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OL L7ra SlB 22.9 VOL XLV NO.73; NEWBERRY, S. C.. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 22. 1908. TWICE A WEEK. S1.50 A YEAR FIXING PRICE OF COTTON. Why Efforts are Being Made in Some Places to Prevent Ginning of Crop Explained-Harmony Between Far mers' Union and Southern Cotton Associati.L News and Courier. Columbia, September 20.--Now that the cotton crop is being picked the main commercial interest in the South centres in- the price which the crop will bring, and curiosity is added to the interest by the determination of the Farmers' Union to keep secret the price for which the members of the Union are pledged to hold their product. The idea of a secret minimum for the cotton planters' organizations has been in mind for several years, but prior to this year it was not adopted. It remains, to be seen how it will work. In the first place it is a pro blem how lon'g such a secret may be kept, when it is necessarily known to so many persons. Suppose a member of t<he Farmers' Union, known to be a member of the organization, sells a bale of cotton, say at fifteen cents. Will it not then be known that he has sold at or above this fixed minimum on the one hand, or that on the other he has violated his pledge?' Then if another member comes along and sells at the same or at a lower price, there will be confir mation of the information gained from the first sale as to the minimum fixed by their organization. It would seem, therefore, -that the price cannot long be kept a secret if any sales at all are made by members of the union. And if no sales at all are made by the members it will be clear that the market price has not reached the min imum. At this time the spot market is un der ten cents, and there is. no likeli-. hood of the minimum being revealed by any sales, for it can very well be taken for granted that the fixed mini mum is above that figure. At present the efforts of the organization of plan ters seems to be direeted to keeping hid also the information as to the size of the crop. and one way to aecom plish this is to prevent the ginning of as much cotton as possible, since the reports of the ginners to the govern ment give away_ the information on which ordinarily the priee would be fixed in commerial eireles-revealing --the amount of the supply. This is a very natural effort on the part of the cotton farmers, in view of the fact tha4t the efforts of the speculators has been to fix t'he price of cotton re gardless of the law of supply and de mand. The plan of the farmers is to fight the specullators with their own ~actics, it seems. Meanwhile the cot ton manufacturer. especially in the South'> is primarily interested in a staple price of cotton regulated by the supply and demand, so that the trade will not be subjeeted to violent hittations. That both t.he Southern Cotton' Association, tand later the Farmers' nion, have done a good deal - to arouse 'the farmers of the South to a' sense of their own strength there can e 'no doubt. Though at one time it1 appeared that the two organizations might fight at cross purposes,.1t seems now thih-t they will co-operate.. There were indications of -this at the re ent State meeting of county presi dents of the Farmers' Union, and the following editorial from this week's issue of -the Farmers' Union Sun, published in Columbia as the official *organ of the Farmers' Union. leaves the same impression. The~ Farmers' 'Union Sun says: "Have the Same Object." "'The Sonthern Cotton Associat ion and the Farmers' Union have t-he same object. Both are working to the same end. The Association w-as an energency organization. The time had come when something must be done and done in ai hurry. The coun try was rihup aginst a serious proposition. To meet the then exist ing conditions the .Southe"rn Cot.ton Association was formed. ft never was a cose organization-it was more like a mass meeting. But it was nec essarv to more in.a hurry, and the as soan accmnlished its ob.iect-it o.t a good price for cotton. "The Farmers' Union, which is a .lose organization, came along with he assoe.iation, working for the same >bject. but with a slower process of )rganization. The very nature of the )rganization made it necessary to go low. If the fight had been left en tirely to the Union parts of South Carolina as well as a part of almost every cotton growing State would h-ve shad no part in the fight. ''Both organizations fought a good Fight and won a glorious victory. "But there is still work to be done. W'e believe that the members of the [otton Association who are eligi?le to membership in the Union will find that they can accomplish a great ieal and be of great value to the 1ountry by coming into the Union. Tou can maintaiu your membership in the association and still belong to. the union. Most of the members of the union in this State were formerly nembers of the association, and many >f them are still carrying their mem bership in both organizations. "The purpose of this article is to invite all who have been affiliated vith the association and who are eli ,ible to membership in the union to eome in with us. You will find that you will be received with open arms and a royal welcome. There are no lifferences between us. and we went cour help and advice. The fight is aot over. Harder efforts are being made now than ever before to break the .holding movement. The associa tion has not held a State or national aonvention, and the union will have to stand the brunt of the fight. We want some of those generals and major ^enerals who waged that magnificent fight several years ago. - We need them. They are veterans and can be >f great value. Will you not come in and help us'? Will you not unite cour forces with ours and go with us >n to glorious victory? The South is so overwhelmingly ag ieultural that the possibilities in a thorough organization of those engag ?d in the great industry of agriculture are almost beyond the .magination. The thing has been tried time and i.gain, but with only partial success, though in the case of the Farmers' lliance t>he power of such an organ zation was made evident for a time. bow, however, the farmers ba"e learn ad a few 'things, even from the succes ses of the Farmers' Alliance, as well as from its failures, and one of these s that their condition is to be bene Fited not so much by legislatien as by dhe application of business piieiples to their business. They may again wake mistakes, and doubtless will do so, but they are manifestly progress mug. TRYING T'O TAX "NEAR BEER." Action of Georgia Legislature to be Fo-1ght in the Courts. Atlanta-. Ga.. Setember 20.-The Georgia prohibition law. so far as tax ine "'near beer"' is concerned, is un der fire. The extra session of th'e leg islature. whie-h adjourned yesterday, authorized a tax of $500 on manufac turers of this product. Two hundred dollars was the amount imposed on dispensers of "near beer." Shortly after last midnight, Judge Ellis, of the superior court, enjoined the conptroller of the State and the sheriff of Fulton county, which in eludes Atlanta, from collecting this tax. The injunction was granted on the petition of 115 dealers in the 'prohibition product."' - The ''near eer'' dealers assert that the legisha tion is uneonstitutionl. The case will be carried to the highes-t courts. A NOVEL DEFINITION OF A "LADY." She Is a Clean and Kind Person. Once I heard alittle girl define a lady~ in a way- that seemed so clear, complete and satisfactory, that I immediately adopted it as my own, sas Helen Christine Bennett in: symposium, '"What Is a Lady?'" in the New Idea Woman 's Magazine for October. She said: "A lady is a clean woman who is kind." That is a very plain statement. but it seems to me that it covers the entire SECRET MINIMUM PRICE. Report on Crops Shows State Will Produce 800,000 Bales-Average 58-59 Per Cent. Coiumbia, Sept. 18.-The getlhering of the executive committee of the Farmers' Union and county presi dents concluded its sessioti vesterady afternoon. The following informution was giv en out from the meeting, which was held behind closed door. From re ports from each of the twenty-five counties represented at the meeting, the estimate of the presei t crop was averaged at from 58 1-2 to 59 per cent of normal, which means that the State will produce about 800,000 bales this fall. Encouraging reports were heard from the State delegates to the national convention at Foit Worth. Definite steps were taken to com plete the organization of counties. Mario., will be organized next Mon day and Clarendon. Marlboro. Cal houn and Aiken counties will fall in to line soon after. Secretary F. H. Weston, of the Cotton association and President T. B. Stackhouse of the Standard Ware house company, addressed the meet ing on the cotton movement and the importance of storing. A resolution was unanimously adopted which re quires all members of the union to sell not a bale until there is an ad vance from the present price. The minimum is held secret. Steps were taken to place the Far mers' Union Sun on a firm financial footing with $10,000 capital and a well equipped plant, the raising of stock being prorated among the sever al county organizations. The determination is to make the Sun a strong agricultural paper sec ond to none in the country, and to this end arrangements were made for various departments of the paper to be edited by eminent agricultural specialists. Editor Parrott says now is the time to subscribe. DAUGHTERS OF CONFEDERACY.1 Information for Those Who Wish to Attend. Mrs. Robert Wright. of Newberry, president of the South Carolina divis ion of the Uni.ted Daughters of .the Confederacy, writes the State: "I am showered with letters every day ask ing when the general convention will be,, etc. The entire division will be pleased to get the information con tained in the attached circular.''" The circular letter is as follows: To the United Daughter of the Con fed.eracy: Your attention is called to,the meet ing of the annual convention of the general association. United Daughters of the Confederacy. in Atlanta, Ga., on Wednesday morning. November 11. 1908. at 10 o'clock, with a session of four days. The Atlanta chapter. with its pres ident. Mrs. Edward G. Warner, 217 Juniper street. Atlanta, are making every effort to assure a successful meeting. The Piedmont hotel, Peachtree street, has been selected for headquar ters. Rooms on .the European plan ean be secured, without bath, from $1.50 to $2.50; with bath, $2.50 to $4. Other hotels on the European plan are the Kimball and the Aragon, both on Peachtree street, with rates of $1 per day, where t vo or more oe upy a room, without bath; and with bath, $2 to $3.50. The Marion. three blocks from the convention hall, and Majestic, four~ blocks distant, both on the American plan, offer rooms for $2 to $2.50. with out bath. and $3 per day with bath. The Leland. a boarding house, four blocks fr~omj the convention hall. on~ Houston street. offers room and board with bath, for $1.30 per day. For further information in regard to accommoditions. write to Mrs. R. H. Melone, chairman informatiogi committee. 144 east Pine street. At lanta, Ga. IThe convention will he held in the Cable Concert hall. 82-84 north Broad street, Atlanta, th':ee dcors from the Presi(lents of State (ivisions -and chapter p,residents. where no division is organized. will see that all require ments have been met for their full representation in the annual conven tion. Such requirements are: A com plete registry of membership papers, with each State registrar, or with chapter registrar, where no division has been formed: and the payment of annual dues on October 1, 1908, which amount 'must be sen.t to Mrs. L. E. Williams, treasurer general, U. D. C., box 55. Anchorage. Ky.: and the fill ing out of credential papers and prompt return of the same to Mrs. A. L. Dowell, recording secretary gener al. U. D. C., Opelika Ala. Duplicate copies of these credential papers must be sent to Miss Anna C. Benning, chairman credential committee, care of Mrs. Robert E. Parks, 48 Merritt avenue. Atlanta. Ga. Chapters must elect delegates at once, that these cre dential papers may be filled out and returned wi,thout delay. If a chapter sends no delegates to the convention, proxy representation, in writing, may be appointed. Credential blanks will be sent out from the office of the re cording secretary general, and any chapter not receiving these will ap ply to Mrs. A. L. Dowell, Opelika, Ala. It is urged that all reports of gen eral officers. State division presidents and chairman of committees be made as conc ie and business-like as possi ble, and typewritten. When read, these reports must be turned over to the recording secretary for printing in the minutes. All officers and State directors of the Arlington Confederate Monument association must make a written re port of all work done during the year to the president general, ex officio chairman, at the meeting of the as sociation. which will be held during the convention in Atlanta. Chapters will hear in mind that the placing of portraits of our great chieftain. Jefferson Davis. and the peerless commander. Robert E. Lee, in the schools of the South should be continued, as this is in line with our purpose. to keep alive the best and most sacred memories of "the days of the '60s.' and besides, such endeav or is inspiring and educational to the youth of our land. Do not forget our soldiers sleeping in the national ceme tery at Arlington. and to whom we are now striving to 'erect a monument, a loving tribute from the Daughters of the Confederacy. -To this end let the annual meeting show a good re port. Favorable railroad rates will be se cured. and a large attendance is ex peted at this annual reunion, where our pledge of loyalty may be stimu lated and renewed, and where that fraternal spirit that mak':s us onue in purpose and action may fi1ad its holiest and truest realization. Cornelia Branch Stone, President General. U. D. C. Blue Ridge Springs, Va. SEEKS COURT'S AID. State Board of Pharmaceutical Ex aminers Ordered to Show Cause. The State. Greenville, Sept. 17.-Chief Jus tice Pope of the State supreme court has issued an order against the State board of pharmaceutical examinErs, requiring them to show eause v.hy a license should not be issued to John H. Mauldin of Greenville to pra.:tia pharmacy in this State. Justice Pope's order is deemed of considerab)le general interest in th;at after Mr. Mauldin had proceeded with his examination to a enta'.n point. he was told that lie could not get a li eense unless he .had served four years under a competent druggist in this State. I~pon this point Mr. Mauldin. whio a- agradluate of the pharmaceutical department of the i niversity of Maryland, makes his ermplairt to court. Mr. Mauldin 's petition de eares this regulation is repugnant to h.w and upon this coni ~t ion Jud'ice Pope issued the order. The order is returnabl! o:; Octobjer 1 at Columbia. T1LLMAN'S HEALTH RECOVER- a - ED. d Will Continue to Be Active in Politics tl -Will Not be Able to Fight so n Fiercely, However. tl a Charlotte Observer. ii Columbia. S. C., Sept. 19.-The im- v pression has prevailed over the State t for some time that Senator Tillman c at the end of his European tour y would have to retire from active poli- v tical life. It has not been thought a that lie would give up the senatorship,. n but in view of his advanced years- li he and Dr. Babcock celebrated their f, 61st ,birthday jointly in Paris a few m weeks ago-the opinion has prevailed n even among those most intimately p acquainted with the senator's condi- a tion that he would hereafter be com- e pelled to pursue practically a passive p course. ~ -N. "Not-hing could be further from I the truth," said Dr. J. W. Babcock, s, just returned to Columbia from four o months spent in touring Europe with d Senator Tillman and Mrs. Tillman, y who left Senator and Mrs. Tillman n to spend a month in Scotland before t returning to America. "The senator c has recovered his health and strength I wonderfully. He has been the livest v member of the party, and it was all p we could do to prevent his returning y to America to take an active part in b the presidential campaign for Bryan. e He takes the keenest sort of interest a in the fight, and he.is enthusiastically confident of Democratic success. "Now of course Senator Tillman has reached that point in his life where he will have to recognize his I limitations, a thing in fact he should have done several years ago. He can not go like a steam engine any more, and he recognizes this himself now. But he will get right back into active n political life when he returns, and s there is every reason to believe there h are many more years of good fighting f for him. He was looking splendid g physically when I left him. Ho has b steadily improved all the time, and t' he has been in excellent spirits. The a nly symptoms left of his old troubles t are a slight occasional ache in the ' back of his head and a mild drawing t sensation at the corner of his d mouth." To Test Pellagra Cure. Dr. Babcock himself spent most of 5 his time abroad gathering informa tioni and studying all sides of pellagra,1 and in this he had valuable help from Senator Tillman himself. In additione to gathering information from libra ies everywhere he went, Dr. Bab eoek was given much assistance from ( leading members of his profession1 throughout Europe. ''After 150 years of wrestling with this fearful disease.'' said Dr. Bab cock. "the medical p)rofession only within the last years appears to have arrived at a solution of the p)roblem. t A medicinal treatment has been dis covered that a.t last promises prompt permanent cnre. We will start to morrowv here in the South Carolina ~ Hospital for the Insane, where we have several cases. testing this cure." HASKELL CHALLENGES HEARST Oklahoma Governor Invites Ep4itor of New York American, who Has Accused Him of Connection With ~ Standard Oil Company, to Appear . With- Him Before Editors of Five Leading Independent Newspapers. ( Chicago. September 20.-Governor Haskell, of Oklahoma. tonight gave out the following telegram, which, lie said..he had sent to William Randolph Hearst: 'William R. Hearst, Care New York American. New York City. New ~ York-Sir: vou are stating in speech ~ andl pr'ess. in substance. that during ' the year 1899. when Attorney Gener- r al Frank S. Monnett, of Ohio. had - ~everal ca-es pending in the supreme 1 cort oif that State against the Stan- ~ dard Oli co)mpany, that I sought to ' influence him to dismiss 'those suits. C I have said, and now repeat, that your statemen4t is absolutely false, and E that I have never had any relations of any kind or character with the Standard Oil company. Our conflict in samens pro nothino-. You, as ewinspaperi man. may. '.nd should, esire a reputation for trutlhfulness; as a public Adicial. demand that fu,se who accuse ie stand forth and ake known their proof. You know lat a suit against you for civil dam aes, or a criminal prosecution for bel, means long delay and affords our character of journalism a chance > cover your expenses before being lled upon to settle. I do not want our money: I simply desire to expose ou to the public as a false accuser, ho has distorted public records and anufactured statements for base po tical purposes. For the purpose of )rever settling this infamous slander 'hich you are circulating in your ewspapers and on the stump, I now ropose that a committe of five, or ny three of them, composed of the ditors of the Springfield, Mass., Re ublican, the Chicago Journal, the rew York World. the Indianapolis ews and the St. Louis Republic, be elected to 'hear you and me under ath, and all other evidence they may esire, as to the tru h or falsity of our charge, at the earliest possible toment, and render their decision to Eie public in writing. Should this ommittee find your charge sustained shall withdraw from all connection rith the present presidential cam aign. Should the .verdict be against ou, as I know it will, there need e no other penalty than the public ontempt due every assassin of char cter. "C. H. Haskell." NEW CONVICT BILL. ease System in Georgia Done Away With-Law Designed to Prevent. Abuse of Prisoners. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 20.-Just at didnight last night Gov. Hoke Smith igned the convict lease bill, which ereafter prohibits the leasing of alons except by the consent of the overnor and prison commission. The ill was passed by the legislature yes ?rday after $35,000 had been spent in n extra session and nearly a month sed in discussing the - legislation. 7ith the signature of Gov. Smith on ie bill as engrossed, Georgia has one away with a system which has een in existence ever since 1865. It was -to settle t,his convict lease uestion that Gov. Smith called a pecial session of the legislature. He esired that the lease system be abso tely aibolished and the bill as pass d provides that there will be no leas ig of convicts to any contractor for rivate gain. It is said these contrac ors have made thousands of dollars ut of convict labor in Georgia in the ist 40 years, the men being leased o them at $100 apiece with the sim le provision of board and sleepng uarters. In the investiga.tion which led to he present legislation there was con iderable testimony to the exfdet that egro convicts had been whipped by verseers and that in several cases he abuse had resulted in the death of 2e under tihe control of the lessee. When the Georgia legislature assem led a month ago to consider the uest'on of convict labor, Gov. Smith .nnounced that he desired all traces f the lease system to be eradicated. ouse and senate disagreed as to how his should be accomplished. The sen te insisted that there should be no easing after March 31 next. The ouse wanted the lease system extend d to 1911. Finally, however, house aid senate compromised on a measure hieh permits the lease by the State if any convicts not used on State oads. nior by municipalities, nor in tate institutions. These men may be sed a.s the prison commission and vernor see fit, but as a close friend f Gov. Smith said ~tonight, when it psis suggested .tlhat this p)rovii iight p)rove a ''joker.. ''' Gov. Smit-h, on may be sure, is totally opposed to easing conviets to p)rivate indiials nd will never consent to any leases f this kind. The lease system is ad.' EE Broaddus & Ruff 's Toilet Soap, Box Paper, Talcum Powder, Dental Powder, Tooth Brushes, etc., be fore you buy.