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RAILROAD RUMURS GALORE. One Out of Many at Greenwood that May Have Basis in Fact. News and Courier. Greenwood, September 26.-Rail road rumors are as thick as hops hereabouts at present. "Have you heard this or that," or it may be, "Did you know," and so on, all argu ed as earnestly and solemnly as if the person talking had it first hand, 'right off the reel," as the ,typical hot. air artist would say. One rumor that may have some bas is of fact in it is a statement made by General Manager Ackert, of the Southern. to Congressman Aiken last winter. Mr. Ackert was being asked by Mr. Aiken why the Blue Ridge was not to be extended, or, if it was to be extended, when, and so on and was told by Mr. Ackert that the Blue Ridge would certainly be extended. This is not news, for President Fin ley and Vice President Andrews said the same thing at Anderson this spring when they were gallantly de fending the Southern from the terrific onslaught of Mayor Rhett. This is the news: Mr. Ackert told Mr. Aiken that if conditions continu ed so favorable in South Carolina, "Harmonius" would be a better word perhaps. that the Southern in tended to build a line from Ninety Six to Batesburg, an air line in fact. Then from Perry to Branchville and these two short lines would then give them an air line almost from Knox ville to Charlestc.n. This sounds very nice and looks plausible on the map. Take a- map and ruler and see how stroight the line would be. The idea in building from Ninety-Six is to eut out the bad 'curves down in the swamps of the Sa luda between Dyson's, Chappells, Old Town, -ete. These curves would re sult in an overturned coal train al most every day, said Mr. Ackert. Now if the Southern is to do this, what about the pe .ple who are build ing the road from here to Saluda I They have the. rights of way and the Southern's proposed line would have to run parallel with this line all the way to Saluda. This gives rise to the rumor and speculation that the Southern is be *hind the road now being built to Sa Sluda. The men building it say it is not. The Southern has not claimed the line and this rumor probably has nothing whatever to back it up now. What may happen later is another' matter. The Southern does not intend that the -South and Western shall haul all the coal that is left in the'mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky to Char leston. ICongressmanu Aiken Explans. The News and Courier has receiv ed from Congressman Wyatt. Aiken the following card, dated McCormick, September 27, which makes a.slight correction in ta statement sent the News and Courier by its .GreenwooA correspondent concerning an inter view with Congressman Aiken, mn which he quoted Mr. Ackert, of the Southern Railway, regarding the Southern's plan for connecting Char leston with the coal fields of Tennes see: Greenwood correspondent's account in today's new and courier, Southern Railway to build from Ninety-Six to Batesburg, correet, except Mr. Ackert did not mention Branchville, but said at Batesburg they would strike their existing line xia Perry and Blackville to Oharleston. The road to be a ridge road for coal and heavy freight from West via Waihalla, Nine t-Sir, Batesburg. Blackville to Charleston. See map. Yours, Wyatt Aiken. Messenger Boy's R,ise. Washington Herald. .Col. Robert C. Clowery, president of the Western Union Telegraph Co., fifty-five years ago went into the ffice of the company at Joliet, Ill., nd asked for a job. He offered to ork for six months for nothing if ey wuld let him learn telegraphy. is offer was accepted, and at the nd of four months he was an expert as the ordinary operator and was of fered charge of the station, but he continued to work out his contract the other two months. At the expira tion of the time agreed upon he was put in charge of the station at Lockport, and from that time on he began to rise steadily. He attributes his success entirely to hard work, and he has military ideas about his own duties and the duties of others. He is now 68 years old. His title was won in tha. civil war. APPEALS TO FARMERS. Mr. E. D. Smith Urges Farmers to Hold Their Cotton for Fifteen Cents. Columbia, September 27.-The fight for 15 cents cotton finds its most ardent and most active evponent in Mr. E. D. Smith, the field agent of the Southern Cotton Association. Mr. Smith spent today in the city, after a day or two at his home in Sumter county, and was seen at the office of the association in the National Loan and Exchange Bank building. "After a trip through the West," said Mr. Smith, "I find on my re turn numerous requests from differ ent parts of the state asking me to urge the people to hold their cotton from.the market until the price set by the Southern Cotton Association and the Farmers' Union is reached. "If ever there was a time when the conditions were clear and unmis takable-without there being any complications, it is now. It is a clear case of pure speculation against real conditions. To put the case as it is so that any one ma ysee what tribute we are paying to gamblers because we are not organized to withstand them, the facts are these: The mills have sold their output for months ahead on a basis of 15 cents per pound; the de mand for goods at these prices in creasing; the price of the manufac tured -article actually advancing; the supply of cotton in sight; the preser!t crop unquestionably short, probably two million bales less than last year;. the demand for cotton for the cur rent year far in excess of the sup ply; the condition of the crop stead ily deteriorating; the mills running full time, eager for cottton; no alarming conditions in the money market; no complications at home or abroad particularly, with the spin ners thirty days ago buying cotton cheerfully and profitably at 14 and 1-2 cents per pound. Yet in the face of all these favorable conditions the price has dropped from 2 1-2 to 3 cents per pound. Why? Because a few speculators, who neither grow nor spin cotton, please to have it so. The question is squarely up to the south, the whole south, the merchant, bank er, farmer, lawyer, doctor, preacher and laborer in any and every voea tion, avocation or profession, wheth er they will tamely submit to this these gentry to exact a toll from us, outrage, whether they will allow at their pleasure, of from .$10 to $25 per bale, or whether they will put their price on their property and refuse to accept any other. The only answer to give this absurd decline is to refuse to take 'the prices offered. ''In the west they are making a brave stand. They are 'comiplaining bitterly that the Atlantic States are not standing for the price agreed up on. How true this is, I am not abl.e to say. Let every man in South Car olina, who has cotton to sell drop ma a postal card saying how many bales he has and how many 'he will hold. I will compile the number and give it to the public, so that we may know what to depend upon. If we would absolutely refuse to sell a bale of cot ton now, stop recepits, then the reac tion would be immediate. "'The ornly possible way to remedy this outrage~ous condition is to refuse to submit to it. "With present conditions warrant~ ing 15 cents cotton, acknowledged by all parties to be worth 15 cents, if the people put it on the market at present prices, then we acknowledge that neither the law of supply and demand, the condition of trade and finance, or the cost of production have anything to do with the price or value of cotton, but simply the ca price of a few millionaire gamblers. Surely we are paying dearly for the privilege of being disorganized, for being without warehouses, without organized capital to hold our cotton. ''Can not each community meet at once and devise means, where there are none, to help each other to hold cotton? It will take organized co operation~ to accomplish our purpose. "Every bale sold at present prices means a gift of $15 or $20 per bale to the gambling hunch to enable-them to take a like or a greater amount from the next bale. "Ex-Governor D. C. Heyw.ard, who is president of a warehouse company in this state, informed me this morning that he was doing all in his power to secure funds and to provide warehouse facilities for the farmers in this emergency; so that all parties interested can communicate with Ex-Governor Heyward in ref erence to the matter.'' Mr. Smith added that if the pro posed plan of cottonl banks were now in effect, the situation could be con trolled hy the farmer, and the weak cotton keni off the market. Under' wre:ent cvonditions, -citn on which ilns have Ieen 2iven. is forced into he hands of t . buyer as soon as ,inned. "Then there is another thing," ;aid Mr. Smith. "The cotton that vas sold in March, April and May s now being used to accomplish the >urposes of the speculators. Why, in' ome sections of this state farmers old their cotton for 11 and 12 cents )efore it was planted and they are iow compelled to deliver it no matter vhat is the market price, or the fu ure prospect.'" J. H. Got Tuberculosis from Monkeys. Sew York World. Curator Raymond L. Ditmars, of he New York Zoological Park, the Bronx, is stricken with tuberculosis. Eie became infected during his work n the last year trying to stamp out :he disease among the monkeys in the )ark. He is the second official of the \Tew York Zoological society to be tricken dangerously in his line of luty. A year ago Director Horna lay all but lost his life through mas ;oiditis, and in his case, too, it was x-hile working among the monkeys :hat he became infected. Statement of the condition Newberry, S. C., Sept. I call of State Bank Examil Bills receivable ...... $219,605 64 Dverdrafts............ 5,18o 75 Fixtures....... ..... .ash on hand and due rom other Banks. $ 10,193 92 $238,617 23 Watch us grow. We pay 4 per c ment compounded Semi-annually. THE EXCH . D. DAVNNPORT, Gxo. B. C President. W. B. WALLACI We Leni T BuyE We provide easy tern We enable borrowers in Monthly Installment: allowed to meet obligai It is cheaper than pay to save money to buy a Contract. If you want to save nn take a Security Contra< Call on A. J. Gibson, Treasurer, at office, co streets, next door to 04 SECURITY L.OAN AN The People's Prosperi Paid Up Capital .. Surplus and Individual Stockholders' LiabilitiE For protection of depo H. C. MOSELEY. President. W. W. WHEELER, Cashier. Better a conservative inter< return when wanted, than a hig about the principal. A National Bank is a safe De makes it so. Likewise our Bo of prudent conservative managt DIREC G. W. Bowers. J. A. C. Kibler. R. L. Luther. M. A. Carlisle. J. H. H-unter. J. P. We allow 4 per cent. pe Deartment. interest1 zi1( were a (e,4 tien rolugal 1 n oe tor, G. J. Vandermissen, yesterday morning, and an hour later he had his grip packed, had bade good-bye to his wife and two little children, and started downtown to catch a train to Sullivan county mountains. It was a solemn leaving at the park, not one of the co-workers attempt ing to disguise the gravity of his dan ger, yet at the same time all thankfal that warning came in time to enable him to save himself. Mr. Ditmars is going to live out of doors for three nionths in thq Sullivan mountains, near Liberty. His family will join him later. The climate in Sullivan county is rigorous during the late fall, and the air is rare and dry, and the curator counts on constant out door life to save him. Joke Tailoring. I have a few bathing suit witti eisms left over. What'll you do? Oh, trim 'em down into ball gown gags. And the heiress who marries a title seldom gets her money's worth. of The Exchange Bank of 7th, 1907, in response to ier. Capital stock ..........$50,000 00 Surplus............... 6,460 74 Cashier's Checks...... 269 84 Dividends unpaid...... 87 50 Bills payable... ..--75,000 00 Deposits..............io6,799 15 $238,617 23 ent. interest in our Savings Depart iNGE BANK ROMER, M. L. SPEARMAN, Attorney. Cashier. , Asst. Cashier. I Money O lomes! rs of payment. to accumulate a fund 3, on which interest is ions at maturity. ing rent, If you want home take a Security oney for any purpose :t. It pays. Asstant Secretary and rner Boyce and Adams ypeland Brothers. O IN VESTMENT CO. National Bank ty, S. C. - - -- $25,000 00 Profits $6,000 00 s . , $25,000 00 sitors. M. A. CARLISLE, Vice-President GEO, JOHNSTONE, Attorney. st on your deposit with its safe ;h rate and a feeling of doubt posit. Go'7ernment supervision ard of Directors is a guarantee ament. iTORS: W. P. Pugh. Jno. B. Fellers. W. A. Moseley. Geo. Johnstone. H. C. Moseley. Bowers. r annum in our Savings ayble semi-annually. SpGciol AnIIonIcementl We cordially invite the people of Newberry and vicinity, to see the new Fall Shoes, Gent's Furnish 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 for 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. FE,,LLERI I H OBlE SUCCESSORS TO Eddy & Fellers. YOUR BANKING! THE NEWBERRY SAVINGS BANK Capital $50,000 - - - Surplus $30,000 No Matter How Small, . No Matter How Large, The Newberry Savings Bank will give it careful attention. This message applies to the men and the women alike. JAS. McINTOSH, J. E. NORWOOD, President. Cashier. The First Cough of the Sesn * Even though not severe, has a tendency to irritate the sensi tive membranes of the throat and delicate bronchial tubes. Coughs then come easy all winter, every time -you take the * slightest cold. Cure the first cough before it has a chance to* * set up an inflamation in the delicate capillary air tubes of the lungs. The best remedy is QUICK RELIEF COUGH SYRUP. It at once gets right at the seat of trouble and re *moves the cause. It is free from Morphine and is as safe for0 . a child as for an adult. 25 cents at *MAYES' DRUG STORE. PREPARE FOR THE RAINY DAY, For it will surely come, and may catch you in circum stances that will prove a great hardship to yourself and family. If you will take care of the pennies they will soon make dollars which will brighten the cloudy days of the future. Begin to-day and we'll help you put a silver lining behhd each dark cloud at the rate of FOUR PER CENT. on all your rainy day money. FOUR PER CENT, ON SAVINGS DEPOSITS. The Bank( of ProsperitU, Prosperity, S. C. Dr. Geo. Y. Hunter, Pres't. Dr. J. S. Wheeler, V. Pres. J1 F. Bnw Cashier. J. A. Counts, Asst. Cashr.