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Varmers Union Bure u of W Information ? Conducted b.y the H fVi11 Carolina i'imuois' Eduea tlonaljvild Oo-Opei'ation Union. K iSrCommunications intended^ for this department should be addressed to J C j?tribJjng, Pendleton, S. C. s S? the Greenwood meet jny, 25, 2(j, 27. AH members I wlietlii-re, delegates or not can attend these meetings. Tlie Greenwood meeting he the staee meeting and tlir liejimii^ng til .series of grand rally uieeliu^S^ to be j? twenty1. ) live c..uiiti?'< ;u campaign beginWjj niug .Inly at j^'Jftur.ens. These runners' picnic meetings and /M Fanners' 1'iiH.iis ajie just as good as p the larmers make Whom and no belter and don't forgv.'^ihat. Schedule of Farmors' Union Rally Meetings Arranged by State Executive Committee. M"etings called to order at 11 a. m. Laurens, S. C., J.uly 30 Newberry, S. C., July 31 Lexington, S. C., Aug. 1 Edgefield, S. C., Aug.'3. Union, S. C., Aug. 5 ; Spartanburg, S. C., Aug. 6 Cherokee, S. C., .. ' Aug. 7 ork, S. C Aug. 8 Chester, S. C\, Aug. 9 Chesterfield, S. C., Aug? 10 Kershaw, S. C., Aug. 13 Sumter, S. C\, Aug. 14 Lee, S. C., Aug. .15 Marion, 8. C., Aug. 16 -Marlboro, S. C., . . .. ..Aug. 17 fj Saluda, S. C., Aug. 20 Jfc Lexington, S. C Aug. 21 ' Orangeburg, S. C Aug. 22 Greenville, S. C., Aug. 13 Pickens, S. C., Aug. 14 Oconee, S. C., Aug. 15 Organize, Farmers, Organize. Now is the time to get the boys together, ready for fall business." Call big picnics, get a good speaker and organize the farmers all over your counties before you let t'nis man go. Don't ask hall' a dozen men to ! speak and cramp them all on time. Give one good man all t'he time he wants and lie can explain Farmers' ,/nion principles to you better than 41/alf a dozen men would do it. f Stop farming by main force and letting someone else price your prdCome into the Farmers' Union and pull together for profitable prices. ^ on produce the wealth of the eounand have the first pull at the proI""1' 't is just as easy and more S right for you to say what your cot tun A is worth as it is to get someone else W to tell you what it is worth. B About Cheap Wit. T Many good resolutions in farmer-;" mcet;n-_:< have been lost by lite inlcrjection of a little cheap wit just simply for a laugh. At times we have known men in order to get up a good laugh, they have sprung a good joke that defeated a good move thov were at heart in favor of. Such gleeful characters will <|uit a verv important business meeting al almost any stage of' its deliberations, and go ovitside to see a "yellow dog light." Some people you have seen have a kind of propensity for tiving to fool (people bv blowing about something they are going to do. Rut later on they I learn that they have fooled no one I but themselves. People are not so interested in what B folks are going to do as they are about the things you have already 1 done. PROGRAM. Interdenominational Sunday School gjL Convention of Newberry County. f Following is the program of the Into lerdenominalional Sunday school conI vent ion of Newberry county at Bush river church, July 25th and 2(>th: First Day. I 10.30 a. in.?Song service; devo. /I? *. < [ JJ/?na 1 exercises by K'ev. .7. T. Miller, MB Enrollment of delegates. Appointing committees. |H Topic: The relation of the pastoi to the Sunday school, by Rev. D, G, I Phillips and Mr. J. R. MlcKittrick. Report from I he state convention H by I)r. W. E. Pelhnm. Question box. H Intermission. Questions answered. Topic: The importance of and how la teacher's meeting should be conMHduclcd. by Dr. Geo. B, Cromer and A^IMr. If. M. Ilenry. Topic: The relation of the teacher Sfigsp,, the scholar outside of tho class ^HWrnom. by Rev. .7. .7. 7,ong and Prof, Second Day. L 10 a. m.?Devotional exorcises and ? i i 111, mviin Newberry Thousands of dollars in seasonable met sizes put out from every stock, odd lots sc July 25th, it will be the signal of the openi There never was anything like it. The bii Big White Goods Table 10c. Yd. Culled from our big White Goods department, White Goods mussed and soiled from handling and being displayed, White Goods in short lengths of all descriptions, not a yard in the entire lot worth less than 15c, 20c and up to 25c, hll piled 011 a big bargain table, take your choice for only the yard 10c. 2,000 Yards of Silk at 25c Yar<l. All kinds of Silks, some plain, some fancy, mostly short lengths, some lengths enough for a suit, not a yard in the lot worth less than 49c, 69c, 89c and $1.00 yd, all piled 011 a big bargain table. These will go quick, be one of the first choosers, choice 25c yard. 3 Cent Lawn at 9 O'clock. Each day at 9 o'clock for one hour we will sell a big lot colored I.awns most of the lot sold for 8 1-3C and 10c, for one hour, 10 yards to each b.iyer at only the yard 3c. x One Hundred Strong. We place on sale an even hundred ladies summer Percales fresh from the factory, choice selections of handles, size 26 in, not one in the lot worth less than $1 .50 and up to $2.00, your choice each 98c. All 50c and 75c Percales to go at only 39c. CONE JOIKT WI' song service, by Mr. Jas. F. Epting. "iceu struck at a mine abou Topic: The teacher as a soul win- miles nort'h of the. town of lier, by Nov. B. P. Mitchell and Mr. M .*:?:ain, a small rolling in Jih>. C. Uoggans. two l;a:llel tables erected and Topie: The value of the cradle roll quantity of concentrates tint in Sunday school, by Rev. R. L. Lati- A few miles north of Lined iiicf and Mrs. M. A. Carlisle. In* . jsii < sla:c, extensive p Topic: The home (department of ing has keen carried on. a lar the Sunday school, by .las. F. Kpting. her of >MiTace trenches lur Appointing committees ;in<l raising dug at tieh ' ;c has been 111 pled*je?. a :i icr < ! place<. Near ( intermission. ' ;'?"> miles below 1 hi 1 | Topic: Classifying the school, by ("an.! Mate !: 1:plant n Rev. .1. 1*'. Cason and Col. \V. II. assen >d an<l some c 1 u:;; 1 q | Hunt. of .1 btaincii. Tin has also ' Topic: How to reach the unreached! -ove- . near LI I'aso, Tex. in the >chool. by Rev. I-. B. White and forma. at the >!d Temescal mil Mr. A. II. Kohn. prospecting has been done, j Election of oflieers. near Santa Ana. Some deve Election of delegates to the state lias also been in progress at convention. ton deposits of South Dakotf Miscellaneous business. the Buck ('reek deposits of Adjournment. Rut the production of tin or United States continues to be SHORT OF TIN. small as to make additional < ies of the ore in this country The World's Supply Is Already Less of considerable interest. Than the Demand. By far the largest quantity the world comes from the Ma Where is the world to obtain its fu- insula. The approximate tii i tnre supply of tin? ot' n,e world in 100") was imi . * shod tons, of which the Malji Pins finest ion assumes considerable ,, > 1 . ,i,? .... turned out (>.>,.><).> tons, upwa importance 111 the light ot the re- 1 . P P 1 . per cent ot the total outpul cent failure of the production to meet . ? , , , , 1 world. Bonvia came next wit the demand and the resultant inroads that have been made upon the ' accumnlnted stocks of tin held in Although there are many various countries. The demand for mines in Bolivia, many of l tin is rapidly increasing. One reason located at long distances I'r for this, if not the chief reason, is the roads. Other obstacles in ' la rue growth of the canning industry are the scarcity oP fuel and and of the use of tin boxes and cases the rough character of the in shipping various articles. To 110 ! and the great altitude?c<i country is the question of tin sup- that make it almost impos . nly more important than |o the Unit- work the deposits. It is 1 . el Slates, which consume* more than i that one of the important rt 1 !<) per cent of all the tin produced I t'lie development of Bo||K ia v in the world. large increase in the emit rib It j< only within the last few years country to the world's s that there has been any attempt tOjl'n- ''U! "(>u lines of lailn . produce tin in this country. Three'1" 'M,() Argentina and to t years ago this metal was produced in ?"ble waters of the Amazon Alaska, South Carolina and SouPli j <">" ?? increase Bolivia's pr Dakota. Compared with the total con-!of ,llis article by making lar . sumption of tin in the United States portions of the country aeces the production is very small, but More than 1 It per cent of 1 those who have investigated the (pies- out put of the world comes fn lion say that t'lie small beginning ]<a and Billiton. although tlx made in these three sections may be- oil in the supply from this s fore long become an important home recent years is undoubtedly industry. None of the ore is smelted the exhaustion of the placer.' ' in this country. The smelting is all 5 per cent of the world's supp done in England. In the South Car- from Australia. The Mount olina-Xortli Carolina region, although mine, Tasmania, continues to ;he output has been small, much pros- of the lanjest tin mines of tl ' necting and developing work has been I and dredges are working fin 1 carried 011. chiefly in the vicinity of gravel successfully in Quee King's Mountain and Lincolnton. At New South Wales, western the former place a mill has been i and Victoria. Very inch ore erected and prospecting is in pro-Jduccd by t'lie mines in One .>Tcss. Some very promising ore has China is the only Zither count) / j j I a.;; jilted A Has Ever VS chandise at "pick-up-prices," remi >rted from every line. When thedc ng of a great battle. Thousands . Z sale opens Thursday morning at Embroidery and Ribbons! Cut Price Embroidery and Ribbon Sale. A big shipment of new Embroideries, not a yatd in tlie lot worth less than 15 and 20c., all piled on a big bargain table, buy all you please at only the yard 10c. 200 full pieces Ribbon in all the leading shades, not a yard in the entire lot worth less than 20, 25 and 35c., all piled 011 a big bargain table, choice 15c. yd. Come, a d bring your friends, to this big bargain sale. Match 'Em if You Can, Boys! Ask the s'de show concerns of Newberry to match these prices. 36 in. Poe Mill Bleaching, worth Syic., to go at 6^c. yd. 64 in. Bleached Table Damask, worth isc., to go at 19c. yd. 5% standard Table Oil Cloth worth 25c., to go at i2j/?c. yd. Pearl Buttons, 10c. kind, 3c. doz. Men's ioc. Sox at 5c. a pair. Penny Ribbon, 50 yds. to spool, one spool to each customer 25c. m TUB BIG JOLLY B 1%$ xSk. m a t seven the output ??1 tin is .worthy o* account now put r lvir 's at this time. There the annual pro- tin plate; > hiction, estimated at from M.OOO tons ehine hroi a small upward, comes largely from the pro-; bably ace led out. ' vinee of Yunnan. Small quantities of portion o Hon, in tin are also produced in Hurmah, (.'{) (lie 111 iMspect- Siaiu. (5crinany, Austria, Ifussia, alloys, lit Lie num- Spain. Portugal. .Mexico. Nigeria. 1 are sohlei heen Swaziland and the Transvaal. I'.ut ! annia met M'ovi red the whole amount i- prohahlv le-<(h oinan la: i : ey, .1 tlmu.-and tons. -ilver "la 01th In Ithe averai-c price of tin im-' ''I'y-ta il> 11 ported ill till' I'niied States was near-! orable an mini |v no ,.,.|ns p, , mid. Inn siio e the use,I in \ een c. - ,,p |.,sj ,r jju> p,j(.<, >u,. ^ | i!,? i' 1 i 11 ~ In ( a. greatly, rea, -<i one i':.> J ' principal les *op> . i?nts per pound 1 ' . v , w York 1 powdi ' I ?!*' ,1,, j..: ,,ll 1.0- j 0m,,? 1 ' tween and -1(1 cents per pound. It . > no " md nt 'S ,1,',*laml l!,at l,:,s ho?" -?m<1 1 whole~o.it v.'/ ) lo!' ?'? <" ,ist! ?' I" '?" the j (')winvr to a in ho t,;,ns,,m,1,,,?V i,i,s "''catly increased, I ,v , production lias remained about the I ,,r il,./ -.1 vor>' ; same and the slock on hand has ma- ! ? ,, . T i^cov?r-_ terially diminished. Doubtless tlie i , a cause ( liiuli price of tin d twins* recent years f^ooo shoi has more or less stimulated prospect- i jjv with f?t' tin in ' hi- for new dejHisits of tin ore, but j (.f'.rs ar(, lay Pen-j the only notable discoveries recently ! r-anse' em output j reported are one in the Transvaal i locate ,u 10:1.149 | and one in Nigeria. j One effect of the scarcity of the I other pr<i 1 J world's supply of tin has been the heen <'">1 t " ,u w industry a few years 'he last ; ' 11 ayo. which is known as " del iiniini;'' tin scrap. Tt has become of considerrich tin able importance in (hi? country. where A lawv hem are J many hundred tons of metallic tin I Samuel ( )iu rail-j and chemical salts tin. chiefly 1 lawyer \ he way!'Jldorides. are <dnained each \car by eorporati water, J the chemical or electrolytic treatment country of new tin scrap, which is obtained . * . nditions ; from tin can and fruit can factories. V (>* sihle to 'Old tin cans and similar material are ? "V /yl'V ?xpected I subjected to a smelt inu' treatment by!]1'" .. suits of which also the tin is recovered; sindi ! ! "" ill be a j tin is cither used in a crude and im- j}! ,1* * "" nt ion of pure condition in manufacture of | ipply of solder ??r is treated chemically to 1 / V',V ?ad run-1 yield metallic |jM ,,r 1;,, Salt<. The j 11 lie navi-' residue o| iron obtained in thc-'e pro- i ' are cer- cesses, which contains a lit lie tin, is j i I lien iduct ion j melted and cast into window sash j u "" U ('" 2-er pro-; weights and other ohjccts where , |lf. :,,io.'ethrdble. small pereenta^o of tin in the iron is! ? H .1 <li-sirnhlo feature. I ? t. , . . I n:t? 11 t)u> ?m Ban- It 1^ the rise in the price of tin!|,js falling which has caused the search for a j ]|js niark ource in salisfaclf?ry substitute for that arli-1 |,0,j 1 due to cle in the manufactures. It is predict-1 "Vou'i '. About ed that if tin keeps up in price forjVou?' he ly comes several years lonirer the percent aire of << 'Wei BischolT tin in white metal ornaments will di-j slHi,(,,.tj,, be one minisli considerably, and where sportsnun ic world whie metals are used as bases for) " ' y('| -bearin.y Heetroplatinir with gold and silver it |,;1(| [ nsland, 1 has already been found possible to datver o ustralia use aluminum. Scientists predict thai' is pro- the use of aluminum will become more' t|lf, tl iM's ensland. and more common. ! n 4 r?, 1 "Id y where i he principal uses to which tin is your stml ,&> v' -.'i \iLCf: iV.'V. . < '. Witnessed. lants culled from every counter, broken >ors are thrown open Thursday morning, of cash-bought articles to amaze you. 9 o'clock. Bed Spread an J Towel Sale. Biggest bargains of the season. We've got the know how, ami where to buy, and plenty of money to plank down. 100 large white Bed Spreads, the 50 and $1.75 kind, for this big sale cnt to 98c. each. 60 large white Bed Spreads, the f2 00 and $2.25 kind, for the big sale cnt to I1.49 each. 48 large white Bed Spreads, the $2 50 and ?3.00 kind, for the big salient to J1.98 each. 60 do/.. Cotton Towels, not over six to each buyer, at only 40. each. 50 doz. Cotton Towels, large size, the 15c kind, cut to only ioc 25 large size Turkish Bath Towels, the 25c. kind, cut to I2|^c. each. 25 doz. large size Turkish Bath Towels, the 35c kind, cut to ipc. each. Androscoggin 5c. the Yard. With every f5.oo purchase and over, each day during the sale, we will sell 10 yds. of Androscoggin Bleaching at only the yard 5c. Ladies' $1.50 White Skirts 79c. Each. About five doz. left, all good sizes, to close out the lot quick, it's not the Mimnaugh style to carry goods over until another season, so heregoes for any Skirt in the lot for only 79c. each. White Canvas Oxfords 98c. Pair. ThiB line, like the others, goes at a big reduction. These are the $1.25, $ 1 50 and $2.00 grades, all piled on a big bargain table, choice 98c. pr.. UYisra j\.i? ire: (1) The manufacture of! When Collins Played a Race. (2) the manufacture of ma- Chief of Police Collins is noi a gatun/.es and brasses, which pro-' bling- ir.su>, 'nil lie admits having oiiec omits for the greater pro- played ;hc ponies, h was years ago. f Ihe world's consunipt ion: 1 says the Chicago Tribune. This is the lanufacture'of various white j story: i' more important of which; "I didn't know ??:? horse Iroiu .11r. type metal, pewter, hrit-i other, tint I heard the men in the deal and white hearing metals; partment telling ahont the money lenlal bronzes and gold and they had won. If iliey bed. ted white metal-: and * "?) tlicy never mentioned i . <>>ic day. I . tin 1 >\ide. etc.. a ?* ?!!-i 1 during 1 meeting at lite Polp-y l ruck, nonnt of tiie 1'orinei beiiv:'a 'copper at Harrison (old me he a ;ir; arioiis branches of the tex- ; ?i 11 u." ' ' put ^"? ,,!l > 'good 1 i 1 i 11 ? . as My, while tin vide i- t!"> lie called it. I said 1 <? liim in a joke: i-oiHt it iicnt of many polish Why don't yon play Stayawav? irs. Til a t's the best horse out there todav.' | II , 1 i , c "The meaning I wished to eonvev II has produced tin lor morel . , 1 . .1 ; was t hat if he slaved awav I roin ill'' <1 vears. but practieallv the' \ 1 track ue won d be winner, lie wa- a put is used in (treat Britain. ,. , . ,1 1 1 (. . , i dens.* sort of lelhnv. and didn I catch the 111?_'li prices o| tin it lias : , . tne < 1 uu*t arca-:n. iieen proposed to open some ' lamhuicd tin mines at that 1 "So out he goes to Wohey. and. rc1 recent years the output of | ,ll( inber:u.; my tip to play Sia\aCornwall has averaged about w be looks .it the card and sees h it tons annually. The rapid-' bor>e named 'tietaway in the tliir.which many of the tin pla- ' race. lie was S to I lor tirst place, being- depleted continues |o 'be 'copper. thinking he had "jot 'igctic efforts to be made tojtbe names mixed, laid his $ "> on Miet w placer fields, and large ! stwsiv.' who came under tIn* wire about of Knglish. American and j n block ahead o{ the others. spectors and engineers have "When he returned to the station loved at this work during lie handed me a $'.!<) bill with the reveal*.?Boston Transcript. mark: M played that imvse you gave line, lientens'.nt. and won f-H). This is Vherc He'd Be Safe. j .vour ll!,ir ?r lu' " ' er was talking about Ihe latej t '. T. Dodd. the Standard Oil Shocking". vhose salary from the great- Dr. Frederick A. Cook, the noted nil was $200,000 a year. explorer, was talking in New York. )odd." said tin lawyer. " had',a'M,"t hi- idea of trying to reach tin? cnt legal talent. lie it was, j s"n'' I'"!*' w ith aulhomohilcs, says an v, who organized tiie Stnnd- i exchange. ned. What fnrtlier endenred ' "Polar exploring- in automobiles Ir. Woek feller were his strict -'-ems a very radical inuova! ion. alt i <. ol)>ervance of ihe Sab-!1""-' :t shocking innovation, doesn't it " lie said. "Il seems alnio-' atel1 a story about Dodd shocking a- the innovation thai was w .:s a > t rn g g I in..- praditioii* employed one Sunday night upon a. nklin. . Brooklyn doctor. wa- a Franklin iniiii-tei " I be doctor was in chnrcl!. lie t g'.ii-'i'ng a good leal, and weupied a front pew. The clmrcli was rat Iter a sporting char-i crowded, the preacher preaching elof|enl : a perfect silence reigned, little church supper one' "But suddenly a man flashed in at minister was boasting- about the door, lie held up his band fe; ledge of horses and hunting, the preached to pause. Then he cried; smanship and w, on. when " Ms Dr. Henry Smith here?' errupted him. "Willi all eyes centered upon re a good sportsman, are him, Dr. Henry Smith rose slowly in *?'i>d. his front seat and turned round. 1.' said the minister, not j "'What is wanted?' he said. Tie - a>:y 11 a p. '1 am not a bad had the grave, weary air of a man " >f I do say it myself.' i who is almost overburdened with the . <aid Dodd. 'Il I were a rcsponsihilitie* heaped up on him. uld hide where there'd be no " 'Are you Dr. Henry Smith?' f your potting me.' am.' f-re would you hide?' asked *' :Weil, doc,or. 1 am Cache & tcr. Co.'s new collector. When will it be hide,' Dodd answered 'in'convenient for you |o settle that lit-* ly.' >} tie account of tbeirs?' " ?