Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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'MAKE THE ELDER HUSH. "Old Hickory" Would Soon Smash the 10harlotte Observer's Foolish Contention. Yorkville Enquirer. The Charlotte Observer swears that Andrew Jackson was born in North Carolina, and the News and Courier stands to it that the rough and tum ble old statesman was a native of South Carolina. James Parton thought that there was no doubt of the fact that Jack son was born in North Carolina, about half a mile across the state line from Lancaster County, and in his life of Jackson cited a lot of testi mony in proof, notwithstanding Jack son's own belief to the contrary, as set forth in the famous threatening proclamation that he hurled against "the people of his native state." No, the Enquirer is not hunting trouble. It has no desire to butt into a controversy between such cham poins as the editors of the News and Courier and the Charlotte Observer. It is too well satisfied with the good terms it is enjoying with both for one thing, and for another thing, it is afraid that in this controversy both of the editors have become so imbued with the Andrew Jackson spirit that neither of them would give up, even if convinced that the other was. right. But that Jackson always thought he was born in South Carolina we are quite convinced, and because of a lit tle more evidence on'the subject this is being written. In looking over the files of the Pioneer, published in Yorkville in 1824, a few days ago, we ran across the followinf, credited to 'The Carolina Gazette." "General Jackson." "We are pleased to learn by the following correspondence that our City Council are about procuring a full length likeness of that patriot, warrior and statesman, Gen. Andrew Jackson, to be painted by'the cele brated Mr. Vanderlyn. This is anoth er earnest of the honor South CaN olina wishes to award one of her noblest sons. 'Council Chamber, City of Char leston, January 17, 1824.-Sir: I am directed by a resolution of the City Council of Charleston, to comuneiate to you the request that you will sit for your portrait to Mr. Vanderlyn. '''They are desirous kot only of possessing themselves, by f trans mitting to posterity, the ?xeness of one whom a grateful people delight td,honor, and whom Carolina is proud to number among her sons. May you long, sir, continue to enjoy the high reward due to your aistinguiished ser vices-the approbation of your coun try. '''I have the honor to be with great respect, your obedient servant. '''John Geddes, '''Intendant of City of Charleston. '''The Hon. Andrew Jackson, Washington.'' '''Washington' City, January 27, 1824.-Sir: The resolution of the City Council of Charleston, communicated by you, through Major Hamilton and Mr. Poinsett of the House -of Repre sentatives, requesting that my por trait be taken by Mr. Vanderlyn, is with pleasure aeeeded~ to. It will sub ject me to no inconvenience I assure you; and if it did that would form no consideration. It is a matter of pleasure and satisfaction to me that my native state can think so favora bly of me as to desire to procure a resemblance, and hence to retain a remembrance of me. I, therefore, cheerfully comply with the request made through you on behalf of the city council. I view it in no other light than a testimonial of respect and regard from those who are of the state that gave me birth, and where many of the pleasurable days of my youth were spent. ''Accept my best wishes for the kind expressions you are pleased to offer, and receive mine for your health and happiness, and be pleased to tender me most respectfully to the city douncil. '''I have the honor to be respect fully your obedient servant, '''Andrew Jackson. '''John Geddes, Esq., Intendant of the City of Charleston." Everybody knows that Andrew Jackson was a man of overbearing and unreasonable temper. In illus trationy of this Parton relates a story to the effect that when the president was a boy, two other boys, as a joke on him, induced him to fire off a gun that they had secretly loaded almost to the muzzle. Their idea was to have him kicked over, and they were successful; but he was on his feet al most in an instant and said to his companions. ''By C- -, if either of you laugh, I'll kill you." They did not laugh. In vie of the letter above, we are iniciin,?d to the opiniol that if Jack son were here now lie would say to the editor of the Charlotte Observer: "If you don't quit trying to argue that I haven't got sense to know where I was born, I'll swat you with my hickory stick." Farmer s Union Bureau of Information -Condueted by the South Carolina Farmers' Eduea tional and Co-Operation Union. 8drCommunications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. Notice is here given that every lo cal union aftr expiration of thir ty days or before the first of October 1907, will be required to assemble and vote on the new amendtnent to the South Carolina Constitution making the dues double what they are now. This increase in the dues will put new life in the union and forward the work of organizing the state. Th'is increase of dues may cause some few luke warm members to drop out of the union which should be an argument in its favor, for the reason that all such people that think and work for the principle of asking their best men to work for nothing are not the kind of men needed in your union. That idea of not paying men to do things for the good of all that has been saving such enormous amounts in the value of cotton alone, will have to go. Drop all such ideas and members too that stick to the principles of asking others to laave their work and homes to work for them without pay. Cotton School at Clemson. For some time the Farmers' Union of South Carolina has been looking into the feasibility of establishing a cotton school on their own account, not knowing that Clemson College was already well equipped for this purpose. Now, it is no news to the up-to-date cotton grower to tell him that beyond doublt this state looses annually enough cotton money on arbitrary grading to build a warehouse at most of the shipping stations in the state. This thing of trusting the grading and classifying cotton to the ordinary two-by-four ''cotton slasher'' of the country must go with the privilege of pricing our cotton. We must get up some real good ex - pert cotton graden or classifiers that do this work from the standpoint of the requirements of the mills, and cut out this imposition of the com mon so-called expert cotton graders who are more on the order of expertI liars than they are the classifiers of cotton. I call for a committee from the un ion to go to Clemson and look into tis cotton school questitn there and let the people know how it is. The click, click, of 'the bucket shop telegraph hammer may be dead, but the ''eotton bureau'' has been born in a number of places where the bucket shops use to thrive. Since the bucket shops have died out and over a thousand cotton ware houses have come up' like toad stools in almost a night, cotton bears are not making for tall timber like some thought, but on the contrary they have quit the town offices and gone out into the country cotton patches trying a new game there, to buy cot ton before it is made in order to keep the cotton out of these safety vaults, the cotton warehouses. Commence now preparing for more oats and wheat crops. This resolution well carried out will plAce the seal upon your resolutions and determnina tions to name your own prices for your cotton and maintain your posi tion in this matter against the on slaught of all the cotton bears of the land. Perhaps one of the finest corn crops ever grown in South Carolina is now to be seen growing with good pros pects for maturing. This fine corn crop backed up by a fair oat crop places the farmers of this state in a fmne po-sition for de manding a profitable price for their cotton crop and getting their price. Fortified with more than a thou sand warehouses, owned and operated by the Farmers' Union, and support ed by the large majority of the busi ness men in other occupations it mat ters little what the size of the pres ent crop may be, the producers of cot ton can name a reasonable profit on their eotton crops and get their own prices. No matter how favorable the sea sons may be from now on, it is impos sible for this crop to supply the enor mous demand for cotton. Steady your selves in the saddle, boys, but don't get giddy-headed or lean too far on either side. In ourextensive travels over the state we find a few farmers that have sold their cotton crops before it is sold their cotton crops before it is made for from 12 to 12 1-2 cents per pound. Now these farmers are not getting any jumps on others nor fool ing anyone except themselves, for the reason should be plain to anyone that these buyers are out to make money for themselves and when the unor ganized and uninformed farmer puts up his single judgment against a well organized and well informed class of cotton speculators he is iure to loose out at every touchdown these slick chaps make on his cotton patches. If these organized speculators did not believe, or you may say, know, that cotton will bring more than they of fer, where is the inducement for these speculators to contract for the cotton instead of buying the cotton when it comes on the market? The Thoughtful Landlord. Harper's Weekly. A New Yorker whose buciness fre quently takes him through the south tells of an amusing experience in a country hotel in one of the Carolinas. The Nw Yorker soon learned that the landlord of this establishment laid it down as one of his principles of action to give his patrons a little ndore than they asked fort-o be "extra accommodating,' as he term ed it. The New Yorker had left a call for 6 in the morning, so that he might take an early train north and he went to sleep in the calm assurance that he would be aroused at the proper hour. "I seemed hardly to have fallen in to a sound slumber,'' says he, "whan I heard a terrifie pounding at my door. I sprang up, wide awake. "'What's the matter' I called out. " 'Four o'clock!' came the land lord's voice from the other side of the door. 'Two more hours to sleep!' Aleck Canova brought a three pound trout to the St. Augustine Rec ord office, and gave a, very interest ing description of the manner in which it was caught. His son Frank observed a big,fishhawk swoop down on the fish near Bar creek, about a mile and a half north of town, and noted that the fish was of respect able size. He watehed the big bird until it hovered almost over head, but within close range, adn he picked up a stone, /,pnd with splendid accuracy hurled the missile at the hawk, striking it. The bird dropped the trout, and Frank ran forward and took charge of it. The head was torn open, but the body was unnured. ellept for the punctures made by the talons of the hawk. WANTED ,OLD PIANOS AND ORGANS for which we will allow the highest prices towards now Instruments. No Club rates to offer, but we Pledge better Instruments for 'he same or less money. thtan these at club rate offers. Write Malo-ies Music House, Co lumbia, S. C., for special prices andl terms. Arrival and Departure of Trains. Schedules of passen'ger trains i and out of the Union Station, New berry, S. C. Southern Trains. No. 15 for Greenville .. .. 8.56 a. m. No. 12 fc- Columbia .... 10 32 a. m. No. 18 foi. Columbia .... 1.50 p. m. No.19 for Greenvile.. .. 1.35 p. m. No. 11 for Greenville .... 4.42 p. m. No. 16 for Columbia .... 9.47 p. m. C., N. & L. Trains. No. 85 for Laurens~ .... 5.19 a. mn. No. 22 for Columbia .... 8.47 a. mn. No. 52 for Greenville . .12 46 p. m. No. 53 for Columbia .... 3.10 p. m. No. 21 for Laurens .... 7.25 p. m. No. 84 for Columbia . ... 8.30 p. mn. The foregoing schedules are given only for information, are not guaran teed and are subject to change with out notice. July 15, 1907. G. L Robinson, Station Master. A Ltational Treatment. 'r- Catarrh 1soethat soothes the inflmed am congested mnmunhanese anid heals am dem-seswithout "drugging" the;M tsdpartic - ndpermanent relief frem o~lds-all affections of the membzanes of the nose and throat. We Gu3arantee Satisfaction, Bny a 5o-cent tube of NOSENA frmm W. G. Mayes & Prosperity Drug Co. BpOWN y.ro-.CO - Hunting for Trouble. "I've lived in California 20 years, and ain still hunting for trouble in the way of burns, sores, wounds, boils, cuts, sprains, or a case of piles that Bucklen's Arnica Salve won't quickly cure." writes Charles Walters, of Alleghany, Sierra Co. No use hunting Mr. Walters, it cures or money refunded at Wm. E. Pelham & Son's drug store. 25c. A "Bilious Attack." Symptoms.sourstomach; nasty taste in mouth, sick headache, sallow complex ion, the world your eVemy. CauSe. Constipation, inact. ive liver, overflow of bile into the system. Relief. Treatment for two nights before retiring with 04 Ao TONIC PELLET8 one a night, don't worry, sleep Well and Nature'll do the rest. Zatd. Treat 25 Ct. A Valuabe Lesson. "Six years ago I learned a valuable lesson," writes John Pleasant, of Mag tiolia, Ind. "I then began taking Dr. King's New Life Pills, and the longer I take them the better I find them." They please everybody. Guaranteed at Wrn. E. Pelham & Son, druggists. 25c. HARLESTON & WESTERN CAR OLINA BY. Schedule in effect June 9th, 1907. Lv. Newberry(C N & L.) 12:46 p. m. Ar. Laurens 1:52 p. m. Lv. Lurens (C. & W. C.) 2:15 p. m. Ar. Greenville 3:40 p. m. Lv. Laurens 1:58 p. m. Ar. Spartanburg 3:30 p. m. Lv. Spartanburg (So. Ry.) 3:40 p. m. Ar. Hendersonville 6:25 p. m. Ar. Asheville 7:30 p. m. Lv. Laurens (C. & W. C.) 2:00 p. m. Ar. Greenwood 2:56 p. m. Ar. McCormick 3:55 p. m. r. Augusta 5:40 p. m. Puman Chair Cars between Au gusta, Laurens and Asheville, tri weekly. Leave Augusta Tuesdays, Thursday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe ville Mondays, Wednesdays and Fri says. Note: The above arrivals and de partures, as well as connections with other companies, are given as infor nation, and are not guaranteed. Ernest Williams, Cen. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. Gleo. T. Bryan, Greenville, S. C. - Glen. Agt., Rising From the Grave. A prominent manufacturer, Win. A. P~ertwell, of Lucama, N. C., relates a most remarkable .experience. He says. "After taking less than three bottles of Electric Bitters, I feel like one rising From the grave. My trouble is Bright's isease in the Diabetes stage. I fuly believe Electric Bitters will cure me permanently, for it has already stopped the liver and bladder complications which ave troubled me for years." Guaran teed by Win. E. Pelham & Son, drug gists. Price only Soc.. CHEAP RATES Via Southern Railway. Jamestown Ter-Cntennial Exposition, Norfolk, Va. On account of the above occasion the following instructions will gov ern the sale of round trip tickets to Norfolk, Va. from Ntwberry, S. C. Season ticket-$19.55. This ticket will be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, 1907, final date to leave Norflok returning De ~eeber 15th, 1907. 60 day ticket-$16.30. This ticket will be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, 1907, final date to leave Norfolk returning six ty (60) days from aate of sale and rot lated than december 15th, 1907. Fifteen day ticket-$14.30. This ticket iwil be sold daily April 19th to and including November 30th, 1907, final date to leave Norfolk re burning fifteen (15) days from date >f sale. Coach Exeusion ticket-$8.55. This ticket is not god in sleeping, Pull an, or Parlor cars, and will be sold >n Tuesday of each week during per iod of the exposition, final date.- to leave Norfolk returning ten (10) lays from date of sale. For routes, stop-overs, etc., write >r call on us. Neighbors Got Fooled. "I was literally coughing miyself to leath, and had become too weak to leave ny bed; and neighbors predicted that I would never leave it alive; but they got ooled, for thanks be to God, I was 11 luced to try Dr. King's New Discovery. t took just four one dollar bottles to :opletely cure the cough and restore ne to good sound health," writes Mrs. va Uncapher, of Grovertown, Stark Co., :nd This King of cough and cold cures, Ld healer of throat and lungs,1is guaran eed by Wmn. E. Pelham & Son, Drug st so and$o Tri bottle free. LIVERY, -AND Sale St I have opened i street, near the del Feed and Sale Stat :>leased to have m: and will endeavor :he very best servii Give me atrial and OEM. B. E NEWBERRY Classic Scientif Techn.i Zxpenses very moderate. urpassed. For catalogue ient, JAS. A CALL C Brouddus I HERALD & FOR Box Paper, Tablets, Pencil Pens and Ir Soaps, Fine E In fact anything you nee / ALSO CIGARS AND T Don't forget to call on They are also agents fo4 Laundry. VERY LOW S..TO. NORFOLK AN: Accout Jamestown Ter-Cen ...VIA . SOUTHERN R Season, Sixty Day and Fifteen daily, commencing AprIl 19th, t vember 30th, 1907. Very low rates will also be mad BRASS BANDS In uniform atte STOP OVERS will be allowed< and Fifteen Day Tickets, same e 1st Tickets. For full and complete inform: Agents Southern Railway, or wrn R.# FEED able. ip oti Friend >ot, a Livery, fle. I will be / friends call, to give them be convinced. P T IN 0. O0LLEGE. ic! :al Health record un address the Presi . B. SCHERER, Newberry, S. c. NEWS I ks, xtracts, &c., &c. d along that line. OBA CCO. them. harlotte Steam RATES D RETURN tenn1al Explosition AILWAY Day Tickets on sale and including No for MILITARY and nding the Exposition. n Season, Sixty Day s on Summer Tour ~ton call on Ticket . Hunt )ivisionPass.jAgenlt. Charleston. S. C