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REDUCING MOVEMENT IS GIVEN A START Commissioner Watson Is sues Call to Farmers. STICK TOGETHER OR FALL TOGETHER Concerted Campaign will be Carried on all over the South to Hold on to AH Cotton Possible Now and Re duce the Crop of Next Year by Large Margin. To hold all cotton possible for a price of 13 cents per pound, and to pledge the reduction of the acreage for the 1012 crop to not exceeding tin ?per cent, of the arable land under cul tivation, is the object of the move ment begun Friday morning for a con certed and immediate holding from the market of all possible cotton, through out the entire cotton belt. The action follows the meeting of the farmers held in Columbia Thursday night. Tel egrams explaining I be situation in full, and requesting the immediate coop eration of all parties interested in all the cotton States, went forward Fri day from the office of Mr. B. .T. Wat son, commissioner of agriculture, com merce and Industries and president ol the Southern Cotton congress. The telegrams, each some 2r)0 words in length, were dispatched to all th?' ? immissioners of agriculture In the Cotton states, and to the president of every State farmers' union. Hooks are to be opened In every county-seat, through the length and breadth of the cotton belt, according to the plan now being Inaugurated, and^every farmer who produces cotton will bo asked to sign his name, pledg ing himself to hold a stated number of bales of ccttou until September 1, 1912, unless the price previously reaches 13 cents per pound. Another set of pledges is to bo recorded, the farmers agreeing not to plant more than 60 per cent of the arable lands in cot ton in 1912, An assessment of two cents per balo will be asked of cotton growers to pay the expenses of the campaign. The object of the campaign Is to immediately retire from the market a sufficient quantity of cotton to enable the farmers to control to some degree, at least, tho cotton. The pledges will be published dally. Text of Appeal. Tho telegram which was forwarded to the commissioners of agriculture and farmers' union presidents is as follows: "Following action of mass meeting South Carolina farmers would urge upon you to take immediate steps to push with all vigor you possess, in every township and county, your State, the holding movement on fol-1 lowing lines, similar request being) made of State farmers' union presi dents, your State: Open books each county-seat for signatures of farmers to pledge to hold stated number of hales until September 1, 1 i) 12. or un til the price has reached 13 cents; prosecute vigorous campaign each township for holding cotton and get ting pledges; get also pledges to re duce acreage for 1012 to not exceeding 60 per cent. Of arable land held; get reports each day as to pledges hied and publish names of signers with number of bales pledged. Call for not less than two cents per bale from To People Who Want to Trade in Real Estate the best place to go is to a Real Estate office. People go to Drug Stores for Drugs?not Beef. They go to Clothing Stores for Clothing --not for Flour. Therefore, if your mind is inclined to buy Real Estate our office is the place to go. Pino farm land four and one half 432 acres. $22.50 per acre. Mrs. Pi!o(se shell place containing mile west of Laurens, The Good terms. pi* acres within three miles of Laurens. In good state of cul tivation. Price $55.00 per acre. One lot on South Harper street lo? by 100 for $1S."iO. Very nice building site. Belongs to K. P. Mlnter. t"> shares of Laurens Trust Company stock for ?nie, 80 acres in 1-4 mile of the little village of Harksdale, 7 miles north of Laurens. Improvements are very good. Price $35.00 per acre. Known as the Simpson land. :!:: 1 acres in Greenville county known as the John H. Latimer place, 1 horse farm in cultivation, near Princeton. The new pro posed Augusta H. Greenville railroad is going through this place. Will cut in small tracts or sell as a whole $lS.0t) per acre. Most any kind of terms. 117 .acres of farm land, 1 mile below Cold Point, bounded by lands of Joe Pearce and others; near the C. & W. C. railroad. Price $22.50 per acre, terms one-half cash, balance In two years. 201 acres between Watts Mill and Ora, known as the Sam Neigh bor's place. Will cut in half or sell as a whole. The place now belongs to M. B. Pool. For a quick sale will sell for $35.00 per acre. 400 acres of good land on Knoreo river near George Byrd and known as the Linson place, now belongs to M. B. Pool. Will sell for $22.50 per acre, good terms with interest. Don't forget the 140 acres in Greenville County, belonging to P. P. and T. G. Traynham, good investment for a young man. Price $25 per iu re, good terms. 10 acres with good .".-room new cottage in the town of Cold Point. Price $1250.00 and on good terms. On Hit' corner of Jail and Caroline streets we have a good 6 room brick house, lot 70 by 75, electric lights, water works and sewer age. An ideal place for warehouse, garage, store buildings, and only one-half block to public square, the lot alone is worth what we ask for it. 1 10 acres 3 miles north of Laurens. 100 aorrs in cultivation, 2 good tenant houses, well watered. Price $12.00 per acre. 172 acres between Laurens ,and Boyds Mill. 2 good pasturon. good 7-room dwelling house, the vowner says there Is practically no washes on it. Will sell for $40.00 per acre. One hundred and twen ty five acres in cultivation, balance in woods and pasture, 2 good tenant houses. 300 acres 7 miles from Laurens, known as the Eddie Hender son place, 200 acres in cultivation; lots of line woods; for a quick sale will let her slide for $20.00 per acre. See us quick for informa tion. See John F. Bolt. The same 425 acres In Newberry County Is for sale and at the same price, $12.50 per acre. This place is well watered lots of good timber, 2 or 3 good houses and about 150 acres in cultivation; only 6 miles from Whltmlre, S. C. We want every farmer and all other real estate owners in Laurens county to list their property with us. We can always find a pur chaser for you. Come around and talk it over with Bishop & Wolff Real Estate 'Laurens, South Carolina OUR patrons really do not know how many new direct importations many new direct importations we are receiving- in fine goods. We are proud of the importations of fab rics, hosiery and lady's neckwear now to be found on our shelves, but proude\r still of the LOW PRICES our careful buying and CLOSE MARQI OF PROFIT enables us to make. Copyright 1909, by C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 21 H. TERRY growers holding cotton to ho Imme diately to secretary-treasurer State un ion to defray expensos quick campaign for pledges, publishing receipts daily. This plan already under way In South Carolina and quick and effective re tirement of cotton seems assured. It is absolutely necessary to bring the individual producer into line right now it' mill ions of dollars are to be saved to the cotton belt. Plans for the future can be agreed upon later, but a feasible quick campaign of this kind pushed simultaneously in all our States can and will effectively stem the present disastrous tide in this critical moment. I most earnestly ap peal to your patriotism in the names of the masses of Southern people to act upon this matter and act quickly. Am arranging for whirlwind campaign through belt in holding cause for Senator Smith, President Harrow anil other members of national committee created at Montgomery Kindly wire mo immediately if in behalf of every material Interest in the South you may be relied upon to take the speedy action invoked. "R .1. Watson, "President Southe:n ''otto', Congress. "Approved: "E. W. Dnbbs, "President State Formers' Union. ".I. Whitner Heid "Secreta ry-Treasurer. "Farmers' Union Sun." Form of Agreement. The form til' agreement suggested is as follows: "We, the undersigned, owners of cotton of the 1910-11 crop, hereby pledge ourselves to withhold from the! market the number of bales entered opposite our respective names until September I, 1912, or until the price of cotton lias reached 1". cents, and we do severally solemnly declare that we will regard this pledge as sacred. "2. We further agree not to plant, for the crop of 1912, more than 60 per cent of our arable lands in cotton. We hereby agree to forward to .1. Whitner l: id, secretary-treasurer, the state Farmers' union. Columbia, s. ('., by postal money order, two cents per bale for the cotton held, to defray expenses of the holding campaign." Columbia Record. holler of Instructions. The following letter was sent out to the presidents of the county unions Friday by Secretary Heid: "In accordance with action taken at the mass meeting of the state Farm ers' union held in Columbia Thursday evening, 1 am directed by the presi dent of the State union to address you this letter, impressing upon you the vital importance, not alone to the cot ton producing Interests of our state, but to the union itself, of your prompt, vigorous and earnest action upon the request made. We are at this moment facing a crisis which de mands that the individual cotton pro ducer shall be reached and reached effectively, and It Is the sense of all who participated in the deliberations held that we, as the farmers' organ ization in South Carolina, owe it to ourselves, to our wives and to our Children to exert ourselves to the ut most for the next few weeks, even to the neglect of personal business, to secure In writing, pledges from each individual owner of cotton in every township In every county in the State. Feeling thus, the call has been sent out In r.n ofllcial manner to every other State In the Union that grows cotton for Hlmilar action to be taken simultaneously. "1 beg herewith to inclose a copy of the call that has been sent to the other States, which will explain Itself, and give you an accurate idea of the quick campaign that is to be made In the effort to check the downward trend of the price of cotton. I also In close a number of blanks of the cot ton pledge that we wish signed by ev ery man that can be reached through me'tinge or as individuals, and will ask that you see that this pledge he printed in your county paper, along with a ccpy of the message to the oth er States, and that you issue over your signature a call for every grower of cotton in your county to come to '.he clerk's ofilce at the court house and a 111 x his Bignature to one of those pa pers. We further most earnestly ask you in discharging the duties of your responsible position in this crisis, to each day furnish by mail to me at Co lumbia a statement giving the names of the individuals that have pledged themselves to hold Iheir cotton and to I'eduOe their acreage in accordance with the peldgc, stating opposite the name of each the number of bales that !).' agrees or pledges himself to held, "it is our purpose to endeavor as far as possible to send lecturers into your county to arouse and stimulate! the people to a full sens:> of their re sponsibility in this quick-holding campaign, and I would suggest that both you and the "ounty secretary and these lecturers carry a supply of blanks for pledges to each point visited, and that all of you get as many signatures as possible, flic the docu ments in the clerks ofilcc nnd forth with forward the information to me, It is our purpose to collate this infor mation each day and to publish the names of the holders in the newspa pers with the number of bales hold, not alone so far as this Stute is con cerned, but the same thing will bo done in each of the other States, "After a careful consideration of every plan suggested, in the present crisis, the one that we are putting in operation seems to be not alone prac tical, but the only one that is open in this hour of need promising suc cess, and we feel that it is the duty of every man charged with the safe guarding of the interest of the pro ducing classes in this State to throw aside as far as possible all personal ' work and devote themselves lor the moment to the earnest discharge ol Ibis patriotic duty, which means flic conservation of a vast sum of mono)' i that justly belongs to our people , which can not he conserved, unless (Continued on Page Twelve.i Dr. T. 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Mom's -15.00 Suits .$9.98 Men's $20.00 Suits .$12.50 Men's best $4.00 Shoos .$2.98 Men's One Pants _$1.19 to $4.98 $3.00 Men's Hats .$1.24 Children's $3.00 Hear Skia Cloaks .$l.ls ladles' $5.00 Shirtwaist .$2.48 Ladies' $3.00 Skirts .$.1.98 Ladies' $2.50 Shoes .$1.98 S. POLIAKOFF Next to Post Office Laurens, S. C