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1 L" w [ -% With his Big Free can learn more a 8? ever sold in Soutl Farmers Union Bure u of 1 Information ; Wo, ?Conducted by the ? outh Carolina Farmers' Eduea- I tional and Co-Operation'Union. e BST'Communications intended for thia gm department should be addressed to J. G 11 Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. ( !? ' Our Cotton Letter. !l Moro Financiers Than Money. <( Go where you may, you never fail \ fvwr to meet several men who have some > plan to relieve the financial situa- |j tion and about ".line times out of ten ? i C these wild cat financiers had their debts paid they might not. have ;J cash enough left to control an old f, lien and chickens. (| Most every day you can read in the newspaper under large lettered t scare head lines aibout money mat- b ters loosening up, money mallei's now about to resume normal condi- * < lions bill sliil there is not enough e money to retire all the cotton that n the fanners desire to hold. We 1, know of one cotton mill that is said (" * . had to sell some of ils slock of col- i; ton lo gel money, to p^y its hands i with, while other quills have plenty r of money to take all the cheap cot- < ton offered ai the mill's prices. f The financial situation has been t reported eased, improved and added v to until if all calculations were sum- I niai'i/ed into one summing up of t)he whole, this final addition would make a show down of something like ( douJble the amount of money in that j, Ave had before Wall Street started this scrimmage; hut yet, there is the debt ridden condition of the cotton grower that is the cause of the whole trouble. ' East of the Mississippi the fertilizer bills are the main cause. Another year this can be reduced largely or cut. out altogether and get down to homespun business and common horse sense way of farming. Qui! getting into trouble with eyes open and then shut your eyes and howl for help! The easiest way out of a bad scrape is not to get. in il. Quit mixing so much dynamite or debts in your < <11 (on crops then you < :'<u si) down on the lid of your cotton and smoke l he pipe of pence with ! your neighbors without I'ear of be-j ing blown ui> bv prowling <otton ! , bears. ' < I'he follow ing extracts from :i private letter to I his office from our *!aie .avenl, W. ('. Moore, who is now in Manchester, Kngland, explains a good deal about our col ton unions arrangements for shipping cotton direct lo ourselves or our order for sale at Manchester, Kngland, which you can readily see will net at least $7.f>0 per bale a/bove prices here, 011 middling cotton every lime and :io I trouble about advances there at six I per cent or less interest, Here is what our agent says: My trip here as the representative of those offices of the union thai are supporting my work, and are doing f. something in a material way to eslab!is!i an agency here, which is the ? proper tiling lo do, but once eslab lished it would die of starvation and ^ fail if il is no! properly supported | * from our members', and if (bey don't understand lliatfi^ i.? worse llian use- ^ less lo try lo Wn their cotton here without a si rict recOguil ion of exact * rules and action. ! have just cabled liie (Jreenville office that spot col ton if it were here j 111 storage so the spinner could set; what he was buying would bring 1 enough to net our farmers for flood / Middling f.o.b, (Jreenville, 11 five- j< eighths cents per pound, after pay- p ing all straight expenses outside ?fj, the warehouse chqrufes of about 8 |* cents per month, and the brokerage ^ or toll to the cotton association j ? which controls the rules and handling, and as Ibis price would ad- / vance as the Southern price advances I the advantage of having the cotton j stored is the same, practically all the IJ time. Then again there is always 1 plenty of money hero to loan on cot. rill be in i Show and Gelel bout these Remc h Carolina, Ren on stored where they can see that hey run no risk of loosing on some rresponsilble warehouse, or trick of ieket and once the storage was esablislied and loans secured the ownr of the cotton could hold praetially as long as he wished and have lis cotton sold here by the Farmers \>tton l.rnion" olliee just as well as f he had his cotton at- his home, and t ii much hotter price, hut just now <nglish money is afraid of America nd they uiv deliberately putting" up n to rest, to keep it from going' to few York. We. could probably now oitow half to three-fourths the valio of cotton stored here at (i per out under t?Jie present conditions, nd under normal (inns it would he per cent once we get their confience. 1 reconimend consignments of colon for storage here and loans can e expected, but the shipments must omo under strict rules of grading, lassiug, and marking of the Farinrs Cotton I * ti it in or there will be ! listakes, misunderstandings and dss to our members by their own ! oily, that will ruin the whole busi- ! <*ss. It is utterly futile to rush at hose people with southern bluff and hetoric, because they would just ; (iiitinue to do as in tin* past buy j mm the. cotton merchants that have he cotton here to show them, and riho they know to be responsible for j heir offers. Here is food for thought by F. S. 'brooder, a hustling organizer who ins put 27 unions in line for work: If the farmer fails And cannot buy, Then tho merchant's goods Upon his shelf must lie. Tf the farmer fails And has nothing io sell, Then t'lie Ranker's account Does not swell. : j Tf tlie farmer fails And has nothing to ship, Then the railroad train Makes an empty trip. tl tho farmer fails A ud 1!:ts11 'i t lit* money he Ollgll t, Then the lawyer'.- lee Drops down to naught. I f lhe I'mriner fails Aml hasn't the bills, Then the doctor ('eases to roll his pills. If she fanner fails And can not pay, The school teacher's account \Wits for another dav. I \XCJ~.. j-j.' f ;%! wrrram;saPBBBMBCT BaMiCMtt: NATIONAL BANK 0 ^ gf ^ tit W Mi Q ^ Jz* r- cfi l_j (/) ?i <u o - - Vta i & tK 3 o - \ a < > J ca < j li S-' . ? ? FIRM PRIENOS, BANKING You ought to enjoy the i having a Bank Account, i>r little money. It will en with chechs and avoid mi ind provide you with a coi ^our funds and collecting in account with us. DIREC VI. A. Carlisle. H. G. IV f. A. Blackwelder. Robt. > 3. C. Matthews. S. B, A /. \ Newberr brated Ancles Re ^dies that have m lember the date, If 1 lie fanner fails As sometime fail lie must, The world's business lajis And the wheels of commerce | rust. s ! , I J But if the farmer succeeds, j ' As succeed he should. We all look happy And we all feel irood. l?\>r upon our broad shoulders j All the rest do lie, And sometimes the pile ("lets very, very hisrh. REGISTRATION NOTICE. Notice ts hereby sriven that the books of registration for the Town of 1 Newberry, S. C., are now open, and the undersigned as Supervisor of RiJ.uistration for the said town will keep said books open every day from () a. m.. until 5 p. m . fSMnday excepted) including the l?l day of i)e- < comber, 1007. Eu?r. S. Werts, Supervisor of Ueyistration. NOTICE TO OVERSEERS. All overseers of public roads in Newberry county are hereby ordered lo work I heir respective sections for the full time, as required by law, by December 1st, 100/. Herein fail not, on pain of the penally of the law. j J. Monroe Wicker, County Supervisor. 1 Nov. 2nd, 1007. | 21 nw. Lucky. i Patience?'They say your brother used to have great luck as a fisherman. Patrico?Yes, he did have. Nearly everybody used to believe him. Yonkers Statesman. Victor Talking Machines | AND Edison Phonographs j IN STOCK. All sizes, Si0.00 to $100 00.' $1.00 a WoeK Buys Eithei. Why wail. Come to-dsy ^ j| LTrg.9 An /Mid Variety Store,; Newberry, S. C. Write for Catalogues. j I ggBJtBBKMUEJWySS&OJBUKBRJLSfcKjd&ittSttSX' M V.'.W* */>"> IF NEWBERRY S. l\ [Pi- P oj h h ?! vdHk > s i ?- ' & ivr-'wl lr4 CP -rn r1 AND BUSINESS METHODS, . riendship and convenience whether you handle much , able you to pay your bills; stakes in making change;! ivenient way of handling checks and drafts. Open TORS: loseley. T. B. Carlisle. \ Jorris. Geo. Johnstone, I nil. Jos. H. Hunter, j I N< i&ik m H -y Dec. 7 medies. Headq iade more perrri One Week Only. Store Your Cotton! 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J THE FRESEEST! THE BEST! J ?AT? 1 JONES' GROCERY- ! * 9 Phone 212. Fant's Old Stand. & + & , <0 a j $> * # ?<* ? $ <$> v> f;- *> e $> al Bargains! ? in ? 1AQE I 300 Doz. Glen's and Boys' its. FANCY DRESS SHISTS. Pants ffljl !3E3T QUALITY. Id for | llpl nOUBl.E YOKE. prlpl gathered back, oney ??|| felled seams, "he 11 ''EARL BUTTONS and ! ; *****??<* FULL. LENGTH t: from I i _ . . ,, t , hvery bhirh is worth at least 0y 3T0 double the money. (Xir ridicutUTGCi. lously low price, $4.00 45 cts. Each, v]>o.zo 82.50 holds good until they are sold. $! 25 Don't waste any time to supply a pair. your demand. They sell at sitfht. at R'S. I O. KLETTNER'S.