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Farmer s Union Bure u o Information -Conducted by the outh Carolina Farmers' Educa tional and Co-Operation Union. gCommunications intended for this department should be addressed to J. C Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. Our Cotton Letter. No doubt about it. that the recent panic was made to order. on Wall street" for the purpose of bearing down the price of cotton. If this is not. true 1l(ee tell iult why this thin._- di+l not cole off until just at the righ. time to force the weak cot ton on the market al ruinous prices. Henry Grady said that cotton was a fool; but we are of the poinion that men that put too much fiath in cot ton are the fools who are now pass ing through -perhaps the toughest trials of their experience with more cotton than they are able to hold easily. Several men are selling corn. pork. wheat and oats to pay their debts with in the Carolinas and Georgia and holding on to their cot ton like "grim death to a dead nig ger." Boys. keep col and don't waver; for it is said that the darkest hours of the nights are just before day. The water is deep and may get up to your nose. but hold your breath and wade on iclear over, for the water and way are clear and the bottom is firm. Beyond dolbt' there is an attempt among some of the officials of the Union to suppress some information of vital in terest to the welfare of the Union from its members. This we condemn as an unfair act for the members, the Union should hear both sides of all questions or they will not be in position to do justice to all and thus defend the equitable principles of the Union. All such attempts to suppress in formation from the membership of the Union, and going out on a still hunt for personal interest and ag grandizement, will react against such indididuals when the light is turned on to them. We are in posession of the evi dnce to establish every alligation set forth in this communication and will turn it into t'he Uni,n at tihe proper time and place. A Warning. The attention of our Farmers Un ion Bureau of Informiationi has been called to the fact that a notice has appeared in several newspapers.- of the state -ealling,. a meeting of the State Union to be held in Columbia on December 18th. As the above notice has no name or authority attached to it, tihe origin of this call~ was rather puzzling until it eaed out that just one nian had promoted the ca.ll and the worse Sfeature of this affair is that the man who claims the responsibility for tis call is a stranger in tahe state, whose conduct since he has got in the un ion and his affiliations and his work before ar amrong that very class of speculative or sliek duck clas.s that the unionl was organized to lput out of business. Now this Bureau ihas taken the position from the beginning of this disturbance among its ofneials, that notIing short of a re;ularly called deleatdl meeting of the State Un ion in funl accord with the conlstitu tiol woul ever little this questiont sasfactorily. But. we protest against following the lead of any such a self-inaugu rated strayi beliweather. whio has pro0 ,umed to make this call, and insist -and demand that this call be made throu'h the officials in regular or der in accordanee with the cnttu SIf it is constitutional for one mn to get up a conlspiraiy among a LOe dinn men to unhorse the whok ffcial head of the Union. then it is iah timne to cut that featur ofC (1 t onitutionf out. or we wil be s ject to an eternal guerilla warfar n vte union, and when weO meeCt i C ol.b1ia a'ain for the purpo)05 0 rethrn we need alldr aedbne Thk'' e 'ien Law. -11Q Simt weak co1to:l, and this wtek e nes prices oil all otiler cotton. to the deti'-ieit of the whole south. 'Mr. J. E. \Wanamaker. a prosper ons farmer of St. Matthews, puts it in a nut shell whei he said. "tthe lien lawV give- a pbremiumn to rascality. Re peai the liell laaw ani you will en coura._e ;ood ebaracter.' Here is a elippi:i- from the Ander son Da ilv Mail: "Says the Ne wber ry Observer: 'If there is ever a time to repea.l the lien law it is now. The Farmers Unions couildn't dlo a better ( ting for agrieiiirc than secure the I repeal. They will never be able to ( hold thle cot tt erop offI)tI the market while this law remains.' That is true. The man who raises cotton under a lien is forced to sell it as fast. as it is ginned.( The lien law or mortgaged cotton grower, who is usually an irresponsi ble and incapable business man, has complete control over setting prices on the early cotton market. This I thlin' must chhaigVe. or both the lands I I and the people who wwn the lands I will be skinned. By request of Union members the chairman of the committee on the or der has made a verv careful investi cation of the cause of the recent fric tion among the officials of the South Carolina Union. and our conclusion is that just one or two men in the Union are responsilble for the whole trouble and that. thn&e men are erri table wolves in sheeps clothing with in the Farmers Union. As is it would be unfair to pub lish tahe names of these two men as traifors and deserters before they have been tried and condemned, the members of the Union will have to use their own judgment as to who they are. Bargain Sales in Japan. Even in placid Japan they have bargain sales, but they conduct them on very different principles from the scrimmages we have over here. An amusin American woman has em bodied her experiences of traveling alone in Japan in a most entertain ing volume just publisied. whence irmay be athere a description of a . sale at the greatrest trading hlouse in Japanl. The goods are not flung about. They are shiown to advantage in lock ed cases, and thle heads of depart ments keep the keys. R.emnants, however. are laid on mats, and, though there is keen anxierty to se cure bargains, perfect order and quiet prevail. Balbies toddle about quite comfor talbly, others sleep on their mothers' backs. However orderly and quiet though the .Japanese bargain, sale, may be. it is not free from the shop lifter, and it is interesting to hear that tihe .detective is as necessary i-t the flowery land as in England. The kimono sleeve is a useful receptacle for untconlsidered trifles.-London La- I dies' Pictorial. Vill~'e Very Stupid. ilaeSchioolmast er (exp lainlinl "bpe''and iaprntped" )-Nowv.K JIones. whlat is the dlifeece beCtween me and a pig'? Jones-Couldn 't tell DOWN - DOWN - LUMBER and*. building material of all kinds. Flooring, ceiling and shing les of alj grades, Sashl. doors, blinds. 'laths, roofin.ts, etc. C. H. 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