The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, September 22, 1908, Image 1
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VOL XL/V" NO. 7?> NEWBERRY? S. P., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1908. TWTOE A WEEK, SI.50 A YEAR
FIXING PRICE OF COTTON.
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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
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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.
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sport on Crops Shows State Will i
Produce 800,000 Bales?Average i
58-59 Per Cent. i
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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.
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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
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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.