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I BOLD lOl.i , (?TTO\ s> is 31 it. MOKK1SON Believes Staple Will Bring 20 Cents iielore tiie Next Crop C^mes in. I Issues Call for Meeting. * - Columbia, Sept. 1$?M. T. Morrison, .president of the South Carolina farmers' Union, has issued the following letter addressed to tiae farmers of South Carolina: To the cotton farmers of South Carolina: At u meeting of the State X . ! ^ -presidents of the Farmers' Union, held in New Orleans, La., September 5 and 6. a resolution v.*as passed urging upon the (^o-tton planters of the South the imaflfrtance of holding meetings in ^g^lfeir respective States for the purpose i | o! organizing a cotton holding move- j While the price was apparently high m on the Ast of September, the rapid ^ginnim: md selling of cotton is al- j Kady impressing the market, almost Wxice as much cotton having been1 Kinned as was last year at this time. ! Wrhe buyers are naturally taking ad- j vantage of this 'fact and unless we |Hcan check up the selling the price will! p-n still lower. W Reports shov> a very short crop, and j I (probably not more than 11,000,000 W bales, and when we remember that; t two years ago, under war conditions, | j a 16,000,000 bale crop was consumed twe can appreciate where cotton will probably go to if slowly marketed, i XTn wKin *c? VPQ nfll V oS.7 Der | XTCfcX Vill o i V/^vi w Q* . w v ? -j ^ K cent of a crap for this year, with South I Carolina at 48.2 per cent, (about half I ofa crop, which,as far as my personal j | knowledge goes, is about true. (Somebody is going to sell cotton Defore the next crop comes in at 20 cents and up, and, why not the man who makes it? With our State warehouses, money at a low rate of interest and cheap storage and insurance, there should be no reason -for the majority of the farmers of this State to depress the market by selling now. In 1914, ^~ s>rn.r\ -K.it <*nf nothine EB7 wc luauc a ung vry 0 w f for it; in 1915 the price was fair but WL the crop was short The 1916 crop will probably be the shortest we have had in ten years and the world may be facI ing a cotton famine. Why not the pro-! f ducer reap the harvest? To do this we imust act together; unorganized we can never bull the market. You remember that two years ago, j when the Southern farmers asked Congress tc pass an Act opening up the ports of the warring countries to cotton, they -were told lhat Congress ! was a slow working and conservative body and that nothing could be done' in time to save the crop even if it bankrupted the entire South. But when organized labor 400,000 strong, threat-1 ^ poi] J Ienea ine country w iui a .inroad strike. President Wilson discovered that Congress was not as slow and; conservative a body as he thought it was and the eight-hour law was passed in less than tha$ many days. /Whether this was right or wrong, we are not' now discussing, but it proves very clearly that if the firmers wants " v - 1 o ft at* it and j (anytnmg ne iias s?-?t lu u^w. .* , be organized well enough to demand ; To start this cotton holijinr movement I have been requested dl a meeting in Columbia, Thursday, Sep- J t ember 28, at 3 o'clock p. m. This j - " j- s-a ^ T.Q intorocfprf ! H I Will UU 11 iClI -LLrCi Z5 IJ15 Ulkvvw.w. , m enough to attend such a meeting or i 9 -will join in the holding movement and "will so indicate by -writing me a card. J Yours respectfully, & (Signed) M. T. Morrison, K President, South Carolina State FarmB ere' Union. I iMcClellanville, S. C., iSeptemh^j 16, I 1916. I Soffit (Gall & tones, cancer anil Ulcers of the 6-tcmacn and Intestines, Anto-Intoxication, Yellow Jaundice, Appendicitis Iand other fatal ailments result from Stomaih Trouble. Thousands of Stomach Sufferers owe tlieir complete recovery to Mayr's Wonderful Remedy Unlike any other for Stomach Ailments. For sale by Gilder & Weeks and druggists everywhere. The Word "Hiccough.* The spelling "hiccough" is recent being a combination of the syllables "hie" and the latter term of "cough." I which is without either physiological i or etymological basis. The pronunciation. with perhaps the rarest excep | tions is still that of the older form |*'hiccnp." earlier given variously as *4hiekup." "hiokupsnirkup." "birkbop." "hickcock," "hichcoek" and "hickett." "with auasi diminishing suffixes "oek/* a Met" but the "hick." a syllable aptly n expressive of the spasmodic sound pros' duced by the conditi"n>* jriviu^; rise to ft the particular disturbaiM e i* found in ** all references to the origin of* tiie term to which the writer has been able to obtain. The term o!? <** is rarely used. A RECORD VOYAGE When the Savannah Crossed the Atlantic to England. CAUSED A REAL SENSATION. \ She Was the First Steamship to Dare the Hazardous Trip, and This Exhibition of Yankee Ingenuity Aroused the Wonder of All Europe. The honor of first navigating the ! sea with a steamer belongs to an Amer ! lean. *Colonel John Stevens of New j York. Transatlantic steam navigation was long discussed before any one com bining sufficient skill with courage and a spirit of adventure made the bold attempt The London Times in its issue of ii ifiiu thus unnonncpd fhe ex VX AJ A*. v.? pected event: "Great Experiment.?A new steam vessel of 300 tons has been built in New York for the express purpose of carrying passengers across the Atlantic. She is to come to Liverpool direct." On the very day that this brief notice appeared tbe vessel referred to was visiijed by the president of the United States and suit and made a short trial trip previous to her depar * ture on the hazardous voyage. This steamer. named the Savannah, the first that crossed any of the oceans, was built at the <"ity of New York by Francis Fickei fur DanieJ Dodd. She was launched on the 23d of August. ISIS. She could carry only seventyfive tons of coal and twenty-five cords of wood. The Savannah sailed from the city of Savannah. Ga., ou the 23th of May, 1S19. bound for St. Petersburg, via Liverpool. She reached the latter port on the 20th of June, having used steam eighteen days out of the twentysix. and tbus demonstrated the feasibility of transatlantic steam navigation. As the Savannah approached Cape Clear, on the southern coast of Ireland, and smoke was seen to issue from ber. it was at first supposed that a sailing vessel was on fire, and one of the king's cutters was dispatched to her relief. But great was their wonder at their inability, with all sail in a fast vessel, to come up with a ship under bare poles. After several shots were fired from the cutter the engine was stop ped and the surprise of her crew at the mistake they had made, as well as their curiosity to see the singular Yankee craft, can be easily imagined. Thor ftcbAfi nprmission to co on board and were much gratified by the inspection of this "naval no\elty." Upon approaching Liverpool hundreds of people came off in boat5: to see the Savannah. On approaching the city the shipDing piers and roofs of bouses were thronged with persons cheering the ad venturous craft Several naval officers, noblemen and merchants from Lon>* don^rame down to visit the boat and were very curious to ascertain her speed, destination and other particu iars. During the sojourn of the Savannah at Liverpool the British public regarded the boat with suspicion, and the newspapers of the day suggested the idea that "this steam operation may be In some manner connected with the ambitious views of the United States." One journal, recalling the fact that Jerome Bonaparte had offered a large ?? ^ wKrv rr/viiM c re warn iu auv viic ?uu nuuiu ou\.ceed in rescuing his brother Napoleon, from St. Helena', surmised that the Savannah had this undertaking in view. , The Savannah remained twenty-five days at Liverpool and sailed for St Petersburg on July 23, '"getting untier way with steam" and "a large fleet of vessels in company." The boat touched en route at Copenhagen, where it excited great curiosity, and also at Stockholm, where she was visited by the royal family. On the 5th of September the steamer left Stockholm. On the 9th she reached Kronstadt having used steam the whole passage, and a few days later reached St Petersburg. Here the vessel was visited by the Russian lord high admiral, Marcus de Travys, and other distinguished military and naval officers, who also tested her superior qualities by a trip to Kronstadt The Savannah remained at St. Petersburg until Oct. 10 and then set sail on her homeward voyage "in company with about eight sail of shipping." ^- : ~ ^ C?~ ? Oiie am v eu uu outuuuuu uu xucaua;. Nov. 30, and shortly afterward was taken to the navy yard at Washington The subsequent history of the Savannah can be told in a few words. On account of the great tire in Savannah her wners were compelled to sell her. and she was purchased to run as a packet between that city and New York, whither she was bound wben slie was lost on the south side of Long Island.? Philadelphia Press. Securing a Prisoner. A sheriff, annoyed by the crowd which follows when a prisoner is taken along a public thoroughfare handcuffed to a policeman, devised a simple way of handcuffing a prisoner so that he can be taken through a crowd without every one being aware that he is really in shackles. Instead of locking the prisoner to the officer, the prisoner is handcuffed to a heavily laden suitca ic? ro.^nirQ/l t r% PHTTT V,aOC, V> HIV 1_1 UV XO VV VC?-. -J The suitcase is filled with bricks and weighs from twenty to fifty pounds, inn tins' pscane verv difficult?Detroit Free Press. He is sometimes slave who should be master and sometimes master wfco should be slave.?Cicero. j STONE CANNON BALLS. They Were Used In Iron Guns That Were He!d Together by Screws. | In these days o'i Ini^e projectile* I turne.l t<> lit exactly into cannon that ' are US Iicar i'CJin I j modern engineering can make t'.iem it is almost impossible to belicw th.:i ai I 'one time tile Turks carried on effective i i warfare with wrought iron cannon ; ! screwed together and tiring stone can j j non balls. Two of these cannon balls are to ! i be seen at the museum of Ilobart co! i ; lege at Geneva, X. Y. ! Tlior wm*?i nsf?rl hv fhp Turks in ! their war against the kingdom of ! Cyprus, one of the numerous Christian states which grew out of the crusades The stronghold of the enemy was the ' city of Faiuagusta. In 1371 the Turks | undertook to reduce its walls. For j nearly a year they hurled stoue can | non balls against them. The stones ' varied in weight from a few pounds to j several hundred. In order to conserve ! the force of the explosion the balls i were made to fit the bore of the can I ? o t?Aorlr o c? rwvsciHlA thnv j UVSU CLO LA^<AklJ CiO i^VOOiUiV,. Uiiu | j were tired with great deliberation, j This method, though crude, was at ! j that time regarded as the bright of ; 1 refinement in siege warfare The city ! ' finally surrendered because its food ! j supply was cut off. It was found that t , the stone projectiles had done great j damage to the walls and spread terror I among the defenders. At the siege of j , Constantino] !e in 1433 stone shot were j ; also used by the Turks effectively. As j late as 1S07, w ueu the Turks defended j Constantinople against the British. ' ; these guns were used effectively, as the , | records of the British war office show j ! CARELESS ABOUT GRAMMAR. ! I. - ? j i A Widespread Fault That a Little Thought Would Correct. J j The youD.-r wcmau who is careless : about the way she speaks, who thinks ' ; good gram-liar should, be used only by j i teachers and those engaged in -'brain ; I work." is making a must serious mis take. The manner in which a person ex presses himself or herself?the u*e of i good grammar or the lack of it?stamps ' ft ? (ArCATl j?A* 11 , Lilt? spcanci us a i'ciovu wi i cation or of very little learning, j "Ain't Margaret any better?" a young girl was heard asking a chun? oue day "No, she ain't a bit better," her friend answered. Both girls were well dressed and looked as though they came from com I fortable homes. Evidently a care had never come to either of them, and to be in time for a matinee seemed to eacb 1 to be the paramouut issue of life, j Now, these uirls must have known how 1 s? i si a fhair cnoor>h hilt thpT' W'PfV j ^lUUC ?J|/VVVU " - - - , absolutely indifferent as to what opiu ! ions were formed by tbose who over j heard them. Many young persons Just out of high j school are very careless about their : grammar. Perhaps they thick no one j pays any attention to what they say or | how they say it. but the person com ! petent to judge very quickly passes i judgment on them and quite frequentj ly lays the blame on the teacher or the school system.?New York Telegram. I 11 Ambition. The scroll of fame has variant at tractions for different minds. "Here lies one whose name was writ In water"?the despairing and dyin? John Keats desired that admission of defeat engraved for his epitaph. "Write me as one who loved his fel J low men." was Leigh Hunt's aspira j tion. 1 To be remembered as the author of I nf Tnrlor?onrlpncp flTiri f)f I J./CV,1UAUWVU VA. ? -the first statute for religious freedom and as the founder of the University of Virginia, this was Thomas Jeffer son's prayer to posterity. Thus one may go the range. And thus the lines recur: Ambition is our Idol, on whose wings Great minds are carried only to extreme To be sublimely great or to be nothing. P?f?rn<il Sarcasm. A father. In the stillness of night called downstairs to his daughter sol emnly: "Hannah, what time is it?" A pause and Hannah answered: "It's just a quarter after 10, father." "All right," the father said. "And j Hannah, don't forget to start the clock ! again after the young man ws out to | get bis breakfast."?Washington Star. | i Chess In Ancrent Ceylon. In ancient Ceylon the game of chess was played with local variations pej culiar enough to note. The kiug may not castle, but he is permitted to jump j like a knight till checked. The pawns | are exchangeable on the last row for the pieces on whose row they stand Stele a Useless Thing. An indignant merchant who had been [ robbed of a thermometer put this no j j tice in bis window: j "The person who took the thermome ! ter from my door had better return it i | It will be of 110 use where he is going, j as it registers only 123 degrees." I neir rears, i "I'm afraid, my dear, that you went j to sleep during that learned discourse," ! said the woman with a strong sense of j duty. I "Yes." replied her husband. "When I it started I was afraid I wouldn't."? ' Washington Star, j Told Him. : Father (appearing suddenly)?Whnt j sort of business do you call this, kissI ing my daughter? Suitor (without a ! fluster)?It's a sort of co-operative af l fair, sirl?Town Topics. _ The youth of the soul is everlasting, j and eternity is youth.?Richter. I AN ORDINANCE KAISIM; THE REY-f ?- ;> t i.i, li.\ J' \i i i .ALS ? .1 THi; TOWN OF N E \\ i?EitiiV FOii Till: FISCAL YEA li !!! ; IT ORDAINED by the Mayor of the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, in Council assembled: That for the purpose of raising i revenue and in the exercise of the taxing power of the said Town, the following taxes are hereby levied for the fiscal year ending December 31,! iyl<j, upon all re.il and personal i property within the corporate limits j of the Town of Newberry, South Caro-j lina, (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and Laws of this State), upon the valuation thereof as assessed for. taxation for State and County pur- j poses, viz: (1.) That a tax of sixty cents on each ! one hundred dollar's worth of real and j personal property within the corpo- j rate limits of the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property I as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and Laws of this State), is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the ordi-' nary expenses of the said) Town of Ypwhprrv Smith Carolina, for the fis-! cal year ending December 31, 1916. j (2.) That a tax of three-fourths of one mill on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Newberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and Laws of this Stute), is hereby levied for the purpose of raising a revenue to defray the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the Opera House. (3.) That a tax of two and onehalf mills on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of New-J berry, ;South Carolna, (except such j property ias is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and Laws * * * * * - J r ^ this state), is nereoy ievieu iur imc purpose of raising a revenue to pay; the interest on and create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the water works and, electric light plant. (4.) That a tax or one mill on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits | of the Town of Newberry, South. Caro- j lina, (except such property as is ex-; * t linear tho fVmfiti- t tJULiy L li urn laAanuu uuuvi mv tution and Laws of this State), is; hereby levied for the purpose of rais-, ing a revenue to pay the interest on : the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the sewerage system. (5.) That a tax of one iand one-; fourth mills on each dollar's worth of real and personal property within the corporate limits of the Town of Xewberry, South Carolina, (except such property as is exempt from taxation under the Constitution and Laws nf this State), is hereby levied for the ( purpose of raising a revenue to pay the interest on and create a sinking fund for the bonded indebtedness of said Town for the extension or the water and sewerage for the Town. (6.) That all taxes herein imposed shall be paid to the said Town of ; Newberry, South Carolina, in lawful j money of the United (States of America, between the 1st day of OctoDer, 1916, and the 1st day of December 1916, and a penalty of ten per centum is hereby imposed upon and shall be (added to all taxes not paid prior to the 1st day of December 1916. (7.) That execution shall be is-! sued according to law lor tne collection of all taxes, fines and penalties past due and unpaid for fifteen days, and the cost of said execution. Done and ratified under the corporate seal of the Town of Newberry, S. C.. September 14, 1916. Z. F. Wright. Mayor. J. W. Chapman, Clerk and Treasurer. i Looking Ahead. T /~v TT "Here s my i. u. iw "But you only borrowed $5." "Ob, that's all right! If I don't borrow the difference by next week remind me!"?Puck. ,| ! i -CS> | SUBSCRIBE TO THE HERALD AND : NEWS. HOW APPENDICITIS CA> BE V L -VI JE.JJ Newberry people should know that a few doses of simple buckthorn bark, glycerine, etc., as mixed in -Adler-i-ka, often relieve or prevent appendicitis. cirYinio miYtiirp removes such I 1110 OJJULl?T*\^ lUlik w w .? W ^ surprising foul matter that ONE SPOONFUL relieves almost ANY CASE constipation, sour stomach or gas. A short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble. 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