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% f trolls and |em VOL XL/V" NO. 7?> NEWBERRY? S. P., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1908. TWTOE A WEEK, SI.50 A YEAR FIXING PRICE OF COTTON. x * s Why Efforts are Boing Made in Sot Places to Prevent Ginning of Cr< Explained?Harmony Botween Fa niws' Union and Southern Cotti Association. News and Courier. Columbia, September 20.?Now th the cotton crop is being picked tl main commercial interest in the Sou cen I res in' the price which the cr< will bring, and curiosity is added the interest by the determination 1 the Farmers' Union to keep seer the price for which the members 1 the Union are pledged to hold I lie product. The idea of a secret minimum f< the cotton planters' organizations h been in mind for several years, b prior to this year it was not adopte It remains to be seen how it w work. In the first place it is a pr bleni how long such a secret may 1 kept, when it is necessarily known so many persons. Suppose a member of Mie Fanner Union, known to be a member of tl organization, sells a bale of potto say at fifteen cents. Will it not tin be known that he has sold hi or abo' this fixed minimum 011 the one ban or that 011 the other he lias violat< his pledge? Then if another month comes along and sells at the same < at a lower price, there will lie confi mation of the informal ion gained fro the first sale as to (he minimum fixe by their organization. Tt would seei therefore, that the price cannot loi be kept a secret if any sales at .1 are made by members of the unio And if 110 sales nl all are made by tl members it will be clear that tl market price has not reached the mi "111111111. At this time the spot market is n der ten cents, and there is no like] hood of the minimum being reveah by any sales, for it can very well 1 taken for granted that the fixed inin ilium is above that figure. At prose 1 the efforts of the organization of pla: tors scorns to be directed to kcepii hid also the information as to the si: of the crop, and one way lo accon plisli this is to prevent the ginning < as much cotton as possible, since tl reports of the ginners to the goveri mcnt give away I lie information r which ordinarily the price would 1 fixed in commercial circles?revealii the amount of the supply. This is very natural effort on the part of tl cotton farmers, in view of the fa that the efforts of the speculators In been to fix the price of cotton r gardless of (ho law of supply and d inand. The plan of tho farmers is fight the speculators with their o\\ tactics, it seems. Meanwhile the co ton manufacturer, especially in tl South/ is primarily interested in staple price of cotton regulated 1 the supply and demand, so that tl trade will not be subjected to violei fluct Uat ions. That both the Southern Colic Association, and later the Farmer Union, have done a good deal arouse the farmers of the South lo sense of their own strength there cs. be no doubt. Though at one time appeared that the two organizatioi might fight at cross purposes, it seen now thai they will co-operate. Thei were indications of this at the r cent State meeting of county pros dents of the Farmers' Union, and tl following editorial from this week issue of the Farmers' Union Su published in Columbia as the ollici organ of the Fanners' Union, leavi the same impression. Th? Farmer Union Sun says: v "Have the Same Object." "The Southern Cotton Associate and the Farmers' Union have tl same object. Holli are working to tl same end. The Association was .1 emergency organization. Tho tin had come when something must I done and done in a hurry. The com try was right tip aginst a serioi 1 proposition. To meet the then exis ing conditions the Southern Cot If: Association was formed, ft never wt a close organization?it was 11101 like a mass moot ing. But it was 110 ossary lo move in.a hurry, and I he a i sociation accomplished its object? jj . got a good price for cotton. '.'The Farmers' Union, which is a ne close organization, came along with R< ap the assoc.ia.tion, working for the same ir- object, but with a slower process of jn organization. The very mature of the organization made it necessary to go slow. If the fight had been left en- of Iirely to the Union parts of South Fji at Carolina as well as a part of almost | do lie every cotton growing State would |af th have 'had no part in the fight. >p "Both organizations fought a good en to fight and won a glorious victory. he of ''But there is still work To be done, po et We believe that the members of the eo of Cotton Association who are eligible th< fir to membership in the Union will find a v that 'they can accomplish a great eoi or deal and be of great value tc the us country by coming into (lie Union, rli ut You can maintain your membership he d. in the association and still belong to na ill the union. Most of the members of 0- the union in this State were formerly p]< |)e members of the association, and many Mi to of them are still carrying llieir mem- da bership in both organizations. li?, s? "The purpose of this article is to to 1C invite all who have been affiliated n with the association and who are cli- 0?i m gible to membership in the union to b. k.0 come iu with us. You will find that ho I you will be received with open arms in, I and a royal welcome. There are no p. differences between us, and we want wji ^ your help and advice. The fight is- ,|U r_ not over. Harder efforts are being Sel m made now than ever before to break Va j the.holding movement. The associa- j,ii tion has not held a State or national convention, and the union will have nu jj to stand the brunt of the fight. We want some of those generals and major wc generals who waged that magnificent st< I fight several years ago. We need nl them. They are veterans and can be of great value. Will you not come Sn in and help us? Will yon not unite OM vonr forces with ours and go with us (||j on to glorious victory?" VJ, ie lu' The South is so overwhelmingly ag- SP' nj ricultural that the possibilities in a ls n_ thorough organization of those engager ed in the great industrv of agriculture 7fl are almost beyond the 'magination. The tiling has been tried time and ,f again, but with only partial success, tliough in the case of the Farmers' u_ Alliance t'lie power of such an organ)n ization was made evident for a tim?. l),', )(> Now, however, the farmers have learn- ,()l ed a few-things, even from the succes- ( ? :l ses of the Farmers' Alliance, as well l0 as from its failures, and one of these ,nJ (>l is that their condition is to be bene- '>(>i ,s t'itod not so much by legislation as by pl( o_ the application of business principles e- to their business. They may again to make mistakes, ami doubtless will do n so. but they are manifestly progresst i ug. a TRYING TO TAX "NEAR BEER." >v gei ,,, Action of Georgia Legislature to be ,1 Fought in the Courts. on Atlanta. f!a.. Set ember 20.?The Georgia prohibition law. so far as tax- 'ol ,n ing "near beer" is concerned, is utis* der fire. The extra session of tlie leg- id< [o islature, which adjourned yesterday, .lu a authorized a tax of $500 on manufac- evi ,p Inrers of this product. Two hundred nic i( dollars was the amount imposed on 1S; dispensers of "near beer." sti is Shortly after last midnight, Judge tei re Ellis, of the superior court, enjoined cai e- the conptroller of the Stale and the $1 ii- sheriff of Fulton county, which in- $1 le eludes Atlanta, from collecting this pis 's tax. The injunction was granted on bo n, the petition of 115 dealers in the of al "prohibition product." The "near cu] r>s beer" dealers assert that the legisln- ba s' tion is unconstitutional. T!ie case will he carried to the highest courts. em >n A NOVEL DEFINITION OF A ! !,1: io "LADY." ?? >e She Is a Clean and Kind Person. ' in Once 1 heard a little girl define a ie ladv in a way that seemed so clear, >e complete ami satisfactory, that 1 )0i u- immediately adopted it as my own, 1 is says Helen Christine Bennett in r 1? 1- symposium, "What Ts a Ladv?" in H. in the New Idea Woman's Magazine | (,<)' is for October. She said: "A lady is j 1^' re a clean woman who is kind." That is. ' c- a very plain statement, but it seems On s- to me that it covers the entire str it ground. I pi( SECRET MINIMUM PRICE. < sport on Crops Shows State Will i Produce 800,000 Bales?Average i 58-59 Per Cent. i ( Columbia, Sept. IS.?Tlu> gathering ] I ho executive committee of tin1 \ irmors' Union ami county pres/i- < nts concluded its session yesteradv I ternoon. : Thi' following inroriuation was giv- i out IVom the meeting, which was 1 Id behind dosed door. From re- 1 rls from eaeli of the twenty-five i unties represented at the meeting, ] t* estimate of the presei I crop was I craged at from .">8 1-2 to .">0 per n nt of normal, which means that the c ate will produeo about 800,000 bales I is fall, ft neon raping reports were < ard from the State delegates to the < tional convention at Foil Worth. n Definite steps were taken to com- ( Me the organization of counties. < urion will be organized next Mon- i y and Clarendon, Marlboro, Cal- s nil and Aiken counties "will fall in- | line soon after. 1 Secretary l'\ 11. Weston, of the 1 (ton association and President T. i < Staekhouse of the Standard Ware- < use company, addressed the meet- ) ; on the cotton movement and the ; porlaneo of storing. A resolution is unanimously adopted which re- , ires all members of the union to . II not a bale until there is an ad- ; ece from the present price. The ] uimum is held secret. I Steps were taken to place the ftar- ( m's' Union Sun on a firm financial \ Dtinpr with $10,000 capital and a 11 equipped plant, the raising' of j >ck being prorated anion" the sever- (| county organizations. The determination is to make the j n a strong agricultural paper secd to none in the country, and to is end arrangements were made for . rious departments of the paper to edited by eminent agricultural iM-ialists. ftditor Parrot 1 says now ' the time to subscribe. ! 1 HJGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY. ! 1 !< i, formation for Those Who Wish to 1 Attend. 1 t Mrs. liobert Wright, of Newberry, ' I'sident of the South Carolina divis i of the United Daughters of the s I nfederaey, writes the Stale: "I am >wered with letters every day ask- ' r when the general convention will , ele. The entire division will be 1 >ased lo get the information con- ' ned in tin* allachcd circular." 1 The circular letter is as follows: .. I c (lie United Daughter of the Con-11 fcderacv: J(1 Vour atlention is called lo the med- j 1 : of I lie annual convention of iheM neral association, United Daughters I I he Confederacy, in Atlanta, (Ja., ' Wednesday morning, November 11. 1*8. at HI o'clock, with a session of nr days. The Atlanta chapter, with its prosMil, Mrs. ftdward (5. Warner, 217 niper street, Atlanta, are making I prv elVort to assure a successful ! ? 'eting. The Piedmont hotel, I'each tree eel, has been selected for headipiar s. Kooms on the fturopean plan 'I n be secured, without bath, from .50 to $2.50; with bath, $2.50 to t Oilier hotels on the fturopean 1 in are the Kimball and Ihe Aragon, I Ih on Peach tree street, with rales i $1 per day, where two or more oc- I py a room, without bath; and with I lli, $2 lo $.1.50. I The Marion, three blocks from the' mention hall, and Majestic, four ( >eks distant, both on (he American ; ;i in, offer rooms for $2 to $2,50, with- ! I bath, and $.1 per day with bath. ' v e 1,eland, a boarding house, fonrjc >cks from the convention hall, on j i uston street, offers room and.'*" urd wit!i bath. for $1.50 per day. For further information in regard i accommodations, write to Mrs. S. i! Melonc, chairman information rnnittee. I II east Pine street, At- c ita, (2a. c The convention will be held in the ' ble Concert hall, 82-81 north P.road ' eet, Atlanta, llivee doors from tlio ? nlmont hotel. ' 1 Presidents of Slate divisions and T hapter presidents, where 110 division s organized, will see that all requircnents have been met for their full W ^presentation in the annual convenion. Sneli requirements are: A compete registry of membership papers, vith eaeli State registrar, or with CI hapter registrar, where no division las been formed; and the payment of pi mnnal dues on October 1. i{)08, which I'o mionnt 'mnst be sent to Mrs. L. ft. at Williams, treasurer general, I". I). (\, w< >o.\ Anchorage. Ky.; and the fill- (i? n.u out of credential papers and I t h noinpt return of the same to Mrs. A. bi i. Dowell, recording secretary geuer- he I. I D. <Opelika Ala. Duplicate (> 1 topics of these credential papers must \v< >e scut to Miss Anna C. Denning,, <n 'hairman credential committee, care ac >f Mrs. Robert ft. Parks, 18 Merritt th ivennc, Atlanta, (la. Chapters must pt led delegates at once, that these ere- co lenlial papers may be filled out and elurned without delay. I la a chaplcr tli 'ends rh? delegates t< (he convention, jn >ro\y representation, in writing, may m< >e appointed. (Credential blanks will St )c sent out from the blliee of the re- wl ording secretary general, and any to hapter not receiving these will ap- re >ly to Mrs. A. L. Dowell, Opelika. Im Ma. w. It is urged that all reports of gen- 1,1 M'al ollieers, State division presidents XVl md chairman of committees be made is concise and business-like as possi- t'1 )le, and typewritten. When read, " hese reports must he turned over lo i'1 he recording secretary for print inj* I n the minutes. All ollieers and State directors of I'11 he Arlington Confederate Monument NV' issoeiation must make a written re>orl of all work done during the year 0 the president general, ex ollicio 1,1 hairman. at the meeting of the as- :l11 ociation. which will be held during he convention in Atlanta. I" Chapters will bear in mind thai the daeim* o| portraits of our great hieftain. Jefferson Davis, and the ?eerless commnndcr. lioberl 10. Lee, n the schools of tin1 South should be | ' ontiuued, as this is in line with our nirpose. to keep alive I lie best and "" nost sacred memories of "Ilie days of he (i()s,'' and besides, such endeav- ')'1 r is inspiring ami educational to the S(' outli of our land. Do nol forget our ,n oldiers sleeping in the nal'onal cemeery at Arlington, and lo whom we ire now striving to erect a monument, hi 1 loving tribute from the Daughters ,i< ?f the Confcderacv. To this end let an he annual meeting show a good re- Si ?orr. |o Favorable railroad rates will be se- r'' ured, and a laruc attendance is e\iccted at this annual reunion, when1 ''' uir pledge of loyally may be stiniiialed and renewed, and where thai ralernal spirit iliat mak"* us one in lli Purpose and action may find its cm ndi.'st ami Irnest realization. wi Cormdia Rraneh Stone, ar President (leneral. I*. I). ('. A P>lue Hidge Springs, V:>. en 1" SEEKS COURT'S AID. m II Jtate Board of Pharmaceutical Examinerfj Ordered to Show Cause. H I'he State. 01 (ireenville, Sept. 17.?Chief Jusice Pope of the State supreme court tas issued an order against the Stale maid of pharmaceutical exan.im rs, *' equiring them to show cause v.by a icense should nol bo issued to John 1. Mauldin of (Sreenville lo pradi*.? diarmac.y iu I his Slate. '' Justice Pope's order is deemed of on^idcrable general interest in that ' i fler Mr. Mauldin had proceeded with i ii-; examination to a a* n point, lie y, vas told that he could nol gel a liense unless he .iad served four ''ears! i . ' i,n inder a competent druggist ,n PiisL, <laite. I V I pon this point Mr. Mauldin, v. h'? - a uradiiate of ihc pharmacent ie.nl ,.n leparlnient of the. i niversily <d ,j laryland, makes his complaint lo j,, ourl. Mr. Mauldin's petition de- j| lares this regulation is repugnan: t<? 1 <f. \>\v an.I upon this eonfy,.tion Justice |j, 'ope issued the. order. '()p The order is returnable o;. October St at Columbia. in; ILLMAN'S HEALTH RECOVER ED. ill Continue to Be Activo in Politic; ?Will Not be Able to Fight so Fiercely, However. inrlotte Observer. Columbia, S. Sept. 1!).?The iiu ession has prevailed over (lie Stall r some lime Ilia! Senator Tillmai I lie end of his Kuropeau loin ulil have to retire from active poli 'ill lite. It has not been though at lie would jrive up I In* senatnrship it in view of liis advanced years ' and Dr. Mabcock celebrated theii st ,birlInlay jointly in Paris a fev ,'eUs a^o?the opinion has prevailei en ainonjr those most intimately quainted with ilie senator's eondi m that he would hereafter he eoin *lled to pursue practically a passivi tirse. "Not'liinjr could be further fron e truth," said Dr. .1. \V. Mabcock st returned !< Columbia from l >u itntlis spent in (ouriuir Kurope will nator Tillman and Mrs. Tillman Iim left Senator and Mrs. Tillmai spend a mouth in Scotland be ton turniuir to America. ''The senato is recovered his health and strenirtl Dinlerfully. lie has been the lives ember of the party, and it was al i* could do to prevent his rcturnim America to take an active part ii e presidential campaign for Bryan e takes the keenest sort of interes the fiijht, and lie is ent husiast icall; nfident of Democratic success. "Now of course Senator Tillmai is reached that point in his lif< liere he will have to recojrni/.e hi: Dilations, a thiujr in fact lie shouh ive done several years aji'o. He can it no like a steam engine any more nl he recognizes this himself now it he will yet riirlit back into activc litical life when he returns, am ere is every reason to believe then e many more years of yood fijrhlinj r him. lie was looking spleudii ivsically when I left him. lie ha: I'adily improved all the lime, am has been in excellent spirits. Tin ily symptoms left of his old trouble: 'e a sliultl occasional ache in tin ick of his head and a mild drawint nsat ion at tin1 corner o|' hi until. To Test Pellagra Cure. Dr. Mabcock himself spent most o s time abroad ?rat herinjr in forma hi and studying all sides of pellagra nl in this lie had valuable help fron nator Tillman himself. In additim iratherinir informal ion from libra i?s everywhere he went. Dr. Hah ck was niven inueb assistance Iron ndiim nieinbers of his professim roiijrhout Murope. "After l.">0 years of wrest liu<r will is fearful disease." said Dr. Mali ck. "the medical profession onl; it bin the last years appears to hav rived ;11 a solution of the |iroblein medicinal treatment has been dis vered that at last promises promp 'rtnaneiil cure. We will slart to orrow here in the South t'arolim ospital for the Insane, where w ive several cases, t est i ult this cure.' ASKELL CHALLENGES HEARS1] klahoma Governor Invites Edito of New York American, who Ha Accused Him of Connection Witl Standard Oil Company, to Appea With Him Before Editors of Fiv Leading Independent Newspapers; ('hicaijo, September 'JO (Soverno a<kcll, of (Oklahoma, tonight uav< it the following tolcirrnin, which, In ill. lie had sent to William Kando||i| carst : ''William Ii. Ilearst, C:ire Ncv nk American, New York City, New irk? Sir: you are >taliny in fpeeel d press, in >ubslance, 111;iI diiriiu e year ISfM). when Attorney (!ener Frank S. Moniiett. Ohio, hat vera I ca -e< peiidinir in the Miprenu int of that State nuain>l the Stan rd <iil company, that I sonjrht ti fluence him to dismiss those suits lave said, and now repeat, that voui itemeiil is absolutely false, am at I have never had any relaliom any kind or character with tin amlard Oil company. ()ur conflict % statements prove nothing. Von, a >- 51 UCWspsipot' HUIII, may, 'Mid should, desire a reputsil inn I'or truthfulness; I. as a public ollicial, demand (hat 8 those who accuse me Maud I'orlh and make known their pruol, \ i>11 know that a suit against you for civil damages. or a criminal prosecution tor libel, moans long delay ami affords - your character of journalism a chance ' to eovcr your expo uses before being ' cstlled upon to settle. I do not want y<?nr money ; I simply desire In expose - you lo i he public as a false accuser. I who has distorted public records and , tuantiIaolnred statements fur base polities! I purposes. For the purpose of i torever settling this infamous slander which you are circulating in your 1 newspapers stud on the stump, I now propose that a committe of five, or any three of them, composed of the - editors of the Springfield, Mass., Kei' publican, the Chicago Journal, tho New World, the Indianapolis l News and the St. Louis Republic, be . selected In hear you siud me under ' oath, and nil other evidence they tmiv i desire, as to lhe truth or falsity of . your charge, at the csirliesl possible, i moment, and render their decision to '* ' I"' public in writing. Should Ibis i* coniiuitlee find your chsirge sustained I shall withdraw I mm sill connection t with the present presidential eam1 pai<rn. Should the verdict be against - yon. as I know it will, there need ii be no other penalty than the public ' eontempt due every assassin of cliart acler. "<\ 11. Haskell." i NEW CONVICT BILL. ^ Lease System in Georgia Done Away I With?Law Designed to Prevent Abuse of Prisoners. Atlanta, tia., Sept. '20.- .lust at i> midnight last nighl (low lloke Smith I signed the convict lease bill, which ; hercsifter prohibits llu> leasing of ; felons except by the consent of I lie I .governor and prison commission. The < bill was passed by (hi* le?_:islal are ves| Ierday alter $.1. i,000 had been spenl in :? an extra session and nearly a month s iimmI in discussing' the legislation. i> Willi the signature < I (Jov. Smilli on the bill as engrossed, lieor^isi has s done away with a system which has been in existence ever since lSli.">, It was to settle 1 his convicl lesisu j. questinii that (lov. Smith called a special session of (lie legislalarc. He desired that I he lease system be ahso^ lulely abolished and the bill as pass! ed provides thai there will he no leasing of convicts to any conlrador for private vain. It is said tliese conlrac( tors have made thousands .if dollar^ ) out of convict labor in lieor^ia in llie 1:il I" years, the men heim; leased I to I lieiil al $1011 apiece willi t lie simple provision of board and slcepm;<|iiai lers. v In the invest iual ion which led to the presenl legislation there was considerable testimony lo the effect I hat I negro convicts had been whipped l>\ overseers and that in several cases ( the abuse had resulted in llic death of ,, men under Hie control of I'm- lessee. \\ lien the (leorgia legislature assembled a month ago lo consider the p question of convict labor, (lov. Smith announced that he desired all I races r ol | lie lease system to be criulicnfed. s House and senate disagreed as to how this should be accomplished. The senr ale insisted that I here should be no D leasing after March .'51 next. The j house wanted the lease system extended to 1!M I. Finally, however, house |. and sennle compromised on a measure |t which permits the lease by the Stale j. of any convicts not used on Slate ( roads, nor by municipalities, nor ill Stale inst it id ions. These men may be t. used as I lie prison commission and ; i>o\ernor see lit, but as a (dose friend i * I (lov. Smith .--aid tonight, when it ,. was surest cd I hat this provision might prove a ''joker.'' ''(lov. Smith, j Von may be sure, is totally opposed to leasing convicts to private individuals and will never consent to any leases ! '>1 this kind. The lease system i-dead.'' I SUE Hroaddus & Kull's Toilet Soap, < liox I'aper, Talcum Powder, Dental I'owder, Tooth finishes, etc., before you buy.