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Conducted bythe Short and Timely Artiolos that will b Received, and are Solloitod for i On any Phase or Subje t of FARMERS HAVE WON, SAYS SMITH$ Banks Give Money to Movemenrt-South Carolina Situation Reviewed. According to a satetemotit it ceiv. ed from the Sontiliern Cotton asso, ciation , tho baniLs of the cotton growiig statta have contrilbuted ab ut. $7,000 to the movement and only $3,000 additional is asked. The amount agreed ,upnn at a meeting of the Southern banking conmmitteo was $10,000, and Joh D. Walker, the treasurer, stata-f that this mioney will be used as is all of the other contributions re ceived from fertilizqr companios. oil mills and other concerns President N. D. Smith of tht South Carolina branch of the a8so ciatiun, gives out the following interview: "Thero must be some in-.take as to the amount of fort ilizer suid in this State. The people are under the impire.sion that the sale of tag. means the sale of guano. Either the tag people are wrong or the farmers of this State aro wrontg, Lancaster, Greenville, Spartan burg, Marion, Dillon, Latta and Lynchburg-places that I have visited personally-report about, 00 per cent' sales as compared with last year. Repoirts sont t.o the office from tho various counfies conIfir) mvy ow) observation; therefor, it must be thalt the guano people have bought these tkgs in ordcr that they may not be delayed in case they do get orders for shipments. As unused tags aie redeemable, it will cost ther.. nothing to get these tage, and in case they do not ship guano they return them to the State and hal*e their money refund ed. Hence, it is an easy matter for the imrpression to be liltde that the State is using os much guauo as formerly. "As said beloie, the report~s fromi the different conUeIAS and shippdug points in these different counties do not bear out this assertion. "'At Saluda Saturday it was re ported that Saluvda county would probably not use oyer 60 to 75.per cent of last year's fertilizer. The impression has gone abread as far west as Texas that South Carolina is not keeping her pledge to reduce acreage and fertilizors. I wish) to take this occasion to say that in my tours through the South and West I find that no Stato is more enthusiastic, more deternmined, and is standing by the pledgi a made better than South Carolina. "Let noe one be discouraged o1 disheartened by any of these signE or reports, for in the faco of what is said to be the Jargest cotton crop ever imaie in the history of the South, the farmers are .standing pat and have forced cotton from 6 cents per pound to 8 cents per pound; and it is only the question of a few weeks with the same tac tics adhered to whenCi 10 cents will be reached. "The mills of Europe and A mer ica, as a rule, have not more than O six weeks' supply of cottoni. Our old friends are back in the market. The foreign crop is a comparative failure. Thle unprecedented do mfand for cotton gets a tidal wave of prosperity, seeming to sweep oyer the entire world, and our pr.si tion is as~u red if we canI just hold out for thirty days longer and keep) our pledges to reduce acreage. -"Reports from President Jordan received this day from blississippi, Louisian>a and Texas are to tho ef. fect that thiese States aro standing riaidly by the pledges made. For the first timui in the history of the South the cotton grower is *dlctatting to tihe wvorld the price of bl otn May the time never comiwhe he illfalter or retreat ~rorn this glorious and righteous ~ position. It is a glorious .victory *n nlow.", DrSm'th stated yesterday that oi of previous engagemente ~ tng which was to have been ~ i~ Bartanburg on Friday is h Ixtti a later date.. h 0l H~erald. AZ3)NS VOO PVA . parmr -.the ers, e pf'so~ . , oir leaders Will be i Atiqlos are to be afing 0 Farm Life. Crisis in Cotton Growers' Corner. The1 followinig articlo which we 0amo acrcss in the New Y<.rk.Her ald of last Monday, Mlarch 13tb, preSelitS vividly and forcibly the presentsituation with reference to the cotton crop and the cotton arimers' opportunity. Followi)g is the, Herld's article, as prin ted under the head line above: In thec deadlock which exists today inl the cotton trade thero it presented an anomalous condition without a pir l t in the rocord of aly stope cummodity. "So firm is Ohe farmr's determi tion to hold until h1 is idea of a fair price is met," said L L. Fleming, a ditector of the New York Cotton Exchaiigo, who has jusit ieturned from1 a tlip through 11;1- S 1ih, ''and so C I siten. i8 hi eur e with his public avo ahs oi thbe suib ject, that the trado is con fronted with the habn..rial Situation of a positive enlorlmous su1rp 4, an. yVi meliats w ho have coitractt Ior delivery to spiiiers fld an actual scarCity of ( Ifetings, and what is bough- is at a heart breaking bsis as compared with their future hedges. )DAN(E IN COMING CONTEST. "Should the owner of the cot bon se;o it or find it practicable to con, tinle for the Iext thirty dass the policy pursued (Iiriig the ist sixty to iiiinely days, we shal b eo a contest iiteresting indeed to th(, looker on, but sure to leave it. mark on some of the participants "The parties to the impending fight will be the planter who owis the cotton, the merchaut wh-> has coitracts with the spinner for speuitied delivery, the spinner who has not, yet contracted for all his wants and the spi-cula tor who ex pects to profit by the (liscomf1iture of o or the other of theso legiti mate forces, Of theso con testants in a battle rcyal the farmior stands(1 out as the most initerest ing and pictuiresquec figure, flushed withi the vic tories alccomli~shed du1ring the last two years by standing for his price and getting it. His plan of acthon, openly stated, is to mcarkot his cotton sparingly, to hold hack one anud at half to two miillion bales of the surplus, and by red uction oft acreage iand fertilizers to so ro'. dluce the next crop as to force to and1( held thle market aroundi~ ten cents, thereby avoiding tho sacii fico of his surplus and miak ing more net money fromi h sa cot tol anIothler year. "Fmdi~ing it dliflilt im December to cover ini his comlmit ments to) advantage, and feeling assureud that the first of the year would bring freer selling and a normnal relation betwecn his sales0 and h~odges, th< melrchant arraniged e'xtensions of man1 Ry Ci cont racs to .h inuarILLy ; theII as the linies wero0 1mor1 tightly drawn, delive ries actuia Ily demand ed were made, though at a loss, and such as could be arranged were again dleferord. Th is policy having been pursued again in Feb ruary, the merchatit fl,1d himself with a heavy accumuliation of commlaitments for March, the deliv ery of the groater part of which will probably be insisted on by the spinner without further postpone men1)t. "Hle can make nio plai of(i act ionl, but miust buy to fill hiis contracts as5 best ho can; if the far mer01 fails to mlaitain his position and solIh freoely the profit origilly calcu latedl on may be realized; Ir, on the other hand, no weakeing is shown, he mlust pay the price Ui d prob, ably stand in for a wI'Ie parity between Ppots and intums~ than be, fore. Ilis lot for tihe lcst ninety days has beenl an~ unhap~ py 0110, and it looks as though t ho end of hU isffring is not yet. "The~ farmer's position fi nancialI ly is better than in years, probably the strongest ever, an~d owing to tihe general prosperity ii. the South, the banking facilities there are amply competent to tak e charge of hisa surplus on a reasonacble basie. FARIMER 18 IN EAliNF~8T. "Undoubtedly the firmer hbn. ael is In deadly earnest anld pre parest for- extreme measares, not Oueli as hnurbing iI ootton, b4 oAtracismn, and mtyhcb w:'rse, for the iseighubr Who violates his pledg.T But. wo impt reckon with the mai who will not bind himself, and with more concern the backslider who41, while others are stkndIng by, slips in his cotton to fill the de mainnd, le.tving his neighbor to do the holding, and who, believing otIh-rs will d the reducing in acrA age and fortilizer, increases his ow11. ' This ba-kslider, if discoverid, may find his lines no path (f roses, but the fear of him is po.sibly the greatest obstacle in the way of utited action.' "An unbiased opinion would seem to he that neithnr sido .will win decisively. Thie iarmer' plan of a concrete organization is too complicated and :nade u) of in toretst too tiivi re to provo entirely suecesful, but. the fact that though fC. r two or t hree mon ths talk of five conts Jitton ha booni thrown at him through the new(impai , cir cilars, privato wiros, etc., he has stood 'pat,' and not, only stoppAd a decline but demanded and got an advance, is evidenco that ho will not emergo from the enitest with out some measure of success. ''vc.ry indicati-) points to a c.rtain reb.c'i-n in acreage, proh aly 1.5 p),.r Cent at lea.st, and 11he fetiiizer deal - rs are aliority for 1 1 satleent. that eveln if wantpd, it is at physical imposs bility of traip( r,ation, sincc ordum for ship mo t have been so long delayed, to get more than 80 per cent of the quatitity of fertilizers used last year to the farm in time for plant. ing,"-Progrei sive Farmor. Let the Farmers Make a Change. Mr. Editior: A short, tiio ago I wrofe an irt clo for publication, atid I have been sollicited by some of the man111y rilders-i of your valuable p.por to% w ito gii n. I will try to give the public iry views, trusting that it will oly p Crove to be good for all who put tho 6am1e itnto practico Tie cotton question occurs to my mind to bo one that should be thor ouighly discus-ed by every one throughout the whoh+ lengh aid lireadib (,f Ihe Southern States. It soms hat, the farmeic1rs have becomiie somewhat nervous 1111d 11r0 turning hbeir cotton loose, pu'.ling it on the mn het at priices9 that, in my judg mnent, will :not pay them to raise it.. I thh.k if the farmers would hold or would hav e held alt th~e cottonl thait has been sohol for the past two weeks that they would have got a beltter price for it. Th'le supply was begin ning to run short and t ho milks would(, in a short time Layc been 0 iling to givo the farmer more for hii cottoII. The mills can't aifford to stop or to iun on short 4ime wvhile hey thait a ready market for the cut toni goorls. I yet believe that if the fnn mrs willI onlyv keep thle remintder of the r' cottonf loff the market for sixty anlys they wi- getI a better price th'on it is beringing at the p)resenit time. I believo that tIh farmers have accompl)1ished a great deal1 by their dleterminat ion not to sell their cotton at 6 1.2 mn 7 cents. But there rema)Iinis a great. deal more to he aco. comupished by the farmers of the South. We meC nowv trying to bring about ni (1 deviso some plan t~hat will boe for the giI.mi of thme niext genwra 11ion by comning together for the good of each ot her and < xchalnging our1 ViOws alOlig agiicultura'fl lines so thait, we may bo in a poslitioni to kii ow more about thle thiings the t greatly conic( ni us as farmers. The meetinga t.ht the far'mers me h1(oldinlg in the~ Soth erni States should he baIrg-ly aittendoed for thiOle puirp~ose < f devising some plan w herel y ne can get some relief. A ul othier cioSess or1 professions areo orgaim1iz.l for the lLiprpo of pro. tect ion t o his or t hi at pr'ofess'on), as ttin caste may be. Then11 let's not be comoi diso 1531lge(1ve O l h( 81itunat ion or t he glo.m an~ ppearanco that is looking inito our face at the presenit. Thein old saying is that the daril'kO.t honrh is just t.:foraJ day. T.hen let the fimer look forward for' a hetter daly in) tihe fe'turi' ; c'at our eyes over the hioiizoni and view thle situnat ion that we may bo ini condition to resist the einemiy that has Strewni finaidi ruin in the p)ath1 oif the farmoere of this beau tifr:J South hmd liolf ours. I think that if thio 8,mb I wvonih adopujt t he phy~p of raising tho thing~s I hat areo net ded for cosumption oin the farms, that the South would today have been in a conditioi, -and better able, to face the great cr isis of cheap cottoni that has given~l so many of us a back seat. If we would adopt the plin of raoisiing corn, wheat, oats, hzay, mieat., n.olassts, puitatoes anid such like erops in the South there wouild not be imuch daiuger of the S.1n hi raising~ any too much cotton. We know that eight or ine. illilon bales AVegetable PreparationferAs similating tiheFoodandegttla thig theStomaclis andBowels of From1otes DigesiionCheerfut ness and Rest.Contains nelither OplumMorphine nor Mineral. OT NAUcOTIC. krAMt sat.. IM~4 - A peifect Renedy for Constipa Tion, Sour Slonach,Diarrhoea lVormsConulsions,Feverish ness and Loss ogt SLEEP. Fac Simite Signatute of NEW YORK. EXACT CCPY OF WRAPPER. of cotton wtill bring in ro m mey to the Southern farmer at 12 conts per pound than fourteen million will at 6 cents per pound, then the farmer wonld hivo all the extra time and labor that it ta'coe to make the. five million bales that wa got nothing for, besidea tho timo it takes to gather and market the five million extra bales.' The land it takes to make this on shoul be plalto. in corf antid other feed crops, intid this would placo the farwer in position to improve lis farm; he would ha-vo all thle fiond raised on the farim to raise mor.i stock, and could have some to put on the market, which will bring good prices all the year r,)und. This will enable the. farmer to havo some monkey at alh son4ons of the year and vill help to keep him out of delit. Besides, t he raisinig of more)I stock on the farmi w ill gradolltly redu1ce the use of uuurci al fori ilizeOrs so no karme r will buy as largel v o'f am mioniated go >ds. It he has got rlet. ty of home-made tuinnure fot his crop~ he will soon see t~hat his~ form is im-. proving with such trettment, and new life will take hold of him. IIis neighbor farmer, just up the road, will soon see the improved condciti m of his farm that has been made with barn-yaral manure, and in a few years thev would become greatly enthua d1 over t ho new met hod of f irming and they .vould nlot have aniy cotton as a surplus, or moure than wVould b~e needled for consumptioni, anid I am suro they wili hot have any to b~urn. Farmers just keep your cotton, You can kceep it if ycu wvill, For there~ is a dlay a-comning When they wvill wvant it, at the mill. Jus't hohl onI to your cotton. A nd1 kmu p it out, of sight; 'That wviil be the wa.- to do You're suro to w .11 the fight. Now brothern, hoid that cotton still, You can (do it if y'ou try, And knock the gamnbler ont. A ud knock hinui very high. 'Tis the farmor who tills the soil, 'is the farmer that malces the bread, And it is the farmer that's a whale, iFor he0 krie a the world in a sail. 'Tis the farmer that pays the bhIl,, Wh' ilo tihe far mner runs the mill ; 'Then why not lend a help'ng han I And help the boys wvho cultivate the hand. J. Aschmore Hlinton. Ton Mothers in Tlhis Trownt. Children wvho av (dehicate foverish and on sa wvilh get ini mediate relief from Mothe1.1 GIray'm an cot powders for child - re'n. Thiey clear so the stomachl, act on the~ liver, imamking a sickly child strong andl healtly. A certain cure for worms Toth Publi1 All persons hav ing)umIiness in th is office will please callI onl Saturd-iys I will be away Vonl other days visiting chl'oh. Pl ese t akti duo nu' tico anad lovern'm youtira4'ive-i acorid inigi y s.lleerely yourlli' R, TI. Hlallum. - Co. Supt. lEd. MUR R A Y'S IRON MIXTURE. Now is the time t5 take a spring tonic. Jty far the best thing to take is Murray's I ron Mlixture. It makeA puro blood and gets rid of that tired feelinmg.. At all drisggtsts. 50c a Bottle. or Dirct JFrom THE MgUAY5lUC OASTORIA P or Infants 'and Children. rhe Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of - In Use For Over Thirty Years GA STORIA THE CENTAUR COMPANYV. NEW VORKt CITY. A Milder Climate 7 In Arkansas, Louisiana and Texesstock ranges ten to twelve months in tho year, two and threeo crops grow in a season. Now is the time to look up a location while tho land is cbeap. On February 7th and 21st and March 7th and 21st, the Cotten Belt Route will Sbl round trip home-seekers' tiekets from St. Louis, Thebes. Cairo and Memphis to points in the above named states at a rate of $15 or ono fare plus $2, where it makes less less than $15. One way colonist tickets Febru ary 21st Alarch 21 at half fare plus $2. Writo for map, time table and ask about racA to any point. L. P. Smith, 'T. P. A., Cotton Belt Route, Atlata. Notice of Election. An electioni wvii le heldi in the town of Libertv S. C on Friday the '7th day of A priilt190'. for the purpo~se oif voting :>n the qjue.-tion of isei *g hantds to the iltunout of ten thousand dollars, to be tISed.. in the erection of a scihool building inl thet towni of Liberty and 8shool die, toecL No. It . Polls to cposa at 9 o'clock Al 11. :nn I closo at 4 o'clock P. M. All jualifled voters residing in said school mistrict uro entitied to vote in this elec bion. WV. C. O'Dell, Tr. Hi. Parsons, and J, J. Wakelin wvill act as manages s. 1J4)no by order of the board Trustees. W. HI. Chapman Clerk BJ Tfrustees Liberty School D:strict No. 11, Msrchi 233Jt. Do No Suppress a Cough. WVI.nu yon have a cough do not try to snippross4 it, but remove the cause. The conigh 'n only a symptom of some die ease1, and the disease is what you should c ire, then the cougn will stop of itself. lTi.o most, common canse of coughing is a1 col I Anuodync w ~ilIl promptly sup press thet congh, anud preparations con taimnlg chiloformx, opliumf etc., are used for that purposo, but they (10 not 0enre t he cold. Obariberlins Cough Remedy onl the othier hand does not suppress the con:.lh, but relilevee it by removing froim the throat and ilurge thea mucus which oiLatruictedl the breaithing~ and iallayinig the irritation and tickling in theo thro .t. It. ulsMo openis the sere'tiona and eIfec Iinmdly and permauenitly oures the cold as wvell as the cough. For Sale by, Pickons Ding Shore. :Earles Drug Store. No Coupons (except singles) accepted unless subscription is paid in advance To the person sending us the largest list of sub scribers accompanied by the cash, before May 1st, 1905, we will give a first class DROP-H EAD SEW ING MACHINE. it erest to (10 so. Our trivnQ ~ ui.any '"dots" on style. WiWard RY PA RLOR~S. 9 AI\ axi> M ISS LO)IS RIET ORS. and Near Mo!?"al's. iTEST STYLES,.e Prices, .N invited to visit us. every purchase amount >k -out for the an oplings. V 3 4 , Well It's Not Too Early to Buy Y r. New. Fall Su t. -Our line of SUITS, OVERCOATS and TROUSERS are now on display, and a handsomer 'lot of-goods has never been shown by any body, * *.%*. - ' ' N t be ti irg 1ibis FcIsr n n solid colors, or witi ( vt r.i.laid Br.wu ii its an d Brown Tie to match your suit. S ith risto w LEADING CLOTHIER, Greenville, S. C. From Nov. 15, 1904, to Jan. 1, 1905, I wish t;e trah to bear in mind that at my store is the plav.. t bny YOUA WINTER GOODS AND SAVE MONEY Bargain Prices Are What I Mean 1000 pair ienis, 1wm0111ens, boys, girls and childiens a (s, all kindq, to go at a bargoin. A .ig lot of nr s overco-ts at a bargain. A few metna nnd boys suits left, to go at a begafi. A big lot of menn pants to go at ia haigaia. A bit h.t. .f in s and bo.-s hals and cips at i hIi . A lot of drummer's sample hats it losa thamn co;t. - A bargain in mens dress shirts and insuR underwVei 0 A bargain in ladies underwear, fleece lied and ba ._ man. 2 EVERYTHING THAT IJ8EFUL * i In the house or on the farm is to go at a bargain. 3 J. F. HARRIS, Cash Merchant, -An Pickens, S. C. COTTON GROWING Is the most interesting topic these days, and to get best results all planters should use ANDERSON FERTILIZERS. ~COTTO N Is cheap, and if any plan will adluance the p~rice for that now in t~he hands ot the farmers, it will be to hold tenaciously, sit steady in the boat until the requirements of the consumer becomes absolutely necessary. REDUCE ACREAGE -mne In order for you to make money at presi'nt prices, it 18is' nessry to produce more cotton per acre by increased use of LFertibzgra per acre. Use 500 pcounds where you have used( 3001 before; work uvd feedl two mxules whlere you have used three before, and rMs othecr labor in) pr1oportionr, thbrchy incre'asing production and decreasibW esrnees8. WeaeA Word to Fertilizer Buyers. Weaeselling homo-mnade fertilizrs mad-a b~y theo Andlerra.n Phlospi ate &ilCo.-goods that are fast becoming fanaums. TIVtimonlills from some oftelargest and most soccessful cotton geormus ini this Stato any "Thuerue none better." FOLGER 4 THORNLEY, Agents, Pickens, S. C. I.1 our big Tunnel. Mining Experts say it will grow richer and better. Many large Gold Veins are just ahead and will be cut in rapid succession We o3wn 20() Acres WVITIHOIUT DE.1YU., AT GOLDFIE&LD The camp of Quick Fortunecs. We own 1oo acres, with rich Gold Strikes all around1. G;old veins Dis covered. Join now and H'EL P U S D IG! Every share of Golden Sun Stock Gives ownership in the Goldfieldl TOO acres and Colorado 200-total 300 acres. 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