' other particulars than
what they see in the sample before
them, ' and 'in that also individually,
so that their. jndements wvill ho he
yond, any ontside Influence or judg
mont of others; the object being to
fix grades to uin exact standatrd and
unehamreable. fixinn' once and for all
the v'alne per pound for such cotton.
Upon''this the'- District OGrade omiee
wsil issue ai ticket to the faruger con.
Oining-full and exact details of tb
!acts, t'ogetlier with weights and k
ion of the particular bale, with
issignment clause on back of 81
o that it becomes a warrant for
)roceeds of sale, and can be pla
ks collateral security or uesd to ]
debt or sold for its face value
ny time, that being easily dei
nified by the weight and grade pi
!or that day at the station or wt
louse in which cotton is held. W
ale is ordered or'h bl accepted
C. U. will ship thIA partiqulai 1
0 the mill Aurchasing with others
he cheapest and most direct man
Lnd route'', make money draft
he.net aiOuit, -tit-returns of s
nid take upt4e " ick'et ffom
>ank or sIr miy reach tli '
4iet Grade office of the F. C. U.
.ull valie; received. It proposes
oncentrafe 'all handling tnd all c
,o -an exiet tet per bale, and t
he least possilif What this r
nean in saving and.relief I will le
or others to say. We know that
>lan will be ridiculed, be hooted
ilU speculators a,nd gamblers and ti
ninions and "1pimps,'' but that
nake but little di,ffereiec to the I
ner or the manufacturer so long
hey two can agree and do bush
o suit their own, welfare.
IL King Robed in Sack Oloth and I
for an Hundred Years, While hi
Subjects Have Toiled in Rags
For More Than Forty
Years.
King cotton'ha4 .been in its mot
ig dress long ethnugh, It is now
)rder for. his sqbPets-the ept
erowers of the South-to seato it t
heiir King (cotton) wear a rObe
ceepifig with the position held t
,he greatest commodity of all
)roducts - of the United States,
'ichest .ntipn.-on,earth. This co)
ng a robe shnu not be made of 1
1I purple dr fine- linen made of gi
vrown on for igh lands, but our h<
nterest and self protection dema
hat the -South jnake her own wr
)ing to dover Ir great staple r
1upts out of her own fleecy sti
rown in lijr 6ir,:fields.
To say that the 'sutltbtwrnot b
Lble to meet.. c'ompetitii for oeh,
overing for her great staple make
kew argument why this condit
hould be overcdoie in the future.
Col. Chinn' '(of Kentucky)-!
iewspaper business must be going
lie devil nowadays.
Newspaper Publisher-How so?
Col. Chinn--Why, there were 13
>orters dp at the legislature yes
lay and not one of them would t
drink.-Sumerville Journal.
The Boy.
He Ct's and eats
But is.riot through
Until lie can
No ge ew.
-Boston Transcripi
Riches may have wings, bu1t de
it down and wait for another ma
ichmes to fly Our wvay.
3M PORTAl
R. J. RE
TAGS, A
SILES
<THEIR 19
This s
who may hiav
for the return
tised in our i
1by Nie terms
We w
out giving pr
offer has expi
any cause whi
positively iie
Winston-Sale
*which is' th(
in our offer.
No en
or any notice
-N. J. REYNO
ese Around they come once again, those
ca- inventors of new funl, Murphy and
at Murphy, as usual with a hurly burly
Lm entertainment full of life, melody and
the specialties. Edgar Selden, who frani
cod ed up their prisents vehicle, has given
pay them a slight story to,hang the action
at of the piece on, but the plot will not 4
Ler- give anybody a headache. No pro
-ice blems are solved, no lessons are (
r taught, just two hours and a half of
ben pure and wholesome merriment is all
the Murphy and Murphy's enthusiastle (
al0 young press agent promises. Murphy I
In and Murphy however, are old timers 3
nel- and vcry little can be said of tiem
that is new. They always had a good
show and our local theatergoerst can
turn out vith perfedt safety. f;
)ls
for When a man is unable to choose be
to tWeen two evils lie usually huhts up
ost a third.
hat
2ay Chicago News.
tvb Life isn't worth living for those
the_________
by
eir NOTIOE OF SALE.
vilr Notice is hereby given that I will
ar- sell at the late residence of Ijenry
as Gallman, deceased, at public auction
es to the highest bidder, for cash, on
Wednesday, the 12th day of Decem
ber, 1906, at eleven o'clock A. M., all
. the personal property of the said'de
'etsed, consisting of farming imple
ments, mules, stock, farm produce, etc.
N.'Childs,
Executor of Last Will and Testa
ment -of Henry Gallman, deceased.
ton NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
hat All creditors of Henry Gallman,,de
-in ceased, will present theif claims duly
his, attested to the undersigned, or to
the Huiht, Hunt & Hunter as*Attorneys,
the
er on or before the 27th day of Decem
oy-- ber, 1906.
as: - N. Childs,
le Executor of Last' Will and Testa
d' meint of Henry Gallman, deceased.
ap- Newberry, S. C., November 23, 1906.
ro
ple SALE PERSONAL PROPERTY.
- I will sell at Helena, S. C., at 12
Don o'clock on December 18, the following
sap personal property, of which. Henry
i a Davis died seized and possessed:
ion One horse, mule, cotton planter,
hoes, harness, buggy and cow. f
,Terms cash.
rhe T William Davis.
to
NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT
Notice is hereby given that the un
re- dersigned, as administrator, with the
tke will annexed, of Anthony Griffin, de
ceased, will make a final settlement c
of the estate of said deceased in the t
probate court in Newberry county on
the 2nd day of January, 1907, at
.10 o'clock in the forenoon, and will
immedia,tely 'hafter1 apply for fin
al discharge.
- All .pe'ons holding demands
. aginfst the said estate will prCeent
-them duly attested. on or before that1
ni't dlate.
n's .Robert Griffin,
Administrator.
MIT NOTICE 'TO HOI
YNOLDS TOBACCO (
S SINECIFIED IN A
OF WHICH ARE S
06 CATALOGUE OF
pace was bought'to remind hok
e overlooked the fact that our
and delivery to us of tags, as rn
906 Catalogue and Circular of I
>f the offer itself on January 1s
could not consider giving presen
:sents to all, for tags that rea<
red, and for this reason we 'w
atever for delay in delivery of t
use to give presents for any
in, N. C., after Tuesday, Jan
full extent of time as here
1ployee has authority to change
or' offer maide by us.
LDS TOBACOO 00.3 WINET0OR
-. B. JONES'
RESTAURANT
IS THE PLAOE,TO GET
aood Things to Eat
ON SHORT NOTIOiND
AT MOD3 TE PRW 8.
ysters on Half Shog, yero
ityle.. Fish, Game, Steak, in f1et
'verything that the market affords.
Patronage of Ladies Soliciteid.,
Ipposite Newberry Hotel Office ana
Next Door to Pool Room.
LOOK FOR THE SIGN
. B. JONES'
RESTAURANT
NOTICE.
Before letting
:he contract for
our new .build
ng see W. T. Liv
ngston. 'B e at
Work. Lowest
:rices..
Lock Box No. 59.,
Newberry, S. C
TOTICE or ANNUAL MEETNG
OF COUNTY BOARD COMMIS
SIONERS.
Notice is hereby given that the an
ual meeting of the County Board of
,ommissioners will be held on the
irst Thursday after the first Monda'y
1 January, 1907.
All persons holding demands
gainst the County of any kind, not
reviously Presented to the Board,
re required to file the same with the
"lerk on or before the first day of
anuary, 1907, so that they may be
xamined and ordered to be paid at
he ainual meeting.
Fred. H-. )oiniiek,
NOTICE!
We wantCeerka and w(ore ne
i States terest in the e of
Ipium, Whiskey or other drug habits,
ither for themselves or friends, to have
ne of Dr. Woolley's books 0on these dis
ases. Write Dr. B. Md. W oolley, Atlan'ta,
Ia., Box 287, and.oneowill beosntyou free.
LDERS OF
:OMPANY'S'
AND FAC
HOWN OSI.
PRESENTS.
lers of our tags,
offer of presents
iade and adver
'resents, extfires
i, 1907.
ts to one with
hus after our
ill not consider
ags, and we will
tags that reach
uary 1st, 1907,
tofore stipulated
or modify this
I-SALEM. N. C.
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anta
Claus
HEADQUARTERS
Will Still Be Found
at the
OLD STAND
I am Instructed by
HIS MAJESTY
"Old Santa"
to announce to the. chil
dren that his full line of
was opened on
Mon dog, December 10,
and all are invited to come
and make their selections
so we can inform himr of
your wants.
S. B. JONES,
The Santa Claus Man.
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