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/ 4 ' >* ' N THE FARMERS' 1 UNION BUREAU. j*?* Conducted by S. C. Farmers' Union. Addran all aonimunications intended for thL< oiLnT^toJ. C. Stribllng, Pendleton ,S. C. Notice to Farmers' Unoion Members. i All communications intended forH the press and inqu.ries for geueml | information should be addressed, with stamped envelope enelosed for ; reply, to J C Stribling, Pendleton, SC. i All matters pertaining totbeSC branch of the Farmers' Union should be addressed to 0 P Good\ win, State Presideut, Laurens, S C., ! B F Earle, State Secretary-Treasur-: er, Anderson, S C., and M A Mahaf-1 fev, State Organizer, Williamstou SO. All nutters of business, and especially for selling and storing cot* ton, should be addressed to W C Moore, State Business Agent, Greeu* ville, S C. .We desire also to publish the names of all the county farmers, un-1 ion presidents, secretary-treasurers and business agents just as soou as ! reorganization of the counties are held.. Send a list of names to J C { Stnbliug, Pendleton, S C. Revolution Id Baling and Handling of ? the Sooth's Cotton. From every iuterest in either the production of the staple, the band- j ine, the transportation and the manofactoriug of cotton comes the demand for a. change in oar methods of baling, storing and transporting of cotton. That a change wonld benefit all concerned if done along tne liue of genuine improvement in onr meth; ods no one is prepared to deny. Bat the main obstruction iti the way of radical changes in this?as well as all other such changes?is lack of concert of actiou among *|4ll ^ncerned. The dual iuterest of aninners or buyers and sellers must " I be set aside in order to come together in conference for the mutual (benefit of all. It is bejotfd doubt to the interest of both the producer aod the ipanuj ' facturer to have the raw staple leave first hands at the g?us in a dense package, well protected from pillage and grime and of standard shape aud uniform weight of covering?provided, however, that the producers of the raw staple get his full share of the reduction in tare in the reduction of weight of the bagging as well as the freight on the same. r d doubt about it that the farmer is made to stand ail the loss and freight iucident en route from the , gin to the mills above the net weight of the clean lint cotton. The rtduc tion of one-half the cubic space iu the warehouses^ cars and ships should cut these charges, that the farmer pays on the net liut to the mills, in half. Likewise, the reduction in weight of the uniform cover ing would call for a like reduction in tare that should rightly go to the credit of the producers of cotton. Tn addition to all these benefits mentioned to the farmer, Mr H W McAllister, president of the Lancashire cotton investigating com" mittee?now in this country?mentions that in his opinion this closer packing would relieve the congestion of railroad and other shipping in the South by reducing the packing of cotton to a density of 3G lbs to the cubic foot, or say one-fourth its present size. t A Call is Now io Order For the Farmers' Union to Make. The Farmers' Union at its next national meeting in Atlanta, Ga., on July 22nd, should there formulate a ct4k'for the gathering of representative Farmers' Union men, cotton Jginners, cotton association, warehouse men, and mill men to confer together in this matter of improved methods of baling, storing and handling the South's cotton. i As a whole, the Sooth should be a "pit on cotton. No business or inf apart of itself or independent in at measure from profits from cotton in some form or other. No man or occupation in the South lireth unto itself alone independent from profits in our cotton! As we go np together, so we go down together. I It is an astounding fact that we1 farmers, the occupation most interested of all others, are the least -1 a l I active in these reiormea meiuuus. The farmers have the reputation of not sticking together. I say thai they never have had anything heretofore to stick to, except wind and sentiment. Show the average farmer the dollars and he will stay just as long as he can see the dollar, and when the dollar leaves, none but the pure in heart and the braTest of | patriots will stand for sentiment j alone. President W C Moore, of the Farmers4 Union, makes the followi iug suggestions: Without making any effort to comment ou the great necessity of a bettei and more sensible way of baling our cotton for market, I will offer the following as suggestive of a probable solution of the difficulty. It' is an established fact that anything that costs much money, no matter how good, will not be taken or used by tne average ginner or mruier, su I suggest that they only be required 1 to cut down the length of the bale in the common press by lining each end down to thirty six inches. This can be easily done and hot expensive. The block can be cut off to pass up this narrower box without interfering with the machinery in any way. The bale then would be about 36x30 x 36 and weigh 400 pounds. The need of this is to bring it to the capacity i of auother press that would be built ou the plan of the one used to express the oil from seed and while slow in operation would be sufficient output for requirements. This press would be able to compress the bale into a very compact bale of about 36 inches long, 30 inches in width aud 12 inches thiak, aud by double-decking these short bales one hundred could be loaded in the ordinary car, which is just about four times as much as you can ship now, aud this press would be so cheap as to be in reach of every small station ana warehouse; so all cotton would start on its journey from the first shipping station in first-class condition and would save to the farmer thousands of dollars in freight, for, bear in mind, be pays the freight in all cases, no matter who handles the cash. It is taken off the prices to him. Then it would relieve the railroad of much of the troub.e in car shortage as thecapacitv of cars would be four limes as trfuch as at present and the work of compressing could be done for probably twenty cents per hale. The rate of freight would be cut in half, and cotton would not have to ship hundreds of miles to find an expensive standard compress. This is a matter that demands immediate action. It is the height of folly to continue on f.nd on in these old ruts just because our grandfathers did, and lose what we pro duce. It is senseless stupidity for ! the farmers of the South to go on j and neglect these ueeded reforms, ; and it is hoped by all thinking men I that the Farmers' Union will be the means of causing them to think, and not only to think, but act! That this office may be of as much service as possible to the members of the Union everywhere in the State, I wish that every business agent, local and county, will write me a letter, stating what they are doing and what success they have had in their work, and explain anything that they want to buy or sell and let this office eo-operate' as far as possible; and any local that has failed to elect such official will do so at once. We cannot succeed in independent units, but must stand and work together to one purpose. I will gladly serve you in all matters of business. Your fraternally, W C Moo EE, State Business Agent for S (J F E & C G. Greenville, S C. BEE'S LAXATIVE HONEY m TAR oi-I *?"> I t* / METEORIC BODIES. Mineral Mum That Are Whirling Through Spaoo. The realms of space contain probably innumerable masses of solid iron or other minerals which ; are whirling along at an incalcula- ( ble rate. Occasionally these masses , come within a comparatively few miles of the earth s atmosphere, I ?^ j.i ?i.?j -J ana men msieau ux n asmu^ iu um ground, carrying devastation in their paths, they suddenly become terrifically hot and melt away into an. incandescent gas. This is what is going on when we see what is wrongly called a "shooting star." Stare do not 6hoot. The sudden , flash we see is the result of the friction between the meteoric body and our air. The former travels at such a rate as to generate an enormous heat. Occasionally, however, solid masses do not become completely | vaporized, btft fall to the earth with a great force. A stone fell in 1855 on the coast opposite Zanzibar. It was picked up by some children herding cattle, and all the tribe gathered to anoint it with oil and ornament it with 6tuffs and pearls as a true divinity come from heaven. The missionary warnings were unheeded. One day the warlike Massai attacked the tribe and slaughtered them, whereupon the survivors lost faith in their fetich and sold it to the Munich museum. At Wold Newton, in Yorkshire, England, a meteorite fell over a century ago. Scientists were only then seriously considering such falls. On a Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13, 1795, in misty weather during thunder and lightning at a distance suddenly there came a noise like an explosion. A farm servant was so near that he was struck by some of the earth thrown up by the stono as it plunged into the ground. It j excavated a hole more than three ; J?--x - j: X j ,i | ieei in uiameitr aiiu was iuuiiu imbedded fa?t in the chalk rock. This meteorite is about as big as a man's head and can be seen in the British museum. Aerolites pass with enormous speed across the vault of the heavens. As the aerolite falls its speed is greatly reduced as it passes through the ever thickening atmospheric strata until finally it descends to the earth. Philosophy of a Clown. The late Charles Bliss, the famous star of the Dan Rice circus? he was the original "human fly"? imputed his success to thoroughness. "Don't attempt a new trick," he said one day, "till you are a thorough master of it. The only way to succeed is to be so thorough in everything you undertake that failure is altogether an impossibility. If you are going, for instance, to be a 6tump speaker, if you are going to address a lot of farmers, don't talk farm unless you have studied it up. Don't be like a stump speaker 1 know who yelled at a crossroads meeting: " 'He who puts his hand to the ' plow must not turn back!' " 'Wot's he to do, then, when he , gets to the end o' the furrer?'' shouted a hired man in blue overalls."?Denver X cws. Tea P.n'fl Foe Hin 1 The unconscious lmmor of the English peasantry is shown in a story told bv the London Tribune. A Ladv Bountiful was calling on a devoted old couple with such creature comforts as the doctor said were suitable for the dd man. who ! was dying and being tenderly nursed by his consort. Entering the cottage, she saw the old dame leaning over the fire. "Ah, Susan/' she said, "and how's John?" "He be goan, mum; he be goan," i muttered the old lady. "Leastways ; i I can't say that for sartain sure, but ! ; he did seem a-gwine just now. But, 1 : there, it's that mortal cold up there ; i that I had to come down to warm | | my hands/*' . ' Did the Dog Reason? * The late Duke of Beaufort, who ! was an excellent observer, notes in his diary how (he was hunting the hounds himself) the pack drove down to a wall and flashed over? ; all but Bachelor. This hound missed the scent as he reached the top of the wall and, standing there, ! waved his stern as if in thought. | Then it seemed to flash across hira, ! 1 "If the fox has not crossed he must I have turned short under the wall." j So Bachelor dropped back into the road and, racing along, picked up the line.?T. F. Dale in Outing i Magazine.' Not Guilty. "Tommy," said the teacher reproachfully, "why didn't you take your hat off to me when you passed me yesterday ?" "I didn't have me hat on, ma'am," replied the boy. "Don't tell me that. I saw it on your head." "I know you seen me, but you didn't see me hat. That was me brudder's hat I had on." ii-t-rj .tf-atV I t > LUDICROUS LEGAL LORE. A Lftgand of the Early Jurisprudents of Michigan. Th<* early history of the jurisprudence of Michigan, if faithfully chronicled, would furnish forth an entertainment abounding with the bouI and point of humor. Many of these little legends yet float around the scenes which have given birth to them and serre sometimes to give zest to a bar dinner or to enliven a bar meeting. Among them is the following: Judge B., a plain and worthy man, Dut no lawyer, was once county judge of Oakland under the old Bystem. A case came on for trial before him on one occasion in which the action was founded in tort, and the plea of the defendant, which was special, was such as to give him the affirmative of the islue, upon the strength of which he claimed the right to open and close the case. This point was denied by the counsel for the jflaintiff, "who never in the whole course of his practice had heard of such an enormity as the defendant's presuming to open the case." Authorities were brought and cited, however, and the judge, after mature consideration, determined that such was the defendant's right and so pronounced his decision. After a short pause, during which the plaintiff was grumbling his dissatisfaction, the court told the defendant's lawyer to go on. "Your honor," said he, rising, "I am not quite ready to open the case. When I get ready I will let the other side know!" This opened, if not the case, at least the eyes and mouth of the other side, who sprang to his feet and bellowed forth de4-V* r% efnnini-fw r\f IlUIlt'iaUWIl UJ/VII bUW Obu^ivuvf VA the judge, whose absurd decision had placed him in such a dilemma. "You see, your honor, what you have done. You have actually placed the case in the hands of the defendant. He took possession of our oxen, and when we brought an action to recover them he took possession of that also." "I can't help it, sir," said the learned judge, with great sternness. "Jhe decision is made, and it is too late to alter it. The law must take its course. You must withdraw your action and sue again." "If he does, j our honor," said the defendant's counsel, "I shall plead the pendency of this action in bar and beat him." "Then, Mr. said the judge, "1 see no other way for yon but to sit down quietly and wait till the defendant gets ready to try this case." The olaintiff took the judge's advice, but the "time appointed" has never elapsed, and he is waiting vet. ? Philadelphia North American. A Qnrnf Dm#rh?r. When a clerjrvman in the course of his sermon ask6 a question he doesn't expect r.ny one to answer it. At a watch night service at St. Paul's church, Brixton, England,' the vicar was preaching a sermon on the prodigal son, in the course of which he said: "Last year some people came to watch night service from a neighboring public house, and seme of them were drunk. Is j there any one here like that to- [ night V "Yes," said a respectable looking man seated in the aisle; "I'm here, and I'm drunk." The effect cn the congregation was electrical. The preacher was startled for a moment, but after saying, "Poor fellow, poor fellow!" proceeded with his discourse. "I tell you I'm drunk," said the intruder. "'Hold your tongue," said the vicar. "" am speaking now and must not be interrupted." A Fins Piece of Work. "I t ?11 you," exclaimed the young medic: 1 student, "our professor is an eminent surgeon." "How's that?" asked his chum. "Well, a fellow was brought m with a crushed leg. The professor Kiit Kv some I 11 JUU^t VV7iliV> Viij W?*V means or other he cut off the wrong leg." "Do you call that a fine piece of surgery ?" "Wait a bit. The professor said it would be terrible for the poor fellow to go about with no legs at all, so he splinted up the crushed leg instead of cutting that off, too, ana now it is as good as ever. An ore nary surgeon would have left the fellow legless. Wonderful skill, the professor's!"?Strand Magazine. Not His Fault. "James," asked the druggist sternh, "how did you come to lose that sole?" "We didn't have what the lady wanted, sir." "Why, you know we carry the most complete line of perfumery, knickknacks, stationery, toilet accessories and fancy articles in the city." "Yen, sir, but it was medicine ahe wantec ."?Great Falls Tribune. [ I -ITKT97 B OJ snog 97BU 197911 mj w! aaa na n99d ion bad 9d li yi " m?r Sloaitt Lnvimei For Cough, Cold, Cr< Sore Throat, Stiff Ne i Rheumatism and Neuralgia At all Dealers k * ? A ? Ai JVX rrice zDc ouc o 'i.w SenP Free i Sloan's Book on Horses m. Cattle. Hogs 6 Poultry ^ Address Dr. Earl 5. Sloan ^ \615 Albany St Boston.Mass. A r i OScink of 10i KINGSTRE Capital Stools Chas. W, Stoll, Pres. E C. Epps WE(do business on business princ WE extend every consideration o banking. WE pay four per cent on deposits . able quarterly. WE respectfully solicit your busii ceive our best attention. Board. Of Chcs. W. Stoll, W. V. tl VJ. S. TJexsen, \J. 3>. Zt. 7(, % lake ley, C. i B THE fci ( HOLIDAY rr Ha* been j-rclltit with citler* fr<ra cut f cintr their jatronnpe and will jrive their 1 ask is a chance to demonstrate our willing txirticular. f| We Have Just H XXDQUX 11U gX Gld-Tipped Hack Combs, Gold-Tij p Plated-Tipped SideCcmbs. Fres g^: i?8, Amethjtts. Gurnets. Jet. 1c P Pearl, "ignet Rings, bltcvc I.'uttc gr W atchcs at d Jewelry repaired by V\ A1? H IKSFECTCES foi W estein Raihctd; also Corsolidal I s. THOMA B 257 KINO STREET, C ^UiUUlUiUUUlUiUliiiUIUiUJii Registration Notice. Tliroftire ot the Super.iuor of Res j islration will be opened on the fir^j j Monday in every month for the pur- < pose of the registering of any person who is qualified as follows : Win. shall have been a resident of tlie btate for two years, and of the I eouuty one year, and of the polling pre- j ciiict in which the elector -offers to j vote four months be/ore the day t?f; election, and shall have paid, ?ix i months before, any poll tax then due i and payable, and who can both read and write any section of the eonstitu- | lion of 1895 submitted to him by the I Supervisors of Registration, or who! ? Hi?? j,? owns siiid has naid I ran ?iiuw niav ..v ......... ? all taxes collectable on during the present year, pioperty in this State as>essed at three hundred dollars or more. J. Y. McGILL, (.lerk of Board. Monuments. Headstones. m EVERY STYLE In Georgia, Tennessee, Vermont or j Imported Marble- Anything in Marble. Also Granite Monuments. NO ORDER TOO SMALL OR NONE TOO LARGE, Designs and Prices Famished on Appli cation- Satisfaction GuaranteedFLORENCE J.~ W. Chapman, Prop. I FLORENCE, - S C. MW TV/w-i .tvy c. ,r. I3JU5 isa r y | r . * * ' *. * # J^TS a -^Tsn^s rlliamsburg, IE, S. C. - - $40,000. ; : , Cashier. F. Rhem, V. Pres. lples. onsistent with safe and sound in Savings Department, pay ess. Large or small it will reDirectors, liUcins, tP. S. Sou) din, TT/cS'addon, S?Aem, iraham. SEASON | VUlliaintluTfr frfei.d* and re ajprcmall order?: fjeeiai attention. All we ^ me** to give a fquare a?u in ctwj 3~ eceived a large 3 entof:- 3? )ped Side Combs, Also CoMh supply of Beautiful Rosarrquoite, Sapphires, Mother of ZSz ms, I'eiuty Pins. Expeit "Workmen. S( uth?rn, Georgetown and :ed Street Railway. S & BRO. i HARLESTON.S. C. 3 IFIRf, LIFE, ACCI- I TENT, HEALTH I I""~ arw^ Burglary Insurance ! for Banks or private residences. SURETY BONDS given for Administra" tors, Receivers, Trustees, Cashiers of Banks, Treasurers of Corporations, State and County officers. The Williamsburg Insurance & Bond- I ing Agency, I Kingstree, - S. C. | '* i ,8 oj snutuKmifr