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COTTON PRICES. Ex-tiw. Heyward’s Address to Fanntrs on the COTTON SITUATION. He Think* Thai Ail Klmnlri Stand Together for Higher l’rlcc‘5—Ulret Mach Valuable luferuiation on the Oottoa QaeMlIon. V. liirli Will Prove Interesting Iteading, Not Only to Fanner*, but to All. ^ — Ex-Gov. Heyward was one of the principal speaker* at a farmers’ con vention held in Orangeburg Satur day. v The meeting wa* held for the purpose of considering the cotton sit uation and this subject was thorough ly treated by the former governor. He Mid: "The question of most vital inter est to the cotton planter today, his crop being practically made, is the question of price. In this he not alone Is interested. The whole South Is eqnJkJly Interested with him in the producton and marketing of the cot ton crqp, because this crop Is today our most Important Industry, con tributing ns It did last year $800.- 000,000 to the business of the South, $600,000,000 of which came to us as a result of exports. The producers of cotton real lie the fact that in this question of price more Is nt stake today than simply the one crop of'this year—that a new tered upon and a new basis of values determined. Economic condition* are such that the period of low value* which have recently prevailed la no longer possible A new commercial basis of value must lie agreed upon. We are in what might be termed a transition stale because of the great fluctations in price, which are the tendency of the day. prevailing last year to the extent of 25 per cent. What the farmer want* 1* not only a renumeratlve price, and to thl* he is justly entitled and he has a right to demand, but he alto wants that price as staple from year to year as It Is possible to make It. h» determin ing what thar prtce shall be two im portant considerations must be Insist ed upon—one as Important as the other to the producer, r The price paid must yield a fair profit to the producer, but It must not.be so high »i>»» it will in any degree check or cnrtail the wonderful Increase In the consumption of cotton which has taken place dnring the last 10 years for If It doe# disaster will follow Three Facts Established. "Three facts have now been In dlapntably established In connection with the cotton Industry and these MMfr everything to the grower of cotton. The first Is that the South has a monopoly the world over In the raising of cotton; the second, that the consumption of cotton is increasing wonderfully each year and the thfre - that the South has the ablllty^to keep pace with the Increasing consumption These three circumstances combined mean that the South will be the rich est and the' most prosperous part of the greatest country In the world "In order not to be dependent up-, on the South for their cupply of cot ton foreign spinners have searched the wOrld over for a source of supply,’ apd with what result? The only countries which enter Into competi tion with the South In the export of cotton are Egypt.’ India and Braxll. Although cotton has been planted in Egypt since 1S8I that country has raised more than 1,800,000 The land not living ig the future. We will ad mit alt yon say. What of todsytt 0 *®**** increase in eoamamptlon a one of When one of you fanners brings, your one, or 10 or'SO bales of cotton Into Orangeburg, having firmly made up your mind that you will sell , ft this vary day, whether the buyer’s views meet yours or not, whether he wants It today or not. Should one tall you al>out the future you might make re- hundered thousand bales and csrry- ply in the words of that old mission- ‘ ary hyninr—’every prospect pleases and only man la vile.' Of, course there are degrees of villainy. The home man la not as vile' as the man away off. The Orangeburg buyer I* not as bad aa the New York specula tor, and hq is opt, for the sift pie rea son that the home man buys some thing as cheap as he can and natur- ing oyer Into the coming season not more than one million bales, prices can. not legltmately be depressed by the claim that the world does not need every pound of cotton which the Soitth will produce this year because Khe supply scarcely equals and cer tainly will not exceed the demand. Fair Prices For Cotton. A fair price for cotton for this whereas the other runs down the price of something which is the prop erty of some one else and makes his profit out of the other man’s losses. The simple question today for the cotton farmer of South Carolina an-1 the South to ask himself Is: ‘Is not my cotton worth more, or will It not be worth more than I am now offered for It? If so. what shall I do to com pel those who want It to pay Us full value? Both of these questions should be carefully considered and carefully answered. They are just as impor tant to the farmer as any of his in vestments are to the banker or the capitalist. To the farmer they fre quently mean his all.' It means the comfort of his family, the happiness and the future of his children. The prudent man Is always careful bow he advises his friends In regard to money investments. The same pru dence should be exercised In advis ing the farmer in regard to his crop. If your cotton is intrinsically worth no more than the market price today, if It will not enhance In price It Is to your Interest to sell no v. If on the other hand, it is worth more than the market, If you will get a better price by holding It. .why, of course, It is to your Interest not to sell now. nertod'iu the Industry Is being en:Jjrhe answer which will be given to all tries to sell it aa high as he can, and for every year as long as bales, sad that, last year, la Egypt adapted to the cultivation of ootton is exceedingly limited, and the quality of the ootton raised does not place It in competition with the bulk of ours. India comes next to us, but India consumes nearly all the cotton she grows and will never l>e- come a competitor in exporting cot ton to Buro|te. Brkiil. where such efforts have !>eeu made to break the supremacy of the South, produces on ly 260,000 hales, and the Brazilian mills use all of this. Peru and Mex ico have undertaken to grow cotton, but It practically amounts to nothing. No much for our monopoly. Of the irrcatness and the impor tance of this monopoly, a prominent American banker the other day said: •Brlfif in* all the grain, all of the provisions, aT of the foodstuff, all of the itoeT, and all of the Iron of the 4T States of this great union. Which was exported last year, and T will sell the cotton crop of 1007, and pay you cash, and yet have money enough left to capitalise 200 national banks.’ Consumption of Cotton. “The next question which interests us is the consumption. Take a period of 10 years. In this time the con sumption of cotton In Great Britain has Increased* 21 per cent. On the ■ continent of Europe 25 per cent. “in the Northern States of this country, once the only part of the country where cotton was spun to any extent, 28 per cent., and in the South ern States 140 per cent. The demand for all products pf cotton, especially cotton cloth, is Increasing apd widen ing every day. The civilization and evangelization of# the world means the clothing of the world. - The cot- ton farmer can know that when he contributes his quota towards the $21,000:000 expended each year in foreign missions that he Is not only ’laying us treasures tn heaven.’ but that his ’own will be returned to him with usury.’ "And the world can never demand more cotton than the South can sup- C y. Lem than one-sixth of the land the South today is improved; and ftoa than one-half of^that is planted In ootton. Science la being applied to agfieulture more and more each year, and science will some day enable us to raise twice as much cotton upon oar present acreage. Science will, through fertilisation, cause our Infidp to bear more stalks. Through improved methods of cultivation, more bolls will be grown on these ■talks tad by means of the more careful selection of seed especially adapted to local conditions more ktoka will he formed on every boll. Bettor and more efficient labor In fields—which labor la some aa time rolls on and ants herself to changed also destined .to play In the South’s HP . the first of these questions depends largely upon who is the party ques tioned. . "Unfortunately ther? has been so much 'speculation in the cotton mar ket that It Is difficult for any one, even a disinterested party after care ful study to advise with any degree of certainty. He can only say what should be: what certain facts war rant, and In the long run it is facts that tell. . To the second question there is but one answer, should you determine that ootton ts selling betowr its value, and this answer Is that you must give your product to the market the unprecedented prosperity of the of at least ohe-half mlllioa bah “The years 1006-06 show an in- cream of over this amount.. There fore summing up: with a crop for which all Indlcationa point to a shortage of one million bales, a prob able Increase in consumption of five only 4n snoh quantities aad nt sucb- leM 8 ’ toJioW all of bis cotton at the mak times as consumption demands.. neirhborhood of 11 cents a pound to 0 P enln S of season.^ would TaT loan . w., neignoornoofl or 11 en s a po a o h->Ath to rive him such ad- An Illustration “To illustrate^ I am not going to pay you your price for a horse In the fall and feed him all winter when I do not need him to plow until spring Especially is this true when I must borrow the money at eight per cent. When I need the horse—then and not until then—will I be willing to meet your demands. When you are so situated that you can keep the horse at less expense than I can. and especially when you can insure him against dying, the proposition Is sim ple enough, it. Is to your interest to keep the horse until I am In the mar ket: even if you have to borrow t little money on the horse It is wiser for you to do this than It Is for me to borrow the full amount of the pur chase price. But If you insist upon my buying him now the difference must lie bourne by yhu. As it is In the sale of a horse so It Is In the sale of a bale of cotton. All carrying charges and all risks of fluctuating markets must be assumed by the producer, who insistes on sellIngi be fore the consumer is ready to pur chase. “In speaking tq y° u this morning I wiah to discuss both the present and prospective prices of cotton, and also urge upon you the only method which I see you can adopt to bring about more favorable conditions. "As a general propositldn we wji all admit that when the consumption of an article approximates Its produc tion., when the supply meets the de- mand-that price for the ai’llcl* Is « fair and equitable one which will al low the article to be produced and consumed at a reasonable profit to both producer and consumer. "Of course with cottpn I use the word consumer in the sense of manufac turer.. ■, ;.. ' j As to Prices. ‘‘The first thing to be considered ts the relation between production and consumption. What are the facts to^ day in regard to the cotton crop for the season of 1907-08? Do they or do they not warrant the paying better price than Is now bqlng of fered? I "The total cotton crop for tpe year ending Sept. 1, 1907, amounted to 13,510,982, an increase o£ million bales over the crop of 190jL-_ 06. and a decrease of SO-oBtf thous and bales under that of 1904-05 This increase was caused by the mag nificent crops of the.South Atlantic States being somewhat below the av erage Last ..year on September 25 the agricultural department placed the condition of the Texas crop at 74 points, whereas the report just issued places the condition for this year at 60 points. Louisiana last year on the same date was placed at 73. and this year at 65 points. Mississippi last year was placed at 75 against 69 points this year. Alabama is placed at the same figure as a year ago. "As we come eastward, accord to the government report, the c tion of the crop is slightly better this year than It was at the-same date last year; but we must remember the bulk of the crop is produced in Texas and the Gulf States. Should we haVe an excellent season for harvesting and a late frost, even then all indlca-, tions point to a* crop of nearly a‘ million hales less than was raised last year. laud Year’s Consumption. "During last year, of our 13,540,- 000 bales of cotton the world had up to the beginning of this season con sumed 12,500,000 bales. _ carrying Into the present season only 1,000,- 000 bales, and thl# amount was wide ly scattered In this country and throughout Europe, making stock* comparatively light at all points of consumption. "Under these circumstances, with .out any increase in the consumption of cotton during the coming season, the supply will not exceed the de mand. but the chances are all in favor of an increased consumption. As I have already stated, during the past 10 years the consumption of cotton by mills. In Greet Britian and on the continent of Europe averaged 28 per cent, increase end In the United States •$ per cent. Our ootton eon- sumption ham been Increasing daring at the rate of abovt 6 per present conditions continue Is a price which would be renumeratlve to the farmer and which will also allow the manufacturer or consumer to realize kCI legitimate profit upon his Invest ment. To this both are .entitled, and this both have a right to demand. Neither will receive It unless they de mand -It. Of course the most difficult prop osition to be encountered is the de^ termination of a price which will be mutually agreed upon as fair and equitable by both producer and con sumer. The first step to be taken In arriving at such a price is to decide whether the prevailing prices are the proper ones. Are they too low or are they too high ?\ In my opinion they are lower than circumstances war rant. and I believe that If the farmers will take steps they should take there will follow an advance in prices. To what extent this advance will go I am unable to say; and no one, gentle men, is In a position to determine this question; no one actually knows. "The farmer has a right, which ev ery one concedes, to hold his crop for 15 cents a pound and to hope that If properly marketed It will reach that figure. I join with him In this hope because as I have already said, the prosperity of the. Southern cotton planter means the prosperity of the South. As he grows rich we all In the-South grow rich with him. But I am unwilling today to take upon my self the responsibility of saying that, in my opinion, if you hold your cot ton there Is any absolute certainty of Its emhnnclrig In price to 15 cents a pound. However, there are certainly more reasons why 15 cents Is an eqlutahle price than the prices which are now being paid are fair, and- un der JUich circumstances there is every reason why our farmers should cease giving their cotton away at rates which at present, prevail. Cotton In the producer. Last year the average price throughout the South for cotton was 10 &-16 cents a pound for mid- dllni.- ' A year and one month ago today 9 1-8 cents per pound was the marketed value of your cotton, but towards the close of the season, on the 27th day of August last, the same cotton selling In September at 9 1-8 cents a pound was worth 13 9-16 cents a’ pound. Why today’It has fallen In price nearly 3 cents? Certainty conditions do not warrant 44. If last August, with a crop which the next year of one mllllbn baTes, cotton was worth 18 0-16 cents per pound, is it not worth jnst as much today with s crop every pound of which will be consumed by the spin dles of the world? That cotton today Is selling for less than it did 20 or 40 days ago is due entirely to the fact that the farmers by forcing their product qi>on the market play abso lutely into the hands of the specula tors. Every possible excuse is used by the speculator to 'bear’ the mar ket. And whether or not there Is any sense or reason In the pretexts'whlch they give for a low market, as long as the farmers insist on disposing of their product as soon as It is made these pretexts will have their effect Reasons for Lower Maket. ‘If a storm is reported or even if ospheric depression Is mentioned In the West indies cotton goes up on the New York ex in the fear that the storm will re duce the production. When the storm does not materialize the market is promptly reduced because the storm has not reduced the production. When the government report as hap pened this week states that the con ditlon of the crqp Is not as good as it was a month ago, the New York speculators choose to place an en tlrely different interpretation upon tbe^report. They prefer to say thal while is black, and black il Tjecomes; and as a result the cotton market promptly weakens. toff of cotton and jototaff too several maws ■ —i * * — a _ farmers’ organisations In advicing the farmers to hold and warehouse their cotton this year, I feel that I can not take upon myself the reeponsibllity •f saying to what extent you have n right to expect cotton to advance. I do say, however, that.you are not re ceiving today what you Ahould re- believa. thla year of toe all years is one in which a should be made and higher prices contended for. I believe that holding cotton this year will be to you a prof itable Investment. I am as much in terested in its being profitable as you are; for I realize the fact that -thouId prices decline not only yourselves but toff warehouse system will receive a serious setback. . . Becret to Marketing .Cotton. "The secret, as I have already stated, In marketing cotton Is for the farmer to give to the market the cot ton 1 as the market demands It; and this he can best do by warehousing his cotton. Although I do not be lieve that It Would be to the inter est of the farmer at any time to hold all of his cotton for the reason that the farmer then becomes the only bull in the market, being the only one who owns cotton. If your cotton Is gradually marketed every one who actually buys and owns 1,000 bales is to a certain extent on your side In the fight to maintain the price— he does not wish to sqU and it Is not to hls Interest to navto the com modity wl)lch he owns lose its Value. Even where a mill has bought cotton for its own consumption It is not te the Interest of the mill manager for several reasons, to ^ave cotton de cline. In th,e first place It gives hls competitors who do not own cotton an advantage over him In the man ufacture of goods and where he has to borrow money with hls cotton as security, as nearly all milli do. It makes him liable to be called upop at any time for additional margins. The cotton buyer ts not materially inter ested whether high or low prices pre vail. He is interested In eacludndl- vtdual transaction.' He simply buys and sells cotton based gipon a higher profit for ekeh day's work; and it does not make any difference to him whether the cotton which he buys and then sells brings 15 cents or 5 cents a pound, so long as he make his profit. When he become a specula- ton he then of course, has that Inter-: est which every other speculator has, and it is very material to htm wheth er be is on the right pr wrong side of the market Question of HoMtog. "Even if ( believed—which I do not do—that it is to the farmer's in- mers. They fflswnat the notes which others of our farmers make to toe merchants. When a fanner gives hls note for fertilisers that note before very long finds Its way to the bank, and the same is true,often with the mules and implements which he buys. Whenrthe crop ts ready to be harvested the'" banks have to snpply I wouldn’t be g an*)# thing ea earth Except g big. And it’s just an attld—t of birth ; That I’m a boy: Andi goodness gracious! Whan I stop and think with which to ‘■move tt, and until that time, everything had been going out and nothing coming in. When the Southern banks, there fore, are called upon to furnish mon ey with which to hold the Crop unless a large amount of the money wanted goes to pay the notes made to the merchant and to the fertiliser man they are In times such as this, when money Is as tight as it is now, and they can not obtain funds from re served centers—because the same conditions prevail there—often un able to meet the demands which are made upon them. There is every rea son to believe that in a very short time the money market will become easier and the banks throughout the South will be in a much better posl tion than they are today to assist the farmers In holding their Crops and also to lend money to buyers and mills. “I have recently made every ef fort that I possibly could to place the customers of my warehouses In com munication wilh those who were in a position to lend them money, but unfortunately, for the conditions above stated. I have not been able to make much headway. "The chtton garmer today finds himself in this position: The condi tions are such with hls crop and with its probable consumption, that It is very material to his advantage to hold, his cotton, but on the other hjtad he is embarrassed with the fact that In so holding It is necesMry for him^ to.borrow a certain amount of mon’ey, which it is most difficult for him to obtain.* Under these clr cumstances what is he to do? Why the best he can do. Those who can warehouse cotton should do so; those who are compelled to borrow money on K should do so; those who have to somewhat loath to give him such ad vice. for the reason that I realize that many farmers are so situated that for financial reasons -It would,-be-impos sible for him to do so. This being the case, in such a crisis as this it is all the more incumbent upon those who can afford to hold their cotton and take it off the market to do so. By doing this they not only help themselves but they help that man whose financial conditions are such that he is obliged to dispose of a cer tain amount of his crop. "It is exceedingly unfortunate to alllntereated In cotton thl$.ye»r that i’ It is the speculator today who has the winning hand, and he will con tinue to hold, this nand as long as the farmers allow him every time to hold the trumps .and to play them im. ~rt is •niP ’BTiwiff cotton mill people, who, today, is forcing down the prices of cotton. The coton mills did pot object to the prices which prevailed before the re cent decline In cotton, for the reason that they were making a reasonable profit on the goods which they are selling, having made their contract for goods based upon higher prices than are being paid today. It not to the interest of toe mills to have cotton"decline. Already as a result of the decline, cotton yarns have gone down, and where such goods are manufactured by mills whTqh have l>ought cotton at much higher prices than prevail today. It Is not to the Interest of such mills .to have other mills make contracts for yarns at a lower basis. "To have cotton now continue to decline means that their eomltetltor who is short of cottop can purchase what he needs for about three cents a pound less than the cotton In their warehouses cost them. ,The mill man as well as the farmer wants a staple price for cottoij; then both can, with some degree of certainty, know what they can depend upon. The Values in Cotton. “Cotton may be said to have two values; the intrinsic value and the speculative value. Its Intrinsic value today Is considerably more than the farmer# are being offered for it. Its speculative value-otm Only, be deter mined by the manner In which the farmers are willing or able to hold up their end of the line. "Conditions, taking into consider ation the supply and tionsumption, make the Intrinsic value of ootton no lees today than tt was when the mar ket opened. Its speculative value will he determined by the ability of the farmer to hoM hls cotton tor ad vanced prices. Cotton hM In the paat decade, with conditions far more un favorable than they are today, reach ed 15 cents. This, however, was toe result ef speculation, for within five months cotton tell to nine cento, the a stringency In the money market should prevail just at the time when ft Is very desirable and greatly to the dvantage of the cotton planter to keep off the market as much as he possibly can. In some quarters the theory prevails that the hankers and merchants of the South and the coun try generally are not helping the far mer all they should to hold on to hls cotton. If the stringency In the n.on ey market were local, if it were con fined In the South atone, If the man who buys cotton were not having equal difficulty with the mau who owns cotton to borrow money with which to hu^ or hold, then there might be some basis for such an im pression. The cotton . industry is more important and of greater inler- est to Southern financiers, than any and all Industries of the South com bined, for It is the basis of Southern Not only this, but a hank makes it money by lending money to any and all who have prop er collateral, and if the Southern banks were in a position today to ad vance money to the manufacturer, the cotton buyer or farmer for cotton transact ions t h ev would unu uest ion- Moncy Stringent in General. "The present—stringency in toe money market is not confined to the South and to Southern banks. It prevails, {'might say, throughout the borrow should borrow as Htt possibly can; those who have to sell and can not borrow should sell as gradually as is possible. It ts only by adopting this course that the pre sent downw'ardi tendency of the taar ket- can be checked and speculators made to realize that the Southern farmer is now In the saddle, and he intends no longer to be dictated to as to what prices he should receive for his cotton^ Borrowing Money on Cotton. The great mistake which farmers make when they wish _to ag secured "fry cotton is that they lay as great stress on the margin which the bank is able to allow as the interest which the hank charges The question for the farmer to al ways ask himself is this: How great a margin, and not how small a mar gin. can he get on with? It is bad business for bim to borrow on the cotton more money than he actually needs. He simply has the Interest to pay. And then, in addition, when he borrows more on the cotton thaq the cotton costs and stores thp cotton hqplng for a farther advanctVln price, he^lmmediately becomes a speculator Ion. greater extent than it is prudent for him to be. If he is going to United States and Canada, and the Same conditions exists in Europe. The unusually high rate of discount which today prevails in British banks testifies, to the fact that the present money stringency ^ Is world wide, and that for the time being, at 1 -monetary facilities are inadequate for the volume of business both in progress and coh- templation. It does not help matters for us to decry and to blame any one es pecially for the present condition of affairs in this respect. The scarcity of money affects all alike, and we can do nothing but meet the situation as we find it, realizing that we are today confronted with a condition and not a theory. Many men differ as to the cause of this condition, but in my opinion, the stringency in money is caused by the fact that the people of this country and of Europe have sim ply in the last year overreached themselves in the amount of business that toey have transacted. Not only rule with him to follow is to specu late only with the profit which may be made in the cotton and not with the cost of the crop. "Although cotton still reiens ^as king there is a crisis today in the af fairs of hls kingdom. Much will de pend unon the outcome, for the issue Is whether his reign shall he helpful or hurtful to those who are hls, most loyal supporters. The fight Is being waged fiercely on both sides. "It Is told that once In the midst of a battle the color hearer carried for ward the colors and planted them In advance of the wavering battle line 'Hie soldiers called to him to bring the colors back to the line. His reply was. ‘Bring the line up to the colors.’ $0* todsv. from those who have at heart the best Interests of the.-cot ton farmer, comes the cry. not only to stan't firm but to advance to the standard and carry the fight into the enemv’q conntrv. The road-to vie torv - is nointed out: to a victory whl'-h wlll.be as benefleient'as It will be lastlne. And It nnlv remains to be «een whether the farmer will take that road or not. DRY TIfKFT WINS. this, but the large profits which have been made in business have been in vested in Improvements, comforts, and, I might say, luxuries of all kinds. Therefore, for the present, at least, money, which Is simply a med ium of exchange, must catch up, as It were, with the many uses to which it has been applied. In addition to this the tendency-of the day is to regulate and cOntrql the large corpor ate Interests and> trusts. While in many cases this Is proper and legiti mate, and most desirable, still for a time at least It and will continue to hare this effect until we can draw a distinction be tween the corporation doing Tts bus iness legitimately and the corpora tion doing its business Illegitimately. When the stock and bond market Is depressed It means that capital for a time has become timid, and the more timid it becomes the more tendency it has to withdray from circulation, and the more stringent money be comes. v ... Banks Are Taxed. course realize fair profits upon the business created by production and handling of cotton, still oftentimes they are taxed to their utmost capac ity to furnish to, this industry tn (to of ton The City of Asheville Votes Oat the Bar Booms. A dispatch from Asheville, N. C., says no such sight was ever witness ed in any city of the South as was enacted there on Tuesday of last week when Asheville by a vote of nearly 1000 declared for prohibition. The polling places were thronged with women and children who bold ly pleaded' with the voters to vote dry. Large delegations of women and children surrounded each polling place singing and praying during the day. The campaign for, and against wohibition. which has jujjt closed, laftieen undoubtedly, the most hot- y contested and keenly interesting fight of the kind in the history of Asheville. 'The financial and business inter ests have been about equally divided, and each side has worked with much vim and vigor, the prohibitionists being led by W. H. Whitson, a prom inent businessman, as chairman of the executive committee, while ex- Representative J. Frazier <31ertn, has acted in the same capacity for- the anti-prohibitionists. v An interesting feature of the cam paign has been the large number of parades organized bv the prohibi tion forces there being parades composed of children, parades of women and children, and parades of men, the torch light parade of the prohibition voters which marched through the streets of the city Mon day night being the largest of the kind ever;seen.in AahevilTet The wo men of the city have taken a moat somewhat of a novelty in elections in Asheville. Of nankin’ my appearaaoe here a girl. It fairly mfikes my ears and eyebrows curl, But I’m a bov! Just think of all the jolly fna there is When you’re a bay! I tell you! you’re just full e( business When you’re a boy. to build' in Ml the vacant There’s fires lots. Go swimmin,’ tie the fellers' clothes in knots. Tie tin cans on the tails of dogs; why, gee! The days ain’t half as long as they should be When you’re a boy. There’s lots of foolish things that make you tired When you’re a boy. There’s heaps of grouchy men that can’t be hired To like a boy; There’s wood to chop at home and coal to bring. And “Here, do this—do that—the other thing!” -se than oh, holy smoke! Are they a crime, or just a joke Upon a boy? And then there’s always somebody ' to jaw. When you’re a boy— Somebody always layin’ down the law To every boy; “Pick up your coat; see where you’ve , put your hat; Don’t stone the dog; don’t tease the poor old cat; —— Don’t race around the house” And, worse than all, there’s girls* -why, The only time you have to practice things like those is When you’re a boy! And yet I don’t believe I’d change a thing v For any boy; You’ve got to laugh, to cry, Xo work, to sing, To be a boy; 7 With all his thoughtless noise and careless play, With all his heartfelt tmls day by day. With all his boyish hopes and all his fears. . . I’d like to live on earth a thousand . years And be a boy. Given Up the Fight. The efforts made by the State of Louisiana to keep out the cotton boll weevil have been unsuccessful, and the commission having charge of the matter has about given up the fight. The conclusion arrived at was that the weevil could not be exter- * peculate with hls ootton the safe 1 minuted, but that its destructive op erations could be kept down in a measure by the farmers in careful planting and theburning stalks. It is said the commission has had to turn and fight the Guatemalan ants, which were imported to destroy the weevil. It has proved of a more men ace than the weevil ever was, and is now seriously threatening both the organge and sugar-cane industries by its ravages. These same ants almost wiped out the sugar plantations of Grenada, in the West Indies in a He is toe RevohUloUM: sad Governor James K. Variamao, of Mimtarippi, in an interview given in reply to Preskfent RooeeveH’eep—ch at St. Louis, strongly denouaaed the president's policy and called Mm “a revolutionists.” The governor gays: “Mr. Roosevelt is a pint grand master in the use of words. With the great French diplomat, ha evi dently thinks that umgujtge is to conceal rather than express thoughts. Within the pile of verbiage there lurks the most pernicious prindcles and vicious politics that ever wrecked a republic or destroy the righto ef the people. “He has preached purity in poli tics and at the same time accepted from the railroads contributions to corrupt the ballot. He accepts the office bought for him by criminal contributions and then turns around and undertakes to preach political honesty to people who corruptly bought for him the office he holds. A wonderful man, indeed! And more remarkable still is it to me that the people of Missouri are caught by tiie little cheap flattery and plati tude, which he indulges in, when he coma! on his speaking tours to the South. “The constitution of the United States is to this man a blank piece of paper, upon which he Would write anything that his judgment might prompt or his political fortunes dic tate. , “Mr. Roosevelt is a revolutionist. He has no respect for the law of his country, constitutional or statutory, if they happen to interfere with the consummation of any of his schemes or plans. The fiat of his spasmodic will, superinduced by consuming van ity, is the only law that he respects.” MANGLED IN A GIN. A Young Min Hies as a Result of Accident. Henry Hyatt, aged 29 years, 1 while attending to the steam gin of his father Thursday, about three miles below Dillon, had his arm caught in the gin. The entire limb from finger to shoulder joint was fearfully man- gled. * Drt. HaaSies , Michaux and ' Goddard were called in at once and did everything possible to save the young man’s life, but he never ral lied from shock and hemorrhage, dy ing at four o’clock v the next morning. He leaves a wife and two young chil dren. * We are sure there is not a news paper of any influence in South Car olina* that does not sympathize with the farmers in their fight to main tain good prices for cotton. They may not all see the situation in the same way, but we believe they are Ml patriotic, and are doing what they can to help alonp the good work. So don’t let us criticise one another and divide our forces. Ail the people in the South wqU not become prosperous until the far mers can hold their cotton and sell it when the prices suit them. Then they would not be comnelled to take any old price for their cotton that might be offered them. We hone to live to see the day when such will be the case. * campaign which extended over ten years. , - ‘ If this is true, and the American Agriculturist says it is, it was a silly and disastrous experiment to import these nuisances to the United States, which already has more insect pests than it can handle. These creatures can’t be used like sleuth-hounds to run down any particular game, and are sure to follow into new fields. 1 Accurately itt.sBYMATL Frmmm fltiad tm fmc* pm fm Hg FRKK mmmbmMmm Mm** CRYSTAL OPTICAL COMPANY IU Tsoqls Csatt. A Bute. Os. their appetitiee There should be a complete revo- of our cotton market. We are told by those who have been there that] thousands of bales of American cot-, ton reaches toe foreign market with not a shred of covering on them. This careless way of doing business causes our farmers to lose millions of dollars each^year. Why not stop This is He , FOR Pianos and Organs. You want a sweet toned and a dur able Instrument. 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