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MMMij l)linilTVii;\T. ! J. F. XJSFFT Filitor. Electing o" Hie Cotton (Jrov.i r ;. Pursuant t<> the call of Pres. it. L. Hie'" .n a meeting of ihe ('ntton (Jrmvers was held in the court house Monday. The at-1 tendance was small considering! t'u? crowd :n town and Ihe im 1 port a nee of tli meet :rv,r, hut tho.se presunt seemed v ry ? inch in i arnesi. M>\ ' > ' V !.>?><>.. v appointed Seertarv. an also at the retilies I ?>! the . . 1* n1. 2lv. .lones gn ,'e n- < g< ? ! ! a " ing us the giv ;t Mi eil o;Or... ni;:a 1.on and ... '. i;; ,; tilt* ( f>! tOU < I | i n '< . . Showing I h it ; rst of ..! i v.? 1 armors, in;. i ' < l.i I! host wo can lor oiir.-elv - ami h? I iko care < ! ouiv >lvo< :ir* ! in order to do this wo Mrrt mak" l'-trin soil' su~ Mining. < 'apt. V( ' or ;? : ' ;t rate Burns also in nit r< -finm" t oiks along this same lino and several ol her* h:i ! .. thin., to ay al >>u1 tlio possibilities of iho Assoeia lion. On niolion it was agreed that tiio iicxl meeting l>o hold on tho first Saturday. >th, <>t "\|ai*eh, at 11 o'clock, a. in. and the townsnips sond ono delegate lor every memh ts enrolled. Hrethern lot us go to work :'.nd ' make our organization .just as | strong as wo ran ami then wo will h.? aide to help each other. II l l i\ i ft I rr/iU'llL:li i Ik J 'a4 < .Ml,MI UI1IIUTS Moot. The Cotton (5 rowers Association of Tin for. 1 Township mot at Tabernacle, on the 5th at II o'clock, President K. li. Pintle called the meeting to order, The object of the meeting was oxplained and the following names were elected delegates to meet with the county Association: .1. M. Knight, R. 11. Sapp, W. .1. Sistare, I.. II. Howell, M. L. Walters and W. P. Howell. Although the attendance was not as good as it could have been y. t we had an interesting audi enthusiastic meetimr. The mi 1 ton (pH'stion was freely discussed and all seem to lie on the same line to reduce the acreage in cot ton and use less fertilizers. The meet ing ad journed to meet | at I lie ca! 1 of i he I Ye* ident. I\. If. liivcf.i:. I'res. 1 J. M Kmoiit. ^ec'v I J. nver Salaries Needed. I- .r ilio Knti-rprUo. Mil. Im?i ; . : ? I * ,.e. you a few % oughts in I ' r u > to al- . : : m nc wi'' . -j r. !! i .. I .ry : ' o hi It r 4 cot- . ton- . ji, ? . iu J,-!I iit 'v:t nr *!') ve.tr' npo !. ?ve ' pot J:! to 'J'i cents j"T j? in. 1 IV.r cotton, and livinp is modi c n'iipcr now. Both clothinp and provisions are only about one-half or one third as high as then. Take the Circuit .Indites their salaries are too hiph and all other State of ficers. The salaries of all mipht be toped off* one-third and then we would have as pood men to fill all the offices as now. Take our law-, makers they pet four dollars j < r day and before the war between the States we had as pood men as; there was in the State who served i _ . 1. .1 ? 11 A 1 I: - i i*/1 i ii I rn uuiinih jir*i miv ruin iiv-' ing is cheaper now than then. Lawyers, doctors and preachers all charge as much now as they tone was 1 ?Ft unturned by the lonev power to save the old nnonal bank. This power proved trong enough to get Congress to . enact the law,and all the power 1 nd infltienco that those men I mild exert was brought to bear pon .lackson to get him not to elo the bill. A large delegation f b il kers from New York, 1 'hiI dolphin an! 1' ten waited on nit, and after every other argu. lit failed, they t >ld him that if e vetoed the bill hm-inc-s would' that all? Not by a jugfuli. His tl hill give* to the national banks rc the solo right to issue paper nio- li ney ; ami authorizes them when tl fifty per cent, of their capital is tl paid up to issue seventy live per cJ cent, of their cr.pital ami the gov- rt ernment to guarantee the 25 per tl cent, not covered by national It bonds. a This bill po?sosses one oloment hi of merit and that is its frank.out- a< snnkon finnfimnntu nnrl numntnii ar ~ r ' -- ? ?'1 *' 1''' ' " of the money lords of tho conn- oi try. Mr. (J ago is a banker of ei largo moans, and it cannot l>o if doubted that this bill reflects the views and interests of the whole tl "shooting match.M This proposi- ai tion is the culmination of a e> scheme concocted as far back as tl ls?3. This hill is remarkable in pi everal respects. First, fer it- is 1 i bold-faced onrontorv an 1 next *. f - its vi'dous concealment of its ; t( 1 pnrpi - -. !! c!* it i- ' .< tl. d 1 i greenbacks - a constant menacbla to tin - g Id reserve i n th< t re.isurv :' w ?' it money gambler : > ?I t! litors gather 11j> this mon y and !l d ' land gold. If we arc '<> have o' all obligation.' of the h. n k - . I ci the government payable hi old ! Id not ! .onev ' i:11b:ers ac< amp' !i 'bet! me ptirpo e with the fiatiohal 'I I i.i 11 !> i- .* I! .' ! r. t .< n .*> 11111 hi 11(111 i' 1 }>* ? (? ! iW WOII ill I hi' \\ ! tr. f '1 St:i? '!> snr r > r> - t ? 1. I iv _''! ! f . it ii?ti:i! han!; n *,e- ( r< I! i it. where i - tin* >1 Jl'i'i i i n li tiic two chi.-*e* of money'< 1 hi* , oi shows that thi' peeretary i* not *1 simtere in lilrt root ntioti that tin- si trr 111 ark money m surh a men-jtl are to the goM in !fio troft?ury. N The truth of the mat tor is, the! ii main nhinet tie irnntu ' 1 J ,w I " j !ikIi is to got this .f'! 10,000,000 out 11 of tlu< hands of the people and out si of l.usinoHs, and get that amount ^ tl in interest paying bonds for the' ti use of the national banks. This o is the same old battle that was ? fought and won by the people p under the leadership of old An-'tl drew Jackson sixty years ago. in That was a battle royal, and no ci diil win*ii cotton was 12 to 15 cents si per pound and the taxes are n getting higher every year. Now, ti gentlemen of the General Assem- s1 b'.y of South Carolina, think how ri little profit the poor farmer {rets a for his work and see if you cannot c< give him somo relief. 1 say all u salaries ougtit to correspond with * a* imr1! pdi n ft t t? < )l.l? K AlOIKH. a 11 Tin* (' uvoncv I'cfonn h LMitor (.'(/{tun riant : Tbe IJe j *' publican party promisod to the v< country at: or.. < ' prosperity un-is '.tr i'lolot' : i our : i* otv,;.- ! prow I r:. udj to oiv * if by t 11iun t rill a n-1 sou:- ! : < -v. <* t:?t iff bill 11 given 1.^ ? th most I. i.ju ? us ' measure ever foi* toil upon poo 1 p' > claiming to bo fro >. ' m* of pr. 1.t:cii-p; r v t.iio of 'v I: iout for tl ' - of !; i;:i- '? fio ih! treaniry, if operater to in- 1,1 ? ease very greatly the r.. .thly " d ficif. The oul measure spok. n of so far t-. Ilea. the linanciil nis- o o;:s tnd bring a rnnedv for the b mi i\ r.-al ;nnn?>t ry ib pros-ion is ci <!i" rtirroiicy reform bill of Serre- vv faiy < iago. And what his to inody and 1> what does his l>ill propose to do? il II" proposes to retire all our a greenback money amounting m h round numbers to three hundred ? < Hid forty-six millions of dollar-;, tl and issue* interest i; -aring bonds ci in their -toad, and to refun '. the i. entire bonded indebtedae^ of the n I 'nited States, ( except the bonds ri issued by Cleveland,) the bonds it tliur refunded to bo payable,prin- di cipal and interest, in gold. I- tl IM'fJIFl*1 V < 1 m MT'l'Oi] I I *' i i ; ? ould grow in the streets. Del wore %lby the eternnl," that ho I ould veto the toil i! theurass, ould grow in their streets waistl igl. Oh, f'.r ?inotli -r ' n< !<on 1 M'l * \ oStlK'!l : " ! I> t r .){- ,)} ] Kil U <1 V. 11 is i ( r ov ?. >( t(>iI that t hi - hi1I' " < ? 1 tr iir tint it eolith I e enacted by this Congress. No null hill could |>:?-a the S T.atO as w conip' 1. !t i- :i feoler.and intended to tost t?if. sentiment f i! American > ; !" with the op" that under err great linan> ia! depression, that any change mid ho accepted, l.ist spring we wore told that v enacting a high protective tar 1, ill*' wheels of our commerce ikI industries would all I>o pull i motion, and prosperity would jver the land as the waters cover ic sea. I' 11ioppressive and vious measure was enaeu d, and i los> i\ m tl.v re vein*!' of the government wore de eased, wages reduced, strikes laugurated and the shutting awn of cotton mills the order of ic day, and the price of cotton, le great money crop of the South, uluced from seven and a liaif to ve cents per pound, far he low 10 cost of production if the lahor lat produces it is to ho fed and othed. All the predictiouH in gard to the beneficial ejects of le high tarill' have proved a doision and have turned not tn tie huge lie. And now they come rid tell us they will rectify the Imitted existing evils by a heme the most nefarionp and ltragoously wicked thnt was .*er proposod in our national loglature. This light has been raging from ie beginning of our government,) nd is not so much a light of hon?t differences of opinion among ie people as to the best financial aliey of the government, but it a struggle of the banking inTests on the on" *ide and the tiling million- of wealth proiirs on the other. From the of iel;.-o n. when the ma-'se* on the light until the late war, *.? people remained on too, hut ie war line, 'lo* tatesmaii' !ii;? the nation \v:t - in tile I lemo atic party, and composed forI !* no.-t part i f S i.11!i?-1*ri in mi, ho were lost to t!i councils ?> " , i. >tion by ill-* *ss11111 ami vv r I i'cm t he St i t c (' ?ii|innt!y ;lie i Kmioera;n party; a i vurthrown, ami the ilepubcan party, the party of trusts, mibim-- ..in! corporate power, eld sw iy fur twenty live years r more, lly waving the bloody: urt and pandering to race ami, actional hatred and prejudice j iey culled the people of the' lorlh and West. While pretendig to ho the* honefaetors of the (boring clas.-es, tlioy were all lie time riveting the chains of lavery upon them more galling i,hi the ones they claimed to . i. ? # i.? i:i. . t ?i ?i\r> ?1|I IIKI 11 III DM (II llie IH'^rOOH ; the South. Chattel slavery is holished, hilt, before this ^arne is layed out the laboring classes of lis country will learn that there i another form of slavery tuore ruol and relentless than the inI ( ^ stitution that created such a howl among the descendants of the witch burning fanatics of New ' England. 'Iho remedy for our ills is not 4 hard to find, and nine out of every ton of the intelligent men of this country know what we need, but . under the the political conditions it that now obtain are powerless to I u I it. V.Y want an expansion ol . ? o: r cm "eticy i est cad of a c < itrac ' tion, as Mr. tinge presents. In ' order to fasten for all time the . gold standard upou this country i us to f upon the people a on ore that iil bring wr??eV and ruin upon the hoiiie-- of : ::! |i lions of the industrial classes oflj our land. To shov, th' anxiety of these - !.- ]; ! i.d avaricous changera to faatou the g'<id i taiul :id upon thii country they pro I*d hen in i w ere ! i c i nc. ...'ll * ^ # ' t . . ' I Q . 1 y J , , ' | , that, i*" h; would make the bomb payable it: . the v would takci n lower rate nf interest, tfio djr ! ferenee of which compared to the > rate they lim.lly cot, \v ?111 <I liav ( amounted to sixteen million dot , lar-- And to prove that th we .1 was a conspiracy to carry *:t t!ii I nefarious purpos. , Mr. Clcvolan 1 ! requested Congress to pass a re | solution to trivo him tho power to d<>it. Mut Congress eniphatieally : refused, so ho issued the bonds ^ payable in coin. The bonds wore issued to a syndicate and were " sold at sueh :?.n advance r>bn\ o p::r that this syndicate realized a profit of many millions, showing that there was no want of l onfid'*nce in tl?n government and no necessity to guarantee tho payment of the tionds in gold. Tho Cleveland administration was a lihel upon tho Democratic party and iu national platform, < and the McKinloy administration , has so far proved not only a lihrl upon tho Republican platform, hut a libel upon every element of manhood and statesmanship. The truth of the matter is, thoRopuh- . lioan party is in a hole, doopor < by far than tho one Cleveland * dragged tho Democratic party in. * Yet Cleveland and McKinloy both tried to give prosperity to tho country by taxing tho poop1?, a plan that no one except a fool could expect to succeed. No private citizen haH ever made a sue corb of himineHR upon the plan adopted by our national govern- I ment. PIKK. Hock Hill, S.C. i Children ami adults tortured by burns, scalds, injuries, eczema or skin diseases may secure instant relief by using DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is the great l'ile remedy. Crawford Bros. * \f I.- ( p* j% n t>j?j J . J . > i". ?" * m L I- i A 7 V . - . i r* ." "v- * y \ \ ' \ ' n i > ti i \i\, '! ' ?? r v ^ L". ~ Wo. .1 A LI ]"r5 f r Maoliini'-i \\ il!i a Tcfi-ycn .i.>. ' Drawors, <lmj> leaf ami i i\s, drop leaf and No. a (? I)ra\vors, ilro;> loaf ami IJ / 5 HAIIOSOItFLT FINISH CD /.HO /.Si Wrifn for full doHPriptinn < nixl for V'ATA!.(>( 11 Hugglcs. Wagons. Harness, Pianos, <) Poller Wheat Mills, Corn Mills, Si Subscribe for The Cotton I'hint an u. r. ouscas, Farmers THE YJONDERS OF SCIENCE. LUMi TiiOUIiLFS AND CONSI OPTION CAN ItK CUKFD. \n Eniln; v w York Chrmlv* and Scion list Makes a Free Oii'er to Our lteudors. W The ilisl if?;^?ii>11# ?;! New York eltem-t T. \. Sloeum, detimnstrntinsj Jiis iiseuvery ol ,i reliable ami absolute jure for Consumption (Pulmonary l' ii Uercti losi sJ ami all bronchial, hroni. lung" ami eh-vt Oisea; ? .->, Mub?orn tu;r' >,e'it- : rl< I a:V"ci ions, jf''n rat de-line ami weakness, h>s.? of i< : Ii, an i all c< millions >>i ua li' if i w a \, will - !: ! Tlltf Kl\ Kit ' ! K l'.OTI'l.K.s <all dihoreni > of h's \ew l?is..,v,.r. in . afllh ted reader of the i i v: kltei: i mi v. rii i oir ' im-t.: iI is "\o'.v SeientiiieT -a! Mi'iil" Ims iim-l;. iim', mi'! ?? ron-iil'T;- n a ia;Ilc pi lon?l duty to utlerlr*r i it tn:>. T;:f *,* : ?> di.e?.' a tri..l of h i.'iralliiiii* oili*i>. , ! i . ami llii? *njat . demist. jr li.mlly xperintentlntf for years, lias produced results as beneficial to humanity ikm ii ha rl'iinri"! Iiy ;i:ij modern ;*enitis. i la assertion t lat Iuuk troubles and ?;: i . i >'i .? i-iimi ile in any 1 i ? r 'li- i-|ir van by "hcartfe! letters of gratitude," filed in bis American and lOurnpcan Inhrut irios in thousands r?>::i ti -e cured in a!', parts of the ivorld. .Mi? lieal expert i cone- ie !hat hron liial. chest atifl ltin;j I roubli lead to 'onsumpt ion. which, uninterrupted, nea i* speedy ami certain death. Si )?ply Tit < I o T. \. Sloe11ill. M. < is I * i tic street. New York, yivintf tostolllee and express address, and the Yen inedi>'itie will lie promptly sent. SuiriTi-r-i should take iusiaut advaungo of lilH^unorou proposition. IM<>nsi> it'll tlii'Dnrtor that you sa<; lis tiller ill lie K.N l KIM'UtHK. hairrqalsam pEjg flnnj ^*UM * ft,:* '' pair. JS F i 7->r VaWn to Victor? (Irmy M~L>fr\ I Hair to ltw Youthful Color. Currit wrglp^hifjMH It * ' q favorite: and 0-' #1^.0 most ropuum ygSf FLOWERS pansies, nasturtiums , SWEET pe*s, one I'M of Mich variety for only fj nfa < i M >. III.... .1 T? N?ti Q VMO? Including fraa ?opr 1*SW Calnl* gv? sd< 1 Floral Cultnra, pig c. p. trtmcoTT. n? tin* iMk, iiiMMpa?. ?t*. SENT FREE to housekeepers? Liebig COMPANY'S Estraet of Beef noofcf n>r*.<r\f<r^ u-lllnt; how lo prcpura many dolicnto and (icl'.eious d'.thr* Lildross, I.lohii? O Hot ?7 |M. Now Yorh rT*\ n f\ n r\ n nn*' n>ivt'o Uf-^rn :. WJTIt rrPTT-^rgCTH RM.WOOI.LKV, M.l). Ailuuui, ?>h. Otllco HM N. I'ryor tit. ^^3' SEWING t>l i. 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