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Kill HmM sttt* E. H. AOI.L. EDITOR. Entered at the Postoffice at Now- ; > 'i tn*V. S. C., as 2nd class matter. ' ( Friday, December (>, HJ07. , i i i It seems to us that the cotton ' planter lias about won the fight lie ' has heen making for better prices ( for his cotton. 1 Will at lie needs to do is to sit steady 1 in the boat. Arrange his obligations ' but sit on the lid which holds hiv 1 cotton olT the market at present pri- v ccs. Iii I he last few days the price has advanced about a cent a pound i a.id yesterday was at II I-I cents ^ and in some markets il lias probably < been a lit lie above llial figure. The | crop is short. The demand is ureal- I cr than il has ever been. The manu- : factuivr has sold cloth on the basis :i of If) cents col ton. What is there ; to keep the price from going up. s Those who have been forced (o sell I to meet their obiigations have all I about sold and tin1 farmer who lias < held up lo this lime is in position in t most cases lo hold on a while longer, c i Willi the start which was given ( I he movement for a hospital in Newberry at the meeting of the chainher of commerce lo consider the pro- j. position, it should be very easy, with n the proper effort, properly directed to raise the accessary funds for the << building of a hospital in Newberry. We I rust that the holies of Newberry (| will consider the suggestion which j was made in The Herald and News of Tuesday, which is here repeated, that I hey net together ami take hold of the movement, and that if they do so there can be no doubt of their success. The hospital at An.Ierso.i is 1 the result of the labor of the women of that town. If we-are not mislak- ' en the Columbia hospital was origi- ' naled and built by the hard elTorts ' of the good women of that city. I The movement in Newberry made ' a line start a id had a substantial ' subscription at the beginning, and *' we are salistied that if the good wo- ' men of this community take hold of ' the movement that they can very s soon assure he building of the bos- ' pital in Newberry. We hope that 1 sonic of them .:l least may start the 11 moveme:il and we will l>e glad to give ' them any assistance in our power. '' We notice |iia 1 probably' Hon. 11 Robert Aldrich will he a candidate hefore the approaching legislature for s judge of the second circuit to sue- a ceed Hon. James Aldrich, resigned, g There is no more able lawyer or I scholarly gentleman i;i the slate I than the lion. Wohert Aldrich. We should be glad to see him elected to this position and it would be a handsome tribute to him to h<> made the successor lo 'lis cousin and his father, hot II of whom were judges of this circuit. Apart from I his. however, his fine intellect and extensive 1 I knowledge of the law eminent ly lit | him for this position and his election would add strength lo the bench i'1' this state. j J STINGING llF.BUKE. Congressman Aiken Ilcnlies in Open Learn- t.o Malici**? Attack on i>t,ton Pc is by Satin*day Juvenint Post. . ,, ^ Abbeville. S. Nov. I'Mi or i.i' 'be S. imilay Kvening I . :<:: edM-uia". iliat has been ex- " tens \ )* ?| ii - I niu commented on b> the papers of the Congressional \ (District that I have the honor lo -| represent, you said: "We must ,1c- ^ peud principally upon cotton, which j, I hi rope will buy in great ?|ua.itities, and which runs into money very last, i t t overturn this menace ami turn the i tub out way. That, in view of such 'i public need, planters should hold i col Ion for mere personal gain in tin- i lv reprehensible. We lead that Hit* i banks generally will keep them in the i path of duty by refusing to extend < loans on stored cotton." I It would be a waste of time lo reply to such an absurd .statement, if absurdity was its greatest objection. The editorial is gratuitously impcr- ! tiaent as il is maliciously false. I Living as 1 do, in the midst of the cotton belt, and being conversant | with the ills that the cotton farmer , has Miffcred, by reason of the manipulation of his product by Wall Street gamblers aided and abetted by certain subsidized newspapers, I am prepared to say, (lod speed the daw w''en the intrigue ami legalized the1'! .of Wall Street can be balled ?>\ n< live " reprehensible" act o>> the pert of In producer, than Mini !y h ih'ite his own pi\ perty until lie sees fit to dispose of it. And you say: "the banks general I,y will keep tlicm (the farmers) in Ilie palIi of duly by refusinjj; to exlend loans <>n stored cotton." Let inc inl'onn you, and your kind, that, us a rule, the class of men who now liave cotton stored, do business on the uther side of I ho ledger, and if i t were believed that the "banks fjen:?rnlly" had enlisted in a dastardly ittempt to bully the farming class, 'he banks, and not the farmers would >e the sufferers. The cotton of the Icpendcnt class has generally been >ut on the market, and if some are iveak, tlie.y will find ready help in heir own ranks, if local banks should >e fooled into such a short-sighted, micidal policy. Now. what are some of the facts iboul this product of the farm the -'al unlay .Kvcniny I'ost alleges has so lemorali/.ed American finances? The robabilliy is. Ihal the crop will not 'ar exceed Iwelve millions bales. hi in interview in Atlanta, some months i".o, tJie presiden* of the Fnternationil Spinners Association, who was alii president of the largest mill infi-.'st in Knyland, admitted that Ktiyish mills had sold their oufput of niton cloth on an average of nine nontlis or more, on a basis of fifteen 1 uts per pound for cotton. This beuy the case, and there is no reason o doiih; the 'lafcmcnl. who is enitled In the extra mnryin of five cuts per pound, between recent rices, mid the price at which mills lave sold their output, at a profit? Mio cotton farmer can pay the ad'anced price for cotton cloth, mauuaetured on a basis of fifteen cents >er pound, but if lie dares refuse to lump his cotton on I lie market, at a oss of five cents per pound of its ick nowledyvd value, von brand his miducl as "reprehensible." And iliis you think has hrouyht American finance to I lie brink of uin ? A ylance al the figures will show lie absurdity of your statement. A rivyle crop estimate circulated 0:1 N?. ^ Kxclianye. November 2!). daced the yield, lliis year, al 10,ISX.000 hales. <)n the same dale the /iverpool Cotton Kxchanye estimal I I lie crop at I I .!).V?,000 bales. If liis is near (he mark, and ii is safe 0 say tiial it is lull, ihis crop is bort o| Iji^I year's crop by more ban 1 ,n(M),()()() bales, Cotton brouyht nto siyht up |o Nov. !50, this year mounted to I,.'tOO.OOO bales ayainst 1,700,0(10 same time last year. Aluwiny for 1 lie shortness of Ihis ' ar s crop, has aot cotton been inrkcled at aliont its normal rale? The one true (bins; that you did ay, by inference, was that exported A Grocery They are He? Christine WiK CAN l?MMi YOUR 01IRIST1 AS WANTS THIS VKAIi BliTm<:h til*an kykh. ik you make OCIi HIM, WITH US \VK WIMi iKhli YOU LONDON LAYKR It A1% I NiS TKN CKNTS HOUND. W'K I'AYK A NICK LINK OK OAKK MM IT SKKDKI) WA ISINS K.I KM\KN (M'.NTS I'Ol'NI), TWO LBS. 'H>H TWKN'TY-KI YK CKNTS, CITfON TWIvN'iY CKNTS LB, CUKtANTS I'M KTKlvN CKNTS, TWO M H' N I )S KOI\ TWKNTY-KIYK MINI'S. KLAYOItlNO OK ALL \ I N I )S. NUTS! NUTS!! HUA7.IL NUTS. KN(ILIS11 WALS'UTvS, AND NUTS OK ALL < I N I )S. AHHLKS by TIll'l CARLOAD, liANANAS my TILK HUNCH, LKM>NS. OltANCKS AND 1'MiUlT OI?' ALL KINDS, ?~ i hi igirawr ri in bifiim ?mum m JITH CO v 4-j iV - i'M clirec-l. Newbei i col ton alone adds to 1 iio volume ol' currency. Cotton sold and consumed in lliis country simply takes tho , money out of one man's pocket and puts it into the pocket of the other. i Now let us see how the exports stand. The total exports from September 1st, to Nov. UOlli this year, amounted to 2,.'{77,000 hales, against 2,8711,000 , bales same period last year. There is an approximate difference of half a million bales or say $25,000,000. Does anybody believe that the financial base of this country could be shaken by a balance of trade of $25,000,000 for or against us when our export trade runs up into the billions? You have no word of censure for the money sharks who withdrew their money from circulation, but I lie farmer who will not sacrifice liis col (on, .-it less than value, to coax lliis money from ils hiding, is guilty of "reprehensible" conduct. If the planter, unlike other frco American citizens, as you say, must eliminate "merely personal gain." in disposing of his product, may he not at least look to the greatest public good 7 Since his interests must be secondary would it not be better for | (lie public good for the farmer to Ihold the two-thirds of the crop until foreign trade pays an additional two I or three cents per pound, thai is its | real value. This would really add (o ! the volume of currency, not to mention the incidental advantage to farmers. Is it not just possible, Mr. Editor, that instead of depressed finances being due to concerted action by the farmers, in holding back their cotton, depressed prices for cotton may he due to concerted action by financiers. in holding back their money? ' Is it not possible that this panic, coming .jn<t at this time, was started j with lliis purpose, and that it has gotten beyond Ihc control of its promo- : iIcrs! linl we will not be drawn further j J into .justifying Ihc conduct of our | | people in a mailer thai neither yon ; j nor your Wall Slice*1 friends have 1 111.* slightest right to dictate or even ( suggesl ; a mailer that as free Anior- ,< ican cili/ens we can dispose of in our i own way, at our own good pleasure, i hike Frederick, (he Great, b\ our 1 reverses we have learned the arts of war, ai I neither the hullvimr nor 1 flattering of Wall Street lijiinblers and their salelilies will wrest from us the Iriumpli of r'mhl. We are cn-i pable of attending (o our own affairs ami we have heard of in uiv who have gotten rich by (his simple process. ' Wyatt Aiken. initios Bonds; T? < j| 1!.]] IJi^' ki ! \ idquarters for ' 3.8 Goods i i DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! , OK ALL KINDS, CHINA, KID, t. WAX. AND RAG DOLhS. RANG 10 ? IX .MMCMS FROM I'M V10 CENTS , TO TWO 1 )< M/IjARS. | TOYS OF 10V10RV DIOSORIP- j TIOX. HORN'S, WAGONS, TOY \ MOXKIOVS, ALIIU'MjS, BIRDS, MA- f MY RATTLIORS AND A WOKhD I ?>K ()TI MORS. , I'Mb' 10 WORKS WHICH WIO , WILL SELL XYIIOhlOSAhlO AND , RIOT AIL. WOMAN CANDhlOS, KOt'U MAhhS TO TWENTY-FIVE \ MA hl;S, I'M I MO ORAlCKEUS, SALt'TES, I'M V10 AND T10X CENT , l?A OK A CMOS, JAM TOlMMODOES , i OK AI/I J KINDS. 1)0 NOT FOR- , ' (HOT TO HUY YOUR I'M REWORKS ' KliOM THE SMITH CO. OAXDY OK Ahh KINDS. WE HAVE A LARGE hlXlO OK POP i ' STICKS AiND OAI\S TO POP IN THEM. s ] Mittle Coi ner, 'ry,.S. C. We have a pleasun Pe guarantee to show th This stock was pe New York. Cut Glass, 01 Goods, Fountai Pictures, Dress Other beautifu Call on us. F KT33W E33ISOK Parlor Grand Phonograj Outfit No. 6. This outfit consists of spccia selected KDISON STAN DAI L*110NO(i R A PI I equipped w magnificent genuine Kdison h< nore than 2|< ft. long and over 1 Ft. in diameter; also specially ec Uructed genuine ICdison horn erai Vour choice of one dozen Kdis :old moulded records. Lowest p uhle cash price for Outfit No. s $29.20. $1.00 a week gets V unfit from us at the lowest po.s >'e cash price. Why not come and see what Have got for you. SALTER'S Art and Variety Stor Newberry, S. C. iTLARS OF SUFFERING TH] ROBUST HEALTH. jj-roat Remedy Cured Skin Disc; of Long Standing. Mr. J. Weber, of 100;*) Vine slrt "<;i 11 Jose, Ciil., writes an interesti itory of terrible skin suf.l'eri.ig wli: uded in i-i;!, us! !;eal!h W'hcn ' ii' 1 ;i rt'iuedy which cured !iim !i n: . . !1 : vi* is Mr. Webey's o I 1 ! : "in .?1 MOP. my |';u-e l.o-an ie :i!'!'(" !e?l 'wil.h a terrible skin <1 asi'. i went to ii <; iclor, and lie t< ne thai I had been poisoned and vanled to operate on rue. T refito let 11 i 111 do so and alter ii f nonllis my face was an awful sig ton (onld see ilia! it was diseased lie hone. Some people claimed 1-1 hail cancer. (Jreal boils would 1 >ear, in creasing" in si/,e and paini ne terribly. .1 'begun to doctor agi nil 110 one could help me; large pi >les and boils would conlinii" 01110. At that time I had as ma is tea on my face. I wasc .such a t ible sight that my friends could 1 icar to see me. I doctored for f 'ears until my funds gave out am iad to stop. During this time I tr ivcr H00 remedies. ''One day I happened to hear of ). I). Prescript ion and learned thai iad cured several bad cases of i'le na. I purchased a 'bottle and thci >ot a second bottle. The use of I iotlies cured me. 1| has been eii nonllis now and Hie disease has returned. My friends ask what it \ lli.it cured me of I he awful Iron iind I answer that it was !). 1). kviucli healed mo." We know that every word of nbove letter is absolutely true, keep D. I). D. Prescription, the gi remedy for eczema, psoriasis, : rheum, dandruff, etc., because all cures it nas made appear to -be li ing. Come in and talk to us ab this remedy. \\r. fr. craves, Newberry, S. C "DEXTFR," liiy fine stallion will for service during ihe season al il. P.rnvvn's stables, known Knighton's old stand. ?T. B. Bedenbaugl < i for all shoppers during the days I ha 111 & S ie largest and prettiest lir rsonally selected by Dr. P< nina. Ware, Fine L in Pens, Chafing Dis ing Cases, Cuff anc I and suitable arti< please and delight A merry and joyous Chris Reliable Pharmacist pifR~E~M~C We have move !"!'store on upper M %\ >? is a nice and iarg< - with HOU8EHOL t VEHICLES, is'"j Hope to tell wejthese goods next and let us show y Thanking you ? business, and soli' ' your patronage ir _ now Yours 1: BN j ^ ic!i ; lie ' ^ L j* m ' DRES5 j,0 i I 1 I CDfymCHV I9M,,6YTMC BvSTfcR. BROWN CO. CtflCA j why does the fruit not APPLET AT THE To? or T ^ THE APPLET AT THE Top >> PEOPLE aj'EE. APPEAR,AHC tho ANCE HELP*S THE FRUIT We APPEARANCE HELP YoI/? APPEARANCE AND WITH ti>o MEN'.S ALL WOOL ?SVIT,5 "a MEN'.S RAIN CoAT?S TRoM &OYS' RAIN CoATS FROM RE.SPECTF lie I iw COR. M, , ! THE VP-TO-J preceding Christmas. >on i ie of Holiday Goods. I 3lham, Sr., recently in ^ .amps, Leather 1 hes, Perfumery, I 1 Collar Boxes, cles which will. s. ! IVAL! N id into our new 1 ain Street. This 3 building filled D GOODS and 3U more about week. Come in ou around. r for your past citing a share of i future, we are ruly, ? if JO LVELD ! EVER. SEE ANY O/SE AT POP WHO IS N'T WELL ed. ^rbu aujstHave wnREL-Tb REftCH ' P ORSrAYTTlERE, i > YOU QN. THE WAY BUSTER BROWNE I "j HE BARREL? BECAU?S^B ARE VHE HR-ST oNE.H? E COUNTS. If A?PEAp,rH| MAN, WHY WILL NO,?W WE CAN HELP YoVjHH TRoM $8.00 TO $?5 JHjH