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E. R. A U LL, E,,D ITOlR Entered at the P,>stoffict at New 'Jerry. S. C., as 2nd class matter. Tuesday, September 24, 1907. We are in receipt of the premium list of the Ti-County Fair at Bates burg, including the counties of Lex ington, Saluda and Aiken. The fair will be held from Monday, October 14, to Friday, October 18, inclusive. An elaborate catalogue of eighty pages has been issued and the man agement warrants a first class fair. FARMER SAFE, IF HE HOLDS FIRXM Evidence is accumulating of the conspiracy to make the southern far mer part with his cotton for less than it is worth. The plot thitkens every day. The effect of the manipulations of th cotton gamblers has already been seen in the depressed price of futures-figures which it lies within the power of the cotton grower to make absolutely meaningless. Now comes one of the greatest known cotton bears, Theodore H. Price, who has circulated by mail a signed card which presents strong evidence of another prospective bear raid-if the farmers will submit to raiding. Here is what Mr. Price says in his circular, which seems to be a sort of preparation for his expected "I told you so," later on in the game: While I have estimated the Ameri can crop at 12,500,000 bales, I think it quite possible it may %be 13,500,000 or more, and, in that ease with the manifest contraction in trade, I shall not be surprised to see cotton sell at Scents a pounds or lower. It is be eause I venture the suggestion of this poisibility at a time when near ly everyone is bullish that I ask those who receive this card, to preserve it, that if I am wrong it may be a matter of record. What a tempting bit of bait to lure the farmer to part with his cotton at present prices! This circular appears to have been ingeniously distributed in the rural districts, among the growers of .cot-i ton, no doubt in the hope they will swallow the hook, sinker and all. The Farmers' Union, when it met in Little Rock and fixed the minimum price of cotton at 15 cents, knew just as much about the situation as Mr. Price, and perhaps a little bit more. That minimum was not based on the world's supply alone; it was based upon the world's increased de tnand! With a supply of cotton practically the same as that of last season, and a known demand of far greater pro -portions, it is unquestioned that cotton is worth more than then. It was worth more then than it brought, and the farmers would have gotton it if they had stood firm, as they will get their price now, if they refuse to fall into teetraps which they will frequent-I REA * DRF$S OQODS Chocolates, Le Greens, all th Voiles, Serges, P~ of the newe STRIPES ARE .We have the show, with .lini etc., etc., to matt At your eV Sp5ia An act We cordially invite the people of' 'Newberry and vicinity, to see thr%. new Fall Shoes, Gent's Furnish-i ing, and Hats, that are now being opened daily at this store. The shoes you find here are made in the newest models, and most popular leathers. Shoes your boys and girls can't wear out in a! hurry. Then of course we have finer shoes forl dress. Our shoes are made tof it-no pinching at the toes, nor rubbing at the heel. A full line of Cent's Furnishings and Hats in the newest ideas are here for you. Come in and look through. No trouble to show goods. SUCCESSORS TO Eddy & Fellers. ly find set in their way with gather- goods to deliver. When the specula ing of the new crop. tor sells, he hopes to be able. to buy. Mr. Price cannot hope to cajole the cotton at, a lower price than the one farmers into selling by juggling with he quotes in order* to complete. his I the supply figures and dealing in trade. generalities about the "manifest All must come at last t6 the actual contraction in trade," when several producer-the cotton farmer. . He million new spindles are 'waiting, holds the key of the situation. He hungry for the staple. possesses the goods which the world The southern cotton grower is the demands.. If he will recognize the master of the cotton situation. The futility of exchange made pri'es,:re man who holds th- raw cotton and fuse to be bound by them, learn,.bow t who refuses to give it up until he the prices of his commodities ar&jug- t receives his price will continue to o. gled. and realize ,that the mag, ho cupy the role of dictator. No power sells what he does not possess it nott can overthrow him so. long as he in any respect in his positiophq Mill . stands- firm. He is the colossus of continue to stand firm. Even thei the cotton world. cofton speculator who' has s3Id ti: His effort to secure a just and equi-. tures" must eventually become skpuv table price for his property is right chaser. and reasonable. In his fight to pro- That the farmers of the so-uth will tect the product of his toil, he has, stand like a rock wall against these with insignificant exception, the sym- onslaughts upon their property and t pathy of the whole world. If he their living, there seems to be no t yields, if he is intimidated or bullied present reason to doubt.. or coerced into relinquishing his pro- They niave legrned the lessons of I perty; if he agrees to accept for it a experience and ,thiey are going to pro- s lower price than its worth, he has on- fit by them.-Atlanta Journal. t ly himself to blame. We take please in giving promin- v~ If the famers who hold cotton de -_________________ line to sell at the price the man who _______________ owns no cotton quotes to a purchaser on the cotton exchange, the exchange gambler and the world will have to come to the farmer 's price. 'When the farmer sells, he has the LDY! THURSDAY In keeping with our cust All the new goods, we annount NEW COLORSI each season to surpass I ~the, Brwns,36 in. Black Ta We place on sale as a starter 5 PieC e ne sty es3it in United Srates for less than $I.2< e ne St.les'er at only the yard 98c. mamasFanies,Greatest Ribbon Sale E, namaS Fan ieS, we placed our contract for all this ~st fashions. large'tri'bon"actor's'in'th" coun""' vance in silks. In this immense lot y or white and black. The greatest ril EXCELLENT. for this week No, 40 and 6o at they Special No. 40 ans4 60, all pure sil Special No. 6o, 8o and too, all pu, goods ready to .The Shoe Housi rgs trimmings, Here you find more shoes and mo ry can show. One side of my store jammed with nothing but Men's, W< ~h. monkey on the way side but come di service, VISIT THE SECOND FL( dollars worth of goods bought six O Drills, Jeans, Cheviots, Outing, ~OE~~. 4M I Every train loaded to date goods. Co: Fine China, commc Agate Ware. Com We are ready to sell you cheaper than the 3heapest, and deliver 'our goods to your Joor.. . .9 . . . .For any want in ary, Agate and Tin tionery, Combs and THE WATTS H nce to the above from the Atlanta to Columbia is to fournal. We are glad to see the large and ascertain the 1 >apers throughout the cotton belt as- ticable route to t isting by their words and their in- informed that Mr luence the farmers in this fight mer as chairman c rhieh is on between the southern eot- transportation fro: on planters and the money power of Commerce, has a] he east. As we have already stated matter up and is iur position very clearly and a-3 with the proper trorgly -as we know how, we simply to securing this r .esire to giva prominence to this edi- If arrangements i rial from the Atlanta Journal, and the C. & W. C. fr o add to it our endorsement. It is Laurens, thence vi Iong this same line that we took in Columbia and thia he issue of Friday. We feel that %Charleston, it will very interest, especially in the cot- line from the we on growinig states, ought to stand up coast. The ror 1, ni help the farmers win this fight. it, is soon to be< ____________tanburg and we t SOUTEH AND ed,ERNsoe at eu In another column we print from via Newberry. he State newspaper an account of It will mean a he visit of Mr. George L. Carter, Isection in the m resident of the South and Western col utigu tailroad, to Columbia. As we under- coal, puing thn i tand it, this road is now within ca ilsta iirty miles of Spartanburg and the If these negotiati isit of Mr. Carter and his associates ful, it will put New Opening Day 'II MNAUC AND FRIDAY, SEP TEI om of announcing Opening Days e e that Thursday and Friday is set :he showing of the past. . . feta Silk 98c, The Seasc es Black Taffeta you can't match Terptto Syd, special one dress to each buy- h eptto can buy here in se rer Held in the Towni. tow" beautiful ribbon with cne of the All r months ago. Before the great ad- Dressy hats, str 'ou 'will find any color you wanthasaloebra bon values ever known, spca day and Friday.S a.rd oc, ribbon, 25c kind only 15c. -e silk ribbon, 35C kind only 19C. 3 of Newberry. In"all*"r hi't* -e kinds of shoes thab al ebr omplete and attr one hundred feet long packed and can show you mo >men's, Boys', Girls' shoes. Don't combined. You rect to headquarters. yourself. )O.-Piles and piles cf all kinds of Men's, E months ago before the big advance, all pied u Bed Ticking, etc, also all kinds of underwear ou come? [IMNAU( IL COMINS! with new and up mmon Crockery to )n Tin to the best e and see. Watch the show win dows for our fine China sale next week. It will be a record breaker. Be on hand early. China ware Crock ware, Notions, Sta Toilet Soaps Look for LACKET STOREt. look over the ield line from the coast to the west iith. )est and most prae- in a very short time. he coast. We are George W. Sum- AMUII f the committee on I will at the late th m our Chamber of dence of W. H. Harris in tready taken this town of Newbefty, S. C., at 11 a. M;, in communication on the 12th dy of October, 190th juthorities, looking shop tools, gans and other peri;zuf ad via Newberry. property of which W. L. Harris died man be made with seizei and powse&, Dm Spartanburg to Terms cash. i the C., N. & La. to-M~.Ane .Hri, Coast Line .to distarL give us a through Bt to the: Atlantic e &ISX AT0 -2 as we understand Terglreaiainfrtc ompleted to Spar-ercetfatsfrtepui sho,. rust that arrange--i ebrycut ilb e, as here suiggest-th ofieo tesu rnednt f a this through line euainfrwieta~es n i great deal to this fFrdyOtbe18197 tter of handling J .W elr 1'ueh nearer to theConySprnedtofEutin ye are at preset . O ons prove success-moe.ApytoTC.Pl,Nw terr ona thoug a bery shor im. I ilseattth at achseaon fohecth dislayer o1 of this deprtmesareay estbihd. So yoriude Clases o Milieyan Rpesented. 'echas, ailred h,etc isesua a ndn hifr old' :e shwinga ceiemefr the dates, schoors epbe.6t n 27th. ont il efilM ~y f ercanisighe havie ofvthe showitent hf actie lne fDeGdatind Silks hit is, an cnw e res oos ndSisthanourt he orcooredi towner donthave on ouwFr it, toe and see07. oys'andhilden' Clthn. 8.Thousadsr, ,p stirs.uchalnts upeiten omdestin so men woe,bypn i s n a 3 H'SbUM