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THE FARMERS' UNION BUREAU. Cwtocted by S. C. Farmers' Union. Addrew all communication* intended for thi.? eotum? to J. C. Stribling. Pendleton .S. C. Our South Caroliuu Fanners' f Union would I?p exceedingly well pleased to have congress to 111*estirutta iku PumiurM' TTninn nil llle same plan with the New York Cotton exch-tugi. It would We interesting to know just why it takes a ninety thousaud dollar fee to buy a seat lu the New York Cotton exchange and it takes but one dollar to buy a seat in the Farmers' Union. We would also take much pride in showing up a shirt made from our Farmers' Union cotton against a shirt made from Wall street wind cottou. Take Tear Choice. We had rather chew the rag than chew tobacco and spit upon the floor of the church or schoolhouse If we had qo bad farmers in the country good farmers would not stand so high. If we had no enemies would we have much appreciation for our I friends? Yon can't take a man very lowdown that has not already gone up high. This should be comforting to some of us that hare never gotten np high enough on the ladder of fame to make our heads swim. If cotton farmers could feed their stock and families on future coru, oats, hay, wheat aud pork crops without getting their jaws on the real stuff, like cotton gamblers feed cotton mills on cotton futures, the all-ootton farmers would then be in shape to enforce a square deal with Blind rvkttnn fellows. If we bad 110 trilling, do account farmers in the couuiry, uo graftv merchants in towo, no small lawyers in the legislature and court rooms, would we have auy use for a lien liW? Ever bear anything like this? "I'm not going to lose a crop trotting round alter no Farmers' Union and things like that/' "Now, I will be good if this same old fool won't be found up a tree next fall hanging out on a lien law limb and a big cottou bear at the root looking at him, and he looking down at the hear praving and howling: "Good Lord, if yon can't help me please don't help that bear." . Our best generals will tell you that it is an invariable good rule, in warfare to never do that thing which your enemies suggest would be best for you to do. Cotton speculators have nut it iu the newspapers and in themouthsof the conimerioal travelers to sing a swan song all over the South to grow all thecottou possible, that-ihere never was such a demand <-?for cotton products and that the trade will ueed and take fifteen million bales next year at teu cents. Don't you do it! Fill the mouths of an that you eat at your place first with home growu food crops and then fill the mouths of these cotton beais with 12 cent cotton. Look Out There! Be Careful, or Some One Will Get Left on Long Staple Cotton This Year. Because the lcng staple cotton growers have come together and got a good price for their cotton through intelligent coucert of action, it now looks like every jackass in the country id goiug into the loug staple cotton growing business. Whenever this condition of things comes to pass and the growers do not stick to their organizations there will be less pro6t in long staple cotton than in short staple cotton. Many farmers refuse to join the Farmers' Union because they say the farmers won't stick. Now any man that puts up this kind of an excuse for not sticking to the farmers' organization because some other man won't stick had abont as well go out and steal a chicken because some other man fellow had done the same thing. When you come to think the matter over there is something onrious about this. Mr Drake, of Marlboro county, South Carolina, grew 252 bushels of corn oa one I i acre and Mr Tindal of Clarendon i county, of this State, grew nearl ; 200 bushels one ao?e, both winning priz s. beting the world on corn i' jdiffeieut times, ami vef it is sui-i ' j thai Son:h Carolina cotton farm -; buy |?roi)ortionvrtv as much more corn per horse th*o any otto cotton State. Again, we can nam some Farmers' Union men in Anderson, I'ickens, Oconee and several other counties in South Carol in* that ave age nearly one hale of eo'~ ton jar acre on their crops and then some of them sell from 300 tonearK 1,000 bales of lmy One Farmer*, Union man near Pendleton, now ha* over 1,000 bushelsof corn injhiscrib* and 106 bales ot cotton on hand And again our co-operative experi ments last year season averaged up on liveacivsTO bushels without using the hand hoe at any time, no thinning done, corn left in tows just a* nluntor nut. it in. IjCSS thaU 47 W.V ...... . , worth of fertilizers was used p?r acre. But the land was cow pea stubble and plowed deep before planting, and weeder and cultivators were used in rapid succession. Again, ia this connection, we mention the fact that Sonth Carolina needed both Mclver Williamson and Robert Aldrich, and these two corn champions in turn have raised mere discussions of their respective methods of the far-famed Williameon stunting" method and the "Aldrich system" of growiug two rows of corn alternating with two rows of cotton, than auy other corn | growers on the continent. Now, we South Carolinians are a very inconsistent, unbelieving, thickskull set of cotton tots, or we do not believe what we can see all round us. The world is now compelled to recognize South Carolina farmers as the champion corn raisers of the world, or we South Carolina farmers are the biggest liars in the world. We don't believe that cur lien law farmers will ever grow their own food crop as long as thev can go to the 6tores and buy it. This SAtne class of farmers would also buv ' '' in ?Uo lion law nlan tilt'ir UUllVll v?u wiv ..v.. >.- r instead of mc.kiug it, if there was a6 slick a plan to do it on. ENTERED INTO REST. Mr. Samuel S. Tisdale of Central Passes Away After a Long Illness. " ' 1 rost Oil .truereu unu ciciuui ? Thursday, February 28, 1907, Mr Samuel S Tisdale at his home near Central church after an illness of typhoid fever covering- a period of twentyeight days. The deceased was the eldest son of Mr James II Tisdale, of the same community, and was fifty years of age. He had been married twice, his first wife being Miss Martha | McCullough, by whom he leaves) three children, and by his sec-1 ond wife, who was Miss Ellen) Philips, he also leaves three J children. The remains were interred at Bloomingvale Baptist church on Friday after his death where a large crowd of kindred and friends gathered to pay their final tribute of love to the deceased, who held a high place in their esteem and whose presence will be sadly missed in the community in social and business relations and whose loss in his home circle is irrepar-I able. Mr Tisdale at all times and in all circumstances walked the well-beaten path of rectitude and when fully conscious that he was nearing the last of earth he was impressed with the idea that with the end of time eternity began, and the bright faith which sustained him during his trying hours of suffering grew brighter as he neared the goal of the Infinite, and the final gloom of death was dispelled by the distinct realization of the eternal aphorism that God is Love. *' O'er the bier of our departed friend we mingle our tears with his bereaved loved ones and point them to the promise: "At eventide it shall be light." CUT THROUGH m V } u Brains Ran Oul i ' * :r.: (i Ji/. i?l?t 'Ved I K> : ' Sheriff (jrefn i i S J. Mclnnis, i r } i tlitr c i >: i i purpOSf Of \ !; -1/ I bloody a l - ch ' irrvd Mond.jv *n ?ji v-'e.i ' >'in Evans, c>l t til Hilfor, Jsh*?? nrliitp ( It seems t i?: U-di *r h* 1 on Monday sent ><. v-"- ujm? the 4 State Line" ! r < jug of b ? ?ze, and Monday night Usher vvent to the negro's house for h.s liquor. While there, both b-i?gin toxicated, Ev is struck Usher with a large h.itchet. the >lade being imbedd d in the skull, penetrating t" the brain This occurred at tli neyro house a distance of 150 yards from Dsh er's residence. About day light Usher's wife found her husband on bis porch, with a pool of blood and brains where be whs lying-. Usher and the negro's wife seem to know but little about it, while the negro seems to know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. Faison was called to see the injured man, and stated that the brains bad run out on the t nA ftn fVio nnrph m 1 Tftl gilsuuu aau vu wuv with the blood. The Sheriff visited Usher's home and talked with him, although be was in a dazed condition. The doctor pronounced the wound a very dangerous one. Sheriff Green brought the hatchet and the wounded man's coat with him to town. The 'hatchet and handle both had ! blood on them. I Another sad result of the North Carolina State line "bust head" liquor.? Pee Dee Advocate. A Curious Bird. As to food, the weka is omnivori our. eating everything from a DCa I rifle cartridge to the remains of one of his own offspring. I remember an instance of this when our dog unfortunately killed a young bird which was too small to cat. The parents made a decent show of grief over their loss and then, being quite sure that the little one was dead, proceeded to eat up its still warm remains. In camp wekas are useful as scavengers, but they are incorrigible thieves, trying to take away everything at all white or glittering, and, as they are able to move a weight of two or three pounds, it may be well imagined that a careful lookout has to be kept. The glance of mingled triumph and contempt which a weka gives over his shoulder as he walks off with your pipe is inimitable, and his whole attitude would make a most laughable picture if well drawn.? I "Pioneer Work In the Alps of New I " 1 -- ! I . 4 T? TT /-eaianu, uy r. narper. A Curious Test For Beer. At Munich an ancient custom I still obtains of the burgomasters and town councilors going annually to Salvator cellar in order to test the quality of the beer consumed by the people. The test is a very primitive one. The officials attend in their leathern breeches, and beer having been poured over the wooden benches the civic dignitaries plump down upon them. While there seated they 6ing an ancient 6ong, the 6ame that their predecessors have sung for ages, and in order to subject the beer to a fair test they sit long enough to sing the song through three times. Then they essay to rise up. If now they find their breeches sticking to the benches the beer is voted good and j sound. Having stood this test, the j beer goes through the formality of j being tasted, and then its sale to J the public is duly sanctioned. Good Bait. Aunt Tillie, cook in a Georgia household, took home a dish of macaroni from the "white folks'" table for her own family and after assuring them that it was good induced her children to eat it. The next morning she discovered two of them out in the yard turning over stones and boards and scratching vigorously in the earth. "Hyah, you!" she called. "What you all doin' out dah ?" "We a-huntin'," came the glad response, "foh mo' of dem macaroni worms." Are you troubled with piles? One application of ManZan will give you immediate relief.?Sold by W L Wallace. } . AXJ10? r-'-'JUTRY. W ;? I the ?o!it? -t t%* en in Japan - ?. long poem is . b. p ;<ic of Japa ometiincs pa r. in verse, but ai .. v.- -ling more ihsi .. j- together, lar . * / save i tat of subjec.. ; : f ;r ts are the hok ; ( si v.- of three lines, the first l:;:v. i w. the second having seven ?nd the th'rd having five syllah'e% seventeen in all; the tanka, cor.-'.sting of live line of five, seven, five, seven and seven syllables, thirty-one in all, and the dodoitsu, consisting of four lines of seven, seven, seven and five syllables, or twenty-six in all. The tanka is the classical form, affected bv the standard poets of the country, while the other forms are used by every Japanese who writes at all and by many who cannot The hokk i is the greatest favorite. "The hokku is composed impromptu upon every occasion, the writer putting into verse the thought appropriate to the moment, the incident or the associations suggested, much as the Greeks wrote their epigrams before the epigram became a little satiric sting. Hokkus are inspired by grave moments as well as by the gay ones. An old "talesman on his deathbed sees a dead leaf whirled past his window, and it suggests his own faring forth on the wings of eternity, and he writes, 'A leaf whirls down?a leaf whirls down in the wind.' Nothing more, but the simple repetition pours out volumes with beauty and power. "These little poems arc so much a part of Japanese life that every I cujtivatcd person writes them, and, ^ Awr' fl <\n*A?o f ail Wild ?(J lu Yicn nic iwnuC) vuu blossoming of the cherry trees or the reddening maples in Uveno or other parks, write some pretty conceit in a hokku and har.g it upon the chrysanthemum or lotus stalks! or on the trees. The hokku may, therefore, be justly called the song of Japan, as we say a certain ecstasy in a few notes is the song of the thrush." An Animal Born Only to Dio. The instances of natural death in the animal world are conspicuous in comparison with those in the vegetable world for their greater variety and complexity. There seems no doubt that this manner of death established itself independently in the different groups of animals. Years ago an American naturalist, Dana, discovered on the surface of the sea a little animal of so singular a character that he named it "monstrilla." It is a small crustacean akin to the cyclops so common in ponds. But, while the latter are furnished with all that is necessary to capture and digest their food, the monstrilla has neither apparatus for I seizing prey nor digestive tube. It! is richly provided with muscles, I nervous system, organs of sense and sexual organs. It only lacks what j is necessary to prolong life by alimentation. The monstrilla is doomed therefore to natural death.?Pro-: fessor Elic MetchnikolF in Harper's. Ths Letter of the Law. The Hon. John Steel was a sheriff in Missouri. A new county judge was elected, and Steel, thinking to pay the judge a delicate compliment, selected for his first panel of jurors every fat man in the county. The judge weighed nearly 300 pounds. The day was hot, and Steel, when he took the jurors out to dinner, fed them so heartily that they all went to sLeep during the afternoon. The judge was furious. "What do you mean," he roared at the sheriff, "by bringing those sleepyheads into court as a jury?! rTv? "1 * ?- i 1 ?.. ~c ' i.ney naveu i nuaru am ui una anernoon's evidence. I discharge the panel. Go out now and get a panel of men who will stay awake. I want men with a single eye to justice, not dolts like these!" Steel went out and rode tbc county that night. When the judge appeared next morning Steel had a panel of one eyed men for him.? Saturday Evening Post. Why He Planted. Thn nnor man who seeks to help,! even in the smallest way, but with a right spirit, his fellewmen is of infinitely greater worth to the race than the man of millions whose chief aim and end are his own pleasure. A poor and aged man was 6een planting an apple tree and was somewhat rudely accosted by a stranger who said, "Why do you plant tr?es when you cannot possibly live long enough to eat the fruit of them?" The poor man raised ( himself and, leaning on his shovel, i sard: "Some one planted trees be-; fore I was born, and I have eaten the fruit. I now plant for others that the memorial of my gratitude may exist when I am dead and gone." h>-o- \jne \ Doctor jj I No sense in running f : om c j J j doctor to another. Select ti. t ! t best one, then stand by hir. \ i $ Do not delay, but consult hin, { j in time when you are sich l , \ Ask his opinion of Ayer'sJ j | Cherry Pectoral for cough> P land colds. Then use it or? i | not, just as he says. , 8 Jk Wo publiih our formula* F I I _/ a Wo bonlah oloohol 5 fi a a* -i from ???e<U?inoo? 1/ 1 HPrK w*^nx?t?l ^ ""d^7,0" I J Always keep a box of Ayer's Pills in the house. Just one pill at bedtime, now and ' then, will ward off many an attack of biliousness, indigestion, sick headache. How many years has your doctor known these pills? Ask him all about them. ? Vado by Who .T. C. Aycr Co., Lov:j. Mr?. ?- ' 1 < > FIRi, LIFE, ACCIDENT, HEALTH Insurance for Banks or pri- jj vate residences. I ' SURETY I j BONDS I | ' given for Administra* tors, Receivers, Trus- I tees, Cashiers of I Banks* Treasurers of , Corporations, State J' and County officers. i i Tiie WillUnisburQ Insurance & Bond- . Inn flgenGy, Kingstree, - S. C. | "A dollar i is a doll* Thflra ic nn hpftpr WAV tl | 1IJVIW ?J liv >/vnv. " ?J " dealingwith J. L. Stuckey, the olc ;man. I have a splendid line oi 111!!. Will that in view of the hard times I above cost. A nice bunch of HORSES | at prices to suit. J. L. Stuc An Important Post. When Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was secretary of state for I war Queen Victoria wished to make lj the czar an honorary colonel of a British regiment. The prime minister, as he now is, demurred on the grounds that all other European sovereigns would expect to receive g similar honors. But as the queen was willing that even this should be the czar was made colonel of the Scots Greys. Naturally the appointment caused some excitement in ^ the regiment. One subaltern was overheard saying to his servant, . "Donald, the emperor of Russia I has been made colonel of the regiment." "Indade," was his reply, "it's a verra gran' thing for him, but will he be able to keep baith ( places?" i NoticePursuant. the p?..n .if' worki i no- dvo -aied by me (i?tring the lat .mi .-.fun I mwca I ujK> ! lie eitize its : i * (viin'i to inert en'! ,t ree upon <.-uitaJle and ?? m overseer ' reach mile 8^:; n, .howiilbe ti:-. iire?l as such b> uu- whose dufces will be to see that eac crw>irfiifl>lrtt> r ;ei w< rk uer - m pays. The laid overseer's salary wiii be ajre<?<h' ijKtn by the boa- to at ' : er f'.te. 1 e e r?c? in ndatinns 1* want forwarded to me by Match 20y i>?o7 ai l?.i 91 N'-w u I owm itizens. Lid* plan Ise- g inaugurated for the pui jxj-eof improving our highways, ind keeping them in proper condition i i. ii.akinp every nnn do his duty, 1 irge ui en >. o not to stand <?n a mor.~ ytan consideration, hut select a man. who w ill wt.tk lor the tij.i uildingoftbe toads audi us all w?.r., n-gether ij> making them better than they have ver been before. 5 j ^inglktary. a Count* Stpervisor. * J-28-2t Notice Notice is hereby given tliat the R.ook 3f subscription will be open at the Hank of (ireelyville, Ureelyville, S. u. for increase of capital stock 50 per :er.t? on the 15 of March, 1907. T. W. Boyle, Prea,. 5-28-3L Final Discharge. . Notice is beieby given that the un)er?igned, S. B. Toston, adniinistraor of the estate of J. J. Airman, devased, will apply to P. M. Brockln*vn, Probate Judge of Williamsburg; rounrv, nt twelve o'clock m.. Monday. March 11.1907. lor a tinal discharge asnch administrator. H. B. Postok, Administrator Est. J. J. ALTMAN"; 5-5-6t, I 1 V Monuments. Headstones. IvERY STYLE " vanarwB" n Georgia, Tennessee, Vermont or mpcrted Marble- Anything in Marble. Also Granite Monuments. $ *0 ORDER TOO SMALL OR * . NONE TOO LARGE, )esigns and Prices Furnished on Application Satisfaction Guaranteed. FLORENCE muxbhWmks' J. W. Chapman, Prop. FLORENCE, - 5 C. saved ir made^. 3 save your dollars ttwrfi by 1 reliable ^ve-stock r s an! Harness, < am offering at 10 per cent and MULES always on hand ^ey, Lake City, S. C. Kingstree CAMP NO-22. nmat.-x.AR Mimxoi /gjF 1 I ltt and 3rdMoid>) }] *si?htH ,n eacb WflSH Visiting choppers cordially invited to come icf* '/ up and sit on a stump xSWj? vy. y/ or hang about on the ? * limbs. PHILIP STOLL, 27 12m. Con. Com. ? ^ IKZ. of ?=>. Kingstree Lodge' Wmj No. 9i i Jllll Kniyljts of pyt^tas r^'i Regular Conventions Every ^ fnA an el At h W?int?div fliciltfl. V Visiting brethren always welcome, Castle Hall 3rd story Gourd in Building. ? F W FAIREY, c. c. THOS McCUTCHEN, K. R. & s. /