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Farmer's Union Breau of i Information t -Conducted by the South Carolina Farmers' Educa. t tional qnd Co-Operation Union. swCommunications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C F Stribling, Pendleton, 8. C. No Rake Off in Here. 1 Now and then we are reminded of a the fact that some tender hearted po- r litician or over cautious news man are i at it all the while looking out for t some political scheme or rake off to crop out through our Farmer's Union u Bureau column in the newspapers. In c order to put all such at case and rest e on this point we most emphatically j state here that no one on our com- n mittee in charge of this column or y behind it in any way is an aspir ants for political honors or depend- t1 ent in any way for our support from a this work. If we know what patriot- a ism or missionary work is, that is h our aim. We are not in this thing ti for any rake off of purely personal aggrandisement. we are after driv ing the truth abroad at every lick it matters nt whether the truth makes on looses friends to uls. el Cow Peas. it Don t think of not planting a full p crop of cow peas because you think el the seed too high. Where seed is scarce plant in the B drill and cultivate them with the plow or disk harrow. One pick of good seed may be made to completely cov- w er the ground with vines if the viney d sort is planted. tl: Harvest the crop of seed and di vines when pods begin to turn yellow ir by cutting the vines off at the roots, ii rake up in good size stacks; when tf well cured stack or house all togeth- a er. Ic Thrash out peas and vines with a aI thrasher or stick. This thrashing of V4 the vines improves the mechanical b condition of the hay and solves the M problem as to the cheapest method t( of gathering cow peas. p You can well afford to pay even $4 tc i te per bushel for cow peas rather than t do without the crop. t cc lo New York Cotton Exchangt. We have before us for our consid eration a long letter of protest against the New York Cotton Exchange sur rendering its rights to exist at the ci demands of Southeni cotton growers. a This timne. h--nored and dishonorable C institiution first claims for its right 3 to exist is that it has been at it for B over half a century. As though is grip of zraft up-n the vital organs of Ver -I~h~ tale up k. to ar:ept in l2rn- a agent-h t- r i tts ''d -X;mno ] i - the Fa rmoer-' ion o'n not ice that the ei con sumers' have a side to be heard t frim in this miatter--reminds one i that it is a new idea for this Ex- lIi pha nge to rero4ize the fact that p there~ is 1wo ,i.is ti this qjuestiin e We now liut this New York Cottonv pra i il reti le it fler 12444'l thiat it . has d o we onlyv have to lo ik at lie a aeenul iiation41 of wealth anad splendor ei of cut ton deialer.s and cot t'n manu- e feet urers of the northeast and then turn again and view the wretched p hovels anid poorly clad conditions ofI lhe la rger class of co ttoen groweris of hi he South hiebl i cani <mly be omipari ed to. a kin12's riiyal tamiily and his peasanlt subjects. Yes ! we imean just what you say2 that the lime isnear at hand' when a chliani mu iilst co. Th Ile New Yorik Cotton Exchange and all others like a it must go out of business or show to lhe ciltlun prodiiurs of' the south that it is to our inteiest to mleiti I hemii. Th ere is a Iiminit beyo nid whierie the strongest combinations can of even money power tramnblc undery lhir feet the (1 ud given rights of lie humblest people0.' In their second reason for holding v on to their ginafty grip ou our eiitton i this Exchange ment ions thle fact that e St. Louis has control of the zinc aindt tin trade. 3rd. Because H-olla.nd has control of Java's tin. 4th. And London the tin of thet straights, &c. All, each and every one of which v does not afford even one good reason e why any one of them should exist; e but eacih and every one of these eon- e ditionis points out an alarming in-t crease of this growing evil of dis-i tant speculative elements controll- s 1. - l rg p. oducts from their own arbil ry views of .the matter, regardless he cost of production or what wou e a fair division of profits in t usiness. All of which is a fine argument avor of the south being the prop arties to place prices on her gre ioney crop, cotton. Yes, the limit of the "Corporati log'' who regards the cotton grow s his right and property has eached and our Farmers' Union ai to make a touch down right n< lat will go on record. Will the New York Exchange ti s who sets prices on iron, lumbc Dal, oil, cotton mill products, agi 1utural implements, fertilizei American harvesting machinery at umbers of other products of N< uigland manufactories? Each and almost every one tese have combined t.heir intere id cut out the middle men that to< rake off of goods that he had r id in its production. And uile. te whole or main business intere the south stand up along by t1 de of t.he farmers of the south al lp hold down the lid on cotton A rofitable prices this New York Co In Exehan, anid all of its co-worl will continue to rob the South q s God aiven wealth that has be< aced within tie soil of our sunt ime. lack Listed Fertilizers and Yello Listed Cotton. Fertilizer men kick like thund( lien farmers put their goods th n1't come up to the guarantee < e "black list" as Clemson Colleg d before the law placed a penalt stead of ''black listing.'' But tl iorganized, helpless cotton grow( at is seen trotting the streets wit sample of his cotton hunting up th cal buyer for cotton bears has n )parent alternative but to take ti rdict of t.his cotton sampler let thr Vellow or blue listed. Now the I it in this matter has been reache o. and we mean to demand fa ay. If fertilizer men have faile produce goods up to their guarar e from any cause they should tal e consequences just the same as tU tton zrowers had to take the ye w tinge cast placed upon their co n by an unavoidable frost. On all shipments of fertilizers tl: 11 ten per cent below guarantee i onev value are liable to the pn aser for one-third of the price an forfeit of the whole lot to Clemso allege. For example take samp 'S Etiwai Dis Bone, sampled ,-wman, Jan. 30th is off 10-2 p nt money value below their gua itee $11.20. which makes the man v1llI*e liale to t,(. pur-!ha;(r $5.* S'n r i a ls t an p a f rfeit t r ir himntr' that raIl iti 1.ne 15 r thre timer~s ti nunt '.f deficiency. ExamlI ke samplh e No. 1 cit tont seed meti anufr act urdl art C'ross Ilill. sOmpJh 'ross Ilill .Jarurary 21, is oiff 6 r crrnt anrd is lijable toi thre purchra for three times $1.54 or $4.54 pi 'n. Here are other samples bele e thIree per cent guitarntee and a: ible to same perralty as above. Sar c 221 -M' narcht Vegetable Growe mflpled at Pendm'letont January 28t f Al1.23. penailty toe purchaser $3.6 du' ofl shrrtare $1.23. total amour c laim duec purchaser $4.92 per to armple 56---Va. C. C. Co., samph4 Cowperrs 29th January, 4-1 p -tt offT. liability penalty to purcha $2.52 per ton. Thne fol lowi n are li able to ti archeiaser for the sample shortai uly ars thIey dorn't come under t: riad oif three poer cent penalty a rdin.. to our fig'ures: Sarmple 11 7-NitIrate Soda, F' an F". Co., sampledl at Pinewoc l et Jlanuary, short $1.45. Samp;le 22S-Wando, Va. C. C. C ernple-l att Htona Pa:thr 6th Febr ry. 60 ets. per t''n short. Sample 4SI-Nitrate Soda, Dat reeke G. Co., ';ampled( at Lexingt nid F'ebruiary, short 75 ets. per tc Thecre are perhraps tenm more comp ies liat hrave fallen below mon almue from 10i ets. to 50 ets. per t, nt (certain sh ipmenerts wieh shour tut all users of fertilizer on t -anth ou (tt andl keep upl with tIhe F< lizer Bullet in sent out to all app anrts by II. M. Stackhouse, Seei rnry Board Fertilizer Control, Cli an College, S. C. If any of our Farmers' Uni members have already bought any hoe mnioned fertilizers that a hart in value, ouir Union Burer 'ould advise you first to make out areful statement in money value a ordimr to sho't'rae and present yoi lanm te tihe local agent or faeto hat sold you tIhe goods, and no dou 1, your claim is brased upon actu r- facturer of the goods could not refuse of to pay a just claim. Othenwise, if Id you are sure that your claim is a ite just one, and the manufacturer refus es to settle the matter, this would be in prima facie evidence that fraud was er intended at the start and proceed at ings should be taken at once through your business agent to recover the m loss. er After establishing the fact that be the price of fertilizers was raised in this year and at the same time the ,w quality of the goods reduced, there is no jury in the country that would stand for a rake-off both going and r, coming, as this fact appears to be. -i- In looking over the Fertilizer Bil , letin we find quite a number of sam id pies from different manufactures w that are short in some one of the three important ingredients-ammon >f ia, phosphoric acid or potash; but as st the money value in the shortage has k been made up in the excess on oth o er ingredients the companies falling a short under these circumstances are t not amenable to penalties under ie the last fertilizer law for this, as the d fertilizer men eiaim unavoidable er r ror that sometimes come to the best - management in their manipulation of -ingrredients. of But, however, if the farmer has an n idea that this ever can be avoided he y has a remedy in buying his ingreli ents i large wholesale lots and do ing his own manipulating of his fer tilizers. which no doubt can be done t on most farms with considerable pro- 4 r fit, outside of the comfort of know t ing that he is not liable to be get Sting the shortage on one point where e some other man is getting the longi end of some ingredient that he did e not order. This whole review of this r matter emphasize the importance of h buying fertilizer ingredients in large lots through your organizations, where 0 your sample test may be made stand for shipments of several hundred ton lots instead of ten or twelve tons where samples have been drawn from small shipments. d A ininghty satisfactory thing to a e woman is the way she can under s thing without thinking about Lt n ' --- - I n r le t ,r '7V 7 r, LITTLE s This Little I Ie -Can you draw, little g i-proud possessor of this mini fect little stove, which wi] .big one, oWe are going to giveI .April 27, to the little girl, a who diraws the best prodi mark, here shown. he r- Come to our store toda li .. get a pretty little booklet v n the contest. r,f And you will-want to~ re is on exhibition in our show a= e SHELLEY a I - STENOGRAPHER HILL JAILED. Man Who Sold Harriman Letter tr Newspaper Arrested.-The War rant is Sworn to by Alexan der Millar, Secretary of the Union Pacific. New York, April 4.-Frank W. [11l, a stenographer, was arrested to iight, clarged with liaviag sold to a iewspaper a personal letter of E. H. Ifarriman. The 'warrant was sworn o by Alexander Millar, secretary of -he Uuion Pacifie Railroad Company, if which Mr. Harriman is thie presi lealt, and was served by a detective roin the district atitorney's office. Jill was locked up .at police head Iuarters. The letter in question was address d by Mr. Harriman to Sidney Web ter. and was first published here by lie World last Tuesday norming. '%nttemonts therein contaiied called ort a reply from President Roose elt Tuesday afternoon. Hill is 37 years of age an'd lives n rooklyn. E. IT. Ifarriman to-day made the ollowing stateielnt. relative to the 'cent exchllang1"e of corIrspoll tie nev et ween himself and P'resItnt Roose -elt: "I do not intend to co:iIiine this oun.roversy. You gentlemen (mean ng the reporter) must try to help le. and not ask me to answer ques ions the answers to which are self vident. "Everybody knows -that the con est. for the Senatorship in 1904 was ietween. Mossrs. Black and Depew, id there cannot. possibly have been ny other candidate. There was no iargnin, wherby money was to be aised in consideration of having De >ew appointed as ambassador to ri'ance or made United States Sena or, and my letter to Mr. Webster toes mtot so state. That part of the ireement was for the purpose of mrmonizing the Black and Depew 0rces if it became necessary." A woman likes to worry for fear ier jewels will be stolenA when her imsbaad inakes a fortune and gives hem to her. GIRLS Rlange Free. trl? if so, you may be the ature Buck's range, a per I bake and cook just like a t away, absolutely free, on >f fourteen years or under, iction of the Buck's trade y, register ycur nanie, and rhich will tell you all about see the junior range, whi ch window. c SUMMER. Right in the F With a great line of Spring and Sun Ing. Slipp4rs, Shoes, Straw Hats. Embroidery, the new things in Sui Goods a spec.ialty. The creations it pass anything that has ever been sh means that our 1907 Hats have equals Our other lines complete a and as usual you will find our pr4 New Drop Head Domestic Machin< Machine, Drop Head, 20 years guai making 3305 barrels of choice T arrived, best patent $4.60, best half g $1.75 sack. People say Moseleys can't sell i make ptofit. What difference does ple say as long as you get the goods. Moseley PROSPERITY, are those who use the most t ments. Therefore buy a K. utor for only $8.50, made - Carries 75 lbs. fertilizer, ea covers as you go. Cotton Plai Buy a Universal for $4.5C price $5.00. Harrows and C1 Little Joe $3.00, 14 tooth ment; $3,75 5 tooth Cultiv justment; $3.25 lever adjus with extra long braces. See us for any modern ha Job lot Stoves. Nothing ' .We sell Lime, Cement a ware, Bring us all kinds scrap ir rubber, &c. Craig Sup Prosperity, Gil) BOTTLES 6 Full Quai S\Carolina Whisi atce andi our etimation,f pItues gsalo by ireonsible mal te re no aid oankn 9 3 SAMPLE BOT TLES FRI " Zulleka," "Gold Band " and & * ISPECIAL NOTICE! We delivor V in Nort Carolina,a byrgina an bottles and we will prepay expresi THE CASPEJ( Co VERY LOW NORFOLK AN] Account Jamestown Ter-Celi . .VIA . SOUTHERN R Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen daily, commencing April 19th, vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be mac BRASS SANDS in uniform att4 STOP OVERS will be allowed and Fifteen Day Tickets, same 1st Tickets. For full and complete inform Acgents Snouthern Rail(ray. or wi root R.ank imer goods, Spring Cloth Elegant line Laces and nrrer Dress Goods, Black i millinery will easily sur own at this store, and this no superior and but few nd full of new fresh goods :es just right. Just think $25.00, New Defiance antee, $17.93. 30th car mnnessee Flour has just oatent, $4 10, fresh Grits he goods at the price and it make to you what peo Bros., S. C. ip-to-date improve P. Guano. Distrib to sell for $10.00. sily controlled and Pters. this week, former Altivators. with lever adjust ator, set screw ad otment only $4.00 rdware desired. 'job" but the price. nd Builders' Hard 'on, brass, copper, ply Co., S. C. FREE ts=o 2.05 suertotndoost2.95 and mix lirder whs of aes aot $30 o $3.c ~ Case$YarOl WHIYto son of cestiton Our plns covr foure natl ordrswiskseip the rs d. d Sen Uh $2.ua and we , mena., aapenotteofc, a W. est VrdiDia,ler bu s t h cu stomer lvi.ng so tern Expresitiompnis ao Micksspietrsdng oal ed$3 for MTqAR and sml Re asho wSummrer andadres tIonc caoll Ticke U..HOicrss u nt.~ ueune h tDialio PstAgnt harckton sae