t FARMERS' UNION BUREAU. i ' All communications for this J 11 Department should be address X ed to T L Clinkscales, Honea I Path, J B Douthit or J C Strib- i 4 ling, Pendleton, SC. 4 i 4 , Many Cotton Farmers Are Slaves I (L Some w.se man has already said that it belongs to the negro to grow mortgaged cotton crops, and a progressive white man to live a free and l independent life by growing home? supplies and using cotton only as cash balance. No one having a reasonable-calculation can deny the statement that it requires the best busi* - l ' poess tact ana extraordinary I judgment to buy corn, meat, hay, mules, clothing, guano and all groceries necessary to fill the absolute needs of the force that goes to grow the cotton crop, and then market * this one crop?cotton?in a business 1 way to have a reasonable profit to 1 the grower of cotton sufficient to buy " for cash all these supplies for another cotton crop. i If the "all cotton crop" farmer 1 does not make clear profit enough out of his cotton to pay cash for his supplies for the next crop, he has ^drifted into the slave class of cotton /growers. In the outset, the man that buys Everything that is necessary to grow a crop of cotton with on credit pits himself against the business qualifications of his supply men, and the treacherous "weather man," too, which forces seven-tenths of the time buyers into the slave or lien class of ' cotton growers. Farmeks' Union Warehouses. Some of our Farmers' Union peo- ( jple have been led to believe that our i * warehouses are "no good" in protecting cotton prices, because their., i net earnings have not been so good I! J , ! during the last season. Well, in the sarr e light we may as |. well say that our forts and war ves-1 1 sels are "no good," because we do j not use them in actual battle every I year. Yet if our Government were to become so fanatic as to destroy our fortifications, our navy and our 1 standing army, our nation would be ; an qasy prey for our enemies and our imant wnnlH CO to the "bow- 11 ? wows" at once. i Destroy the Farmers' Union?our i standing army?and our farmers' ^ warehouses?our fortifications?and . our farmers' interest will go to the ( "bow-wows." Some of the Farmers' j Union warehouses that have good business men, commanding the con- i fidence of the members, in charge, j are making good money by handling < heavy supplies through their own t warehouse management. ' Some of our short-sighted merchants protest against farmers going into this kind of business outside of their path between the plow handles. but to all such inconsistent men me farmer should object to any merchant ^ growing crops of any kind or owning ' a cow. ' To the slave cotton grower whose 1 crop is mortgaged, cotton ware- ' houses are only temporary relief. Cotton growers that are not in posi- j tion to hold cotton are on a parity !' with the man that tugs at his boot straps trying to lift himself out of 1 the mud when he expects cotton warehouses to hold his stress cotton 1 beyond a reasonable limit. All farm- ; ers' organizations, corn clubs and J hog and hominy clubs and poultry! clubs are the very best strongholds | of%4>rops for profitable prices for cotton as well as good educational institutions that brighten the minds of all that attend these meetings. Remembbr that it is true that if a gold coin and a silver one are car- ( ried in your pocket for some time the rubbihg together soon makes the silver piece look like gold?the finer , metal imparts its substance to brighten the baser metal. So when farmers rub their minds to- j WIIVW - ? gether, the brighter minds impart knowledge and wisdom to those in need of this education,which in time shows that these co-operative movements make a prosperous communi- 1 ty of farmers?and prosperous farm- j ers make everything else prosperous around them. 11 5 or 6 doses "666" will cure anyji case of Chills and Fever. Price, 2oc ! i - - * - SOUTH CAROLINA COTTON CROP. Number oi Bales Produced in Each County In the State. Washington, June 14:?The Government's report on cotton production for 1910,just issued, shows that the total number of 500-pound bales ginned in South Carolina was 1,163,501,compared with 1,099,955 in 1909. In production by counties, Marlboro leads, with 67,343; Anderson, with 61,611, comes next; Spartanburg third, with 56,312,and Orangeburg fourth, with 53,080. i The crop,by counties,for 1909 and 1910, figured by 500-pound bales, follows: Counties. 1910. 1909. Abbeville 32,069 29,896 Aiken .v 35.687 36,530 Anderson 61,641 48,203 Bamberg . 16,800 22,329 Barnwell 45,043 44.919 Beaufort 8.993 6.803 Berkeley 11,178 11,134 Calhoun 20,125 21,292 Charleston 10,770 9,754 Cherokee 14.210 11.391 I en September 20, 1911. For further information and catalogue, ad- 1 dress Pres D B Johnson, Rock Hill, S C. 7-1. i I . ./ The I Piano With the Sweet Tone The Southern Piano for Southern Home#. 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