The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, March 29, 1905, Image 4
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
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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. Dividends declared on both would be
TIwo nIividends Frxom one Invesitment
$15 Buys 10oo Shares
$45 buys 3,300 shares. $90 buys 6,600o shares. Full
paid. Non-assessable.
BUY BEFORE THE PRICE ADVANCES.
500 PER CENT
ORDER AT ONCE
the .Cheapest and Bet wit~h ore in the mines' and
cash in the treasury. If over-subs;cribcd your money
will be returned.
Highest Commercial and Bank References.
MAKE ALL REMITTA NCES AYABLE TO.
The Golden Sun Mining and Mililing & Co.
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