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11111 " ' ' ' TALKS OF FAIRVIEW, j OKANGKBURG MAN KETCKN8 l liOM NOTIFICATION MEETING. Mr. Brantley Says That Mr. Bryan Thoroughly Understands Southern Conditions. The Orangeburg correspondent of The News and Courier says when s? < n at his office on his return front ) -oln, Neb., where he represented South Carolina on the notification ? .nittee, Mr. T. F. Brantley had the following to say when asked as to his trip to Lincoln: l'es, he said, "I had a very 11' trtn nn/l l?n? A * * * ? , ....... ? . |V UIIU CUJUJCU II 1 HI 111 I* IIsely, especially in meeting members o. .lie notification committee and rere-i??wlng old acquaintances. I arrived in Lincoln the day before the in Ideation was to take place, and. therefore, had the opportunity of pr ying my respects to the great Comdm uer the day before the notiflcatv,,i ceremonies. I found Mr. Bryan at his home, 'Fairview,' about two r 1 I a half miles from the city limits. A t?r talking over the political situation, I was shown by Mr. Bryan o or his farm, of which he seemed very proud. His home, which is a very attractive and commodious one. Is beautifully located on a most eonmanding point overlooking the city of Lincoln. It is very properly named 'Fairview,' for from this high location, surrounded by fields of alfalfa and clover, the view is truly grand, and well calculated to inspirt tbo lofty ideals and pure life so characteristic of the great Common or. "During our conversation I was intpressed with his grasp of the political and social situation in' tin So:?tli in its every detail. He seem ed as familiar with political condi tlons and affairs In South Carolinr as If he were one of our own citi w>n?, and I wish to say further that he feels kindly and grateful toward* the South for the loyal support h? l.as received at her hands. Th South has no truer friend." "Mow were you impressed by th? no'location ceremonies?" "The notification, which took pi act in the front of the Capital in the open air. was a splendid tribute to Mr Bryan as a man and neighbor, re gardless of party affiliations in tht past. All, Republicans and Demo crats alike, were unstinted in theli praise and admiration for theii great citizen, and the thronginy multitude which surged in front of the Nebraska Capitol told by theii shouts and r leers how tu*> loved and honored the man whom the Democracy of the nation hailed as its standard-bearer." "What is your oplinon as tin chances of Democratic success?" "I am more pleased at the prospects. In talking over the situation with the various delegates ant citizens of the Western States 1 find that the concensus of opinion h that 'Bryan will sweep the West.' It seems that Nebraska and Indiana are as safely Democratic as are the Southern States. The Pacific slope St nri thp Pnplf v Monnlnin Q*t oro practically assured, with good fighting chances in Ohio. Kansas and 111! nois. The Eastern representatives claim that New York will certainly go Democratic, owing to a united fight by the Democrats in New York against a lukewarm and divided fight by the Republicans. "There is a factional fight in the North, East and West among the Republicans. There is 110 fight anywhere among the Democrats. In fact, they are more united and hav< a more perfect organization than at any time since Cleveland's first election. I see no reason, why llryan should not, in the words of the Western people, 'sweep the entire country.' His speech of acceptance, owing to its conservatism and strength, has won him thousands of votes, and if the Democrats of the South will only realize that victory is in their grasp, and by a united effort on their part assist in tht doubtful States of the East and West by contributions, there will be no doubt of succes. "How much campaign fund wil' thoy need and what suggestion* would you make as to contributions?" "No campaign can be conducted successfully without contributions, and I wns informed that the Democrats will need between a half million to a million dollars to conduct an aggressive campaign find one that will insure victory. And 1 would say that with the prospects of victory It behooves the Democrats of the South to heed the request of Mr. Bryan and his national chairman. Norman E. Mack, of New York, to gather popular subscriptions for an aggressive campaign, which will he waged from now on. Democratic contributions must come from small popular subscriptions. It is clearly a campaign between the masses and the heretofore favored classes. vand the campaign slogan by Mr. Bryan in his speech of acceptance "shall the people rule" appeals to us. and if the people nre to r ule' now is the time to begin by every Democrat contributing his mite toward a campaign which is to secure to us that right. I spoke to several gentlemen of other States, among them Con- ( gressman Clayton, ?f Alabama and , Josephus Daniels, of North Carolina, and I find that the following plan ( has been adopted in several of the ( States: "The State chairman is to call upop the various county chairman, and they in turn are to call upon the president of each Democratic, elnb 1 in the county for contrlbutloT?i>. *h? t plan has been successfifly begun, and i in some of the counties of the South I they are contributing from $2R0 to I $.S00 per county, according to th*lr s ability.- t "It might bo well for South Caro- i ina to follow this plan, each county ontrtbutlng through Its county hairman, and If each will contrijute from $200 to $500 it would nean a respectable campaign fund 'rom South Carolina. Mr. Bryan ind the Democratic executive comnittee are in earnest, and they ex>ect South Carolina, together with >ther Southern States that have no nternal fight, to arouse themselves ' ind thus assist several doubtful slser states in the splendid efforts they ire making for Democratic success. [ trust every Democrat in South Carolina will contribute his one to live dollars, as he may feel able, to lie fight, which is bis, and which ( s to decide whether or not the people at* tlin PAritnrntinnu nnH rlnftRPtt jitp :o rule for the next four years In ( :his nation." * CHARMS AND INCANTATIONS. How Some Penniylvailani I'm Then for Remedies Against Ills. Witchcraft superstitions are stlli widely prevalent in Eastern Penn ( sylvania, according to William W Neifert, who in the Pennsylvania German, cites a number of favorite charms and incantations: To cure snake bites: God has created all things and they were good. Thou only, serpent, art damned, "ursed be thou and thy sting. Zing. ?iing, Zing. To prevent accidents. Carry with ou, sewed to your right sleeve, the ight eye of a wolf. Security against mad dogs: Dog. lold thy nose to the ground. God as made me and thee, hound. To banish the whooping cough: .et the child drink out of a blue lass tumbler. (This disease vi: nown as the "blue cough," and on he principle that "like cures like," he ohlld drinks from a "blue glass' o cure a "blue cough.") To cure baldness: Rub the scalp 1th the hemisphere of a divided onm. (Tills was a strong charm If le vegetable was fresh.) To curt fits: Take off the child's hlrt. turning It inside out while doig so,, and then burn the garment To destroy warts: Stick a pin irougi. the wart, and ghe away the it, when the wart will follow the In. To make the best cider vinegar: ifter the cider is put into the cask an up tne names or three of the rossest and most sour-tempered !d women In the community, and In loud voire utter their names Into he bung hole, and Immediately cork up. and you will have the best and trongest vinegar In the neighborood. A remedy Rgalnst slander: If you .e calumniated or slandered to your ery sklu, to your very flesh, to our very bones, caat it back upon he false tongues. Take off your hlrt, and turn it Inside out, and hen run your two thumbs along our body under the ribs start'ng at he pit of the heart, thence down to ie thighs. To bring a thief to confession and ake hlni restore stolen property: om the door sill over which the et has passed take three splinters the name of the Trinity. Fasten em to a wagon wheel removed om the spin 'le, and through tha ox or hub, pronounce the following raver: "I pray thee, Thou Holy 'rinlty. to constrain the thief who as stolen my (name of the article tolen) to be stung by remorse and estore It to Its rightful owner." 'his done, the wheel is to be redaced by fastening It to the wagon, vhen it was given three revolutions, ind the stolen goods were expected '.o be returned. A New Gunpowder. There has been Invented in Ger-nany e powder which Is said to glva jo flareback whatever, even in guns )f the largest calibre. The compo uuon or tne powder is not known, )ut It Ih supposed to consist of nitroglycerin. nltro-ceilulose and vaseline. The prevention of the flarejack. however, is believed to be due DC. the incorporat on in the rowder ot a small amount of some rhemlcal * ich has proved to be thoroughly effectiva. Kid From Hats. In Paris there Is a rat . ound. It s a deep walled pit in which some thousands or rats are ^ept. A dead torse is thrown Into the pit at n'ght nd rats strip the care, ss of its flesh. Once a month there is a general laying of rats by gas. The rats ir< sleek aud plump and their bodies \rr in excellent condlt'on. Their *kls are removed and treated and eventually are made into "kid" gioves. Hog Has Hank Account. Bluff, a bulldog, is heir to a fortune of $1,000, left by his master, William E. Butts, a wealthy resident of Chicago, who dlea recently. Bluff, < far as is known, is the only dog In the world with a bank account. A little bank book will be issued in ino name or uiulT and checks against the account will be signed 'Bluff" ty the administrator of the estate, a ho will look after Bluff's future. lies Miserable*. The most unhappy beings on the face of the earth are professional politicians. Negro Boy Killed by Train. At Anderson, on Tuesday Henry Moore, a negro lad of 12 years, while stealing a ride on a Charleston and Western Carolina Railroad engine, fell beneath the trucks of the engine and received injuries which proved fatal. The negro was trespassing at the time of the accllent. Should Have Been Stopped. The postmaster at Hopkinsville. iy., has been officially informed that ' ho postcards mailed out of Hopkinsrille and other towns recently, showing the four bodies of the negroes ynched at Russelville on August 1. j ihould not have been allowed to pass' hrough the mall. The card pre- | entcd genuine reproductions. INTERESTING LETTER 1 i) n WRITTEN BY COL. JOHN I>. FROST * OF COLUMBIA. ? 11 ~ * n . tl To the Farmers of South Carolina? r tl Better Methods of Caring for Cotv tou. s Col. John D. Frost, of Columbia, w who has handled thousands of bales 8 of cotton annually at Columbia, has r written an open letter that is of ex- w ceeding interest to the cotton grow- 8 prs or the state. The letter follows: 1 Columbia, Aug. 25. 1908. Hon. B. Harris. President, Farmers Educational and Co-operative 8 Union. Pendleton. S. C.. and Hon. 8 E. D. Smith. President, S. C. Div- 8 ision. Southern Cotton Assocta- 0 tion. Columbia. S. C. Gentlemen: The time for picking 1 cotton having arrived, has it ever ' occurred to you to look into the ? question of damage brought about c by a lack of care for the staple from s the time It is ginned to the time of marketing? Having lived on a 1 plantation for twenty-one years, and e at present owning and oi>erating one, s as well as being in the cotton business for the past ten years, I thought * possibly that my observations along 8 this line might tend to show the great amount of money lost to this cotton producing country. 1 desire to impress upon the farmer the necessity of caring for his cotton after laboring hurd all the year to make it, and thereby lessen friction between producer, buyer, and manufacturer. A large portion of the farmers, as well as the carriers, treat the staple as though it were coal, allowing it to lie on the ground for months after ginning subject to climatic conditions, which results in rot and country damage. When the cotton is ready for market it is picked up and offered for sale, the damage, as a usual thing, being disregarded until subjected to the buyer's inspection, who, in protecting his interests, will either dock for the damage or have the cotton picked, resulting in great loss to the farmer. Unquestionably it is to the farmer's Interest to store his cotton in a reputable warehouse thereby protecting himself from loss by fire as well as damage, and in addition he can secure warehouse receipt for same which is prime mer cantile paper, and can be discounted ' at any bank, allowing the farmer to sell his cotton when he desires to do 1 so. My object, however, is to impress 1 upon the farmers to house their cot- 1 ton as soon as it is ginned, whether ! it be in a warehouse, or in their bams, or dwelling, thereby reducing the element of dumage to a minimum. To my mind, one of the most important things the Farmers' Union ' and tho Southern Cotton Association could handle is the caring for cotton after it is ginned, and up to the time it is marketed. Having personally handled, during the past ten years, about 300,000 bales of cotton of ail 1 grades and staple, this cotton being 1 shipped here from Texas and Oklaho- ' ma on the West, to North Carolina 1 on the East. I do think I am in a very fair position to speak intelligently of the item of damage, largely caused by carelessness. In addition to the rotteu cotton on thousands of bales, varying from five to as much as three hundred pounds per bale, all of which has to be picked off before settling for and which is caused by allowing the cot- 1 ton to sit on one end or lie on one 1 side in the mud and rain for months 1 before offered for sale; there Is another element of damage which is not so easily detected, but whtch boo for more reaching effect on the buyer. as well as the manufacturer. I refer to what is called country damage. When cotton is allowed to stand in the weather after being ginned ' for any length of time, although the 1 owner may turn it about from side to side to keep it from rotting, the staple of the cotton on the outside ( of the bale is affected just in proportion to the time it is allowed to remain exposed to climate conditons. To Illustrate, u bale cotton ginned and packed December first and allowed to remain in the weather until 1 the first of March, will have about 1 half as much country damage as the same bale would have if it remained in the weather until May the first, and when the manufacturer opens this hale, he will find that the cotton sticking to the bagging and extending inward is practically without any strength of staple, and as a result all of this affected cotton will go in waste, or he found in the shafting nverhnnH QhnnM J" ' toot this country damage" the farm- ' er is the looser; should fhe buyer ' not detect It. the buyer is the looser; : in any event, dissatisfaction is the result .all of which could have been avoided by houfttng the cotton. The 1 amount of country damage varies In 1 proportion to the time the cotton lies out in the weather, and will vary from three to twenty-five pounds per hale. I have carefully estimated ' that on every ll.OOO.Ortft hale crop produced, the producer, the carrier, * and the compress together, nllow ' 25 0,000 hales to be destroyed by rot and country damage, and when you ' figure this at ten cents per pound ' It amounts to $12,500.00. all of which could be served to the purducer, the buyer, and the manufacturer. should they exercise the pro- j per precaution against damage. Three years ago a farmer brought twenty bales of cotton to the warehouse for storage in March, which had been out in the weather since it was gin ned In the fall. Rome of the hales 1 were so badly damaged and water t sobbed that they weighed one thous- I and pounds per bale. I asked him a why he allowed his cottou to get in 1 that condition? He replied that he s was so busy making preparation for t another crop that he had not cared u ur what he had already made. When his cotton was conditioned for larket, he had about ten bales of 1 lerchantable cotton left out of the weuty. A bale of coton ginned dry nd housed until marketed will hold ut better than one allowed to re- j lain in the weather subject to cli- j late conditions, and will not possess ( he element of damage and will also | etain its strength of staple even to he bagging. , Travel where you will, and you , >*i 11 see cotton sitting at the railroad { tations in the mud and rain, or you , cill see it lying on the ground round farm houses, where it will emain until ready for market, and rhen marketed, the bagging will be o rotten that you can not handle he cotton. Owing to the seeming negrrgence lisplayed in the care of cotton after ;innlug. the buyer, when purchasing . lot or cotton, has to take into conideratlon the element of damage, ir he would rather send his classer o receive the cotton, thereby estabIshing the amount of damage heore payment is made. -Where you Ind a section of country where great are is taken with the cotton, after ;inning, and before marketing, there oil will find cotton sought after by he buyers, and everything else being qual, a premium win be paid for lame. The manufacturers will pay betor prices for cotton free from rot md country damage, because his lercentage of waste will be decreas'd. The point I desire to impress is. ake care of your cotton, handle it is though you thought something >f it. If you cannot put it in a warelouse where it is insured and you an use the receipt, put It in your >arn, or shed room, or anywhere to ceep it from climatic conditions unil you market it. and by doing this very pound win be splnnable and no lissatisfaetion between producer, niver, and manufacturer will result. There are some places in South Carolina where warehouse facilities ire a'dequte, but are unfortunately lot utilized. My own experience is hat four lots of cotton out of every ive shipped from places where cotton s not warehoused are badly damlged, due to the fact that it Is allowed to sit on one end for weeks and months in the open before it is of'ered for sale, and as a result tianvv Maims are made, and yet the best haracter of cotton, so far as body md staple is concerned, is produced it these places, and would be very much sought, were the element of lainage eliminated. In conclusion, I would stromrly arge that this matter be brought to :lie attention of all concerned, and thereby save twelve and one-half million dollars per year to the >outhlund. Very truly yours. John D. Frost. VOTE FOR GOVERNOR IN 1WHJ. Votes Received by the Candidates for Governor. As there is some speculation as to how the g?.ve.?.ur's race wi'i to en aut, the following figures may prove* interesting. There were seven candidates i-inning in 1906, tbe'r > <>!< ? In the first primary being as follows: Ansel 39.131. Illease 16.972. llrunson 10,4 65. Edwards 565. Jones 83 8. . Manning 23,208. McMnhan 2,222. Sloan 3,370. The vote by counties for the two men who are running this year was as follows: County Ansel Blease Abbeville 997 508 Aiken 817 1.173 Anderson 3,657 63 2 Main berg 239 JI2 Barnwell 816 216 Beaufort 347 I <4 Berkley 2 96 3 S3 Charleston 1,624 1 23 Cherokee 1,011 4 76 Chester 735 3 66 Chesterfield 360 1 7 1 Clarendon 407 123 Colleton 739 2 97 Darlington 975 252 Dorchester 48 8 4 28 Edgefield 719 208 Fairfield 401 306 Florence 579 j 3 j Greenville 3,3 72 7 64 Greenwood 903 3 4 1 Hampton 659 178 Horry 258 57 7 Kershaw 475 320 Lancaster 931 129 Laurens 967 1,188 Cee 303 5 8 7 Lexington 760 767 Marion 867 119 Marlboro 598 103 Newberry 843 1.020 Gconee 1,7 65 308 Grangoburg 71 4 4 24 Richland 1,020 938 Saluda 377 809 Spartanburg 3,835 920 Sumter 378 99 Union 1,059 4 70 Williamsburg. .. .1.291 334 Tnfal to 111 1 1? n-o Iff l u l IV?,*7I? Mr. Manning carried: Chester1eld. Clarendon. Florence, Georgeown. Horry, Kershaw, Lee. Lexingon, Marion, Orangeburg and Suiner. In the second primary Ansel got 13,000 in round numbers and Manling, 32.000.?Chester Lantern. TRIED TO SWIM CHANNEL. English Expert Swimmer Stays in Nearly 23 Hours. At Dover, England. T. W. Burgess, he English swimmer. Friday made lis sixth ineffectual attempt to swim he English Channel. He started at 1 V>ver at 1 o'clock in the morning, md was taken out of the water at 1:45 o'clock that night, having1 warn for twenty-two hours and fory-flve minutes, a new record for re-J aaining in the water. WLIiOWKS I'XDKR BRYAN. S'o One Hurt uiul no Panic, But Ilia , Speech is Interrupted. At Des Moines, Iowa, while Mr. i Bryan was speaking in the hall park Friday afternoon the temporary platform on which were seated several hundred people, collapsed. Nobodywas hurt, and there was no panic, hut Mr. Bryan was interrupted for were made for him to continue speaking from the grand stand, where he finished his address. * TRAITS OF WILD BEASTS. Veteran Trainer Says They Are Much Like Human Beings. Some one said once that the more he saw of ?logs the lower opinion he had of men. After thirty odd years with pretty nearly every quadruped that ever has been In captivity, says George Conklln of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, I'd change that saying a bit. I'd Bay, "The more I see ot men, the better I understand animals," for In every way th? fourfooted beasts have the traits and are moved by the same passions that move their two-footed brethren. Love, hate, fear, courage, treachery, viclousness, Jealousy, anger, selfishness, generosity, greed, selfsacrifice, every passion of which men are capable, the animals have, though of courts, they are intensified. No matter how good tempered an animal may be, no matter how placid. how tractable, he is liable at any moment to change to a dangerous, bloodthirsty creature, intent only on slaying his trainer. In the very tractabllity of an animal lies the greatest danger to the trainer. It makes him careless. The watchfulness which I e will use with an animal of whloh he Is uncertain Is allowed to lapse, and It is that moment of carelessness for which the animal Is ever on the alert. To Buch lapses are due 95 per cent of the accidents and attacks on animal trainers. A Hon will work himself up Into a frenzy of rage through Jealousy. There is cne trainer I know who was almost killed by a lioness who was jealous, not of another animal, but o* a woman. The trainer was In the cage at the time, when he saw his daughter outside the cpge. He smiled at her and the lioness saw it. In a moment she changed. Her docility changed to fury and ahe sprung at him. He was terribly torn before he was dragged out of the cage. Animals get used to strangers | looking at them from outside the cage, but a stranger Inside the cage would have little show of escaping with his life. Even experienced trainers hesitate about entering a cage until they get fhe beast used to seeing them and to hear theii voices. Animals will nurse a grudge for years and wait for an opportunity to have revenge for some real or fan- | cled ill treatment by man or mate. This is particularly true of elephants. We had a helper once?it was fifteen years ago?who used to tease Jug, an old bull, on every chance he got. The man was with the show only one season. Ten years later that man was nearly killed by Jug In a little town in the West, where the man lived and the show visited. The animal remembered his old enemy and reached out from the street parade, seized the man and badly crushed him. The most treacherous animals are the leopards and Jaguars. You hear people, particularly women, call them "poor pussy" as they lie bliuk- ] lng and purring. Let them get close and they would find that "pussy" would scratch. Their slyness and cunning are wonderful, and they will spring at their trainer the Instant his back is turned. No two animals are the same. They have Individualities and characteristics like people. Lions particularly, are like men. They are slow to anger, but when their temper is aroused, they are furious. For children elephants often form a strong attachment. They take inBilnctively to some people, while for others they always hold bitter animosity. All this talk about the power of the human eye is tommyrot. It's nerve, pure and simple, that makes a man a trainer. Let a trainer lose It only for a moment, and the animals Instinctively feel It and attack him. An animal knows when you're afraid of him, and he'll take advantage of your fear. The only thing he respects Is pain, and the truest friend a trainer has Is a heavy rawhide whip, with one end loaded with lead. Building Walls With Bags. The practice of constructing breakwaters and submerged parts of piers with concrete Inclosed in bags has been largely developed In Scotland. The concrete is prepared as near as possible to the place where it Is to be used. It Is Inclosed in bags to protect.lt temporarily from the effects of contact with the sea water while it Is lowered into place. The bags are placed In a box suspended directly over the spot where they are to lie. The touching of a trigger opens the box and allows a bag to drop out. A line of bags having been deposited, the lonaer axl? of each bag lu the next series is so arranged that the meeting edges of two of the bags in the lower row will be covered. Thus a regular wall is built up and as the concrete hardens It becomes solid and Immovable.? Youth's Companion. Married One Hundrec Years. From Vienna comes the story of an aged couple who have been married one hundred years. They live In the Hungarian village of Isonbolgi. The husband Is said to be 120 years old and his wife 116. They have no fewer than 712 descendants. The old couple live In a modest cottage; they are a.most blind and spend most of their time sleeping. The patriarch can still smoke his pipe, nowever, and from time to time he drinks a giass of w.lie The couple have never seen a railway tjraia. _ J W " P V-' Three Firemen Killed. A dispatch from Londan, Ontario Bays three flermen were killed and a fourth dangerously hurt Tuesday night when tho tloors of a hardware Btore fell through upon them in the basement of a burning building. ltattler Victim Still Alive. A dispatch front Washington says naming grimly for his life against the deadly virus of a diamond rattler, Rodney Rose, the Zoo keeper who was bitten on the left hand Monday, hu8 not yet passed the crisis despite the fact that the venom of the diamond generally either kills or is nullified In 3 6 hours. ( reenvllle Court House Dcniuagcd. At Greenville during an electric storm Tuesday the tin roof of the County Court House was partially torn ofT. one side being rolled up like a scroll. The building wat empty at the time, the officers being at a political meeting in the country. PIANO ANl> ORGAN ECONOMY. If you are interested in the put | chase of a PIANO or an ORGAN, v want to sell you one. Don't think you must go to son. mail order uouse to buy a low prii ed piano or organ; nor outside o South Carolina to get the best pian. or organ. We have a great varietj of grades, and all styles, at prices which cannot fail to interest you We are manufacturers factory representatives for several of the largest and mort famous makers of pianos and organs. We take old instruments In exchange and make most liberal terms of payment to those who wish to buy on time. No house?quality" of pianos and organs considered?can undersell us. Twenty-four years of fair dealing in Columbia and throughout South Carolina is our reference and guarantee. Write us at once for catalog price and terms. Malone's Music House, Columbia,S.C. Pianos mul Ortrans CLASSIFIED COLUMN WAVTEIL FOR SALE?Olio 5 horse power IJIakeslee Casoline Engine. Cost over $400. Will take $100 for it. $.">0 repairs will net it in good nmdltion. Apply to .Ins. I,. Sims, Oruiigcburg, S. C. HKVKIIAI, FARMS FOR SALE? Ranging from 7.~> to 4 00 acres. Reasonable prices Easy terms. Rox 7, Tliomusville, tin. FOR SAI.F?Common building brick, red color. immediate delivery. Prices upon application. Caiudeii Press llrick Co., Camden, S. ('. WANTED?Agents for Dlozo Disinfecting Cabinets. Kill germs, tlies. mosquitoes, moths and ants in the home. Costs two cents a month. Sell on sight. $10 dally easily earned. K. C. lhillenger, 1 HI N. Church street Spartanburg, S. C. WANTED?Pine logs bought for cash. For particulars address Sumter l.umhcr Co., Sumter, S. C. ROPPS COMMERCIAL CALCI LATOR?Will prevent mistakes, relieve the mind, save labor, time and money and do your recokoning in the twinkling of an eye. A ready calculator and business arithmetic. Sent prepaid upon receipt of thirty cents in stamps. Sims'Rook Store, Orangeburg, S. C. TEACHERS Tltt 'STEPS. We secure schools for teachers and have many excellent vacancies. We recommend teachers to trustees and sell school furniture of all kinds. Write. Southern Teach ers' Agency, Columbia, S. C. U'AXTKI)?Clerks, cotton buyers, farmers, warehousemen and others to learn grading and classifying cotton in our sample rooms, or through correspondence course. Thirty clay scholarship completes you. American Cotton College, Millcdgeville, (in. **?***<?***** * KCJG8 FOR FALL CHICKS.? * * S. C. Brown Leghorn and Bar- * * red Plymouth Itock $1.00 per * * setting of 15. Fine range, pure * * stock, healthy birds. * * Illythmvoocl Poultry Yards, * * S. II. Mellichamp, Mgr. 4 * lilytliewoo.l, S. O. * ************** 37500 Square Feet Flo Pomps, Packing, Poll Pipe, Fittings, Vi . . . WRITE FOR Pfl Southern States colum c NEXT WEEK WATCH THIS SP Dont Experiment c&l IDC Use the old reliable roofing that ir.d?M.r?R. has been lhv> stand- E) I arcl for lf? years. \J \J I COLUMBIA SUPPLY 1/ _ *> NOT TIME TO SELL SAYS l'KFSIDFNTHAKKIS OF TI1K FA KM FltS* I'MUX; Issues At'ilirss to Holders of S|H?t Cotton and I'rges Tlicm to Hold For n \\ idle I/ongor. To Holdets of Spot Cotton: Now is the time to hold, and victory is yours. Farmres, do you realize that cotton is scarcer in the world today than it has been for 225 years? It' you do not, the sooner you realize it the mor eyou will thiuk of the spi is you have on hand, and he crops you are growing. Now remember that It all depends ou you t. make it bring the minimum price, 15 cents. If you can be scared out of your cotton for less than the ininiuuin price 1 do not blame the fellow or scaring you. 1 would do tht ime thing if 1 were in his place, ut you, the Holder of spot cotton, ave all under hold in this fight, and f you giro up It is because you have >ot the nerve io stand the fire of the >attle. Let me say to you, the Holder of Spots: Hold to them, for the next two months is the most critical period, as both the American spinner and the European spinner is about out of cotton to spin. It" you, the Holder of Spots, will not sell, tin"c will be many mills that will have lo close down and not from choice, but for the want of cotton. Conditions are all in your favor, but nerve the baclt-bone you lack. Now do not ray you cannot hold. We have plenty of bonded ware-houses in our State and you can put your cotton in them and borrow money * ' on your receipt. Let me urge you do this, and do not put any cotton on the market until the miuimum is reached. Let n.e tell you the European mills nio now out of cotton and they ha\e contracts sold ahead. They have to come to America for cotton and tlie> will have to do this now at once This is the situation, so no cause for alarm. I know the bear side of etiton is using the new crop to boar the market so they inav get you to sell the remainder of your old crop. The price will now soon go up hick to 12 cents, and they think yon will then sell. | I km w some of you have said if 'it reaches 12 you would sell. Now the same thing that brings it back to 12 will if you hold on make it bring the minimum, 15 cents. Now ; s to the conditions of the 1908 crop. 1 have correspondence from eve y cotton growing State. There cannot be a more accurate account t h: n we, the Farmer's Union, can get up and reports from all the States is of this character. In the first place, too much wet weather in the enrlv spring and there was a poor preparation of the soil. When the preparation is poorly done you cannot make an average crop. The rains west of the Mississippi river continued until .Inly 1st, and the cotton g'ew to weed too much and is not fr ted well. Now the hot dry weather has sot in with tliein and much damage is being done. In other words it is impossible for (lie West to make anything like an average p when they have a wet May and tune. Such weather tills the cotton plant with too much malaria nnd it cannot stand the hot sun without great damage. To prove this look how the plant is now turning yellow and the leaves dropping from it. This reports conies from many of the States. We cannot, now more than duplicate the 1007 crip, and remember the shortage of last year's crop 4.000,000 hales, and just remember cotton futures cannot be spun. It. Harris, President, S. C State Farmer's Union. Itiiriicd to Death. A disju t'-h from Marshall, N'. 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